Digital Transformation – This is beyond working from home.
The proliferation in working from home has brought new security challenges to the forefront that include attacks on not just businesses, but also government records, celebrities and coronavirus vaccine development data. In the healthcare industry alone, cyberattacks have increased by 150% within the last few months.
After reading Richard’s blog about large balloons in India, I felt the need to explore this topic a little further. A few years back I was on a business trip to Bangalore, and one night while in my hotel room reading the paper copy of the Bangalore times (a free paper left in my hotel…
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Bitcoin’s popularity among traditional investors has grown over recent months as governments and central banks take drastic measures to offset the economic damage wrought by the coronavirus pandemic. The bitcoin price, after rebounding strongly from a coronavirus-induced March crash, has been treading water for the last two months—despite a raft of seasoned investors announcing their intent to buy into…
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Digital Transformation – The past coming back to haunt us is a common theme in literature. Tales of fiction can explain a fundamental truth about business technology: What we did in the past has the power to determine our present and future. As is the case in gothic tales like Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart,” when we try to bury the past instead of going back to make it right, it resurfaces when it is least convenient.
Gerrit Cole and Mike Trout have the highest salaries in the major league this year. The New York Yankees right-hander and Los Angeles Angels center fielder will each make $13,333,333 in a pandemic-shortened 60-game season. That is a prorated 37 percent of what would have been their full salaries of $36 million if COVID 19…
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For years, digital transformation has seemed like something mostly about computers and software and data. It is what companies undertake for the sake of things like IT agility, deriving new value from data, model software prototypes of physical goods, or improving business processes. While such technology endeavors are often critical to a business, it turns…
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NICE Investigate will help Nassau County’s law enforcement and criminal justice agencies automate digital evidence management processes and comply with new disclosure requirements Digital Transformation – NICE Investigate today announced that Nassau County, New York has signed a multi-year contract with NICE, on behalf of its Police Department and District Attorney’s (DA) Office, to deploy…
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Artificial Intelligence – Would you be surprised to learn a 120-year-old company is transforming its business with artificial intelligence and technology? Akron, Ohio-based tire maker Goodyear might not be the first company you think of when discussing technological innovation, but they continue to announce intriguing developments and offer proof via new initiatives and products that…
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Digital Transformation – Years ago, I remember reading an interview where Jeff Bezos described his plan for Amazon. He talked about using an AI algorithm to predict what you would want to order before you knew you wanted it. It sounded insane at the time. And here we are today, with local fulfillment centers delivering…
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When it comes to digital transformation, humans—believe it or not—play an integral role. In fact, companies that make strong use of the combined human/machine workforce have a far greater chance of success in digital transformation. Accenture calls these combined people/bot workspaces “future systems”—systems that seamlessly integrate humans and robots to create business goals that are…
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