When it comes to artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and robotics, there are generally two main schools of thought, especially when it comes to these technologies serving as the key to the future of work. The first is that AI will take over humanity—perhaps even violently—and all of us will be forced into redundancy due to machines that eventually become …
3 Technology Trends Driving Adoption of Collaboration Tools
Today’s workforce has changed significantly in the past decade. More and more businesses are hiring remote employees, freelance employees, part-time employees in addition to full-time in-office employees to help with an ever-expanding workload. It is imperative that as the workplace changes, we learn to collaborate on a higher level. These three trends are driving the adoption of collaboration tools. It …
3 Digital Signage Trends to Pay Attention to This Year
The digital signage industry has a way of wooing us with its magic. As digital signage continues to make strides in its popularity, innovation is making it a force to be reckoned with. This year, the big show for digital signage, the 2018 Digital Signage Expo in Las Vegas, didn’t disappoint in displaying what is up and coming for the …
Preparing for the Future by Embracing Radical Innovation
What does it take as a business to stay relevant? Does it take sticking to the corporate process and never budging? Or, does it take disrupting your market with something completely and totally new as often as you can handle? What if staying relevant meant that neither one of these extremes must be the answer? Instead, it is time businesses …
Accounting for Change: Why Finance Should Lead Technology Adoption
It’s difficult to discuss digital transformation without mentioning sales and marketing. Both business units are usually at the forefront of tech adoption due to their entrenchment in the customer-driven change market, while finance is sometimes left to swim on its own. However, if businesses want to achieve true digital transformation and remain competitive it’s imperative that finance and accounting keep …
Using VR and Digital Signage Together to Propel Your Business
It is a well-heard rumor that virtual reality is going to take over anything and everything in its path. However, it is safe to say that although VR will bring about many changes, some things are better together. Is VR a threat to digital signage? No. In fact, VR and digital signage should be working together to create immersive and …
4 Technologies Driving the Future of Customer Experience
Customer experience. I am sure you’ve discussed improving your CX at least once this year—and if you haven’t you probably should. The truth is, 2018 is the year of the customer experience and customer satisfaction. Why? According to Salesforce, 75 percent of consumers expect a consistent experience wherever they engage and 87 percent of consumers think brands need to do …
4 Industries Expected to See Changes from Advanced Robotics
Awhile back, I talked about the role the Internet of Things (IoT) is playing in creating a new, fourth industrial revolution—one where logistics, manufacturing, quality assurance, and assembly jobs can be done tighter, faster, and better with the help of automation, AI, and the IoT. The truth is, however, the term industrial revolution implies that just one single industry is …
How Blockchain Will Disrupt Banking
Blockchain will undoubtedly have an impact on the financial services industry and a big question today is how Blockchain will disrupt banking. Will Blockchain do for banking (and transactional services in general) what the internet did for media? How will banking evolve as Blockchain matures and continues to gain traction in the marketplace? Blockchain sounds complicated but at its most …
Transform Your Workplace Using AR, MR, and VR
It’s hard for many to imagine tech like virtual reality (VR) and artificial reality (AR) being used anywhere but the world of entertainment and video games. After all, Pokemon Go gave AR its biggest bump yet in terms of popularity, and gaming seems like the most logical place that VR—and its often-clunky headsets—would find a home. But believe it or …