A big thank you to Amber Christian, Founder, ConsultAce, for writing an article entitled, Getting Off That Dead End Road, featuring my podcast, On the Road to Strategic Relevance. Here are her words about…
Don’t Know Much About Cybersecurity? Try These Resources

Recent statistics focusing on supply chains illustrate the growing importance of cybersecurity risk management. For example: In a presentation given by Jon Boyens, from the National Institute for Standards and…
The Undeniable Truth of Data Management: It Must Be Governed
Joseph DosSantos, Senior Director, Big Data Practice, EMC2 , in a December InFocus blog post touches on the realities in the world of Big Data and makes a strong case…
Plonked Launches a Free Business Discovery Search Engine
Search and analysis company Plonked has announced the launch of a free “advanced search engine that significantly improves users’ ability to discover, analyze and connect with tech companies.” According to the news…
800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards Longlist Reveals Trends
General Manager Sally Haldorson and Dylan Schleicher, Editorial Director of 800-CEO-Read, share interesting trends revealed by this year’s Business Book Awards longlist. Haldorson notes, “Whereas in years past we’ve…
The Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016
World Economic Forum’s, The Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016, assesses the competitiveness landscape of 140 economies (countries), providing insight into the drivers of their productivity and prosperity. On the home page of…
Interim Results From the 2015/16 Analyst Value Survey
Duncan Chapple, writing for Influencer Relations, (Early Surprises in the 2015/16 Analyst Value Survey), reports on strong trends being seen as the survey is now past the half way mark.…
The First 500 Companies Allowed to Fly Drones Over the US
The Verge has partnered with the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College to collect data on the businesses now allowed to fly drones over US soil. The article,…
SAGE To Launch Open Access Internet of Things Journal
SAGE announced that it is to launch the Journal of Connectivity, in partnership with the Institute of Measurement and Control. It will be an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed, open access (OA) publication designed “to facilitate the exploration…
IBISWorld: Procurement-Related Software Solutions Pricing Trends
IBISWorld’s Dale Schmidt has written an article that identifies and provides price trends for “a handful of different software products that can benefit procurement departments.” Here are highlights: Procurement Software –…