Seattle is a town that loves its professional sports teams and April means the beginning of baseball season when hopes run high…but disappointment is not far off. Maybe that sounds a bit like the expectations companies have when it comes to choosing and implementing a CRM system–the visions of success can all too soon be [...]
I’m excited to co-host Avanade’s first-ever TweetChat next Thursday, May 2, at 10 am PT / 1 pm ET. We’ll be chatting with technology analyst Maribel Lopez (@MaribelLopez) and industry leaders about how mobile and consumer technologies in the workplace are changing the way we work. It’s well-known that the use of certain technologies [...]
I recently had the chance to participate in a panel discussion in hosted by the Financial Times on technology and innovation in Canada. Dubbed as the FT Global Investment Series: Focus on Canada, my fellow panelists included: Natan Aronshtam, Partner, Global Managing Director – R&D and Government Incentives, Deloitte & Touche LLP Kenny Rosenblatt, Co-founder [...]
In one of my previous posts, I mentioned the Digital Business and how the really successful organizations are the ones that seem to have “a digital mindset,” an instinct for how to creatively use technology to change their business, rather than just using IT as a minimum standard for how to efficiently run the enterprise. [...]
The lines between work and play, home and office are continuing to blur as technologies make it easier for employees to be productive from virtually anywhere and at any time. As a result, where employees work is fast becoming a dominant topic of conversation for many business executives. In fact, several large companies have recently [...]
I’ve been seeing a lot of industry data citing that over a third of IT budgets are going to cloud solutions, and that progressive, innovative IT leaders are advocating a cloud-first design policy to reduce expenses and respond quicker to customer demand. I can confirm that this definitely rings true with our customers as their [...]
For most, if not all IT healthcare organizations, the annual HIMSS Conference is the North Star of the calendar year. In fact, many people from the healthcare industry joke that their organization’s fiscal activities revolve around the event. This year was no exception with the opening of HIMSS 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana, of [...]
We are pleased to announce that Avanade has recently been recognized as a 2013 Top Employer in Europe and Brazil. This award is organized by the internationally renowned CFR Institute and we’ve actually achieved this honor in Belgium, France, Italy and the UK as well. Since 1991, Top Employers has identified the front-runners in excellent [...]
I was recently asked by one of my customers to recommend a few of my favorite Innovation-related articles, resources and examples. So I decided to share a few of these with you in the form of an “IQ test” (“IQ” as in Innovation Quotient). This is certainly biased and unscientific, but current and hopefully [...]
We recently wrapped up a great event with Microsoft Dynamics Convergence 2013 in New Orleans. Thank you to all our customers and guests who were able to join us! With over 10,000 attendees, Convergence is an event like no other—bringing together a community of users, business leaders, partners, and Dynamics technology experts to learn, share, [...]
