Originally Posted at here on the Fintricity Blog. There has been a lot of talk and content published around the application of Big Data within enterprises. In the past 6-7 years that we’ve been involved in this sector, we’ve seen a significant amount of money being spent by corporates to get value from various data…
Author: Alpesh Doshi
I am an Entrepreneur and CEO of a company focused on implementing Social Business Solutions
Digital Transformation. What needs to happen?
It’s that time of year again – time to reflect on what has been and what is to come. As we come into 2017, it feels like the creation of new technologies and their application, and the hype surrounding these technologies, continues. Looking back over the past couple of years, we’ve seen 100’s of companies,…
Protecting your Tweets
Just before Digital London back in March 2012 I was interviewed by Adam Malik, the Founder of the Show. We discussed the value of your network connections on the various public networks (e.g. Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter etc). One of the key points that Adam was making to me is that you should let anyone follow…
Social Media Consultants and Experts (NOT!)
I found this succinct article on Social Media Experts. If you read it an agree with me that this is what most social media agencies do then we’re on the right track. The Experts, Translated How well do brands really understand social? We heard a lot of buzzwords–and a lot of uncertainty. WHAT THEY SAID…
SAP on using Social Media
MIT has published an interview with Mark Yolton, VP Communities and Social Media. SAP, being a large software vendors and technology leaders, obviously have to demonstrate their understanding and implementation of Social into their business. I have been following their efforts in building out a community of 3 million SAP customers, partners and employees as…
Gartner – Big Data
Gartner recently released their Hype Cycle for Cloud Computing in which is contained the state of play for Big Data. It’s interesting to see that Gartner focuses on technology triggers first and how that’s helping driving change. In this picture you can see that Big Data is coming towards a ‘Peak of Inflated…
Social Graphs – Presentation at Digital Shoreditch
I had the opportunity to present at Digital Shoreditch. Here is my presentation Using social graphs to personalize user experience View more presentations from Alpesh Doshi. It was great to see such an innovative event that had lots of new thinking and ideas around business and the media. Inspiring!
Facebook IPO – Is it worth $100bn?
The impending IPO of Facebook has got me thinking about whether it’s worth $100bn. There seem to be a variety of views on whether it’s overvalued. Now with the price of the IPO increased again, is it hype around Facebook that’s driving the price or do investors really understand the future opportunities exist. Facebook is…
Personal Cloud a reality by 2014 – Gartner
Gartner have made their predictions for 2014 and use of cloud by individuals. Megatrend No. 1: Consumerization — You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet Gartner has discussed the consumerization of IT for the better part of a decade, and has seen the impact of it across various aspects of the corporate IT world. However, much…
Information Age – Social and Enterprise Architecture
I recently presented at an Information Age Event – Social and Mobile Business. The topic was an interesting one – Enterprise Architecture for the Social Enterprise. Until recently, social media was focused within the marketing department without much interference or input from IT. However, we’re now seeing a lot more thought put to how IT…