Futurum’s Shelly Kramer covers the partnership between Intel and Dell and the American Association of Community Colleges to enhance artificial intelligence (AI) education in community and technical colleges in all 50 states by 2023 as part of Intel’s AI for Workforce Program.
SAP’s Tech Education Focus is Front and Center at SAP TechEd Aimed at Closing the Skills Gap
Futurum’s principal analyst Daniel Newman explores the newest application and solution announcements to come out of SAP’s TechEd Conference offering insight into how these tools can drive continuous learning initiatives and close the skills gap.
Tableau Makes Pledge to Train 10 Million People to Close Data Literacy Gap
Futurum’s principal analyst Daniel Newman breaks down Tableau’s recent pledge to train 10 million people in order to close the data literacy gap, diving into the specifics of the pledge and offering insight on what this means for the future of work.
Microsoft’s Mesh for Teams is Microsoft’s Nod to the Metaverse
The metaverse is clearly in the news of late, and it appears to be on pace to be one of the biggest trends of 2022. Futurum lead analyst Shelly Kramer covers the announcement out of Microsoft’s Ignite event of the launch of its Mesh for Teams, a new offering intended to blend the digital and physical worlds, expected to roll out to users in 2022, and offering insight on what this means for the future of the metaverse in the workplace.
How to Create More Meaningful Connections in a Remote World
In this episode of Future of Work Talk and the Futurum Tech Webcast, host Shelly Kramer is joined by Shameem Smillie, the Director of Global Contact Center Solutions at Mitel for a conversation around connection, personalized customer experiences, and what ‘meaningful connections’ mean in a digital world, what the future of work looks like in post-pandemic times — and some practical ways businesses can think about strengthening their communication skills.
What Voice Assistants Trained to Understand Atypical Speech Mean to The Future of Work
As remote collaboration continues to become the new bedrock of digital collaboration, voice-processing technologies are increasingly embedding themselves in the very platforms that organizations depend on for those types of communications. Improving the accuracy of voice-processing technologies by applying lessons learned from adapting to atypical speech will have significant impact across the board. Futurum’s Olivier Blanchard takes a look at what voice assistants trained to understand atypical speech mean to the future of work as well as a dive into some of the projects currently underway.
Microsoft’s 3 New Versions of Office Aim to Meet Customers Where They Are
Microsoft finally optimizing its unified Office mobile app for Apple’s iPad devices isn’t just great news for iPad users – it’s also a clear signal from Microsoft that it intends to be more proactive about servicing segments of its ecosystem that may have, until now, been under-prioritized. Microsoft has also designed for specific segments of the Office User ecosystem, which is impressive. This ability to understand the user preferences and nuances involved in these unique segments of its ecosystem makes it clear that Microsoft has spent time and resources learning what these users’ needs are and that it has developed solutions so as to best to meet them.
Microsoft’s New Employee Experience Platform, Microsoft Viva, Connects Employee Productivity and Wellness to Smoother Work Experiences
Could Microsoft Viva’s plan to humanize the workplace be the key to boosting employee productivity, creativity, and retention? Seeing technology now being used to re-humanize the workplace, humanize workflows, and give people rather than systems more agency and initiative, seems to Futurum’s Olivier Blanchard to be a very positive and welcome change in the enterprise. Microsoft’s new Viva employee experience platform certainly appears to be aiming to deliver on that vision.
4 AI Trends Set To Accelerate In 2021
The coming year is going to see the continued impact of artificial intelligence. Here are four applications that we will see strong continued investment and adoption in 2021.
Distributed Companies, Work From Home, And The Technology Enabling The Change
In the last 6 months, companies have kept employees productive and safe at home while still accomplishing goals. However, it takes more than just video meetings. Here are some key areas to consider when managing flexible work amidst the pandemic.