Key challenges of IoT
The Digital Future
September 15, 2022
Setting up an IoT system is not easy. Several challenges should be considered as you embark on a journey to deploy a cloud-based intelligent IoT system for an organization. Core challenges include the complexity of the end-to-end system, the cost of the implementation and maintenance, security, scalability, and the expertise required.
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The Tech sector is in disarray
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June 29, 2022
The tech sector is going through a tumultuous time currently with the majority of public tech companies losing the stock value that they had built up during the covid pandemic in 2020 and 2021. The Tech sector was pretty much untouched by the pandemic and had shrugged off the effects of the pandemic with huge gains in their stock values. We are seeing different times now with some large tech and many startup companies laying off employees while other tech companies are slowing down their hiring. Seems like the honeymoon period for the tech sector is coming to an end. Key factors contributing to the downward trend in the tech world include Supply Chain issues, silicon chip shortage, all-time high inflation, and the war in Ukraine.
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Where is the Cloud flying to in 2022?
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May 11, 2022
In the last couple of years, cloud computing has seen explosive growth and it has become a key enabler for many organizations for a majority of their digital transformation scenarios. Cloud computing has its own set of opportunities, problems, and challenges. In this post, I review where Cloud computing stands in 2022 and some of the major trends for it.
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IT Transformation: Legacy to the Cloud
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April 14, 2022
IT units within an organization have to drastically change their thinking and operations as they start using, monitoring, and managing their workloads in the public Cloud. The last two years of the Covid19 pandemic accelerated this transformation of IT units moving from just using the on-premises infrastructure to either migrating some of their on-premises workloads into the Cloud or utilizing cloud-native services.
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Understanding AI challenges for your Digital Transformation
The Digital Future
March 24, 2022
There are several challenges that exist for AI systems. In this edition of the newsletter I discuss some of the key challenges including shortage of talent, high costs for the required talent, data and machine learning algorithms, compute infrastructure costs, AI bias, and the lack of transparent AI systems.
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AI Strategy and Planning
The Digital Future
March 09, 2022
Utilizing AI for revenue growth, automation, efficiency improvements, customer service enhancements, competitive advantage by offering groundbreaking products and services are some of the key reasons why AI has become critical in the digital transformation journeys of many organizations. In the following sections, I review some core AI digital transformation strategy factors including vision, ROI, how to build and implement, the overall impact to the organization, privacy/security, and the required AI tools & services.
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Machine Learning Governance
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January 27, 2022
As your organization starts to experiment with Machine learning (ML) systems, consider creating an ML governance framework that adheres to the responsible Machine learning principles and considers other key factors including bias evaluation, model explainability, human-based model assessment, reproducible operations, privacy, security, and regulatory compliance.
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Understanding machine learning challenges
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December 09, 2021
There are several challenges that organizations face in adopting and using machine learning (ML). In this post I will review some of the common challenges for using and adopting this technology. These challenges facing organizations range from the availability of relevant and clean data sets, scalable compute infrastructure needs, lack of ML professionals, the complexity of machine learning-based systems, long ML training times, ML bias & ethical issues, and lack of Machine Learning Operations(MLOps). These key factors are hindering organizations from using and adopting machine learning systems.
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Machine learning business use cases
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November 11, 2021
Hype for new emerging technologies aside, all these technologies are of no use until we can fully understand them and use them for solving our business problems or evolving the business models. That is when the rubber hits the road, and we can fully reap the benefits of using the emerging technologies. They can help us create new revenue streams, stay ahead of the competitors, create new products or services, or improve customer experiences.
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Legacy IT to the Cloud IT transformation
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October 21, 2021
With the advent of the Cloud, the IT department will also have to transform and change how it operates. In a traditional IT model, the IT unit owns all layers of the technology stack and is responsible for end-to-end phases from evaluation to installation, configuration, management, and maintenance of all the resources in the stack.
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Understanding Hybrid Cloud and common use cases
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October 12, 2021
A cloud infrastructure that includes a private cloud or an on-premises infrastructure connected to a public cloud is referred to as the hybrid cloud deployment model. Most medium to large enterprises, with their on-premises data centers and private cloud, are moving to the hybrid deployment model as they connect their local data centers to the public cloud. According to the State of the Cloud Report from Flexera, 53% of the surveyed organizations are using the hybrid cloud deployment model.
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Announcing my book: Digital Transformation using Emerging Technologies
Digital Fawad
May 25, 2021
I am super thrilled to announce the release of my book! An idea that I floated around back in December of 2019 with a friend is close to becoming a reality. 2020 and 2021 were tough for many of us on professional and personal fronts and it is no different for me. I struggled to balance between a demanding full-time job, part-time teaching, thinking, and worrying about an ailing family member, taking care of my two young kids, and working on this book. Many long weekends, sleepless late nights, early mornings, and countless calls and emails have gone into getting this book to the current state where it is almost ready for publication. The book will be available both as an eBook and a printed version on June 25th, 2021.
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Azure Cloud PaaS Web services
Digital Fawad
May 23, 2021
Reasons why developers and DevOps professionals love Azure Cloud PaaS services.
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Emerging Technologies Top 50 Influencers list
Digital Fawad
May 01, 2021
I am listed as one of the top emerging technologies thought leaders and influencers in the Thinkers360 list.
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Technologies that will disrupt organizations in 2021.
Digital Fawad
March 29, 2021
What technologies will disrupt 2021. Here is a list of some of the key technologies:
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Cloud Computing Trends of 2021
Digital Fawad
March 25, 2021
Here are some of the key Cloud Computing trends for 2021 as we live through the Covid-19 pandemic.
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How to boost mental health during the pandemic
Digital Fawad
March 23, 2021
The current Covid-19 pandemic is taking a toll on our mental health. Here are five ways in which you can boost your mental health.
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10 ways you can avoid Digital Transformation Failure
Digital Fawad
March 16, 2021
Here are 10 common ways in which you can avoid Digital Transformation failure as a CIO/IT leader.
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CIO AI Strategy
Digital Fawad
March 08, 2021
Some important factors for CIOs to consider as they build out their AI strategy, as part of their Digital Transformation journey.
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Interested in Data Science and Machine Learning?
Digital Fawad
August 07, 2020
Do you want to learn about the basics of Data Science and get started with Machine Learning quickly? Then, watch these short videos to get started.
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Are you interested in Learning about the Cloud?
Digital Fawad
August 06, 2020
Are you new to the world of Cloud Computing? Are you interested in learning about Microsoft’s Azure Cloud? This post shows you some of the key topics to learn as you start your Cloud journey.
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How to continue Digital Transformation in the age of Covid-19
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June 04, 2020
As we live through this Covid-19 pandemic crisis we are seeing mixed reports out on the predicted IT and digital transformation budgets for the next few years. The level of digital transformation investments is complex and depends on many factors, key among them being the size of your organization (
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Xealth Receives 2020 MedTech Breakthrough Award for its Digital Health Platform
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June 03, 2020
businesswire.com - SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Xealth, a leader in enabling digital health at scale, today announced that the company has received the “Best Connected Health Platform" award as part of the 2020 MedTech Br…Tweeted by @DStiegeler https://twitter.com/DStiegeler/status/1268096839196250
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Cloud Computing to the rescue during the Covid-19 pandemic
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May 19, 2020
Cloud Computing has come to the rescue for many organizations and professionals in not only helping them work remotely but also to secure their jobs in these uncertain times. In this age of Covid-19 pandemic many companies have closed their physical offices and facilities and have asked their employ
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Understanding Enterprise Online Communities and their benefits
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May 14, 2020
Digital or online communities can help an organization accomplish their key goals – building a brand, providing customer support, gathering customer feedback or product feature requests and providing learning or training resources to the customers, just to name a few. Kati Quigley, Senior Dire
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Understanding Enterprise Online Communities and their benefits
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May 13, 2020
Digital or online communities can help an organization accomplish their key goals – building a brand, providing customer support, gathering customer feedback or product feature requests and providing learning or training resources to the customers, just to name a few. Kati Quigley, Senior Dire
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Introducing my Enterprise Digital Transformation E-Book
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March 26, 2020
“Digital Transformation” has been the industry buzzword for more than a couple of years now. According to the IDC report, it is predicted worldwide spending on the technologies and services that enable the digital transformation will reach $1.97T in 2022. I have just published an E-book
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Digital Transformation Myths
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March 02, 2020
Even though the term “Digital Transformation” has been around for a few years, there is still widespread confusion about what it means or entails. Recently I came across an article on CIO.com that I really enjoyed reading. It was discussing myths people have around Digital Transformation
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Role of a CIO in Digital Transformation
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December 12, 2019
A CIO plays a critical role in Digital Transformation and although she is not the only C-suite executive engaged in Digital Transformation initiatives, she is one of the key leaders during the transformation journey that any organization may take on. Granted that Digital Transformation is not just a
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Role of a CIO in Digital Transformation
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December 11, 2019
A CIO plays a critical role in Digital Transformation and although she is not the only C-suite executive engaged in Digital Transformation initiatives, she is one of the key leaders during the transformation journey that any organization may take on. Granted that Digital Transformation is not just a
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5 key reasons why Enterprise Digital Transformation Initiatives fail
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October 21, 2019
In this article I discuss some key factors which can play into Digital Transformation initiative failures in an Enterprise. I have summarized five key areas of concern for you to consider before starting your Digital Transformation journey. Read More…
The post 5 key reasons why Enterprise Digi
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Innovation and Experimentation essential for Digital Transformation
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September 21, 2019
In this article I discuss innovation and experimentation as an important part of any Digital Transformation. I will provide high level guidelines on building Innovation and Experimentation framework in your organization and then offer recommendations on leading successful digital transformation expe
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Digital Transformation Challenges
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July 14, 2019
According to a recent survey of directors, CEOs, and senior executives by the Wall Street Journal Digital Transformation risk is their #1 concern in 2019. Yet 70% of all Digital Transformation initiatives do not reach their goals. $1.3 trillion was spent last year on Digital Transformation and
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The ‘How’ of Digital Transformation
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July 14, 2019
In this article I share my thoughts on the ‘How’ part of Digital Transformation including Organizational culture, using proper technologies, harnessing the Cloud, adopting accelerated innovation & experimentation, making right decisions for your people, technology, & processes, u
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Digital Transformation demystified
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July 14, 2019
“Digital Transformation” has been the industry buzzword for almost a couple of years now. According to the IDC report it is predicted worldwide spending on the technologies and services that enable the digital transformation of business practices, products, and organizations will reach
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Cloud industry’s Top Trends of 2019
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July 14, 2019
According to the latest Gartner report prediction the public Cloud services market will grow from $182.4B in 2018 to $214.3B and then topping to $331.2B in 2022. This prediction and trend show the momentum that Cloud Computing has picked up in the last few years and how both Enterprise and SMB
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Understanding popular Cloud service models: SaaS, PaaS and IaaS
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January 30, 2019
According to Gartner the public Cloud Services Market is projected to grow by 17.3 3% in 2019 to total of $206.2B, up from $175.8B. In 2018 the market grew a healthy 21% up from $145.3B in 2017. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) will be the fastest-growing segment of the Cloud market, forecasted to grow by 27.4% in 2019 to reach $39.5B, up from $31B in 2018. On the other hand Software as a Service (SaaS) is most popular segment of the cloud market and will grow to $85.1B, growing by around 17.9% in 2019 and staying the most consumed service for the foreseeable future extending into 2021. Platform as a Service (PaaS) segment on the other hand will grow by 23.7% in 2019 and will keep the healthy trend up extending into 2021.
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Just starting to work on your Cloud strategy?
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January 23, 2019
As you kick off your Cloud strategy discussions there are some key areas to include in those conversations including - Experimentation & Implementation Approach, Expertise & Resources, Costs Management, Security, Governance and Compliance. Let’s take on these key factors one by one to understand them in more detail.
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Understanding Cloud customer service and technical support
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January 04, 2019
When as a company you sign up for Cloud services start moving your systems and workloads to the Cloud, your internal IT support model will also evolve. Most of the support work which used to be done by your support personnel such as accessing the infrastructure, servers and applications in the on-premise data centers will now be performed by the Cloud provider’s support and operational staff in their data centers. This is because as you deploy servers, virtual machines, deploy applications to the Cloud on the provider’s infrastructure and use their Cloud services it becomes their responsibility to manage and maintain these servers and associated resources.
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Enterprise IT project management best practices
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December 20, 2018
This last summer we wrapped up a very intense and fast paced project I was leading from the beginning of the year. It taught me a few things along with reinforcing some of the project management best practices I have picked up in the last few years in managing other projects. This last one was a global project with teams here in US and the development team in India. What follows are some of the project management essentials I followed and were key to the successful completion of the project.
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The Cloud of Tomorrow
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December 12, 2018
In mid-November this year I was part of a panel of global Cloud experts and engaged in a Tweet chat to discuss the future of the Cloud. In this Cloud of Tomorrow tweet chat session we discussed the emerging technologies within the Cloud Computing ecosystem and how the Cloud is evolving from just being a place for setting up simple Web apps and infrastructure to a destination to enable enterprise grade and business critical scenarios including Hybrid Cloud, Machine Learning (ML), Artificial Intelligence (AI), IoT and Blockchain. The tweet chat was sponsored by HCL technologies and was hosted via their CIO Straight Talk Twitter handle.
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The Cloud of Tomorrow
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December 07, 2018
In mid-November this year I was part of a panel of global Cloud experts and engaged in a Tweet chat to discuss the future of the Cloud. In this the Cloud of Tomorrow tweet chat session we discussed the emerging technologies within the Cloud Computing ecosystem and how the Cloud is evolving from just
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Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
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September 19, 2018
In today’s world of Cloud Computing creating Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)based applications is becoming a reality for organizations of all sizes. Cloud providers such as Amazon, Microsoft, Google, IBM and Oracle et. al. are providing infrastructure, Cloud-based serv
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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
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September 14, 2018
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning recently have become the buzzwords in today’s IT and the Cloud Computing era. It has now become possible even for smaller size companies to dabble in this field due to the advent in technology and availability of resources through the Cloud computin
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What is Cloud Computing?
Digital Fawad
September 06, 2018
This blog post will answer the very basic question of what is Cloud Computing? This infographic post defines and explains Cloud Computing along with its uses and benefits. Along with that is also details the top three most used services in Cloud Computing including Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS). For more information on these three popular services check out my other blog post too. Three deployments models for Cloud services including Private Cloud, Public Cloud and Hybrid Cloud are also detailed.
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Stop wasting money in the Cloud
Digital Fawad
April 07, 2018
Cloud costs and spend is going up for SMB and Enterprise customers across the board as companies initiate experiments in the Cloud to moving from experimentation to setting up and migrating production workloads. Along with this increase in Cloud investment, proportionately the Cloud spend waste is also going up. In this post we are going to outline some common Cloud utilization scenarios which may lead to cloud spend waste. Along with that we will also offer guidance and recommend some tools to optimize Cloud costs.
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