Real AI & Digital Transformation

Thomas Erl speaks with eCommerce expert Ryan Breen about how digital transformation relates to eCommerce, as well as the benefits of digital optimization and "headless" design in support of improving customer-centricity in eCommerce solutions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Thomas Erl interviews Cybersecurity expert Jeffrey Man who shares his insights into the current state of cybersecurity in digital transformations, and his predictions for where the cybersecurity industry is headed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the final part of Thomas Erl's interview with David Linthicum (best-selling author of "An Insider's Guide to Cloud Computing"), we address the state of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems being created for and used in clouds. David shares his experience with Cloud AI and reveals how he sees Cloud AI evolving in the future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the second part of a three-part discussion with Thomas Erl and cloud computing visionary, David Linthicum, we delve into how we can leverage multicloud to create federated cloud applications that are distributed across multiple clouds, each providing an environment optimal for a given part of the application (as also documented in David's new book "An Insider's Guide to Cloud Computing"). Hoste...

As multicloud continues to become a greater reality for many organizations, so does the potential architectural complexity it can bring along with it. In this first part of a three-part podcast series dedicated to the future of cloud architecture, author Thomas Erl and industry thought leader David Linthicum do a deep-dive to explore the meta cloud (or "metacloud") architectural model that David r...

In this second part of the two-part interview with Dr. Tim Bottke (author of the best-selling book "Digital Transformation Payday: Navigate the Hype, Lower the Risks, Increase Return"), Thomas Erl ask Tim about how organizations can take steps to be successful with digital transformation, especially from a financial planning perspective. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Thomas Erl interviews Dr. Tim Bottke, author of the best-selling book "Digital Transformation Payday: Navigate the Hype, Lower the Risks, Increase Return" about some of the hard lessons learned during past digital transformation initiatives. In this first part of the two-part interview, Tim explains how a company's business model plays a key role in ensuring a successful digital transformation and...

Thomas Erl interviews Louwki Coetsee who describes what a digital transformation framework should and should not include, and further provides expert guidance as to how to go about creating and utilizing digital transformation frameworks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this interview by Thomas Erl, AI strategist Orakwe John shares his insights regarding AI in business automation solutions and reveals key tips from his recently published Digital Transformation Strategy Guide. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The second half of a discussion with Thomas Erl and data science expert  Wajid Khattak  from Jaguar Land Rover delves into how data science algorithms and models physically exist and what happens behind the scenes when models get trained. Wajid also shares his thoughts on the future of data science model training. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Thomas Erl interviews data science expert Wajid Khattak to delve into what exactly happens with models are trained (and retrained) as part of machine learning and AI systems, and to explore the role of the algorithms. This podcast is part one of a two-part conversation with Wajid. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Part II of Thomas Erl's interview with design thinking and AI expert Art Ligthart, during which they discuss what to do when you detect flawed data in an AI system, how AI can be used to improve customer-centricity, and Art's top design thinking challenges and pitfalls. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Thomas Erl interviews design thinking and AI expert Art Ligthart to explore contemporary solution design approaches using design thinking processes and AI technology. Topics include establishing a suitable planning and design starting point, as well as understanding the relationships between design thinking, AI and digital transformation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...

The focus of digital transformations is often on achieving strategic business goals, along with the necessary adoption of new technology and the transformation of business processes and operations. But for all of that to happen successfully, it needs to make financial sense. The scope of digital transformation initiatives can be unwieldy and unpredictable, as the original roadmaps may need to be c...

Robotic process automation (RPA) experts Berend Ossevoort and Kevin den Ouden share with Thomas Erl techniques and lessons learned from designing and developing RPA bots as part of greater RPA solutions. Topics covered include RPA bot orchestration, RPA bot design considerations, integrating RPA with existing legacy and web user-inter and best practices for building successful RPA solutions. This...

Thomas Erl explores modern-day robotic process automation with RPA experts Berend Ossevoort and Kevin den Ouden. Topics covered include what contemporary RPA bots are capable of doing and not doing, common RPA adoption challenges that organizations are facing, and RPA scalability issues. This podcast is part one of a two-part conversation with Berend and Kevin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) has been around for decades and ERP systems continue to remain central to the business operations of many organizations. But with the need to bring in contemporary digital automation technologies and a shift toward more data-centric automation and more customer-centric business models, how and where does ERP technology fit in? In this podcast, Thomas Erl intervie...

In Part II of Thomas Erl's interview with Howard Tiersky, Howard explores design thinking as it relates to customer journey mapping and also explains how to tackle common challenges companies face when attempting to adopt a more customer-centric approach with their digital business. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What does it mean for a company to be customer-centric? More importantly, how can customer-centricity be realized in business and with digital technology? In this podcast, Thomas Erl discusses the difference between product-orientation and customer-orientation and explains how the adoption of customer-centricity supports businesses in becoming digitally-enabled and becoming successful with digital...

Is your organization ready to delegate more business decisions to machines? Time to think about this carefully, as your competitors may already be doing so. In this podcast, Thomas Erl raises considerations and concerns to take into account when an organization wants to begin delegating decision-logic responsibilities to AI systems. For a transcript of this podcast, visit: https://www.linkedin.com...

Building a private blockchain in the IT enterprise. Is it a good idea? In this podcast, Thomas Erl explores how blockchain's immutable data storage can be of benefit to any type of digital business that wants to protect the integrity of its business data. For a transcript of this podcast, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/blockchain-enterprise-like-square-block-round-hole-thomas-erl/ Hosted on...

How can data intelligence improve your organization's leadership? It comes down to leaders becoming more adept at utilizing data intelligence and positioning data science technology correctly within their digital enterprise and as part of their overall digital transformation roadmap. In this podcast, Thomas Erl discusses how business leaders need to improve their level of "leadership intelligence"...

As Bill Gates was once quoted as stating, “It’s fine to celebrate success, but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.” For every digital transformation success story, there have been several that did not end well and others that have not ended at all, but have instead been veering off-course. In this podcast, Thomas Erl explains why digital transformation may not be everyone's "cup o...

This podcast is part one of a two-part interview by Thomas Erl with Howard Tiersky, author of the Wall Street Journal best-selling book "Winning Digital Customers: The Antidote to Irrelevance". Forbes named this book as one of the top 10 most important business books of 2021. During this first part of the interview, Howard shares his insights about digital transformation and the importance of fost...

New and established enterprises face different obstacles when adopting new digital technologies as part of digital transformations. In this podcast, Thomas Erl discusses with Sam Rostam some of the more common technology on-boarding challenges that organizations have been facing, with an emphasis on customer data representations and the deepening of migrations into cloud environments by moving bey...