Playful insights about how to make technology work in business.

For a long time, I’ve been interested in why it is that larger companies, like Google and Facebook, that have nearly limitless resources and technology infrastructure, are all so seriously focused on pruning their technology portfolios at all levels. This focus contrasts sharply with how I believe the rest of us, businesses of more modest […]

February 27, 2018

For many businesses, legacy app migrations are becoming an increasingly important issue when they examine their technology portfolios. Companies have the desire to move these applications, which are vital to their operations, off their existing infrastructure and to the cloud to ensure the applications can continue to provide value in the modern world. But this […]

February 22, 2018

Companies need to guard against cyber threats. But how? This infographic examines the six essential features of cybersecurity, and how each one functions to keep your business secure.

February 2, 2018

To support the research mission Saving Your Data Lake, we’re speaking with various companies to capture their perspectives on why and how data lakes fail. Arcadia Data has experience using data inside the data lake in a new way that allows analysts to interact directly with data in what they call a data native mode […]

January 31, 2018

Companies crave analytics. Without enough time, or a team of data scientists to whip up a custom analytics product from scratch, many are turning to “off the shelf” productized analytics. But with so many products on the market, how do you know which productized analytics will properly feed your business? This mouth watering infographic takes […]

January 30, 2018

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Speaking

Dan Woods brings the context of more than 25 years of experience in technology and journalism to his speaking engagements. Having interviewed more than 1,000 technology experts and authored more than 20 books, Dan adapts his vision of making technology work to virtually any context.

Consulting

If you are facing a thorny IT problem, Dan Woods can probably solve it. Dan’s background as a CTO and his 25 years in the technology industry enable him to create new technology architectures and debug organizational problems while allowing everyone to be heard.