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5 Leading Principles of Cloud Cost Optimization

As organizations across industries rapidly deploy and invest in next-gen cloud applications and solutions to meet demands, controlling cloud costs can be challenging. But it doesn't have to be. In today's ever-evolving landscape, [...]

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 [...]

How to Tackle Complex Libor Issues with Machine Learning

The deadline for the end of Libor is fast approaching and many financial institutions are struggling to address the complexities that this creates. Libor is ubiquitous in modern financial markets and this raises [...]

Top 5 Benefits of a Cloud-Based Contact Center

With so many aspects of businesses shifting since COVID-19, the call center, as we know it, will never be the same. As customer service and support centers become increasingly overwhelmed, enterprises are making [...]

Google Cloud Partners are Leading the Way Toward a Brighter Future

Over the years, Maven Wave has leveraged expert insight, experience, and its premier Google Cloud partnership to convert complex business challenges into successful digital transformations for some of the world’s most influential companies. [...]

Insights on Telehealth Use in the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond

The COVID-19 pandemic has widened acceptance of telehealth, for both healthcare providers and patients. Many healthcare organizations scrambled to implement telehealth as lockdowns occurred throughout the country, while others already had systems in [...]

Lessons from Libor: How to Apply Machine Learning for Document Digitization

The imminent demise of the benchmark Libor interest rates is one of the most important developments in the history of financial markets and one that will pose a challenge for all financial institutions. [...]

How Healthcare Systems Can Build Effective Data Platforms

In many industries, we’re sold solutions based on business needs. In healthcare, these solutions may help us manage population health or the claims process, for example. At Maven Wave, we argue that the [...]

Google Cloud Next ‘20: OnAir and in the Cloud with Maven Wave – Data Management & Databases Week

After learning the latest about data analytics during last week’s Google Cloud Next ‘20: OnAir sessions, we’re digging further into data with the week six “Data Management & Databases” theme. The virtual event [...]

Google Cloud Next ‘20: OnAir and in the Cloud with Maven Wave – Data Analytics Week

Across screens worldwide, Google Next ‘20: OnAir attendees are taking a deeper dive into today’s most commanding cloud topics. Led by Google Cloud experts and featured guests, the all-digital event is helping leaders [...]

How Data Enabled Healthcare Systems to Get Ahead of COVID-19

Healthcare organizations are learning many lessons during the COVID-19 crisis. Whether still in thick of it or coming up for air, data and technology are key tools in the fight against this pandemic. [...]

Google Cloud Next ‘20: OnAir and in the Cloud with Maven Wave – Security Week

Google Next ‘20: OnAir is heating up the summer! Across the globe, attendees are logging in weekly to gain valuable insight into the industry’s hottest topics. Throughout the nine-week event, participants can take [...]

Google Cloud Next ‘20: OnAir and in the Cloud with Maven Wave – Infrastructure Week

Google Next ‘20: OnAir is in full swing, and while the event may be all digital this year, the sessions are still delivering innovative content, inspiring keynote speakers, and compelling breakout sessions. What’s [...]

3 Key Digital Transformation Trends Informing the Future of Work

As we begin to adjust to the new, stark reality that work-life as we know it might never be the same, how will enterprises reshape and move ahead? As businesses begin to reopen [...]

Google Cloud Next ‘20: OnAir and in the Cloud with Maven Wave – Productivity & Collaboration Week

Last week, Google kicked off Next ‘20: OnAir with Industry Insights week and an opening keynote full of exciting product announcements. For more on BigQuery Omni, Confidential VMs, and other product launches, check [...]

4 Distributed Ledger Technology Proof-of-Concepts Leading the Way Toward a Digital Future

In 2017 it looked as if bitcoin, the original manifestation of distributed ledger technology (DLT), was on course to become a dominant and ubiquitous force in financial markets. Unfortunately, bubbles are bound to [...]

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 [...]

Maintaining Company Culture During Unpredictable Times: Maven Wave’s Mid-Year Awards Round Up

The first half of the year presented unforeseen challenges, but when we look back, it is the stories of innovation and persistence that prevail. Hindsight is truly 2020, and here at Maven Wave, [...]

5 Critical Components for Assessing the Quality of Enterprise Data

One of the most vital business lessons to derive from the ongoing global pandemic is the importance of data quality. While making key decisions around the best ways to rapidly implement and pivot [...]

How Data Enables the “Smart” in Smart Factories

The next generation of manufacturing is here. It’s no secret that manufacturers must continue to prove their relevance by leveraging emerging technology trends to stay on pace with modern-day customer demands and achieve [...]

What’s Up in the Cloud: Next OnAir, Meet for Telehealth, Empowering Remote Work with G Suite, More

As some employees continue to work from home while others return to offices part-time, and some retailers and restaurants cautiously reopen, we’re all still continually adjusting to this less-than-normal year. While living and [...]

Moving Past COVID-19: Lasting Impacts on the Future of Financial Services

When financial services companies wrote their business plans for 2020, it’s a safe bet that no one penciled in closing all physical locations, cutting revenue dramatically and converting nearly all employees to work [...]

Google Meet and Epic for Telehealth: Cambridge Health Alliance Kicks off the First Partnership

While many medical practices have been moving towards adding telehealth capabilities, the COVID-19 pandemic pushed some to offer it much more quickly than anyone was expecting. Some practices jumped in feet first, even [...]

Top 3 Tips for Marketing Teams to Drive Conversions Virtually with G Suite

Across the globe, marketing departments and event teams pivoted plans as stay-at-home orders forced the cancellation of conferences, trade shows, and other in-person events. Creative as marketers are, this bizarre turn of events presented [...]

Celebrating 10 Years of Google Cloud’s BigQuery: A Look Back

Congratulations BigQuery on celebrating 10 years! As an early entrant to the Google Cloud Partner ecosystem, we at Maven Wave have enjoyed seeing the platform grow and evolve from beta to the industry [...]

How to Enable Greater Personalization in Retail with a Customer Data Platform

Billions of retailers are leveraging or relying solely on e-commerce right now, while struggling with how best to identify their customer’s needs and present personalized suggestions and experiences. Fragmented and impersonal data is [...]

10 Best Practices to Enable A Remote Workforce With Chrome Enterprise

As we prepare for the future and continue to navigate the new norm, many corporations have already announced that they are extending remote working until further notice. With Twitter leading the charge toward [...]

4 Tips for Recruiting Teams to Create Impactful Virtual Hiring Experiences with G Suite

As we have grown accustomed to our new normal, we find ourselves relying on all things digital - whether it be remote learning for our children, streaming movies with our family, or interacting [...]

Conversational Design for Voice and Chat Bots

Conversational experiences via a chat or voice bot are starting to become more commonly seen and more widely accepted. And introducing bots into operations presents a way for organizations to both improve customer [...]

5 Tips for Maintaining Company Culture in Remote Teams

The recent surge in remote work has brought up a lot of questions around the most efficient methods, data security, video conferencing and collaboration tools, and more. But there’s one topic critical to [...]

Financial Services: Bolstering Customer Service Using Virtual Agents

In nearly every way, the COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented event and the challenges that it poses to businesses are both widespread and complex. In addition to the unique new questions and concerns [...]

What’s Up in the Cloud: G Suite Essentials Offered for Free, Anthos Expansion, Healthcare API, More

Since our last post, we’ve all been settling into the new reality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. For Google Cloud and at Maven Wave alike, that means supporting businesses during this unprecedented [...]

3 Tips for Sales Leaders to Leverage G Suite to Drive Deals Remotely

Now more than ever, sales leaders across the globe are turning to G Suite to help drive deals and enable their workforces remotely. With G Suite’s efficiency and flexibility, leading sales forces have [...]

IGNITE-ing a Spark of Relief for Recent Graduates With New Development Program

The 2020 collegiate graduating class is undoubtedly experiencing a new reality. Campuses have been cleared, lectures have gone virtual, and graduations have been canceled. Many students who were gearing up to land their [...]

Top 4 Tips for Overcoming Cloud Migration Challenges

Migrating workflows can be daunting: from understanding and identifying the full scope of the migration backlog to readying the operations team and provisioning the infrastructure. Meanwhile, you’ve got the overhanging stress of consumption [...]

How Healthcare Organizations Can Leverage Chat and Voice Bots

Intelligent chat and voice bots were gaining in popularity even before the COVID-19 crisis took over. A winter 2019 Smart Audio Report1 showed that 24% of U.S. adults owned at least one device incorporating [...]

3 Common Work From Home Use Cases for Administrators: The G Suite Solution

Many enterprises are suddenly tackling the need to support a remote workforce - and running into a few of the same frequently asked questions and challenges. Whether it be video conferencing woes, a [...]

What’s Up in the Cloud: How Google is Helping During COVID-19, G Suite for Remote Work, More

As the healthcare industry takes on COVID-19, stores and restaurants rely on online sales and delivery, and workers across the globe adapt to temporarily working from home, it’s undeniable that 2020 is shaping [...]

6 Benefits of Moving Your Disaster Recovery to the Cloud

As regular business operations are being shaken up by large numbers of employees working from home, many companies are re-examining their business continuity plans. Disaster recovery (DR) plays an integral part in business [...]

7 Best Practices for Working from Home with G Suite

In the coming weeks, people across the world will find themselves in a situation where they are working from home for the first time as enterprises support social distancing guidelines during the COVID-19 [...]

What’s Up in the Cloud: Google Next Digital, Free Hangouts Meet Access, Cloud Migration Webinar, More

With many people suddenly finding themselves with newly freed-up calendars and more work from home days, now is the perfect time to curl up on the couch and catch up on the latest [...]

Cloud Change Management 101

Moving to the cloud can be tough, whether you’re adopting collaboration and productivity tools such as G Suite or migrating your company’s data to a new IT environment like Google Cloud Platform (GCP). [...]

International Women’s Day 2020: The Builders Behind the Brand

You may have heard that Maven Wave was recently acquired by Atos, a global leader in digital transformation with more than 110,000 employees, in 73 countries, and an annual revenue of over €11 [...]

Metrics, Agility, and Communication: 3 Key Factors to Making a “Big Bang” in Financial Services

It’s an undeniable fact that cloud computing, as exemplified by Google Cloud, is the foundation for a profound transformation in all aspects of business today. In financial services, the stakes are particularly high [...]

4 Key Anthos Attributes that Contribute to 4.8x ROI for the Enterprise

In a groundbreaking new report, Forrester projects that enterprises can enjoy a staggering nearly five times increase in return on investment by deploying Anthos. Consider the myriad implications for the enterprise with what [...]

A Match Made in the Cloud: Maven Wave Joins the Atos Family

The founders of Maven Wave have kept a handwritten note from their first meeting, 11 years ago. It’s a list of guiding principles, including directives such as “no B players,” “everyone sells,” and [...]

What’s Up in the Cloud: Acquisitions, Forrester Reports on Anthos and Analytics, New Google Cloud Functionality, More

We’re less than two months into 2020, but there’s a lot happening in the world of Google Cloud and Maven Wave. Between acquisitions on both sides, new Forrester reports on Anthos and analytics, [...]

3 Key Considerations in Cloud Security for Healthcare Organizations

With medical system consolidation and increasing numbers of medical records created, the need for digital access and storage is gaining steam. Digitizing records allows clinicians to improve accuracy and decrease redundant testing and [...]

4 Benefits to Becoming Digital and Data-Driven in Financial Services

Make no mistake: the current explosion of volume in data coupled with the emergence of new tools and processes on the public internet has created a near-perfect storm when it comes to generating opportunities [...]

Powering Enterprise AI Projects with BigQuery

Google Cloud’s BigQuery has come a long way since it launched in 2010, and even since machine learning (ML) was first added to the serverless, scalable cloud data warehouse last year. Google CEO [...]

The Top Cloud Publications & Podcasts We’re Consuming in 2020

With the evolution and growth of the cloud comes a laundry list of great side effects. One of those benefits is a surge of new resources that explore the innovations and technologies surrounding [...]

What’s Up in the Cloud: Google Makes Moves in Travel Industry, AppSheet Acquisition, Securing PHI in the Cloud, More

Since our last cloud news update, the holidays have come and gone and we’ve welcomed the start of a new decade. Now that we’re fully in the swing of 2020, Google Cloud is [...]

Moving to G Suite: Successful Change Management for Healthcare Clinicians

G Suite is replacing Microsoft and other Office suite products at many healthcare institutions. Making the change requires detailed planning across technology systems, but it also requires changing how humans interact with the [...]

3 Ways Retailers Can Personalize Customer Experience Using Technology

The modern consumer expects personalization as a standard of service. And even more, they expect to have a seamless transition between their online shopping experience and in-store interactions. Today, with much focus on [...]

Overcoming the Integration Challenge in AI Adoption

Though Artificial Intelligence (AI) still has a long way to go before reaching its full potential in the enterprise, organizations are already solving everyday challenges with various impressive applications of the technology. The [...]

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 [...]

Maven Wave’s 2019 Content Round-Up: Data Warehousing, Hybrid-Cloud, Machine Learning, and More

2019 brought many announcements and developments in the world of cloud technology, specifically in the areas of hybrid-cloud, machine learning, data warehousing, and more. Before we move into 2020, we're looking back at [...]

Wrapping Up a Successful 2019, But an Even Better Decade for Maven Wave

As 2019 comes to a close, we are looking back on our last 12 months of work with overwhelming gratitude. The Maven Wave team has yet again pulled off a groundbreaking year of [...]

How Our Mavens Live Life 10x

Earlier this year, Maven Wave introduced its 10x Mavens initiative to showcase the many talents and skills of our employees outside of the workplace. As 2019 closes out, we are taking a look [...]

The Pros and Cons of Cloud Data Warehousing in Financial Services

Practical Tips for Data Warehousing in the Public Cloud It’s well known that tremendous advantages can be gained by financial services firms through the intelligent deployment and application of data. In fact, data [...]

What’s Up in the Cloud: Google Recognized by Forrester and Gartner, Cloud AI for Retail, New Network Intelligence Center, More

While most of us were busy watching football, eating turkey, and catching up with family members over Thanksgiving, there was plenty to be thankful for in the world of Google Cloud with new [...]