James Kobielus is Founder and Principal Analyst at Franconia Research. Kobielus is an IT industry veteran with expertise in AI, cloud computing, big data analytics, and other strategic enterprise technologies. He has held a variety of consulting, market research, product management, and marketing positions. He has spoken at many industry events, published several business technology books, and writes a biweekly column for InfoWorld, in addition to other channels. He resides in Alexandria, Virginia.