Informer
Informer is iStart’s executive briefing that starts your week up with in-depth analysis, opinion and research delivered to your inbox first thing Monday morning.
The following feature articles will be produced by the iStart editorial team. If you want your voice heard as a thought leader across any of these topics, then get in touch.
Upcoming Features 2016:
| Jan | Marketplaces SaaS Subscription billing |
All the action of the marketplace Hand in hand with cloud, SaaS and the Apposphere are the central exchanges where apps are purchased, downloaded and updated. Apple’s AppStore and Google’s Play Store have set the benchmark that is being emulated by “head vendors” such as Salesforce and Xero, with telcos also chiming in. We delve into the business software marketplaces to see how they work and whether they deliver value for both user and vendor. |
| Feb | Recruitment Staffing HR/HCM Buyers Guide |
Towards more intelligent HR Hiring new staff is far from easy, but can technology help make better decisions? Assessing qualitative characteristics like cultural fit and psychometric evaluations to assess suitability for specific roles are part of the metrics hiring firms might like to measure – but can it be done? iStart investigates and looks at the state of play in Human Resource Management software. |
| Mar | Robotics Disruption Big data |
Algorithmic machinations The human-machine interface has long been a source of fascination for sci-fi novelists and artificial intelligence proponents alike. The convergence of IT and robot technologies have heralded an era where the fascination is rapidly becoming the possible, the tried and the proven. Central to this enablement is the use of algorithms to contextualise data and provide rational decision making. But what the hell is an algorithm? |
| Apr | CRM/Marketing automation Customer experience Service management |
The big deal: Customer Experience Fresh on the jargon radar, CX is all the rage right now and its companion is digitisation. iStart explores the groundswell which is seeing investment in delivering satisfying experiences to customers in the digital world. Is it really all that different from good old fashioned customer service? |
| May | eCommerce Retail Omni-channel |
O2O not oxygenated water It’s a new term that brings science and psychology to the bricks versus clicks conundrum. Attracting screen-bound consumers away from their devices and out onto the pavement (i.e. Online-to-Offline) is attracting a lot of attention in the world’s biggest market. We take a look. |
| June | Digitisation Disruption Transformation |
Disruption or corruption? Uber is the oft-quoted master of the disruption universe but how much has it really affected the personal transportation market? Has all the controversy, conflict and scorchingly well executed tech resulted in mass redundancies and decommissioning of taxi fleets?We get a pointy focus on what the impact has been and the lessons learned for other industries. |
| Jul | Big Data Sci-fi |
Big sky data Could there be any data bigger than the totality of the known universe? The Square Kilometre Array is a project which is, to an extent, finding out. Under construction in Australia and South Africa, the SKA will exploit radio astronomy’s ability to provide the highest resolution images in all astronomy. In this feature, we find out more about what the SKA is, how it is intended to work and what it hopes to achieve. Along the way, we’ll discover that the SKA is a global project which has the potential to change how mankind understands his place in the universe. |
| Aug | TBC (we’re open to influence…) |
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| Dec | TBC |
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