The Technology Impact of COVID-19
COVID-19 changed many things in our personal and business worlds. Some of them will remain forever changed. Venture Beat brought this information to our attention in their article, “Big Tech backlash gives rise to the independent cloud.” Among those sudden changes a growing dependence on cloud computing, accelerated by an unprecedented separation of businesses from…
Read MoreData Governance and Taxonomies
The continuous push and pull of new regulations, projects and analytics investments create constant disruption for organizations. The volume of data created and managed is overwhelming. To address this, it feels like a refresher on data governance 101 is in order. Data governance refers to the set of laws, policies, regulations, authorities and decision-making structures that guide how…
Read MoreSemantic Creativity
Creativity and science aren’t always linked together. However, creative ideas likely result from searching and combining semantic memory knowledge. The mechanisms acting on memory to yield creative ideas are still unclear. This interesting information came to us from Communications Biology in their article, “An investigation of the cognitive and neural correlates of semantic memory search…
Read MoreArtificial Intelligence and Customer Service
In today’s changing business landscape, the way goods and services are marketed is constantly evolving. This is why customer relationship management and artificial intelligence (AI) have a beneficial working relationship. This interesting topic came to us from Business Post in their article, “Artificial intelligence and CRM: the perfect match.” When it comes to streamlining a…
Read MoreThe Original AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) is not new in science or name. In the earliest days of what we now call AI, there was a debate over what to name the field. It was originally suggested to name it complex information processing. Doesn’t quite capture the same tone, right? This interesting information came to us from Ars…
Read MoreEmerging Technologies in Finance
Financial services companies are using emerging technologies in a wide range of settings. From customer service chatbots to automation of loans and insurance underwriting, disruptive digital technologies are changing the way finance operates. Express Computer brought this topic to our attention in their article, “Art and Science of algorithms: Of data lakes and fabrics and the power of…
Read MoreTransformation is a Journey
Digital transformation is here and it is making a huge impact. However, not all systems can be migrated quickly or easily. The journey continues. This interesting topic came to us from eWeek in their article, “Making Digital Transformation a Priority, Telcos Move to a Data Cloud.” The term digital transformation refers to the process of adopting digital…
Read MoreEmerging Technologies in the Marketing World
Marketing in the age of emerging technologies is entirely different and new. In the past, ad systems relied on basic heuristics, which can be effective for making immediate judgments, but often result in inaccurate conclusions. Machine learning platforms can optimize results and do everything from predicting conversion likelihood to determining the best price to bid for an…
Read MoreData Visualization in Healthcare
The need to make sense of big data is quickly becoming an imperative in the healthcare industry, demanding a degree of time, skill, attention, and resources that many providers simply do not have to spare. Three-dimensional (3D) visualization techniques for medical images are intending to bridge the gap between medical experts and visualization researchers. Medical experts…
Read MoreThe Future of AI
While human intelligence looks to adjust to new environments by using a combination of various cognitive processes, artificial intelligence (AI) aims to create machines that can imitate human behavior and perform human-like actions. This interesting information came to us from SciTech Daily in their article, “Our Human Future in an Age of Artificial Intelligence.” Advancements…
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