Infor CTO Defines Key Cornerstones Driving The Future Of Software

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Too humble to think of himself as a visionary, futurist or some sort of idealistic tech soothsayer, Soma Somasundaram prefers to just call himself Infor’s chief technology officer and president of products. Citizen developers experimenting and testing new app functionalities and use cases is a great thing, but at the end of the day, professional coders are still needed to build the GUI and APIs powering these platforms. So, we need visionary coders to build apps and enable functionality for things like advanced voice assistants predicting inventory orders and issuing Yes/No commands based on world events, historical bottlenecks, supply chain failures and best practices across entire industries and peer sets,” said Somasundaram. He also points to the use of Virtual Reality glasses and motion controlled devices that enable employees to ‘see’ a map of the enterprise, dive deeper into each function and then swipe one way to start/end meetings, minimize/maximize widgets on data dashboards, double-tap on blinking red buttons to assess IT downtime, active hacks and supply chain stoppages. We’ve yet to even really talk about holographic ‘in-person’ board meetings (that show body language and tone of voice as compared to the written word) to ensure decision-makers get a better sense of reactions to success and failure, and clearer direction on solutions.

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