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CDOs Prove Their Worth in an Analytics-Driven Business World
Research shows that chief data officers are helping their organizations turn data into dollars.
Disasters: Tech to Map Human Behavior in Crises
With the rise in attacks on stadiums, airports, and concerts, along with the increased severity of natural disasters such as hurricanes and floods, researchers at Embry-Riddle are studying how humans behave on the worst days of their lives.
The Business Case for AI
For all of the attention that tools like Siri have generated, we're still only at the dawn of the artificial intelligence revolution.
Analytic Systems are No Good Unless They Are CRAP
If you are creating an analytics system, make sure you you pay attention to these four words -- Creative, Responsive, Adaptable, and Productivity.
Measure DevOps for Efficiency, not Just Speed
Update your traditional IT metrics to look across functions and the entire DevOps value chain.
Dev and Some Ops: Reliving the Clear Fad of the 90s
Don't treat DevOps as a fad by failing to bring everyone in operations on board.
How Machine Learning, Classification Models Impact Marketing Ethics
Machine learning classification needs accurate data to avoid bad prediction that places marketing efforts in ethical peril. Here's an overview to help explain how data can brands at risk.
11 Best-Paying Cloud Skills
In a recent survey, IT managers said that they were willing to pay more for employees with these hard-to-find cloud skills.
AI: Here Today, Everywhere Tomorrow?
Lots of enterprises have a long way to go before they roll out AI-based applications. Where are you on the path to AI?
Public APIs: Advice for a Producer
If your company is exploring the possibility of sharing internal data through public APIs, here are some considerations that you should address.
Dev and Security Adjustments to Prepare for GDPR
Adoption of DevOps can help organizations comply with GDPR and other privacy standards by building security into software from the start.
B2B Chatbots are Poised for Explosive Growth
There are best practices for approaching chatbots and virtual assistants as organizations move to a scenario where tasks happen transparently behind natural language interfaces. We explain some of the opportunities and pitfalls.
Affective Analytics and the Human Emotional Experience
Whether you are happy, grumpy, excited, or sad, a computer wants to know and can initiate affective analytics.
10 Questions to Get Your Digital Transformation Strategy Right
Don't underestimate the scope and challenges of a digital transformation initiative.
4 Ways to Improve Data Storytelling
Data storytelling can help organizations convey the message of data to customers, employees, shareholders, and other audiences. Here are a few ways to do it more effectively.
The 6 Biggest Challenges Facing DevOps
About decade after it debuted the DevOps concept has evolved and built up a base of advocates, but it still presents challenges.
How Your SaaS Strategies are Evolving
Demand for SaaS software continues to grow, but procurement is often short-sighted. Think past today because integration and governance are more important than pricing.
10 Most In-Demand Programming Languages of 2018
Do you have the skills you'll need to succeed this year, or are you still betting on a COBOL revival?
One Year Wiser: 7 Top Culture Ins and Outs
The transition from the business world of 2017 to that of 2018 features some shifts in culture across organizations.
Speech Recognition Finds Its Voice
Voice recognition technology seems to be taking over the world, but the concept still has a ways to go before it reaches full maturity.
Use IoT to Accelerate Digital Transformation
The Internet of Things can drive change in an organization, providing data into a wide range of operational activities. But that change can require integrating that data into the systems used for key decisions.
The World of DevOps Tools Can Make a Newbie's Head Spin
Some toolchain leaders are emerging, but mind the cultural and other details to successfully implement a DevOps strategy.
From Buzzword TO a New World of Computing
Somewhere in the not-too-distant future one of today's hottest buzzwords -- AI, big data, or even analytics -- will be absorbed by another.
How Mobile Ordering and Delivery Services Change Analytics
Businesses are leveraging the data gathered through mobile ordering and delivery. Here's how.
Three Key Questions for Federal CIOs
The federal initiative to modernize IT systems raise questions that government CIOS -- in fact, all types of CIOs -- need to consider before launching a major project.
AWS Does What it Needs to Do to Achieve Growth in China
In the wake of AWS selling off assets in China the company is still expanding its presence there.
Big Data, Analytics, and Machine Learning: Changing Insurance
The evolution of analytics and machine learning are shaping the industry's future, mitigating risk, improving business, and helping develop types of policies that individuals and businesses need, even before they know they do.
7 Acquisitions that Point to Cloud Maturity
While strides are indeed being made in the world of cloud computing, the most recent mergers and acquisitions show a marketplace that is beginning to mature.
IoT, Analytics Help Food Retailers, Distributors Reduce Spoilage
Food production, distribution, and retail operations usually run on thin margins. Reducing food spoilage and waste can increase profitability. Here's how IoT and Analytics can help.
AI Begins to Infiltrate the Enterprise
Enterprise adoption of AI is slow today, but experts expect it to increase very rapidly. So far, tech giants are leading the charge.
As Cloud Market Swells, So Does Cloud Environment Complexity
As enterprises move beyond the phase of initial cloud adoption and into hybrid and multicloud environments, the complexity of managing all the moving parts begins to set in.
Rising, Shining, or Falling Star: Where Are You in Your Analytics Career?
Are you just getting started with your data analytics career, are you in the zone, or is it time for you to reevaluate what's next. Take this quiz to find out.
The Internet of Things: Still Lots for You to Learn
IT groups will need to provide architecture, data-mining tools and connectivity, while giving business groups the freedom to innovate on their own with the Internet of Things.
Saving Lives Starts with Protecting Our Hospitals
Healthcare organizations and the patients they serve have to step up to ensure that medical records and devices are secured from hackers.
Guidelines for Using Public APIs
Developers planning to use public APIs in their software need to consider factors such as what the API provider plans to do with collected data.
How to Cope with Stress in Tech
Always a concern, workplace stress has soared to new levels in the tech sector.
How to Tell an Effective Data Story
Should data stories persuade or inform? We did some research about the best way to tell a data story.
CIOs' Evolving Role: Think Revenue and Strategy
It's no longer about just cutting costs. CIOs must figure out ways to monetize tech including data, and where newer systems like blockchain can fit strategically.
Tech Dream Teams: How Startups and Enterprises Can Work Together
Startups and large enterprises can each benefit from working together, but too many partnerships fall apart or never get started.
5 Traits of Truly Innovative Companies
When most people think about innovation, they think of companies like Amazon, Facebook, Apple, and Google because those companies appear to have some kind of magic that other organizations lack. If your company wants to make lightning strike repeatedly, consider these points.
How to Prepare for GDPR's Data Privacy Changes
Companies are headed into the final stretch to get ready for GDPR compliance before the May 2018 deadline. Whether your compliance plan is already in the works or if you are just getting started, here's some advice about setting priorities.
Single Sign-On Vendors Shudder as AWS Enters the Market
The recent AWS announcement of single sign-on capabilities has the potential to shake up yet another tech sector.
Is Diversity Part of Your Technology Strategy?
As we move into an age of artificial intelligence tech teams have to strive to eliminate bias in their AI apps.
3 Ways the Subscription Economy Will Strengthen Cybersecurity
Subscription-based IT services aren't just about saving money; they can help secure your data.
Facebook AI Finds Your Face, Enabling New Features
Facebook's artificial intelligence (AI) for recognizing faces has enabled three new features to help serve users, including one designed to benefit the blind and sight-impaired. But are there privacy implications?
Cloud Computing 2018: More of Everything
Activity on the cloud adoption front throughout 2017 set the stage for some dramatic changes in how enterprises use the cloud in 2018.
Implementing DevOps: Mind the Details
When it comes to DevOps success or failure, little things count the most. Start small, make sure everyone's really in, and count - and celebrate - the team's successes.
Chatbots: Changing the Nature of Human Interactions with Machines
Chatbots have established their place in the home and our personal lives; now watch what they can do in enterprise applications over the next few years.
To Build Software that is Easy to Use, Engage the Right Partners
Developing software that is intuitive and meets user needs calls for a close partnership between a vendor and a couple of key customers.
What Retailers Know About You
Your behavior online and in stores gives retailers a glimpse into what you want and how to sell it to you. Here's what's coming in retail data and analytics.
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The State of Cloud Computing - Fall 2020
Download this report to compare how cloud usage and spending patterns have changed in 2020, and how respondents think they'll evolve over the next two years.
2021 Top Enterprise IT TrendsWe've identified the key trends that are poised to impact the IT landscape in 2021. Find out why they're important and how they will affect you.
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