Category: article
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Climate Consciousness and Sustainability Technology Today
[Published Dec. 6, 2022 on Deem.com. Based on a video interview.]
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International Women’s Day 2023: Embracing Equity with Paula Boggs
[Published March 8, 2023. Blog copy added to post including video interview and transcript on Deem.com.]
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Is the Cloud Safe?
[This article originally appeared in Volume 2, Issue 1 of <theScript> Quarterly digital magazine, on Feb. 26, 2017 by Diana Rose Brandon.] Cybersecurity is a hot topic these days. Recent reports of cyberattacks — from leading Domain Name Server (DNS) companies, a main search engine/email provider and even the transit system of a major American…
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What is a Brand?
Quick: What’s the first company name that comes to mind when I ask you to think of a brand? Coca-Cola and Apple are the two many people will mention first. Why is that? It isn’t just because they’ve been around a long time – even though they have. And it probably isn’t because of the…
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Increasing Business Traveler Safety With Technology
September 1, 2020 by: Diana Rose Brandon, Director, Marketing Content [This article was updated September 9, 2020, to include Deem’s partnership with GeoSure for travel safety scores and Covid-19 map information, and September 11, 2020 to include additional SafetyCheck images.] My last trip to Europe was amazing. It was chilly and it rained in London…
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Coping With Covid-19
October 6, 2020 By: Diana Rose Brandon, Director, Marketing Content [This article was updated October 4, 2020.] I don’t know about you, but I did not have most of the things that happened this year on my 2020 Bingo card. I mean, I’m still waiting for Bingo card events from last year to happen. I…
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The Humanness of Digital Transformation
[Leadership ghostwriting, published July 28, 2020 on Deem.com blog.] By: Steven Lopez, VP, Engineering Digital transformation is not only about technology. Sure, it sounds like it is – “digital” is right there in the name. But as someone who leads IT transformation teams, I’m convinced it’s really about people and their ability to adapt and…
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How CEOs Lead Through Crisis
[Executive thought leadership, published July 1, 2020 on Deem.com blog.] By: Michael Jarrard, VP, Strategic Sales Remember when the news of the day was that a couple of British royals stepped away from their duties? That happened just a few months ago, in the beginning of January. It seemed newsworthy but benign compared to the…
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A Safer Future For Travel
[Executive thought leadership, published May 27, 2020 on Deem.com blog.] By: Todd Kaiser, Senior VP, Business Development & Strategy In recent weeks, there has been a lot of media coverage about the safety, health, and welfare of travelers. To those of us in the travel industry, these concerns are not new. Whether we work for…
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Software-Defined Infrastructure – and Software-Defined Storage – In VMware Environments
Legacy IT infrastructure wasn’t designed to support the demands of today’s business. Companies transforming their data centers with Software-Defined Infrastructure (SDI) are gaining a competitive edge by lowering capital requirements, simplifying and automating IT functions, and supporting the personalization and cloud-based services customers expect. Virtualization helps organizations overcome traditional data center challe
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Modernizing Government
[This article originally appeared in Volume 2, Issue 2 of <theScript> Quarterly digital magazine, June 22, 2017, by Diana Rose Brandon.] IT Modernization and Security for Federal and State Governments If we’re talking about government, technology and the future, for anyone (like this writer) who grew up on a solid diet of “Star Wars” and…
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4 Supply Chain Management Trends That Give You a Competitive Edge
[This article originally appeared in Volume 2, Issue 3 of <theScript> Quarterly digital magazine, 5 Sep 2017.] What matters in business today is that customers have an excellent experience without regard for the work, training and moving parts involved in delivering it. Customers expect a frictionless experience and will rant on social media if they…
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OS-as-a-Service, Windows 10, and a Little Thing Called Kaby Lake
It was almost painful to learn that certain major international organizations were hit hard by the recent WannaCry cyberattack because they hadn’t updated their operating systems in more than a decade — 14 years to be exact.
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Top 3 Takeaways from Engage: The New Travel Paradigm
Changes are affecting everyone from suppliers to buyers throughout the chain. How travel managers view tools such as technology or RFP agreements will also change based on the relationships or partnerships they build. This could also lead to new and different players coming up in the travel space.
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Automatic Ticket Exchange and the New Airline Rules
Combined with reduced staffing at TMCs, there may be many travelers still being listed as in a different destination from their true location. And of the cancelled trips, many of those non-refundable tickets initially belonged to travelers who have since lost their jobs through furlough or layoff. This leaves companies with potentially millions of dollars…
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7 Questions to Ask Before Booking Car Services
Do a Google search for “how will travel return?” and the results turn up mostly business travel articles that mostly address airline uncertainty. Drastic air travel service changes, cuts, and the resulting impact on so many employees and travelers, may make it seem like airlines are getting an outsized amount of media coverage right now.
Diana Brandon, Marcom Writer & Strategist 