Digital transformation powered by automation has changed the way organizations around the world operate. It’s sped up product and service delivery. It’s created operational efficiencies throughout the business. But automation has its limits. Traditional automation uses tags and triggers to initiate the next event in a sequence. It certainly keeps things moving, but it falls […]
4 Reasons Data Scientists Leave (and How to Retain Top Talent)
The demand for Data Science talent far exceeds the talent pool, making employee retention challenging. Demand is expected to remain high throughout 2022, providing ample opportunity for talent to move upwards through competing organizations. A vast amount of project familiarity and understanding is built on the backs of data scientists and is lost when they […]
What to Expect from AI in 2022
These past two years have ushered in major changes to how we navigate work, human interactions, and information. These shifts have coincided with the increased maturity of AI as a field. As AI has become more widespread, accessible, and acceptable, it’s stepped in to fill gaps in the economic, social, institutional, and political realms – […]
How AI Can Transform Hybrid Events
The initial phase of the global pandemic shocked nearly every industry, with in-person events effectively grinding to a halt. Industry conferences that millions of people had relied on for networking, training, and generating business were suddenly gone. Fortunately, companies, organizers, and supporting event platforms were agile, quick-footed, and resourceful in their efforts to shift events […]
5 Data Storage Trends to Expect in 2022
What does 2022 hold for the data storage industry? Signs of what is to come have been emerging. The following are five predictions about the data storage market, grounded in understanding the direction where the market is going. They involve AI, cyber resilience, supercharged application, workload performance and availability, and reduction of OPEX and CAPEX. […]
2022 Predictions: Blockchain, Cloud, Machine Learning, and More
While much of last year focused on overcoming challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, technology innovations have continued and demonstrated the unstoppable power of human creativity. In 2022, we can expect to see many exciting developments in Data Management, including the acceleration of blockchain technology to protect health data, real-world use cases for quantum computing, and more. […]
Hyperautomation Is Set for Growth in 2022: Which Tools Are Needed?
With labor shortages continuing throughout multiple industries, businesses need to revisit automation as a way of “filling” unhired roles or even eliminating tedious tasks that create worker dissatisfaction. Thoughtful automation can improve the work experience by granting employees the freedom to focus on more meaningful aspects of their jobs or by reducing the stress of […]
Data Science Trends in 2022
The year 2021 was out of the ordinary as global businesses struggled to keep afloat amid the pandemic. This unusual situation accelerated digitization in businesses, which led to a surge in “digital data.” This year witnessed a record number of hires of data scientist and data analyst positions as businesses realized that data-driven market intelligence […]
Why 2022 Will Be the Year of AI, Machine Learning, and Cloud Technology
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are two critical technologies that are shaping our future, how we work, and how businesses persevere through future black swan events. With the ability to analyze, learn, and become more intelligent and intuitive over time, AI and ML will continue to expand the ability of businesses to leverage […]
A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence
In 1950, a man named Alan Turing wrote a paper suggesting how to test a “thinking” machine. He believed if a machine could carry on a conversation by way of a teleprinter, imitating a human with no noticeable differences, the machine could be described as thinking. His paper was followed in 1952 by the Hodgkin-Huxley […]