Digital

Posts from David DeWolf on digital transformation, digital product development, and the impact that digital will have on businesses in the future.

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The Need for Change Has Never Been Greater or More Immediate
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I’ve made the argument in the past that in order to grow, companies need to embrace new business models that leverage information as an asset and revenue driver. As with…

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Your Software Is Your Brand
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Your brand is a promise. It is a commitment to a value proposition. It must be lived. The brand promise must permeate every interaction with your consumer; it must be executed…

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You are Now in the Information Services Business
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We are all aware that the amount of data being collected is exploding. This explosion has created new opportunities to consume, analyze, and monetize all of this information. A quick…

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Consumerization meets mobile
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Over the course of the past couple of years, the trend towards a more consumer-oriented approach to enterprise IT has gained significant play in the industry. Significant discussion has ensued…

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Product development partners are your new best friend
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There’s been a major shift in software product development. Just a few short years ago “not invented here” syndrome ran rampant among software product companies. Many companies were simply unwilling…

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2012 will be the year of…
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2011 was no doubt the year of the tablet. iPads ruled the world, not just the technology space, and companies from Amazon to Samsung did their best to compete in…

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Why Your Mobile Product is Destined for Failure
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I have bad news. It’s more than likely that your mobile app will fail. Regardless of how brilliant the idea, how innovative your technology, how strong your development team, or…

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What is a mobile first strategy?
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I’ve found that over the past several months the phrase mobile first has become part of my standard vocabulary. You may have even noticed that I blogged about the relationship…

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Cloud Collapse? Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water…
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Today’s EC2 outage took the IT sector and news media by storm. Many people have taken the opportunity to bash the concept of the public cloud and others outsourcing in…

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Mobile is intersecting with Big Data
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Given that portable devices have largely become an extension of the human person, they are rapidly collecting, consuming, and leveraging increasingly complex and rapidly growing sets of data. Not only…

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