John Bertrand - February 15, 2019 - 1366 views

Visa’s planned acquisition of Earthport is the latest in a recent series of consolidations in the global payment systems sector. The deal follows in the wake of MasterCard’s purchase of UK operator VocaLink and Worldline’s purchase of Swiss operator SIX Payments Services. For the two major credit card companies, it’s a move into handling payment […]

Paul Roehrig - February 12, 2019 - 263 views

The website said: “The 2019 MAKERS Conference is a global women’s leadership event that brings together the most powerful names in business, entertainment, tech, and finance to explore ways to accelerate the movement with compelling videos, provocative conversations, and onstage pledges for change.” I read this as I was preparing to head to the MAKERS […]

Jodie Thellin Skyberg - February 12, 2019 - 25 views

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is about to publish a proposed rule that – according to the Health and Human Services Department (HHS) – would lower prescription drug prices and out-of-pocket costs for patients and increase pricing transparency. The HHS proposal would eliminate a safe harbor for prescription drug rebates that drug […]

Jeffrey Lewis - February 11, 2019 - 139 views

Since their birth in the 1990s, managed services security providers (MSSP) have come a long way, and are expected to grow to a $40 billion business globally by 2022. But in my work, I see every day how these businesses need to go further to keep up with the volume, variety and velocity of security […]

Chandan Gokhale - February 8, 2019 - 176 views

Groceries, books, plane tickets, even automobiles: Most things we want to buy in today’s world can be delivered in a day or two via a few clicks on a mobile app. This is also true when it comes to buying some types of insurance, like auto or home insurance. Life insurance, however, is a different […]

Bruce Rogow - February 7, 2019 - 54 views

As I meet with executives from enterprises attempting to be digitally enhanced, most agree on one thing: In order to achieve material value from new digital services, offerings and technologies, they need to balance two factors: the pace of the initiative and “the realization horizon.” The realization horizon is what you can hope to achieve […]

Antonella Bonanni - February 6, 2019 - 54 views

“I was so tired, I started talking to Alexa.” I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard people refer to Alexa as something more than a digital assistant this past year. More people are talking to and asking questions of voice-activated digital assistants and cognitive-powered colleagues than ever before. Nearly 19 million homes in the U.S. […]

Anbu Muppidathi - February 5, 2019 - 791 views

Amazon can make crucial changes on its e-commerce platform in seconds. Tesla can upgrade your car while you sleep. What digital unicorns can do in minutes, traditional companies might need months. The lightning-quick capabilities of born-digital businesses aren’t just the result of following a unique development methodology; they’re also possible because they’ve got a flexible, […]

Frank Antonysamy - February 1, 2019 - 70 views

U.S. food safety has been a concern since the days of Upton Sinclair’s classic novel about the stockyards and meatpacking industries in Chicago. Public reaction to The Jungle compelled Teddy Roosevelt and the U.S. Congress to pass food safety laws and establish the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 1906. More than a century later, […]

Kathryn Nash - January 30, 2019 - 72 views

I vividly remember my first visit to the Lower Eastside Girls Club (LESGC) in November 2015. My Uber driver inquired, “Does this look like the right place?” Looking around, I felt a bit swallowed up by the endless rows of ruddy-colored brick tenements lining the narrow streets that crisscross the Lower East Side. I thanked […]