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How CIOs can adapt to embrace developer-led innovation

Jul06
by on July 6, 2014 at 11:00 am
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Design & Dev, Insider

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Jim Franklin is the CEO of SendGrid. Developers are accustomed to using SaaS, cloud and developer-friendly tools to build and scale new products quickly. They are extremely flexible in their use of emerging technologies, which often comes in stark contrast to the adoption of such technologies at a CIO-level in large enterprises.  Consequently, we are now seeing an emerging tension point between developers and CIOs, which is shifting the CIOs’ ability to be the driving force for innovation and change within their business. This is a risk for CIOs who don’t adapt, especially given that developers are fast becoming the…

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Samsung Gear Live review: Finally a smartwatch you could wear every day

Jul05
by on July 5, 2014 at 7:28 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Google, Product Reviews

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For what seems like forever, companies have been telling us that wearables are here to stay and trying to sell them to the public in all types of crazy forms but nothing has really stuck. We’ve seen everything from fitness bands to smartwatches but nobody has managed to convince us that we need to wear something on our wrists all the time. That may have finally changed when Google announced its Android Wear platform last week at I/O, the company’s annual developer event. I saw the company unveil the platform first hand and have spent the week using the Gear Live as I travel…

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How companies are tracking their best people without becoming big brother

Jul05
by on July 5, 2014 at 5:00 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Entrepreneur, Insider

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Andre Lavoie is the CEO of ClearCompany, the first talent alignment platform that bridges the gap between talent management and business strategy by contextualizing employees’ work around a company’s vision and goals. Privacy is a huge buzzword in today’s digitally-connected world. Companies are trying to strike a balance between transparent organizational structures that encourage collaboration and innovation, and respecting the privacy and boundaries of workers. These companies are walking a tightrope, and they’re often falling down. What happens is usually far from organizational transparency and closer to micromanagement. Instead of having sight lines into the workflow of your team, companies become Big…

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