Inflection Point: How the Convergence of Cloud, Mobility, Apps, and Data Will Shape the Future of Business (by Tarina Speidel)

Summary: Ross Rojek talks with Scott Stawski, author of Inflection Point: How the Convergence of Cloud, Mobility, Apps, and Data Will Shape the Future of Business.A recognized expert in information technology, Stawski is an executive with Hewlett Packard, the world’s largest technology services company. In his role as a Global Area Sales Leader, Stawski is responsible for managing the sales and revenue generation activities for HP’s largest and most strategic global accounts exceeding $600M in revenue annually. Stawski is a recognized expert in Analytics and Data Management, Technology Strategy, Outsourcing and next generation Application Transformation to the Cloud. He and his HP team help companies transform their business through the vast amount of information available in their extended enterprise.Today, a hurricane is forming, and businesses are headed straight into it. This hurricane is arising from the convergence of several enormous trends in information technology, including cloud, mobility, Software as a Service, and Big Data. In Inflection Point, Stawski shows how to harness these fierce winds of change, put them at your back, and sail towards greater competitiveness and customer value. Stawski explains the strategic implications of today’s new technology paradigms, helping you reshape strategy to embrace and profit from them. You’ll discover how technology and other factors are driving a radical new round of disintermediation, reintermediation, and disruption–and what that means to you and your company.