The future of artificial intelligence cannot be successful without the development of automation. These two processes work together, promising to increase productivity and efficiency in the workplace. At the same time, many worry about the loss of jobs — and potential economic downfall — if robots and other automated technologies take over the digital marketplace. From where I stand, the …
AI Deployment Challenges: 5 Tips to Help Overcome the Hurdles
Everyone is talking about the power of AI and it’s slowly invading our lives—emphasis on slowly. While you might have a few AI assistants and connected devices in your house, the business world hasn’t fully jumped on board yet with AI. Sure, the forward-thinking companies have and those are the headline we are seeing, but I’m talking about full adoption …
5 Emerging Technologies That 5G Will Disrupt
Disruption is the name of the game in the world of tech. We’re constantly on the cusp of some new innovation—interactive technologies, for example, are changing how consumers shop and how brands set out to improve the ever-important customer experience. The next big tech innovation—5G—stands to revolutionize these and so many more, as it will be a major driver of …
Managing Your Personal Data: Working Towards Protection Is A Team Effort
Earlier this year, the Cambridge Analytica data scandal resulted in 87 million Facebook profiles being harvested for data. Over and over, we see scandal after scandal of our personal data, that is collected by a major company, compromised. The company admits to the occurrence, the public reacts in outrage and the company promises transparency and increased security in exchange. And …
4 Ways Collaboration Platforms Make Your Business More Productive
How often is your department – or even your team – in the same place at the same time? Exactly. A combination of on-site and remote employees is the norm. Mobility reigns. Getting things done across teams, departments and even continents means we are using collaboration platforms more than ever. When collaboration technologies are well integrated into operations and company …
Voice Interface Technology: The Future of Business
Nowadays, it isn’t surprising to hear someone speak to someone that isn’t there. We ask Alexa for the weather and to turn the temperature down on the thermostat. Then, we ask Siri what our schedule for the day is and to call people. We are connected now more than ever using our voice and voice interface technology. I can’t imagine …
3 New Digital Transformation Success Stories
Investments in digital transformation are expected to hit $2 trillion by 2019—up to 40 percent of IT spending. That’s good, right? After all, every company needs to enhance its tech adoption to move forward in today’s marketplace. Not so fast. Despite the free-wheeling investment in technology today, studies show that nearly 80 percent of CIOs rate their current digital strategy …
5 Critical Steps To Improve Your Digital (Transformation) Culture
The definition of insanity: doing the exact same thing—over and over again—and expecting different results. If that definition holds true, there are a lot of insane companies trying to find success in digital transformation. They want the benefits of new technology—increased social media presence—mobile connection—but they have no intention of creating a new, stronger, digital culture to support it. This …
AI and DevOps: The Impact of Revolutionizing the Development Process
One of the most frustrating things to experience in business: hurry up and wait. But when it comes to DevOps, that’s exactly what many companies have been experiencing. Though many jumped aboard hoping to speed up production and release cycles, in a majority of cases, they haven’t experienced the efficiencies they were hoping for. But I don’t think you should …
Don’t Believe the Hype: Understanding Blockchain’s Limits
Every relationship goes through a “honeymoon” phase—a bit of time, generally at the start of the relationship, where everything is perfect, dreamy, and mind-blowing. In technology terms, the public has been enjoying that phase with blockchain. Everywhere we turn, we hear about blockchain’s benefits—transparency, security, the ability to build “trustless” business networks for just about anything. Until now, blockchain has …