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Former GE CEO Jeff Immelt: Workers must lay out welcome mat for automation
Headlines warning that automation will sweep away countless jobs aren’t hard to find online lately. But some technology experts contend that automation tools won’t evaporate workers, but rather, they will free them from drudgery. With plumbing and pencil-pushing automated away, workers can set their brains on harder problems that demand novel solutions. The predicted growth of ...
Speed up the slow boat to digital transformation with RPA bots, says Forrester analyst
Digital transformation is a clunky term for tech-enabled, data-driven business. The bulky box full of software and strategies needed to achieve it can be a confusing mess to sort through. When is someone going to wrap it all into one product? Robotic process automation technology comes close to doing so, according to some. Despite the ...
Operational intelligence spots costly leaks eyes can’t see
Squeezing concise, actionable analysis from massive data can be challenging, even when it’s all in the same place. When it’s physically divided among many different locations, a system that spans and integrates them all is crucial. This synthesis can greatly improve decision making and save oodles of cash for businesses. Operational intelligence technology has transformed ...
A project manager’s tips on bagging new-tech buy-in
Shiny, new technology might seem like a great idea, until someone has to implement it across a multi-department organization. The moans and groans from reluctant pupils tasked with learning to work it can be a drag on progress. Choosing integrative tech with something to offer everyone and agile, iterative adoption might help the medicine go ...
Pure Storage and Nvidia claim AIRI Mini is ‘AI supercomputer in a half-rack’
Artificial intelligence is going mainstream; more and more businesses are trying to juice a competitive advantage from novel AI tech. The need to cram terabytes or petabytes of data into algorithms for real-time insight is asking 110 percent of techies’ brain power. Massively parallel computing with graphics processing units might push AI further into everyday ...
Storage austerity helps F1-racing tech get up and go
To pull ahead in intensely competitive Formula 1 racing, teams increasingly leverage technology to fine-tune cars and win races. Safety concerns and the challenge of moving bulky infrastructure around the world present a host of challenges for information technology personnel. Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Ltd must set up its data center in 21 different locations per ...
Analysis by paralysis: Why data should stay put in AI infrastructure
Artificial intelligence and machine learning software geared for data analysis is flooding the market, and companies are buying. But a close examination reveals that the vast majority of big-data projects implode and most data scientists spend little time actually doing analytics. What are all of these people doing wrong? “The bigger movement here is that ...
Toyota breaks data silos to go toe-to-toe with Uber and Co.
Do old incumbents really have a chance against nimble, zero-baggage startups? The automotive industry is a good place to dig out the answer to that question. Established giants like Ford Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. are leveraging data compete against transportation service startups like Uber Technologies Inc. The days when auto makers only had to ...
Don’t even think about big data without metadata cataloging, says Informatica
Loafing about on a coherent big data strategy has to be one of the dumbest moves an enterprise can make these days. Losing out on potential business value and severe regulatory penalties are just two possible costs. That’s not to say it’s as easy as flipping a switch. How can companies get their data act ...
How APIs can connect the data dots dizzying enterprises
Take multiple spigots spouting torrents of data, add multicloud topping, and stir in pressing privacy and compliance concerns; the resulting beast is tough to roll into an application and shimmy through the window to business value before it shuts. Informatica LLC thinks it can pull it off for customers by being the best-in-breed data asset ...
