2-Minute Assessment: Where Are You on Your Data Journey?
New tools, structures, and practices are driving a transformational data journey for the enterprise, but the challenges can be complex and progress often comes in fits and starts.
Citizen Experience: 3 Reasons It’s Top of Mind for Economists, Urban Planners, and City Officials Alike
In a recent Maven Wave blog, we explained an important concept in today’s digital world: citizen experience, which is defined as “the interactions between government and citizens across multiple channels that create mutual value.”
Lessons from the Pandemic: 3 Reasons State and Local Governments Must Prioritize Citizen Experience
If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that people will find new ways to accomplish critical tasks in times of crisis. Such was the situation society faced as a never-before-seen infectious invader, COVID-19, brought the normal day-to-day functions of the world to a screeching halt.
Avoiding Data Downtime: 3 Actionable Steps to Keep Your Organization Moving Forward
It’s a time for realigning and starting the week on the right foot. Nothing can kill that productivity mindset faster than an app outage, unexpected website maintenance, or another tech snafu that leaves you without the tools you need to succeed.
Data Observability: The Heartbeat of Healthy Data
Data is a critical component of ensuring enterprise success in the digital age — whether you’re making major business decisions or trying to stay ahead of the competition.
Data Harmonization and Interoperability in Healthcare: Next Steps Facing Hospitals, Providers and Payers
It’s impossible to understate the importance of keeping care teams connected, informed, and in touch with their patients. In fact, there are more products on the market than ever before that aim to accomplish this.
How to Choose a Partner for Your Cloud Journey
Is your organization ready to fully embrace cloud technology? Are you overburdened by projects that you know cloud could solve but find it difficult to build a roadmap? If so, then it’s time to find a cloud partner that can propel your business to the next stage of its journey.
Future-Proofing Your Business Through Analytics: Google’s 2021 Retail & Consumer Goods Summit Recap
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the term “new normal” has been thrown around a lot, along with plenty of speculation and conjecture about what the “new normal” really is. Now, nearly a year and a half after the entire world shut down, we’ve had time to take stock of the many changes we’ve experienced since March 2020 and better assess the changes still to come.
Breaking Down the Cloud Data Journey: From Initial Set-Up to Advanced Analytics
Did you know that organizations are 17x more likely to increase cloud spend than reduce it over the next 12 months? After all, the days of cloud computing being viewed simply as a style of technology are quickly drawing to a close.
The Raw Reality of Data Analytics and Cloud Migration with Brad Foster
On a recent episode of the Data Movers Podcast, our very own Brad Foster sat down with JSA CEO Jaymie Scotto Cutaia and a top B2B influencer in the tech, telecom, and data center space, Evan Kistel.
4 Ways Digital Transformation is Affecting Financial Services in 2021
The phrase “digital transformation” is so widely used these days that some people go so far as to say that the term has become essentially meaningless. While the term may be a bit overused, facts on the ground speak to a reality where many areas of financial services are indeed being transformed by the adoption of digital technologies, practices and orientation.
3 Stages to Navigating Your Cloud Data Journey
Running a robust data analytics program is more essential than ever in today’s world to be able to maximize insights from data and stay ahead of the curve of competitors.
3 Top 2021 Tech Hiring & Recruiting Trends: What Do Candidates Want?
At Maven Wave, enabling digital transformation for the world’s largest enterprises is our mission. Everything we do gets back to the question: How can we help Fortune 500 companies harness the cloud and growing [...]
The Positive Effect of Cloud Computing on Climate Change and Decarbonization
When you imagine the major contributors to climate change, what comes to mind? Maybe a 20-inch-rimmed gas-guzzling SUV, a smoke-stack-laden building with black clouds spiraling out, or a drainage pipe snaking its way from [...]
Empowering Digital Transformation Amid a Pandemic: A Round-Up of 11 Recent Maven Wave Media Highlights
As we approach the one-year mark of when COVID-19 first hit the United States, Maven Wave and Atos continue to support enterprises in meeting their evolving business needs through digital transformation. From vital [...]
Maven Wave’s 2020 Content Recap
As we close out the year, we know the challenges presented by this unprecedented time have been felt by every company in different ways. Whether your organization has needed to move a workforce [...]
Introducing Atos OneCloud: Enabling a Cloud Forward Future for the Enterprise
Yesterday, our parent company announced Atos OneCloud, a ground-breaking initiative to modernize business with a custom cloud plan. Atos OneCloud blends cloud advisory consulting, application transformation expertise, prebuilt cloud accelerators, and innovative talents [...]
Manufacturers: What’s Your Resilience Strategy for Action in 2021 — and Beyond?
With Q4 2020 around the corner, it’s hard to imagine that the year is almost over already. Nobody could have anticipated the level of chaos that unfolded over these last several months. As [...]
Google Kicks Off Cloud Next OnAir With Announcement of BigQuery Omni, Confidential VMs, More
The opening keynote session at Google Cloud Next looked a little different this year. Instead of being greeted by a standing-room-only crowd at Moscone Center in San Francisco, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google [...]
Maven Wave’s Top 4 Trends Leading Digital Transformation in 2020
As we step into 2020, there’s a lot of discussion around business possibilities for this new year and new decade. In the world of technology, the future holds a myriad of possibilities. It’s [...]
What’s Up in the Cloud: Macy’s, Keybank Embrace Google, New Drive Functions
With the plethora of products and solutions falling under the Google Cloud umbrella, it can be difficult to keep up with all of the exciting new features, product updates, and the latest news. [...]
Events Round-Up: Keep Tabs on Maven Wave’s Whereabouts This Fall
There’s no denying it - the sun is setting a tad earlier each day, the kids are headed back to school, and the Chicago Bears have taken the [Soldier] field - summer is [...]
Google Cloud Summit Chicago Recap: Turning IT Value Into Business Value
Last week, Maven Wave attended and was a top sponsor of the Google Cloud Summit in Chicago. The day of industry insights kicked off with the keynote session, during which Google Cloud Director [...]
How to Replace Your MS Excel Macros With Cloud Functions in Python on Google Sheets
Macros embedded within Excel can often be confusing to work with. To solve this issue, you can instead replace your MS Excel macros with cloud functions. In four steps, we have created a [...]
3 Steps to a Successful Digital Transformation for Today’s Enterprises
Digital transformation has been on the collective mind of the business community for years now, but many enterprises either still aren’t fully invested in the journey or they’ve experienced their fair share of [...]
Top 3 Insights from Forrester Digital Transformation & Innovation 2019
From May 14 - 15, leaders in technology and executives working on digital transformation strategies attended the Forrester Digital Transformation & Innovation 2019 conference in Chicago, Illinois. The conference attracted employees of both [...]
Maven Wave’s #GoogleNext19 Recap: Nourishing the Ecosystem with Openness
Google Cloud showcased its dazzling growth at Next ’19 with 30,000+ attendees, 500+ breakout sessions, and 400+ customer stories shared. Last year, Google beat [...]
Events Round-Up: Where to Find Maven Wave in Q2
It’s hard to believe that Q1 2019 has come and gone - mainly because we’ve kept ourselves busy over here at the Maven Wave HQ. As we get ready to jump into Q2, [...]
Maven Wave’s #GoogleNext19 Booth Sessions: Cloud Security, Experience Design, Machine Learning & More
We’re counting down the days, and there aren’t many left until Google Cloud Next ‘19! In San Francisco, our team will share our thoughts on our favorite topics, not just on the main [...]
Maven Wave’s #GoogleNext19 Main Stage Sessions: Machine Learning, Collaboration, Healthcare & More
The biggest event of the year for the Google Cloud community is only two weeks away, and it’s an understatement to say we’re excited. After all, last year’s conference was an exhilarating success. [...]
Infographic: The Tech-Driven Workforce of Tomorrow
In today's hyper-digital age, there is a growing fear that jobs will disappear as enterprises implement artificial intelligence (AI) systems in the workplace. While machine learning and AI might replace certain jobs that exist [...]
Why Enterprises Should Embrace the Cloud as it Drives Global IT Spending
Gartner’s latest quarterly IT spending forecast delivers big news about the cloud’s role in global IT expenditures. The firm expects worldwide IT spending to reach $3.8 trillion this year, rising 3.2% over 2018, [...]
9 of the Most Exciting New Google Cloud Developments for Enterprises
It’s safe to say that it’s been a busy and exciting time for both Google Cloud and Maven Wave over the past few months. Earlier this year, Maven Wave was recognized as the [...]
10% or 10x? Consider the Exponential Option
We talk a lot about the digital age, the accelerating pace of change in business and the influx of innovation the world is seeing. New technologies engulf us: the cloud, machine learning, artificial [...]
What Robinhood and Cryptocurrency Outlaws Can Teach Us About Success in the Cloud
Lessons from Sherwood Forest and Beyond The old English legend of Robin Hood, the leader of a band of Merry Men that stole from the rich to give to the poor, still resonates [...]
FIA Expo 2018 – Day Two
Day two of FIA Expo is always more subdued than the first day, but it allows for time to go into greater depth on certain subjects. This year, a big focus was placed [...]
FIA Expo 2018 – Day One
A few themes always emerge at FIA Expo and this year Europe managed to steal the spotlight as the main topics of discussion on the first day were regulatory deference and the recent [...]
Google Cloud Summit New York Recap
Last week, Maven Wave had the opportunity to attend and sponsor the Google Cloud Summit in New York City. It was a full day of learning, exploring the latest cloud technology, and networking. [...]
Blockchain in Financial Services: Where Are We Now?
A lot has transpired since we last covered the topic of blockchain in financial services in the May 2017 Maven Wave newsletter: at that time, the price of bitcoin (BTC) had yet to [...]
Maven Wave’s #GoogleNext18 Recap: Transforming the Enterprise with Google Cloud
23,000 attendees, 290 Google Cloud customer stories and 105 announcements — all in just a few incredible days. Google Cloud Next ’18 was a whirlwind of powerful insights and exciting new releases. [...]
Enable Your Tomorrow, Today
Today’s enterprises are being disrupted by technology; endless amounts of data, cloud, machine learning, AI - it’s seemingly impossible to keep up. Yet, IT leaders are being asked to be more innovative than [...]
Blockchain in Healthcare
New Medicine for a Sick Patient: Blockchain in Healthcare Blockchain is the technology story of 2017. While the public has been captivated by the rise and gyrations of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, behind the [...]
Blockchain: This Will Change Everything
Blockchain can be an incredibly hard topic to cover or it can be really easy. Blockchain is such a new and, in most cases, untried technology that it can be easy to make some [...]
5 Strengths of Winners in Digital
There’s no question that the need for businesses to evolve for the digital age is here; it’s no longer something companies can put off. Now, it’s just a question of how to get [...]
Can Blockchain Transform the Healthcare Industry?
Blockchain is driving change in financial markets, but it will also serve as the catalyst for transformation across many other industries. Front and center: healthcare. Maven Wave Principals Andrew Dunmore and Nick Polachek describe [...]
Helping Big-Name Companies Make Big Digital Shifts
Maven Wave founders Brian Farrar, Jason Lee, and Jeff Lee were featured in the recent editions of Fortune & Bloomberg Business, discussing digital transformation.