Information A PEST Analysis (Political, Economic, Socio-cultural, and Technological) is a brainstorming and analysis method for businesses to assess critical external factors that influence their operation and market competitiveness. The four PEST factors define the big picture of where the company is currently situated and future operating environment in comparison Read more…
Introduction Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions unlock and leverage corporate information and knowledge embedded in its content. ECM captures, stores, activates, analyzes, and automates content, providing new value from data that was unstructured. When effectively managed within the organization, content can be used to engage customers, automate business processes, and Read more…
Introduction Software Asset Management (SAM) is a business approach, practice, and toolset that supports the effective and efficient management of an organization’s purchase, deployment, maintenance, utilization, and disposal of software applications. The SAM approach fuses internal processes and oversight with digital systems to drive real benefits across the organization. The Read more…
Introduction Today, it is a reality that Artificial Intelligence (AI) – Cognitive Technologies can successfully emulate and supplement the power and processing of the human brain. This is a significant and valuable development for both the private and public sectors which have new and innovative opportunities to leverage and exploit Read more…
Introduction Risk management is the identification, evaluation, and prioritization of risks followed by coordinated and economical application of resources to minimize, monitor, and control the probability or impact of unfortunate events or to maximize the realization of opportunities. Risk management’s objective is to assure uncertainty does not deflect the endeavor Read more…
Introduction Information overload or infobesity is a term used to describe the complexity of understanding a problem and effectively making decisions when one has too much information about that topic. The term was popularized by Alvin Toffler in his bestselling 1970 book Future Shock. Information simply overload occurs when the Read more…
Introduction The current digital economy is a true testimony of the success of companies that have embraced critical thinking as a mission-critical activity. For example, Apple, Google, Facebook and Microsoft, and others continually collapse their product development time-frames, with critical thinking, and thus significantly upending competition while positively impacting revenue Read more…
Introduction Business and academia characteristically use a variety of terms and definitions to describe notions of effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity, as used in the workplace. However, the conditions are not always defined, interpreted, or accepted consistently within and across industries and organizations. The definitional confusion is typically concerned if the Read more…
In order to understand the real value and associated benefits of corporate knowledge management (KM) strategic initiatives and programs, it is crucial to assess its impact (qualitative and quantitative) on the more direct outcomes of the business and support activities it supports. Like most business activities customized metrics need to Read more…