You want to launch new products, meet your customer’s needs, and grow the business. Here’s how. Image: natali mis – stock.adobe.com Stepping outside your comfort zone is a sure-fire recipe for personal growth. The same goes for business. COVID-19 forced companies to use tech to adopt, reinvent, and innovate on the fly. Restaurants modified loyalty […]
Making the Business Case for Edge Computing
Understanding how and where edge computing fits into an organization’s overall IT road map goes a long way toward formulating a business case for it within your organization. Image: BillionPhotos.com – stock.adobe.com It wasn’t that long ago when edge computing was considered a futuristic, forward-looking concept that was interesting to contemplate — yet offered no […]
Addressing ‘Zoom Fatigue’ Head-On in the Future of Team Conferencing
Even as team conferencing platforms increase in capability and complexity, the potential for fatigue and disinterest in using the technologies is rampant. But AI improvements may soon address the risks. People hate meetings. That’s been a core theme of “Dilbert” since Scott Adams started that comic strip many years ago. But what people hate more […]
Texas County Turns to Low-Code Database for Vaccine Registrations
Tarrant County has registered over 800,000 people for vaccines using a cloud-based, web-facing, low-code database technology. One of the more frustrating parts of the vaccine phase of the COVID-19 pandemic is just getting registered for a vaccine. Right now there is more demand than there is supply and until those two things even out, there […]
What IT Leaders Need to Know About Open Source Software
Here are answers to some common questions about open source technology, which can be a key enabler of innovation and digital transformation efforts. Image: duncanandison – stock.adobe.com Whether they are aware of it or not, more than 95% of IT organizations worldwide use open source software (OSS) within mission-critical IT workloads. Furthermore, interest in open […]
5 AI-for-Industry Myths Debunked
Although artificial intelligence has become omnipresent, its uptake in business remains hampered because of gaps in knowledge and awareness. Image: Artram – stock.adobe.com During the pandemic, leading companies continued to use AI to address urgent business priorities. With its value-expanding impact on internal financial optimization versus external customer experience, the essentiality of AI solutions became […]
Hazelcast Jet 4.4 Released – the Four-Year Anniversary Release as Seen by Scott McMahon
Hazelcast Jet, Hazelcast’s streaming engine component based on Hazelcast IMDG 4.1.1, recently celebrated its four-year anniversary with the release of version 4.4. Besides the normal bug fixes and performance enhancements, this version ships with new features such as unified file connector and the the first beta version of the SQL interface. Other noteworthy additions are […]
Common AI Ethics Mistakes Companies Are Making
More organizations are embracing the concept of responsible AI, but faulty assumptions can impede success. Image: Kentoh – stock.adobe.com Ethical AI. Responsible AI. Trustworthy AI. More companies are talking about AI ethics and its facets, but can they apply them? Some organizations have articulated responsible AI principles and values but they’re having trouble translating that […]
10 Ways Enterprises Can Use the Edge
Edge computing is very much a work in progress, but there are several interesting use cases at work today and more anticipated for the future. Here’s a look at the possibilities. 1 of 11 Image: Pixabay Edge use cases are expanding across industries as companies move compute and analytics capabilities to the edge. Some companies […]
Using Machine Learning in Testing and Maintenance
With machine learning, we can reduce maintenance efforts and improve the quality of products. It can be used in various stages of the software testing life-cycle, including bug management, which is an important part of the chain. We can analyze large amounts of data for classifying, triaging, and prioritizing bugs in a more efficient way […]