When pundits first began talking about the Internet of Things-also known as “IoT“-the buzz was around applications consumers would use as zillions of devices connected to the Internet. Who doesn’t remember the breathless articles about how our refrigerators would scan…
Tag: innovation
#AskBranson at CA World 2013 about Innovation
If you follow me on Twitter (@AndiMann), you will already know how excited I am that Sir Richard Branson is our keynote speaker at CA World 2013. To start with, Branson is a fantastic communicator with whom I share deep…
2013 IT outlook: Innovation trumps cost-cutting
You know I am not a big fan of the prediction blog – which neverthless never stops me from trying – but Ann Bednarz over at Network World has done a stellar job of crystal ball gazing in her new…
New CA Press Book “The Innovative CIO” Delivers Practical Tips for CIOs
CIOs become the driving force for business innovation. The Innovative CIO ISLANDIA, N.Y., December 18, 2012 CA Technologies today announced the availability of “The Innovative CIO: How IT Leaders Can Drive Business Transformation,” the latest book published by CA Press.…
The One Thing You Can Do Today to Spur Innovation
If our recent innovation survey made anything abundantly clear, it was that having a well-established and formal process for encouraging innovation is essential for driving improvement at all levels. In fact, the research found the more innovative the organization, the…
Please Stop Citing Lack of Budget as a Roadblock to Innovation
It’s no surprise that “lack of available budget” was the barrier to innovation cited by 47% of U.S. respondents, and 29% of global respondents, in our Innovation Imperative study. But here’s a data point that’s both surprising and disturbing. Among IT…
The Innovation Imperative – Join the conversation on Nov 13
Among the CIOs I speak with, innovation is the new imperative. They’re eager to innovate, to capitalize on the business aspects of technology, and they really want to be business leaders. Often the way an IT organization defines innovation is…
Spending next week immersed in IT
Next week I will join thousands of other IT professionals at Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2012 in Orlando. I have been to Symposium and ITxpo many times before, in many different roles, and it never disappoints. There is so much to see…
10 Ways IT Can Own Cloud Decisions
How IT leaders can bring the true value of cloud computing to their organizations. Much of the hype surrounding cloud computing is causing confusion among enterprise IT looking to cloud to solve problems and hoping not to introduce more. Unfortunately several…
The Hype About Gartner’s Cloud Computing Hype Cycle
And musings on the actual state of cloud computing If anyone wasn’t wondering about the cloud’s readiness for enterprise computing, they are now, thanks to several stories in the news recently. Some of these reports question cloud computing’s business value,…
Innovations disrupt established markets | ITWeb
I was interviewed while I was in South Africa recently at the CA IT Management Symposium Africa 2012. We are living in an age of innovation – innovation driven by technology, says CA Technologies’ Andi Mann. Innovations that would have…