by Dr. Natalie | Feb 6, 2017 | Alexa, Amazon Prime, Apple HomeKit, Artificial Intelligence, Crossing the Chasm, Customer Experience, CX, Digital Disruption, digital transformation, Dot, Dr. Natalie's Blog, Echo, Google Home, Tap
Here are three main smart home contenders: Apple’s HomeKit Amazon’s Echo, Tap and Dot and Google’s Home. The main issues? Consumer confusion, which adoption follows. There is, unfortunately, technological fragmentation within the connected home ecosystem....
by Dr. Natalie | Jan 23, 2017 | Analytics of Everything, CFO, Chief Revenue Officer, CIO, Crossing the Chasm, CTO, Digital Business Platform, Digital Disruption, digital transformation, Dr. Natalie's Blog, Employee Collaboration Affects Customer Experience, Innovation, Leadership, Organizational Change Management, Technology, The Cloud
Disruption surrounds the marketplace. As companies face disruption in their industry, the race to stay ahead of or beat the competition is quickening. Software is one of the ways companies competitively automate, manage and analyze business processes, data and content...
by Dr. Natalie | Jan 23, 2017 | Analytics of Everything, Crossing the Chasm, Customer Experience, Digital Business Platform, Digital Disruption, digital transformation, Dr. Natalie's Blog, Leadership, WCA (Workflow Content Automation)
As companies take on digital transformation for real, they need to consider the people (their skills and backgrounds), the processes (has the brand made them digital or they still doing things on spreadsheets?) and the technology (to enable the company to be more...
by Dr. Natalie | Jan 21, 2017 | Customer Experience, CX, Digital Disruption, digital transformation, Dr. Natalie's Blog, ecommerce, Innovation
How could it be easier to order from Amazon? Amazon just launched One-Click buying by adding dash buttons to its homepage and mobile applications. The dash buttons help Amazon Prime customers order their most frequently used items more easily. Amazon Dash buttons...
by Dr. Natalie | Jan 11, 2017 | Analytics of Everything, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Disruption, digital transformation, Dr. Natalie's Blog, Innovation, Internet of Analytics, Internet of Things, IOT, Mobile Apps, Start-Ups
Alexa Voice Service (AVS) is the software that allows owners to control compatible devices with their voice. From the various reports it was estimated there were 700–1,100 Alexa-controllable products at CES. And the Amazon / Alexa logo was everywhere at CES. Is the...
by Dr. Natalie | Dec 13, 2016 | Crossing the Chasm, Digital Disruption, digital transformation, Dr. Natalie's Blog, Innovation, Leadership, Technology, Women
Using data from NCWIT, Anita Borg Institute and Deloitte, the report evaluates whether there have been any improvements for women in tech in 2016 and what this means going forward. They also look at the context behind the numbers, examining the opportunities for women...