IDG Contributor Network: Accounting firms keep the status quo, but disruption looms

Recently I wrote a post about the accounting profession and its future in light of artificial…

IDG Contributor Network: News from Epicor’s annual user conference

Epicor’s annual user conference in Nashville this year was a good chance to spend time with…

IDG Contributor Network: Twilio jumps on the serverless bandwagon

News from the second day of Twilio’s annual developer conference, Signal. While yesterday’s big news focused…

IDG Contributor Network: Twilio does speech recognition and understanding, the right way

We’ve all had horrendous experiences with voice recognition when calling a support center – I’d like…

IDG Contributor Network: The value of metadata – the most Instagrammed tourist attractions globally

Edward Snowden’s revelations about federal interception of private electronic transmissions started to build public awareness about…

IDG Contributor Network: Automation and the end of accounting

Recently I’ve been spending time looking at the various initiatives that the accounting software vendors have…

IDG Contributor Network: Going interstellar with Microsoft Cosmos

At Microsoft’s Build developer conference last week, the company announced Cosmos DB, a new cloud database…

IDG Contributor Network: An under-pressure OpenStack gets support from an (in)famous individual

Last week saw a few thousand devoted OpenStack community members flock to Boston to take part…