Digital Marketers Need Restraint

What is a digital marketer? An organization that earns millions in revenue from the data they collect on previous, current and future digital consumers. This interesting topic came to us from Tech Native in their article, “The Rise of First-Party Data: Why Quality Matters Over Quantity.” Digital marketers seeking to gobble up as much data as…

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Artificial Intelligence in the Environment

We have often discussed the ethics of artificial intelligence (AI), but what about the ecology of AI? How does it impact our environment? Tech HQ brought this topic to us in their article, “How is data-hungry AI affecting the environment?” With much focus and discussion around climate change, energy consumption, and greenhouse gasses, it is…

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Machine Learning and Music

Machine learning has permeated all parts of our lives, from retail recommendations to search enhancements. It continues to evolve and grow into more insightful and valuable applications. This interesting topic came to us from Analytics India Magazine in their article, “Machine Learning Now Shows How Music Influences Human Experience.” Machine learning now is working on the…

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Insurance Industry and AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) has permeated every industry and the insurance world is no different. The transformative potential of AI has been discussed ad nauseam, but has yet to fully be realized in the industry. Digital Insurance brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Exploring AI and machine learning in health insurance.” At its…

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Microsoft Wins Cloud Computing Contract

Microsoft won the Pentagon’s massive $10 billion cloud computing contract over competitors like Amazon. Reuters brought this interesting news to our attention in their article, “Microsoft wins Pentagon’s $10 bln cloud computing contract.” The Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure Cloud (JEDI) contract is part of a broad modernization of the Pentagon’s information technology systems and had been…

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The Power of Data Analytics

Big data is everywhere these days. What really delivers value from big data is the analytics applied to the data. Without analytics, which involves examining the data to discover patterns, correlations, insights, and trends, the data is just a bunch of ones and zeros with limited business use. To answer the age old question, “what’s…

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The Robots Rise Up

What many refer to as the robot revolution has long been feared as the end of the road for blue-collar workers whose tasks are manual and repetitive. Vox brought us this interesting information in their article, ““Knowledge workers” could be the most impacted by future automation.” A recent study revealed that 50 percent of work activities…

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IoT Growth and Security

Internet of Things (IoT) has seen great growth and much financial investment interest that should keep it progressing and evolving for years to come. But some are still hesitant due to the security risks that come with automation. Computer Weekly brought this interesting topic to us in their article, “IoT growth set to come from…

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The Importance of Data Strategy

Data strategy describes a set of decisions that together chart a high-level course of action to achieve high-level goals. This includes business plans to use information for a competitive advantage as well as support enterprise goals. It has never been more important that an organization have one. Business 2 Community brought this interesting information to our attention…

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Disney + Joined the Line of Hacker Victims

Disney + has been the latest bandwagon that everyone has jumped on, and I reluctantly admit even I, who like very little of their productions, signed on for the trial to see what all the fuss was about. Even the seemingly untouchable, can be breached. This interesting topic came to us from ZD Net in…

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