CEO Blog
The CEO of OpenText, Mark Barrenechea, shares his insights and observations on information management and the latest technologies.
-
Mark BarrenecheaJune 14, 2017
How Will We Measure the Golden Age?
Industrial revolutions tend to benefit the rich more than the poor, initially. They all begin with great inequality. In unequal…
Read more » -
Mark BarrenecheaMay 31, 2017
The Impact on Government
“Good enough” as a measure for government work is no longer good enough. The changing nature of the citizenry (Millennials…
Read more » -
Mark BarrenecheaMay 24, 2017
The Digital Self
Just as our analog notion of self (flesh and blood) consists of RNA and DNA, our digital sequence—let us call…
Read more » -
Mark BarrenecheaMay 17, 2017
The Impact on the Person
The “Physical” Self The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is expected to accelerate knowledge like never before. As I mentioned previously,…
Read more » -
Mark BarrenecheaMay 10, 2017
The Rise of the Machine
It is happening so fast it cannot be stopped. From Oxford to MIT to Harvard to the World Economic Forum,…
Read more » -
Mark BarrenecheaMay 3, 2017
New Skills are Required
Over the last decade much attention has been applied to a handful of skills for the professional worker. This is…
Read more » -
Mark BarrenecheaApril 26, 2017
Industries are Transformed
Every industry will be transformed by new technologies, a new workforce, new business models, and new buyer expectations. All businesses…
Read more » -
Mark BarrenecheaApril 19, 2017
New Business Models Emerge
New business models have emerged in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) that distinguish themselves from “the way business was conducted” in…
Read more » -
Mark BarrenecheaApril 12, 2017
The Impact on Business
The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is servicing new market needs while simultaneously disturbing existing products and services. New business models…
Read more » -
Mark BarrenecheaApril 10, 2017
Ingenious: How Canadian Innovation Made the World a Better Place
What do the electric light bulb, peanut butter, the zipper, basketball, the Declaration of Human Rights, Saturday Night Live, the…
Read more » -
Mark BarrenecheaApril 5, 2017
The Fourth Industrial Revolution
What makes the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) different from the Third Industrial Revolution (3IR)? Well, everything. It is marked by…
Read more » -
Mark BarrenecheaMarch 27, 2017
Revolutions. Industrial or otherwise.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution changes everything. Although it has many names—Industry 4.0, Digitalization, the Singularity, the Internet of Things (IoT),…
Read more » -
Mark BarrenecheaMarch 22, 2017
Is the Microphone Working?
Testing, one, two, three. Testing, one, two three. Can you hear me? Is the microphone working? Testing (tapping on the…
Read more » -
Mark BarrenecheaMarch 15, 2017
Introducing The Golden Age of Innovation
By all accounts, we are entering the Golden Age of Innovation, which many are calling the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Some…
Read more » -
Mark BarrenecheaMarch 7, 2017
International Women’s Day – Be Bold for Change
Progress is the result of human action. The proof is in our history of innovation—from eradicating disease to exploring space…
Read more » -
Mark BarrenecheaJanuary 23, 2017
OpenText Strengthens EIM Portfolio with Completion of ECD Acquisition
In September, OpenText entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Dell EMC’s Enterprise Content Division (ECD), including Documentum. I am…
Read more » -
Mark BarrenecheaJanuary 9, 2017
Top Tech Trends for 2017
Information technologies are accelerating at an exponential rate, ushering in the fourth industrial revolution. This is a digital revolution and…
Read more » -
Mark BarrenecheaOctober 3, 2016
Election Tracker ’16: The Monday U.S. Presidential Debate
Last Monday’s Presidential Debate was a history of firsts: it was the first time Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump appeared…
Read more » -
Mark BarrenecheaSeptember 26, 2016
Business Network: Extreme Connectivity
Organizations that incorporate extreme connectivity into their business strategy are able to support accelerated business processes with anyone, anywhere, in…
Read more » -
Mark BarrenecheaSeptember 19, 2016
The Future of Information: OpenText Release 16 Introduces Cognitive Systems
We’re infusing our EIM platform with cognitive technologies to provide our customers with deeper levels of insight and understanding into…
Read more »