by Hans Lagerweij, President of Albatros Travel THE CRUISE INDUSTRY AND SUSTAINABILITY   The cruise industry is a hot topic in the global sustainability conversation, often for unflattering reasons. Princess Cruises’ recent illegal dump of plastic material in the Bahamas highlights a history of environmental violations. The cruise industry’s carbon emissions are under scrutiny, as […]

by Matthew Bernstein, Information Management Strategist at MC Bernstein Data Companies are more and more reliant on finding value in their data, while regulators, politicians, and the public are increasing their scrutiny of how companies use consumers’ data.   Massive amounts of available data, commoditized IT infrastructure (e.g., storage and compute), and presumed value to […]

by Gerrit Jan de Vries, Senior Sales Manager of Global Connectivity at VEON Are you an investor or customer considering investing in data centers? Chances are, you have already asked yourself how do you determine the real value of a data center? Before investing, you should learn what data center cross-connects are and why they […]

by Michael Lamm, Owner and Managing Partner at Corporate Advisory Solutions, LLC Only one-third of the approximately 32 million small US businesses counted by the US Census Bureau have employees and must meet a weekly payroll. While all small businesses are vital to the economic health of our country, I am only referencing the one-third […]

by Joseph E. Fournier, President & Vice Chairman, Invenias Partners Forbes annually publishes its roster of the World’s Most Innovative Companies. The 2018 list is more than a roll call of Silicon Valley tech companies, with Alphabet only ranked #75 while ServiceNow ranked #1. Sipping a coffee at Starbucks (#30) and reviewing a few firm […]

by Nick Bayard, President & CEO, Bayard Consulting At a quarter of a trillion dollars, the market for impact investing is enormous and rapidly growing. Investors who expect a double or triple bottom line are expecting those who steward their finances to conduct thoughtful due diligence on companies that claim to be having a positive […]

by Mani Padmanabhan, CFO and Co Founder at Price Eagle Online We are living in a globalized, hyper-connected world with faster and easier information access. Laws are increasingly becoming stronger and trans-jurisdictional every day. The enforcement actions are becoming stronger, too. Laws and regulations, though still lagging, are catching up with moral standards out of […]

by Marc Fischer, Co-Founder and CEO of Dogtown Media Brace yourselves for impact. Humanity is on the brink of a fourth industrial revolution thanks to machine learning. This subset of artificial intelligence (AI) is unlocking unprecedented value across every industry, and how you embrace it will determine which side of the disruption equation you’re on. […]

by Hans Lagerweij, CEO and President of Victory Cruise Lines Expedition cruising is a fast-developing travel segment. Thirty-two new expedition ships are on order, with an estimated investment of over $4 billion. The big question is if the market growth can absorb such a capacity increase, or if in three years we will be talking […]