Business & Technology Insights from Capgemini

Technology is changing the way we work, one update at a time. Join Frank Wammes (www.twitter.com/fwammes), CTO, Continental Europe, Capgemini and Will Peachey (www.linkedin.com/in/will-peachey-a9915914/), Group Supply Chain Officer, Capgemini as they share their insights on why is it so important to bridge the generation gap between millennials and experienced individuals working in an organizatio...

Organizations deploying artificial intelligence are creating jobs and increasing sales. The latest report from our Digital Transformation Institute counters fears that AI will cause massive job losses in the short term. 83% of firms surveyed say that AI has generated new roles in their organizations. Join Ron Tolido (https://twitter.com/rtolido, Christopher Stancombe (https://twitter.com/CJStancom...

The 8th edition of our global business and technology event, Capgemini Week of Innovation Networks 2017 (#CWIN17) was held in 20 cities from Sept 25 - 29, 2017. The event brought together leaders and experts from startups, Partners, and Clients to talk about the latest technology trends. In this podcast, our guests talk about 'Fun' and how CWIN17 created an atmosphere of innovation,business, and n...

By 2025, about 40% of Fortune-500 companies are likely to vanish due to megatrends like digitization. State-of-the-art technology alone won’t turn you into a digital master. What is needed is a radical shift in organizational culture. Frank Wammes (www.twitter.com/fwammes), CTO, Continental Europe, Capgemini and Will Peachey (https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-peachey-a9915914/), Group Supply Chain...

In the fourth episode of the Cloud Choice podcast, Rene Claudio and Dan O’Riordan discuss how to build a cloud-native team. Dan asks Uber’s Engineering Manager Charles-Axel Dein how they maintain their place at the top through cloud-native development, and how they attract and motivate the talented developers they need. Dan and Rene compare their experiences in navigating recruitment and retention...

Just 5 more days to go for the Capgemini Week of Innovation Networks 2017. In this podcast, Christopher Stancombe (@CJStancombe), Head of Automation and Industrialization, Capgemini and Raoul Mallart (@RMallart), CTO, Sigfox talk about #CWIN17 and how it will be 'the' place to discuss the hot topic of innovation. In this podcast, also discover Sigfox’s special approach of innovation, where trust b...

Boldness is one of the 7 Core Values of Capgemini. In this podcast, John Brahim, CEO of Capgemini's Insights & Data Global Practice and Marc Meigner, Strategic Alliances Director for Oracle EMEA(twitter.com/MMeignier)talk about the importance of architects in innovation projects, the customer-centric approach and the importance of being bold.

Innovation is not just a question of technology. Organizations are looking to innovate their customer relationships, products and services, and new business models that allows them to disrupt instead of being disrupted, says Jean Claude Viollier, AppsOne Global Sales Officer, Capgemini (@JCViollier). Riham Satti, Co-Founder & CEO, MeVitae (@rihamsatti) talks about how digital innovation such a...

Honesty is the best policy - an oft-repeated adage that holds true in every aspect of our lives, be it personal or professional. It is also one of the 7 Core Values of Capgemini. In this podcast, Ashwin Yardi (@ashwinyardi), COO- Capgemini India, Guillaume Allee (@guillaumeallee), Enterprise Architect - Airbus Defence and Space, and Natalie Cartwright (@finnforbanks), Co-Founder - Finn.ai explain...

With data at the heart of its transformation, digital manufacturing is revolutionizing the way industries function. Digital Manufacturing experts - Markus Rossman (@markus_rossmann), and Pascal Brosset discuss its impact on various industries, and how it has forced businesses to rethink their strategy. Music credit: www.bensound.com

Welcome to the CWIN podcast series! Our annual worldwide innovation event will be held this year from September 25 - 29, in more than 20 cities worldwide. This year, as we celebrate the Group's 50th anniversary, innovation will continue to be the fuel for everything that we do, along with our 7 Core Values. In the second podcast, Paul Hermelin, chairman and CEO of Capgemini, Ben Dwyer, the Global...

The third podcast on the topic of cloud native is here! Today we discuss the culture of innovation. We’ll chat about why there is a need to innovate, how a company of any size can go about becoming innovative and what that looks like in the end. We’ll have our usual news segment, hearing articles from the likes of Diginomica, Wall Street Journal and more around the necessity of innovating. You’ll...

Welcome to the CWIN podcast series! Our annual worldwide innovation event will be held this year from September 25 - 29, in more than 20 cities worldwide. This year, as we celebrate the Group's 50th anniversary, innovation will continue to be the fuel for everything that we do, along with our 7 Core Values. In the first podcast, Lanny Cohen, Capgemini Group CTO, Patrice Duboe, VP Innovation, CTO O...

The second podcast on the topic of cloud native is here! Today we discuss the ever changing role of the CIO and how they can move towards a business leadership role. We’ll also have news from CIO.com and NextGov around the CIO, and the exciting news that our very own report has been published in Forbes (all links below). Finally we have our usual interview spot, this time very capably filled by Pa...

Peter Hansen, Senior Security Consultant and Richard Starnes (@rrstarnes), Chief Security Strategist at Capgemini explain the challenges around GDPR and what organizations need to take into account when preparing for GDPR. Music credit: www.bensound.com

The distributed ledger technology, commonly known as ‘Blockchain’ has seen maximum adoption by the Financial Services sector such as banks. As we develop a deeper understanding of the technology, many more industries are experimenting with it. Our experts Alok Gupta (@AlokGuptaNYC) and Lars Boeing (@LarsInNewYork) discuss some use-cases and the challenges and opportunities that exist. Music credit...

What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the word ‘Blockchain’? Even though the technology is nearly 10 years old, it’s best known and most widespread use has been cryptocurrencies, such as BitCoin. However, Blockchain was not designed specifically for the Financial Services sector. In this podcast, our experts Subhajit Sarkar (@Zenscooby), Rahul Pandhare (@RahulPandhare2) and...

In this, the inaugural episode of the Cloud Choice podcast Lisa Hirsch and Dan O’Riordan discuss the state of the market for Cloud Native Applications. This week’s show includes a discussion on the recent cyber-attack that affected millions globally including the NHS in the UK; a look at the brand-new research report launched by Capgemini this week, Cloud Native Comes of Age; and an interview with...

With the introduction of their cognitive platform SAP Leonardo, SAP is making a play to move from being a traditional ‘system of records’ to a front-runner for digital innovation. So where does that leave S/4 HANA? It still remains the core of SAP, but they are now focusing on an ‘AI-first’ strategy. With blockchain being integrated into SAP Leonardo, tremendous opportunities exist in machine lear...

With huge strategic investments in Azure, AWS, IBM Bluemix, the Platform Wars are heating up. What is the SAP gameplan? Guido Ter Riet talks to Frank Wammes after wrapping up Day 1 of the Sapphire Now 2017 Conference in Orlando, Florida. It was all about S/4 HANA, but with an emphasis on SAP Leonardo. SAP Leonardo is the orchestration layer to build apps on the HANA platform. With its cognitive ca...

Oracle Procurement Cloud was successfully implemented at Capgemini in December 2016. It was the first Oracle Procurement Cloud implementation globally. Capgemini experts Jasper Oskam (jasper.oskam@capgemini.com) and Jeroen Sprangers (jeroen.sprangers@capgemini.com) were a part of the team that worked on this latest Cloud technology. In this podcast, they share their experience and discuss various...

In this series we will walk through different cloud products and how SaaS and PaaS can be combined together and their use in different projects. In this podcast we discuss the Oracle Integration Cloud Service (ICS) platform, part of Oracle PaaS Cloud and focused on integrating cloud based applications. In this episode we get in detail on the usage of Adapters in ICS, how do they work, the current...

In this series we will walk through different cloud products and how SaaS and PaaS can be combined together and their use in different projects. In this podcast we discuss the Oracle Mobile Cloud Services(MCS), part of Oracle PaaS Cloud and focused on delivering mobile integration in the Cloud. In this episode we provide an overview of MCS, what do developers need to know to get started and discus...

Ryan Briggs Capgemini Application Consultant talks about the new 1610 S/4HANA release which includes a range of additional and new content. These include: New best practises specifically to GB, such as configuration for GB content like pricing conditions. Standard config for Asset Management. Test scripts and master data to support them. Line of Business add-ons brought into the core like EWM and...

Oracle Policy Automation (OPA), a rules engine in the cloud, connecting to on-prem Siebel Interview with Joost Linssen (Twitter @joost_linssen) -What is OPA -What are the features (and what is a killer feature) -What is a typical use case for OPA -How to deal with versions of truth (time travelling) -How to deal with versions of truth (time travelling) -Project experience with OPA Leon’s twitter h...