Big Data

The Four Impacts of Big Data in the Enterprise

How sure are you that a startup located thousands of miles away in a remote corner of the world is not silently creating technology that will disrupt your industry? Well, that’s the question that CEOs of all major companies, not just the tech companies, are asking themselves. After all, the businesses that Uber, Amazon, and […] Read More

Tech Trends and Outlook for 2017

Over the past few years, a great many technological innovations promised major tech revolutions in the near future. In 2017, we will witness these innovations entering the mainstream and transforming businesses in a big way. Some of these tech trends have already been in the public domain for some time now, but have largely remained […] Read More

Tech Predictions for 2016

Technology Predictions for 2016 If industry reports are to be believed, then 2016 is not going to be a very happy new year for IT vendors. As the year 2015 drew to a close, there was a storm brewing up on the horizon for the IT industry. This storm is expected to transform the IT […] Read More

Convergence and Big Data Cannot Be Ignored

In this first post of 2015, I’d like share with you some of my observations regarding two key trends that are becoming increasingly important to our customers and team here at RAY ALLEN. These trends are convergence and Big Data, important topics that observers of the IT industry all-too-often mistakenly treat as clichés. So, what […] Read More

Big Data and Metrics – IT Asset Management

Are you in the hairball of confusion in your company? This is referring to the many data points of information, details and decisions that are present in the everyday operations of the company. As we discussed in the previous post, the integration and use of the data is extremely important to have clear business results […] Read More

Data and Productivity

Gartner has estimated the worldwide IT outsourcing market to reach $288 Billion in 2013, an increase of 2.8 percent from the previous year. Specific to North America, ITO will continue growing with more predictability in the costs. The emphasis toward “asset-light” strategies will drive increased demand for the externally provided services. The “Big Data” theme […] Read More