No coding skills? An AI low-code platform will guide you through the app creation process Mendix Assist provides 90% accuracy on next-step suggestions while building out an enterprise app. Register for Forrester's complimentary webinar on Thursday, April 18 at 11am ET to understand how to rationalize your automation portfolio and prepare for the future of work. Forrester's vision for the future of business applications is that modern specialist SaaS platforms will replace on-premises "omnisuites." The enterprise resource planning (ERP) era is over. The ERP model of a single integrated suite to handle every process for every division within the enterprise did not work, for many reasons. Instead, application development and delivery (AD&D) leaders need a new, eclectic strategy based on a handful of modern, open, smart, flexible SaaS platforms. The most successful SaaS platforms will specialize so that they can embed best practices in their solution, apply AI to automate … [Read more...] about AI-driven platforms will move business applications beyond the ERP era
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Deficit-swelling Trump White House plans to use deficit against Democrats
The self-described “king of debt” is about to get religion. In the next several months, the Trump administration faces several big spending and budget showdowns with Congress. And after mostly brushing off deficit concerns while pushing through a costly tax-cut plan, the White House now plans to reposition itself as an unlikely enforcer of fiscal responsibility led by its new top budget official, a veteran of the conservative group Heritage Action.Story Continued Below The series of budget fights will come into focus on Saturday, when the U.S. government hits its debt limit, already at a record of roughly $22 trillion. That won’t cause an immediate crisis, thanks to Treasury’s ability to keep paying the bills for a limited amount of time using a power known as “extraordinary measures.”Still, Saturday marks the beginning of a series of budget challenges for the Trump White House. The next marker comes on March 11, when the White House is scheduled to … [Read more...] about Deficit-swelling Trump White House plans to use deficit against Democrats
Full transcript: “Face the Nation” on December 16, 2018
Read more transcripts from Face the Nation here. MARGARET BRENNAN: It's Sunday, December 16th. I'm Margaret Brennan. And this is FACE THE NATION. With pressure building on both legal and legislative fronts, President Trump paid his respects at Arlington Cemetery on a gloomy Saturday pausing to praise a federal judge's ruling that invalidates the Affordable Care Act. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: It was a big ruling. It's a great ruling for our country. MARGARET BRENNAN: Obamacare coverage will continue during the appeals process but millions of Americans could be left without health insurance. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: And on the assumption that the Supreme Court upholds, we will get great, great health care for our people. We'll have to sit down with the Democrats to do it, but I'm sure they want to do it also. MARGARET BRENNAN: But after a spectacular Oval Office squabble with Democrats over the President's demand for border wall funding, is agreement on anything in the New Year … [Read more...] about Full transcript: “Face the Nation” on December 16, 2018
‘Upskilling’ Must Improve to Provide the Skilled Workers Entrepreneurs Need to Succeed
Many of the systems that exist to bring education to workers and ultimately to the businesses that rely on them are broken. Brent Messenger Published 4:30 am PDT, Thursday, October 18, 2018 Photo: Thomas Barwick | Getty Images Photo: Thomas Barwick | Getty Images Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Photo: Thomas Barwick | Getty Images 'Upskilling' Must Improve to Provide the Skilled Workers Entrepreneurs Need to Succeed 1 / 1 Back to Gallery A strong economy has driven unemployment down significantly across the U.S. professional landscape, but the connection between upskilling and economic opportunity continues to be more limited than it should be, and the outcome is hobbling entrepreneurs. Data points like … [Read more...] about ‘Upskilling’ Must Improve to Provide the Skilled Workers Entrepreneurs Need to Succeed
Rapid scaling can ruin your startup — so fix these technical problems now
In the grand scheme of things, everything has been going perfectly to plan. Your product or service launch has been a success, your company has started to gain lots of traction, and as a result your user base has begun to grow rapidly. But then, as your 100 daily users suddenly become 100,000 … crash! Your platform slows to a snail pace, your app turns super glitchy and instead of basking in your newfound success, you end up frantically firefighting to keep your platform online under increased demand. After all, the plan was to make your user base explode, not your servers! We just launched Plugged It's our cool new gadget site. Take me According to the Startup Genome Report, 74 percent of startups fail because of not being prepared to scale or scaling prematurely. A product or service scaling should be a euphoric moment for startup founders. Unfortunately, though, if teams have not thought ahead and prepared for their user base increasing rapidly, what should be a dream … [Read more...] about Rapid scaling can ruin your startup — so fix these technical problems now