The continuous growth of data has led to large corporations investing heavily in technologies around large data volumes, allowing them to gain useful business intelligence that was unavailable to their smaller competitors. The evolution of public clouds has made big data technologies accessible to small businesses and startups. By using new advances in Data Architecture, […]
2022 and the Emergence of the Natural Language-Enabled Enterprise
The vast amounts of unstructured text is leaving knowledge workers struggling to comb through the sheer volume of information available. This has created a need for humans and artificial intelligence (AI) to work side by side to create a true natural language-enabled enterprise, which allows the organization to deliver business outcomes with an effectiveness that far surpasses […]
What’s Next for Identity Security in 2022
According to The Identity Theft Research Center, the number of data breaches this year has already surpassed the total number in 2020 by 17%, making it a record-breaking year for data compromises. So far in 2021, nearly 281.5 million people have been affected by some sort of data breach. Even as new advances in identity security come […]
Angles of AI Ethics
Discussing the rights and wrongs of artificial intelligence (AI) is more urgent than ever before – and more difficult. In the first of a series of articles, I will propose ways to better structure the debate about AI ethics. From online chatbots to automated warehousing and disease diagnosis, AI is at work in more and more areas of everyday […]
Will AI Become the Real Deal in 2022?
Despite extraordinary advancements in the field, machine learning (ML) and deep learning have seen slow adoption in the enterprise. It’s reported that nearly 80% of enterprises fail to scale AI deployments across the organization. However, in 2022 AI will evolve to better deliver on its promise. There will be a new wave of technological advancements that will […]
Beyond VoC: How Data-Driven Companies Are Using Text Analytics and NLP
When we talk about applications for natural language processing (NLP), the use cases that generally come up focus on Voice of the Customer (VoC) and Customer Experience Management (CEM). And fair enough: Plenty of the activity around and investment in NLP has been in this space. The NLP-powered customer experience platform Medallia was just purchased by […]
2022 and Beyond: Quantum AI, Graph Neural Networks, and Personal Data Pods
The new year will bring us many exciting developments in data-enabling technologies including the merging of artificial intelligence with quantum computing and graph neural networks, which will power extremely complex, next-generation algorithms. Knowledge graphs will become lego-like with the ability to be plugged into diverse applications. With mounting concern over social media sites using personal data, expect […]
How to Create a Digital Twin of Your Business
In an increasingly interconnected, fast-changing, and globalized world, business operations have entered a new level of complexity. Whether a company designs products, manufactures them, or provides a certain service – and in many cases, there are companies that do all of the above – the process has multiple layers. The end product likely goes through […]
3 Ways Companies Can Start Implementing AI
In response to the pandemic, digital transformation has accelerated across all industries. As organizations settle into a “new normal,” they must consider where to focus their continued transformation efforts. Global spending on artificial intelligence reached $50.1 billion in 2020 and is expected to more than double by 2024. More than two-thirds of workers in a recent survey said […]
Data Center Infrastructure: Redefining America’s Technology Backbone
President Biden has just signed a landmark $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. The bipartisan legislation includes record-setting federal investments to the tune of $550 billion in transportation, utilities, and broadband. An additional $110 billion will be directed toward roads, bridges, and other major projects. As this legislation was being debated and refined in both the House […]