HOUSTON, Jan. 9, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BMC Software, the company behind MyIT and BMC AppZone, ushers in the new year by celebrating transformation and the arrival of the digital age. Industry experts make predictions and the company gets behind one CIO's personal journey.
Thought Leadership
Running into Digital
Eric Blum, BMC CTO, embarks on a seven day run through the Negev desert. Read about his challenging solo run, equivalent to one marathon per day, as he reflects on the world around him, the digital age and his own personal transformation.
https://communities.bmc.com/people/eblum/blog
Robert Scoble and Other Experts Predict the Year Ahead
Mark Stouse opens the doors of the "On the Mark" blog to some of the most influential players in technology to gain fresh new insights into some of the biggest trends of our time. "Marking predictions for 2014" focuses on how trends such as cloud computing, consumerization of IT and BYOD, Big Data, and more will impact the industry and our world in 2014.
https://communities.bmc.com/people/mstouse/blog/2013/12/12/whats-ahead-for-2014-and-beyond
The Customer-focused Service of the Future
Erin Avery discusses her prediction that 2014 will be the year when comprehensive, customer-focused service management becomes a reality. Read the post to find out why customer service and IT service will share more than just the word "service" in the future.
What People are Saying
Social media resolutions for your company in 2014
Eric Tung, Houston Business Journal
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/blog/2014/01/social-media-resolutions-for-2014.html
SYS-CON.tv interview: Harness and deliver agility
Elizabeth White, Sys-Con Media
http://www.sys-con.com/node/2912475
Hybrid cloud architecture is goal for IT in public-private debate
Lee Jeong-jun, ChinaByte
http://cloud.chinabyte.com/news/55/12824555.shtml
Some IT software vendors and/or products I find interesting
Theconfusedpundit's Blog
Meatspace, a world of animated gifs, human robots and the ephemerality of Snapchat-like apps
Alex Williams, TechCrunch
Set up your customized online app store with the BMC Marketplace solution
Rick Blaisdell, Rickscloud
http://www.rickscloud.com/set-up-your-customized-online-app-store-with-the-bmc-marketplace-solution/
Mark Stouse's "Making Predictions for 14" series
Rob Hirschfeld, Agile in the Clouds
http://robhirschfeld.com/2013/12/23/mark-stouses-2014/
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