February 11, 2020

The European Patent Office recently turned down an application for a patent that described a food container. This was not because the invention was not novel or useful, but because it was created by artificial intelligence (AI). By law, inventors […]

February 10, 2020

Robotic process automation (RPA) uses rules-based processes to perform repetitive tasks more quickly, accurately and tirelessly than humans. RPA bots save time and enable people to focus on value-added work. It’s an emerging technology and learning from those who have […]

February 10, 2020

For the last 10 to 15 years, most organizations have viewed each marketing channel as completely distinct from any others. There was often an explicit segmentation between offline and online, and separate silos for face-to-face contact, telephone communication, and other […]

February 6, 2020

Part of my job as the CEO of a company that helps growing businesses find office space, is to look at spaces, to think about how to lay them out, and to discuss options with clients. So when it came […]

February 5, 2020

To compete effectively, manufacturers need real-time insights into their operations from data that is generated across the production environment. This is one of the keys to reducing downtime, improving product quality, increasing factory output and meeting other business-driven goals. To […]

February 4, 2020

For many companies today it’s no longer a question of whether to move some data and workloads to the cloud. It’s a matter of how extensively to migrate the IT infrastructure to cloud services, and how many cloud providers are […]

February 3, 2020

Employees are bringing their own Internet of Things connected devices to the workplace and could be putting organisations at risk from cyber attacks because enterprise security teams aren’t always aware that these devices are connected to the network. People are […]

February 3, 2020

Processing payments for thousands of contractors is an onerous task large enterprises grapple with as they hire outsiders for technical and business services. IBM licked this challenge using blockchain software to curb the costs and time it takes to process […]

January 31, 2020

Imagine a world without bridges. Any body of water or valley would become an obstacle for passage, slowing travel and communication. Fortunately, that’s not the case; millions of bridges all over the world allow people to move from one side […]

January 31, 2020

With an increased global digital footprint, meeting regulatory requirements and customer expectations for data privacy has become the new normal in today’s world. On one hand, for the purpose of giving more control to citizens over their own data, countries […]