Flip a Switch. Pay a License. Boom, You’re in the 21st Century.

“Sadin on Digital” episodes explore the fast-changing and
high-stakes world of digital business. Wayne Sadin and I focus in
particular on what CEOs and boards must do to lead their
companies successfully into the Digital Age. Today, we talk 2020.
Wayne shares his predictions, ideas and recommendations for
boards and the C-suite.


Episode 11


In this episode: Wayne and I discuss how he works with a lot of
manufacturing companies, logistics companies, and construction
companies, and their technology stacks are 30, 40, or 50 years
old. He says some of them are coming up to Wayne and saying,
“What do we do to get started?”


Wayne says people who define themselves as buggy whip
manufacturers were passed by when the auto industry emerged. But
people who define themselves as leather manufacturers switched to
driving gloves and prospered. Defining your market really
matters.


Wayne says the power of AI and IoT is that you can flip a switch
and pay a license, and all of a sudden be in the 21st Century. He
says the modern ERP vendor says, “Oh yes, we can write that, we
can modify that, and we can show you how to customize that.”


He says Microsoft has done a terrific job in two areas: One is
Active Directory, which shows your security environment and your
management of privacy, and that’s now connected to the cloud. And
number two is Azure Stack, which can take the code into your data
center, and act as though you’re in the cloud.


Wayne says 2020 is going to be a terrific year. The economy’s
doing well, and his clients are pretty optimistic. Their
businesses are growing and now it’s the challenge of keeping up
with growth and keeping ahead of competitors.





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