InFocus Roundup May 4, 2012: “One Size Doesn’t Fit All…”  says Kevin Scanlon, with regards to customer Strategy.  “True return on a social media program is best seen in the cost savings.”    This week we welcome Dave Bagatelle from the Asset and Wealth Management division of EMC Consulting to the InFocus Community. Dave covers

InFocus Weekly Roundup: April 27, 2012 “Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” Choong Keng Leong draws on Sun Tzu’s quote to explain the use of holistic strategies as the starting point for IT Transformation. Engage in a discussion with InFocus Bloggers on “Capitalizing on Cloud

This week,  we learn how Advanced analytics help retailers better understand their customers. Tom Clancy, VP EMC Education Services talks about the convergence of advanced skills required to meet the demand in this growing field, including a new course in Data Science and Big Data Analytics being offered at EMC. The Big Data MBA course series takes a week off as

“Consistency” doesn’t have to mean “overkill.” How many meetings do you attend where several presenters show the same 20 slides – and often show a slide when there is no real need, just to meet a consistent format? Excel charts and tables embedded in PowerPoint slides may be the most commonly used format for business

People, Process, Technology.  1, 2, 3 We reference them in that order for a specific reason.  Most simply put, you need the people to implement the processes that are then enabled by the technology.  Since robots have not yet taken over, let’s go on the assumption that people are always a key part of the