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AI Challenge: Achieving Artificial Empathy
Lisa Morgan, Freelance Writer
Commentary
As AI is woven deeper into different types of software and business processes, the success of it, particularly from customer experience and personalization standpoints, depends on its ability to recognize emotion and act accordingly. Will machines be able to achieve artificial empathy? Have they already? Following are some of the challenges and opportunities.
By Lisa Morgan Freelance Writer, 4/25/2018
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How to Market IT Modernization to Your Business
Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary
Commentary
While the rationale for modernizing IT is often apparent, sometimes the messaging and positioning on the part of the IT group is just as important.
By Tom Pohlmann, Chief Marketing Officer, AHEAD , 4/25/2018
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How Cloud Computing Is Impacting Disaster Recovery Planning
Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary
Commentary
IT executives know that the cloud is changing everything, but they might forget that they have to update their disaster recovery plan accordingly.
By Mary Shacklett, founder and owner of Transworld Data , 4/24/2018
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GDPR: A Cost vs. Benefit Analysis
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Commentary
It's a mistake for companies to view compliance with GDPR as just a financial burden. There are real benefits to be had in understanding and protecting customer data.
By Dimitri Sirota, CEO and Co-founder, BigID , 4/23/2018
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10 Things You Should Know About Deep Learning
Cynthia Harvey, Contributor, NetworkComputing
News
This type of machine learning is going to become increasingly important in analytics and enterprise applications.
By Cynthia Harvey Contributor, NetworkComputing, 4/23/2018
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AI: You Can't Test New Ideas with Old Data
Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps
News
How can you apply machine learning and AI to predict the success of a new idea? Will that old data you have work? Here's a different approach.
By Jessica Davis Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps, 4/20/2018
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Businesses Are on the Cusp of an Automation Revolution
Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary
Commentary
The cloud is much more than on-demand computing and storage resources. It is the foundation for a whole new world of exciting and smart ways of doing business.
By Bob Weiler, Executive Vice President, Oracle Global Business Units , 4/19/2018
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Culture, Like Technology, Is Changing at a Breakneck Pace
Emily Johnson, Digital Content Editor, InformationWeek
Satire
If you thought your company culture was good or bad or a static thing within the organization, well, guess again.
By Emily Johnson Digital Content Editor, InformationWeek, 4/19/2018
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Dun & Bradstreet Eyes Blockchain, Machine Learning Projects
Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps
News
Data provider Dun & Bradstreet has been providing information to subscribers and customers for 177 years. Now it is exploring Blockchain and machine learning to improve its offerings.
By Jessica Davis Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps, 4/19/2018
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The Boring Truth About High-Value AI Projects
Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps
News
McKinsey Global Institute examined hundreds of artificial intelligence use case to figure out the ones that yielded the highest value for organizations. That big-picture vantage point yield one surprising and boring truth about the value of AI.
By Jessica Davis Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps, 4/18/2018
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What Do Modern Analytics Look Like With Agile Deployment?
Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary
Commentary
When deploying an analytics initiative throughout an organization it's time to utilize agile concepts.
By Josh Parenteau, Director of Market Intelligence, Tableau , 4/17/2018
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What I’m Looking Forward to at Interop ITX 2018
Andrew Froehlich, President & Lead Network Architect, West Gate Networks
Satire
An IT professionals maps out his tour of Interop ITX, coming up in two weeks.
By Andrew Froehlich President & Lead Network Architect, West Gate Networks, 4/17/2018
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Protect Your Data Privacy Online: Top Experts Share Personal Stories
Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps
Satire
Nervous about your privacy online? We've asked data and analytics experts how they protect their own privacy. Here's what they said.
By Jessica Davis Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps, 4/16/2018
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Industrial IoT Analytics Get Ready for Prime Time
Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps
News
IoT analytics will go from experimental to mainstream in 2018, and a few new vendors are getting into the game. Here's why it makes sense now.
By Jessica Davis Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps, 4/16/2018
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No More IT Islands
James M. Connolly, Executive Managing Editor, InformationWeekEditor in Chief
Satire
IT professionals no longer fit into the buckets of specialization that marketers and HR staffers love.
By James M. Connolly Executive Managing Editor, InformationWeekEditor in Chief, 4/13/2018
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Talent Shortages Thwart Deep Learning Projects
Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps
Satire
AI may not be widespread in many enterprises yet, but a new survey shows some organizations say that they are already planning deep learning projects.
By Jessica Davis Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps, 4/13/2018
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Why IT Professionals Move to Las Vegas
Lisa Morgan, Freelance Writer
Satire
Las Vegas may well become the next high-tech hotbed as more IT talent and related investment flow into the city. On and off The Strip, there are all kinds of opportunities to cash in on digital transformation, from gaming to the maker movement and beyond. You may enjoy life more, too. Here's why.
By Lisa Morgan Freelance Writer, 4/12/2018
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Three Big Pitfalls for Big-Company CIOs, and What to Do About Them
Christopher O'Malley, CEO of Compuware
Commentary
Scale and longevity can be advantages for large enterprises facing competition from startups, but those enterprises need to transform their IT culture, achieve single-speed IT, and jettison inefficient distributed infrastructure.
By Christopher O'Malley CEO of Compuware, 4/12/2018
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Get an AI Head Start: Buy It
Jessica Davis, Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps
News
CIOs want to invest in AI projects, but some just aren't ready to build it out themselves. So Oracle and SAP are both offering AI technologies to enterprise customers to get them started.
By Jessica Davis Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps, 4/11/2018
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Technology Faces State-of-Mind Hurdles
James M. Connolly, Executive Managing Editor, InformationWeekEditor in Chief
Satire
Cloud and open source advocate Sam Ramji, vice president for product management for the Google Cloud Platform, provides a sneak peek into his Interop ITX keynote.
By James M. Connolly Executive Managing Editor, InformationWeekEditor in Chief, 4/11/2018
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