Most people view the creation of a global information economy as a “fait accompli,” a done deal, but we have good reason to doubt that conclusion.
September 8, 2020 Read more
Software
Software will play the leading role in machine-equipment, device-focused systems, and OEM businesses. How players can participate in this rapidly evolving trillion-dollar opportunity?
August 19, 2020 Read more
Fathym has developed an innovative application development framework to enable software developers, subject matter experts and business users to rapidly and collaboratively build diverse data applications. The framework utilizes open source tools and an open data architecture enabled by microservices that seamlessly integrate with technology stacks to future-proof innovations.
June 9, 2020 Read more
The Iowa Caucus software debacle has left the public wondering: Is our smart future based on complex collections of code that are ultimately unverifiable?
February 6, 2020 Read more
Executives spent 30 years making their businesses as lean as possible. In their zeal, they vacuumed up all the innovation spending.
December 18, 2019 Read more
To date, most of the successful platform businesses are consumer- or user-focused. Fewer B2B markets have embraced this type of business model. We predict this will soon change.
August 14, 2019 Read more
As more and more companies delve into developing smart systems, they are quickly finding that competitive differentiation shifts away from unique, vertically focused product features. The new focus will be on how the product is actually used—how it fosters interactions between and among users in a networked context.
July 17, 2019 Read more
The new generation of software will require open information flows and shared data. Creating an unbroken circle of data and information value based on the integration of people, processes, and relationships across new ecosystems will become the “holy grail” of smart systems.
May 29, 2019 Read more
Note to OEMs venturing into software: Those millions of lines of code are a whole different animal. They’re not a physical good like the things you know and build. They’re also not easy to create, price, sell, or support, and you’d better not confuse them with your existing business.
May 21, 2019 Read more