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Building a Resilient Global Enterprise Inspired by Biology

BCG

Many global enterprises today have succeeded by following a simple recipe: procure, manufacture, and assemble in the lowest-cost locations, link these using reliable, standardized logistics and information technology, market the resulting products globally, and book profit in low-tax havens.

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How Cloud Computing Is Changing Management

Harvard Business

Client-server technology begat enterprise resource planning systems, and the consequent system-wide visibility that was required for what we call business process management (BPM). That makes it imperative to start thinking about how management will be changed by the most impactful information technology of our time: cloud computing.

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Research: Cloud Computing Is Helping Smaller, Newer Firms Compete

Harvard Business

The computational agility of cloud computing has been playing a role in manufacturing as well, fostering the creation of new “smart’” products. Pivothead is a firm with 25 employees producing wearable technologies to help the blind and visually impaired. firms with information on their adoption of cloud computing.

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More Training Won’t Reduce Your Cyber Risk

Harvard Business

But this is a case where an enterprise decided the risks of convenience outweighed the rewards, and DoD leadership took action to keep its employees from causing inadvertent harm to the military’s network. Sophisticated businesses and enterprises are able to manage the security of their domain with a mix of security products.

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AI Adds a New Layer to Cyber Risk

Harvard Business

From self-driving cars to drones to automated business operations, this technology has the potential to enhance productivity, direct human talent on critical issues, accelerate innovation, and lower operating costs. In addition, there are unique and new cyber risks associated with cognitive and AI technology.

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How the Big Data Explosion Has Changed Decision Making

Harvard Business

The digitally networked enterprise — whether Slacked, Chattered, Skyped, Google Doc-ed — sharply exacerbates tensions and pain points: More stakeholders can instantly access, and share, actionable information. Technology facilitates greater transparency and visibility throughout enterprise ecosystems.

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Our Physical World Has Changed: Augmented Reality in Tourism

Tom Spencer

Augmented reality has been designed for enterprise and consumer devices such as smart phones and tablets, and can be delivered via software applications downloaded onto a device or hosted in the cloud. Boeing has adopted AR and seen increased productivity and quality in their training process.

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