Want to talk to a human? You’re not alone. The fundamental problem with chatbots is language. Credit: WrightStudio via Adobe Stock Enterprises are using chatbots in more contexts to reduce the costs associated with routine communication scenarios such as customer support, help desk and HR. The other benefit is freeing up valuable time to solve […]
Archives for April 2021
Zoom update aims to make video calls feel like in-person meetings
Zoom has rolled out a video background feature called Immersive View that aims to make its video calls feel more like physical, in-person meetings. The feature was unveiled last year at the firm’s Zoomtopia conference but has this week rolled out to both free and paid-for accounts for meetings and webinars of up to 25 participants. […]
IT Meets Finance: How CFOs Drive Digital Success
Chief financial officers now play a key role in guiding organizations through digital transformation so they can survive the current climate and come out stronger on the other side. In 2020, for the first time in history, we saw digital transformation spending accelerate despite GDP declining globally. Digital transformation, cloud computing, and business model innovation […]
IBM launches suite of hybrid cloud storage services
IBM has unveiled a set of improvements to its storage portfolio designed to give its customers greater access to and management of their data across their complex hybrid cloud environments. The technology giant, which has pivoted its operations towards hybrid cloud in recent months, will launch IBM Spectrum Fusion later this year, in addition to […]
Book unites ‘trailblazing’ women board leaders to foster gender diversity in boardrooms worldwide
Amid the known inequity of women holding corporate board seats and, further, those chairing boards, the newly-released book ‘Dear Chairwoman’ features highly personal stories of challenges, perseverance and success from some of the world’s most esteemed C-suite women executives and board members/chairs. These women, says Merilee A. Kern, Forbes Councils member, MBA, work with corporate behemoths […]
Azure Cost Management and Billing updates – April 2021
Whether you’re a new student, a thriving startup, or the largest enterprise, you have financial constraints, and you need to know what you’re spending, where, and how to plan for the future. Nobody wants a surprise when it comes to the bill, and this is where Azure Cost Management and Billing comes in. We’re always […]
Discover the latest Red Hat on Azure innovations—sign up for the Red Hat Summit
Microsoft is excited to join Red Hat Summit 2021. It is our fifth year consecutively participating, and we look forward to engaging with the Red Hat community. In the April segment (April 27-28), Scott Guthrie, our executive vice president of Cloud + AI, will join Paul Cormier in the keynote “Open hybrid cloud: Changing what’s […]
Total cost of ransomware attack heading towards $2m
The average total cost to an organisation of recovering from a ransomware attack has more than doubled in the space of just 12 months, rising from $761,106 (£588,000 at prevailing exchange rates) in 2020 to $1.85m (£1.33m) in 2021, with the average ransom paid now standing at $170,404. This is according to Sophos’ annual State […]
How to Select an IoT Product Development service partner?
By Abhinav Dubey, Chief Strategy Officer and General Manager – APAC at Ioterra, Inc. In the wake of the ongoing pandemic, it is liberating to see how the world has embraced the digitization of processes and made adequate use of the technology in hand. For example, the urgency of contactless communications has produced an opportunity […]
RAKwireless Closes $10M Series A Funding Round
Despite global manufacturing and supply chain disruption, the renowned producer of IoT chips, hardware and software tools has seen tremendous growth. The brand supplies technology to household name IoT devices such as Google Home and Amazon Alexa. RAKwireless Technology Co., Ltd. (RAK), a pioneer in LPWA end-to-end solutions, announces today the successful closing of a […]