Pacesetters are 2X more likely to leverage a Start-Up Partner for Innovation
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TGIF! Pacesetters place big bet on "analytics" - Register for the Watson Beta!!!
I love being able to snap a picture of a check with my smart phone and magically deposit the money into my bank account. No more sitting in a long line of cars to deposit a check or worrying about misplacing that tiny piece of paper! Big data and analytics has made this service possible for financial institutions, large and small, to make available to their customers.
Last week, during our Business Tech Trends webcast, Don Hopper of Fiserv, a provider of information management and electronic commerce systems, shared two reasons why big data and analytics is fuel for his clients:
- Small and midsize financial institutions can now leverage insights that traditionally were only available to large financial institutions. Analyzing the data allows them to increase revenue and build stronger customer relationships.
- Financial institutions can now more effectively manage mobile and digital channels, like remote deposit services, while analyzing how to increase its adoption.
Hear more from Don, as well as others, in our replay of the Business Tech Trends webcast.
Don't miss out on this great opportunity for you to be part of the Watson Analytics Beta. This solution enables your business to put predictive capability into the hands of your business leaders like CMO, CHRO, and CSO.
You are invited to sign up for the Watson Analytics Beta Program. The time is now!
What kind of ideas for solutions do you have? What insights do you have to share? The 2014 Business Tech Trends study captured a tremendous amount of data. There are more insights than we could include in the Business Tech Trends study. And we're making it available to you!
Here's an opportunity for you to join us for our Bluemix JAM, download the data from the Business Tech Trends report, create your own Bluemix app with the data, and then share your cool insights with us!
Trends on Social ! Pacesetters are more than 6X more to use social to improve experience
We just published our new Business Tech Trend report with over 1400 decision makers. From this report, take a look at gains in Social deployment over the last 2 years. It is up 106%
Then we studied the Pacesetters. Pacesetters are those who have dedicated their competitive focus through technology and are seeing better business value.
But what I find most exciting -- is the way these Pacesetters are using Social. They 6X more likely to use Social for communication and to improve client experience. In addition, they use social 3X more than those laggards for expanding into new segments and markets.
Please join us on the Entrepreneur huddle to learn more! https://ibm.biz/techhuddle
The 3 key take aways to help You become a pacesetter are:
- Understanding the Pacesetters secrets. Download the picture book: https://ibm.biz/IBMBTT14
- Leverage the data in the study and experiment Developing an App on Bluemix : https://ibm.biz/biztechjam
- Register now for Watson Analytics Beta! This solution brings predictive capability to the non techy! http://www.watsonanalytics.com
Shhhh! The Top 3 Pacesetter Secrets Revealed!
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Learning is the new Black! A Must See Business Tech Trend Webcast Thursday!
Are you a user of Instagram? In preparation for the upcoming 2014 Business Tech Trends webcast on Thursday, Aug. 21st, my team at IBM has put together some really neat and useful Instagram videos that highlight some of the topics we will discuss during the webcast. Please check them out!
You don't have to have an Instagram account to view the videos. But, if you do use Instagram, feel free to like and comment on them!
Register now and add the August 21st webcast to your calendar. Don't miss this great opportunity to hear about the secrets of successful companies! Join the thousands of individuals, enterprises (large and small!), academicians, and startups for our webcast!
I know you'll learn and benefit from our conversation on the key characteristics of pacestting companies. It will be an hour well spent!
Geek Girls are Chic! 5 Career Hacks
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IBM Hackfest - India's biggest Virtual Hackathon - Code with Bluemix. Powered by Softlayer
The IBM Cloud team has successfully launched the IBM Hackfest, India's Biggest Virtual Hackthon. www.hackfestindia.com - It starts from 11th August. Code with Bluemix. Powered by Softlayer.
The Africa Open Data Jam: Open Goverment, Open Data, and IBM Bluemix as the technology enabler!
I am a very big believer in crowdsourcing as part of a strategy. The US Government this week is doing just that strategy! They are hosting an interactive and fun session taking place as we speak @ Open Gov Hub in Washington, DC and broadcasted to US Embassies and IBM locations in Africa.
Open Data is a transformational trend in Open Governance that is generating empowerment and economic growth. We are focused on huge volumes of Open Data that are published everywhere generating amazing opportunities to improve quality of lives from water consumption to agricultural enhancement and traffic optimization. Of course, these are all part of being a Smarter Planet.
In the opening from Nick Sinai - US Deputy Chief Technology Officer-- he emphasized that data is the new natural resource and its role in governments for serving citizens. He also discussed IBM's role with Bluemix as the base for the Jam!
We have unleashed social collaborations as the catalyst to drive this transformation! I am such a huge believer in Social Business and in government. This OpenJam is a great example.
As IBM and the US Goverment (USDA, Whitehouse, and USAID) host this one-day Open Data Jam as part of the US-African Leaders Summit, it enables a global sharing of experiences in Open Data publishing. These are real use cases that demonstrate growth and empowerment, develop skills and capabilities, and build a global community of Open Data developers who can help Africa become an Open Data leader. Data.gov is making more and more data available.
As we all know, data by itself is not valuable. You need apps, and analytics! Cell phone technology (SMS and Voice) is key in reaching masses in rural Africa for 2 way interactions; both for collecting data as well as providing knowledge back to citizens as well as for apps! This is where IBM Bluemix comes in -- it is a cloud based platform that facilitates fast app building!
We know we can't solve many problems in a day, but we think this will be an important first step towards building an international community who can work together to move Africa forward!