Mobility and the cloud rank as the most critical technologies in the workplace today. They also transform the role of the CIO as IT becomes a strategic partner in the business and shifts from enforcer to enabler. In this Google for Work collection, we harness the collective experience of Google’s SVP for Technical Infrastructure, Urs ...

Sometime in the last decade, we crossed into a fresh phase of the digital era. A new generation of companies born in the cloud—like Airbnb (lodging), Snapchat (messaging), Uber (transportation) and Zillow (real estate)—are using entirely new business models to disrupt the status quo. Google Chairman Eric Schmidt calls this “the new digital age.” Learn ...

Cloud-based tools are helping organizations with both strategic business challenges and daily operations. They spur growth, innovate culture, engage the workforce and help put customers at the forefront of all business decisions. In this Google for Work Collection, we’ll share how technology is driving leadership, and how innovative companies are using Google for Work tools ...

Some of the most frequent questions we get from CEOs and leaders of other companies are: How does Google innovate? Can innovation be planned? Can it be taught? Find all the answers and more in this white paper. Subscribe to the Google Weekly Newsletter Learn how to get the most out of Google Docs, Google ...

What if you could make people as productive at work as they are in their personal lives? Perhaps that sounds a little funny. But we live in what Google Chairman Eric Schmidt calls “the new digital age”— an age that is naturally mobile, connected and collaborative. An age where we can read the news, set ...

Beat the Law of Market Failure-an expert’s POV. Alberto Savoia, formerly of Google and originator of the brilliant theory of “pretotyping,” has created a product builder’s philosophy that encourages a healthy, objective, and best of all, productive analysis of failure that takes the pain out of failure and improves ideas, the work, the people and ...

There’s no disputing the massive surge in data under management at most enterprises. The question is, how do you store, access, and manage that data deluge in a way that brings value to the business without breaking the bank? Watch this video to learn how you can tailor a hybrid flash solution that allocates resources ...

Industrial applications — from manufacturing to oil and gas to construction to healthcare – are growing more dynamic and agile thanks to the Internet of Things. This trend is extending to the consumer market and to traditional businesses, as well. As Internet-connected devices are alter the technology landscape, many organizations are scrambling to identify what ...

Swiss Re is one of the leading organizations of re-insurance, insurance and insurance based forms of risk transfer. They must comply with insurance, financial market and financial service regulations, both local and world wide. IBM Security zSecure helps Swiss Re manage compliance to achieve their goal of continuous compliance where risk exposures or compliance issues ...

A step-change in the pace of business today brings enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems face-to-face with the largest transformation in their role since they were first introduced in the early 1990s. The rise of a new generation of business automation demands real-time information processing and visibility on a scale that was unthinkable just a few ...

A step-change in the pace of business today brings enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems face-to-face with the largest transformation in their role since they were first introduced in the early 1990s. The rise of a new generation of business automation demands real-time information processing and visibility on a scale that was unthinkable just a few ...

Google is becoming more sophisticated and ultimately more humanlike with every new release. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) techniques should be balanced with good user experience if they’re to form part of your business’ long term search strategy. This guide from Symantec will give you all the tips on how to increase your website ranking with ...

Finding a better place to store an ever-expanding volume of valuables is a near universal challenge—for individuals and their businesses. From physical holes in the ground to the ethereal cloud and beyond, the range of options for stashing stuff is immense. And, depending on what you’re storing and how easily you want others to find ...

On a Smarter Planet, information-centric processes are exploding in growth. In order to excel in today’s competitive environment, businesses need to support these processes, and efficiently manage the massive volumes of data they drive, with minimal risk. The mainframe has always been the IT industry’s leading platform for transaction processing, consolidated and secure data serving, ...

Moving to a cloud environment is no longer just an information technology IT strategy it’s a business decision as well. Cloud is motivating business and IT to emerge from their respective silos. This paper discusses how to convert cloud’s considerable benefits into business opportunities with an astute understanding of your cloud ecosystem. Subscribe to the ...