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Four myths about building a software business
McKinsey & Company
APRIL 30, 2021
As nontechnology companies turn to software-based business models for growth, they will need to avoid common misconceptions. Digital Insights Digital
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Mastering automotive software-launch excellence
McKinsey
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
Automotive players can crack the code on superior launch performance by reducing complexity and increasing robustness in embedded software development.
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Selling Consulting To Fund New Software With David Jenyns: Podcast #121
Consulting Success
JANUARY 13, 2020
Selling Consulting To Fund New Software With David Jenyns: Podcast #121 is a post from: Consulting Success. If you into being a consultant and advisor, you need to know how to provide services to your clients. Our guest for today is business owner and consultant David Jenyns. David started his SEO business fourteen years ago providing done-for-you services to clients in the areas of video production, SEO services, and systems and processes.
When code is king: Mastering automotive software excellence
McKinsey & Company
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
With software driving tomorrow’s automotive innovations, R&D organizations must quickly master its intricacies. Automotive & Assembly Insights
How ZoomInfo Enhances Your ABM Strategy
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
For marketing teams to develop a successful account-based marketing strategy, they need to ensure good data is housed within its Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software. More specifically, updated data can help organizations outline key accounts for their campaigns. And to begin the targeting process, marketing teams must develop an Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) with appropriate firmographic and behavioral data to ensure they’re going after the correct audience.Download this eBook to learn how to start improving your marketing team's data!
Generating Inbound Consulting Leads With Sam Schutte: Podcast #119
Consulting Success
DECEMBER 16, 2019
With the help of a software and the right people, you can actually do away with your worries about generating quality inbound consulting leads. Consulting Success Podcast CRM delivering trust discovery offer hiring process Outsourcing Unstoppable Software Inc
Big software/lousy software
Seth Godin Blog
OCTOBER 17, 2018
Software works as a business. Any time someone builds software that works better when others are using it too, the network effect has a chance to kick in. Online, the network effect allows some companies to clear the table, signing up hundreds of millions of users, creating software dynasties. And then, almost always, the software gets lousy. Apple’s software rarely gets significantly improved… Because we don’t have a choice (for now).
Securing software as a service
McKinsey
SEPTEMBER 7, 2019
Here is how SaaS providers can meet the security needs of their enterprise customers. Risk Insights
Software-as-a-Catalyst
Strategy+Business
OCTOBER 24, 2016
According to this year's Global Innovation 1000 study -- an examination of the 1,000 public companies that spend the most on researching and developing products for their markets -- the world's major innovators are shifting more of their R&D to software and services. The shift is being driven by the supercharged pace of improvement in what software can do, the increasing use of embedded software and sensors in products as varied as power turbines and cars, and rising customer expectations.
The case for an end-to-end automotive-software platform
McKinsey
JANUARY 17, 2020
Software is transforming car capabilities but also creating development challenges for automotive players. An end-to-end approach that integrates independent software elements into a comprehensive platform can improve functionality and decrease complexity.
A software platform experience built around the customer
McKinsey & Company
APRIL 5, 2021
Workday’s approach to SaaS and product development offers lessons for companies modernizing their architecture and moving to cloud. Digital Insights Cloud computing IT infrastructure Digital strategy and organization
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How Green Is Your Software?
Harvard Business
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020
Data centers will consume 8% of the world’s energy by the end of the decade. Sustainability Technology Digital Article
Use this Strategy Software to Track Your Strategic Plan
Strategic Planning and Management Insights
MAY 27, 2020
The Problem.
On paying for software
Seth Godin Blog
JUNE 9, 2018
The business of software is a bit of a miracle. Properly designed, software isn’t more expensive to create when more people use it. That’s one of the reasons that people hesitate to pay for software. There isn’t a feeling of scarcity, that the store will run out if it’s free… But of course, this overlooks the two-and-a-half essential missing factors: Businesses need money to make the software in the first place.
Software ‘should costing’: A new procurement tool for automotive companies
McKinsey
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
Analytics-based cost algorithms and agile-inspired methods can help OEMs reduce automotive software costs by up to 30 percent and improve delivery timelines. Advanced Electronics Insights
The next software disruption: How vendors must adapt to a new era
McKinsey
JUNE 23, 2020
Over the turbulent past decade, many legacy software players proved to be remarkably resilient. Now they must adopt a new strategic playbook to weather the different challenges ahead. Our Insights
Taking Agile Way Beyond Software
BCG
JULY 19, 2017
Article Wednesday, July 19, 2017 Too often, agile remains confined to software development. But companies that successfully implement agile across their entire enterprise can create an exceptional customer experience and gain an edge over the competition. Article
Rethinking car software and electronics architecture
McKinsey
FEBRUARY 6, 2018
As the car continues its transition from a hardware-driven machine to a software-driven electronics device, the auto industry’s competitive rules are being rewritten. Our Insights
Bulger Partners – Strategy Consulting for the Software Economy
Management Consulted
MAY 28, 2017
Have we got a treat for you today, as we highlight up-and-coming software consulting firm Bulger Partners. Chris brought with him decades of experience advising software and tech clients in the IB world, and found that the skillset he was optimized to serve and consult for the new software economy. The software economy relies on the open exchange of ideas, and Bulger Partners has incorporated this mantra into the way its main office is structured. BULGER PARTNERS.
Mapping the automotive software-and-electronics landscape through 2030
McKinsey
JULY 10, 2019
The market for automotive software and for electrical and electronic components is expected to grow strongly in the next decade. What must companies know to succeed? Automotive & Assembly Insights
Reimagining software services for the cloud and the digital world
McKinsey
FEBRUARY 16, 2018
Customers expect software firms to do more to help deliver outcomes. Software vendors must therefore evolve their professional-services capabilities to meet the new needs. High Tech Insights
Automotive software and electrical/electronic architecture: Implications for OEMs
McKinsey
APRIL 26, 2019
Companies must navigate issues around strategy and technology, processes, and organization to keep up as software and electrical/electronic architecture grow more important to mobility. Automotive & Assembly Insights
In the Digital Economy, Your Software Is Your Competitive Advantage
Harvard Business
JANUARY 18, 2021
Too many companies leave developers out of strategic decision-making. Innovation Technology Digital Article
Software Testing Is Tedious. AI Can Help.
Harvard Business
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
Automated tools allow companies to test more expansively and thoroughly — and free up developers’ valuable time. Innovation Technology Digital Article
Software and the next normal: A talk with Workday’s cofounder and co-CEO
McKinsey
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Aneel Bhusri discusses serving customers as the COVID-19 crisis began, the limitations of remote work, data’s importance for employee diversity, and why companies need to have souls. Our Insights
Bulger Partners – Strategic Advisers to the Software Economy
Management Consulted
MAY 28, 2017
Have we got a treat for you today, as we highlight up-and-coming software consulting firm Bulger Partners. Chris brought with him decades of experience advising software and tech clients in the IB world, and found that the skill set he was optimized to serve and consult for the new software economy. Bulger Partners works exclusively with businesses whose primary strategic assets are software and data. The firm touts sector expertise in: Enterprise Software.
An executive’s guide to software development
McKinsey
FEBRUARY 8, 2017
This essential capability is a blind spot for many nontech leaders. Our Insights
Bulger Partners – Strategic Advisors to the Software Economy
Management Consulted
MAY 28, 2017
Have we got a treat for you today, as we highlight up-and-coming software consulting firm Bulger Partners. Chris brought with him decades of experience advising software and tech clients in the IB world, and found that the skill set he was optimized to serve and consult for the new software economy. Bulger Partners works exclusively with businesses whose primary strategic assets are software and data. The firm touts sector expertise in: Enterprise Software.
Bulger Partners – Strategic Advisors for the Software Economy
Management Consulted
MAY 28, 2017
Have we got a treat for you today, as we highlight up-and-coming software consulting firm Bulger Partners. Chris brought with him decades of experience advising software and tech clients in the IB world, and found that the skill set he was optimized to serve and consult for the new software economy. Bulger Partners works exclusively with businesses whose primary strategic assets are software and data. The firm touts sector expertise in: Enterprise Software.
Can Airtable Democratize Software Development?
Harvard Business
FEBRUARY 26, 2020
Airtable is creating a new $100 billion market category. Technology Competition Disruptive innovation Audio
Five thoughts on software
Seth Godin Blog
JANUARY 14, 2015
Removing features to make software simpler doesn''t always make it better. The network effect , combined with the low marginal cost of software, means that there''s a race to have ''everyone'' use a given piece of software. The argument goes that making software powerful rarely pays off, because most users refuse to take the time to learn how to use it well. It''s entirely possible to find great software that isn''t from a huge company.
Cracking the Code in Private Equity Software Deals
BCG
MAY 16, 2017
PE firms must prepare to capitalize on the wave of software companies hitting the buyout market. Software industry expertise is essential for capturing outsized returns. Article Tuesday, May 16, 2017. Article
How Hardware Makers Can Win in the Software World
BCG
MAY 26, 2016
As they witness the proliferation of sensors, software, computing power, and connectivity embedded in everything from motor vehicles to home appliances, equipment manufacturers of all kinds are asking an existential question: is it time to stop thinking of themselves primarily as hardware and systems companies and instead to view themselves as providers of software solutions and services? Article Thursday, May 26, 2016.
Business Software Simplicity is Essential
Management and IT Consulting
AUGUST 30, 2018
Based on research with top consulting firms, find out what’s most important to them as they look to automate and run their businesses more efficiently
Will Your Software Help or Hinder Digital Transformation?
BCG
MAY 2, 2016
The Boston Consulting Group and CAST, a leader in software analysis and measurement, have established a partnership to help companies address functional, data, and technical complexity in their IT landscape and operations. Functional, data, and technical complexity can be a big barrier to digital transformation—especially for companies that have expanded internationally or by M&A, or evolved over generations of hardware and software advances. Article Monday, May 02, 2016.
The very same software
Seth Godin Blog
JULY 19, 2016
If you want to join a social network, well, the software that connects the titans of your industry is the very same software you can use. Something rare is happening, and it might not last long. Today, right now, anyone with a $300 laptop can use the very same tools as the people at the top of just about any industry. If you want to write, you have the same writing tools available to you as the most successful writers in the world.
Symantec Says "Antivirus Software Is Dead"
MishTalk
MAY 5, 2014
The Wall Street Journal reports Symantec Declares Antivirus Software Dead , turns to minimizing damage from breaches. Symantec Corp (SYMC) invented commercial antivirus software to protect computers from hackers a quarter-century ago. Rather Curious Propositions Symantec has a rather curious proposition that essentially boils down to this: Hire us to learn how to minimize the damage once hackers break through our software.
Telecom’s Twin Peaks: Software-Defined and Virtualized Networks
BCG
JUNE 30, 2016
Software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV) have already started to change the way that telecom networks are designed, deployed, and operated. Operators will need to fundamentally revise their operating model, skill profiles, and organizational structure to make way for software-enabled and virtualized networks. Article Thursday, June 30, 2016.
Advanced analytics in software pricing: Enabling sales to price with confidence
McKinsey
JUNE 15, 2018
Building advanced analytics such as dynamic deal scoring into the core commercial process helps software sales organizations price smarter, streamline the approval process, and win more deals. High Tech Insights
Software is testing
Seth Godin Blog
JANUARY 3, 2016
Writing the first draft of a computer program is easy. It's the testing that separates the professional from a mere hack. Test and then, of course, make it better. The same thing is true with: Restaurant recipes. Essays. Web user interface. Customer service. Management techniques. Licensing agreements. Strategy. Relationships of all kinds. The reason it's so difficult to test and improve is that it requires you to acknowledge that your original plan wasn't perfect.
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