Disrupting with Purpose Through Intelligent Technologies

10/23/18 • 54 min

Changing the Game with Intelligent Technologies, Presented by SAP

The buzz: “Disruptors don’t set out to beat you at your own game—they change the rules” (Kai Riemer). Companies are choosing to disrupt the status quo with intelligent technologies in order to create the flexibility, agility, and scalability for the next generation of their business. What do you call disruption with this kind of purpose? Transformation. Trends are emerging as companies establish strategies for modernizing in the cloud to get ready to integrate Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Internet of Things. The experts speak. Michael Harding, Virtustream: “Once in a while you can get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right” (Jerry Garcia). Sebastiaan Foppema, smartShift Technologies: “Let’s go invent tomorrow rather than worrying about what happened yesterday” (Steve Jobs). Uddhav Gupta, SAP: “Creativity is contagious. Pass it on” (Eugene Raudsepp). Join us for Disrupting with Purpose Through Intelligent Technologies.

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The buzz: “In coming years, the most intelligent organizations will need to blend technology-enabled insights with a sophisticated understanding of human judgment, reasoning, and choice” (sloanreview.mit.edu/article/building-a-more-intelligent-enterprise). Reality check: Digital disruption and the push for innovation are already impacting every industry, every company, every line of business. Are you ready to make the digitalization leap to become a strong intelligent enterprise? The experts speak. Tim Yates, DataXstream: “We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience George Washington). Craig Stasila, SAP: “Perfect always takes so long Because It don’t exist” (Jeff Rosenstock). Join us for Jumping to Intelligent Technologies: How High is the Hurdle?

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