As we head into 2017, small and medium business executives continue to find themselves operating in a tough new reality. In this Age of the (digitally-savvy)...
As we head into 2017, small and medium business executives continue to find themselves operating in a tough new reality. In this Age of the (digitally-savvy) Customer, you have to compete with larger, resource-rich corporations and with nimbler start-ups. And, you need to do it in a way that grabs customers’ attention and imagination as they continue to adopt new technologies—all of which is happening at an unprecedented rate. To keep growing, you need to recognize trends and...
As we head into 2017, small and medium business executives continue to find themselves operating in a tough new reality. In this Age of the (digitally-savvy) Customer, you have to compete with larger,...
This is my favorite quote regarding technology and history: “The Stone Age didn’t end because we ran out of stones. It ended because we invented bronze tools,...
This is my favorite quote regarding technology and history: “The Stone Age didn’t end because we ran out of stones. It ended because we invented bronze tools, which were more productive.” Generally attributed to a former oil minister in Saudi Arabia, Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani, this quote highlights the connection between the supply and use of any given resource. Originally delivered as a warning to oil-producing countries overly dependent on petrodollars, the quote is often...
This is my favorite quote regarding technology and history: “The Stone Age didn’t end because we ran out of stones. It ended because we invented bronze tools, which were more productive.”...
By Sri Ayyeppen, President, Chief Technology Officer of Keste, a leading worldwide Oracle solutions provider based in Dallas If your small to medium business is...
By Sri Ayyeppen, President, Chief Technology Officer of Keste, a leading worldwide Oracle solutions provider based in Dallas If your small to medium business is experiencing high growth—or hopes to soon—you must make sure your database solution will grow with you. The reality is that in many cases, it can’t. Many established SMBs own costly, hard-to-maintain, on-premises systems that can’t maintain performance as demands on the system increase. So, when you require massive...
By Sri Ayyeppen, President, Chief Technology Officer of Keste, a leading worldwide Oracle solutions provider based in Dallas If your small to medium business is experiencing high growth—or hopes...
Today, efficiency defines business. This is very apparent during the holiday season, when performance matters and seamless in-store, in-app, and online...
Today, efficiency defines business. This is very apparent during the holiday season, when performance matters and seamless in-store, in-app, and online transactions rule across supply chains and drive overall customer experiences. Such efficiency requires rapid response. Yet small and medium businesses face challenges in delivering this fast functionality and keeping up with their larger competition. On-premises systems can devour both time (think “years” and “months”) and...
Today, efficiency defines business. This is very apparent during the holiday season, when performance matters and seamless in-store, in-app, and online transactions rule across supply chains and...
2016 was an eventful year for SMBs. Small and medium businesses made up 99% of all employer firms in the US SMBs employed more than 50% of the American...
2016 was an eventful year for SMBs. Small and medium businesses made up 99% of all employer firms in the US SMBs employed more than 50% of the American workforce More than 60% of new private sector jobs came from small and medium businesses SMBs are a force to be reckoned with. But, it is not easy to be an SMB executive. Obtaining capital, adhering to a variety of regulations and laws, concerns over data protection, and hiring qualified employees are still huge areas of...
2016 was an eventful year for SMBs. Small and medium businesses made up 99% of all employer firms in the US SMBs employed more than 50% of the American workforce More than 60% of new private...
For the last six years, I've been managing a small web site for my neighborhood homeowner’s association. When I first set up the site, I used packaged...
For the last six years, I've been managing a small web site for my neighborhood homeowner’s association. When I first set up the site, I used packaged on-premises software to build and post content—and I chose a web site design from a template that was built for traditional desktop users. A few months ago, a neighbor saw me at our park and asked me, “When are you going to put our web site into the cloud?” I was caught off guard. The web site lived with a popular hosting...
For the last six years, I've been managing a small web site for my neighborhood homeowner’s association. When I first set up the site, I used packaged on-premises software to build and post...
As a beer lover, I’ve been amazed at the explosive growth and variety of craft beer in the U.S. According to the Brewers Association, there were just 89...
As a beer lover, I’ve been amazed at the explosive growth and variety of craft beer in the U.S. According to the Brewers Association, there were just 89 breweries in the U.S in 1979. Today, there are well over 4,000. Amazingly, that number is about the same as it was in 1873. It’s not difficult to identify what happened. The Industrial Revolution required mass production, corporate consolidation, and rigid product uniformity. Henry Ford built his fortune on giving consumers...
As a beer lover, I’ve been amazed at the explosive growth and variety of craft beer in the U.S. According to the Brewers Association, there were just 89 breweries in the U.S in 1979. Today, there are...
There is a difference between growth and scaling. Growth is great, but it alone does not guarantee success. To be successful, start-ups have to transform from...
There is a difference between growth and scaling. Growth is great, but it alone does not guarantee success. To be successful, start-ups have to transform from “a couple people and an idea” to world-class enterprises with established business models that can generate massive revenues, without correspondingly massive costs. Many entrepreneurs struggle with this concept. When they’re in start-up mode, entrepreneurs are opportunistic. They try to sell as much as they can and as...
There is a difference between growth and scaling. Growth is great, but it alone does not guarantee success. To be successful, start-ups have to transform from “a couple people and an idea”...
Talk about a growth explosion. Wiggle, an online sports retailer based in the UK, is doubling in size every 18 months. Yet as most business leaders know, growth...
Talk about a growth explosion. Wiggle, an online sports retailer based in the UK, is doubling in size every 18 months. Yet as most business leaders know, growth is not the same as scaling. The company can't afford to double its workforce—or its IT investments—at such a dizzying pace. So, Wiggle turned to the cloud for help. Watch the video with Wiggle CIO Jeff Wollen to learn how Oracle ERP Cloud, Oracle HCM Cloud and other Oracle solutions are helping the company keep up...
Talk about a growth explosion. Wiggle, an online sports retailer based in the UK, is doubling in size every 18 months. Yet as most business leaders know, growth is not the same as scaling. The company...
