Smarter With Gartner added five new categories in 2018. Sales, customer service and support, finance, human resources, and legal and compliance joined IT, supply chain and marketing to offer content for executives and leaders across the entire organization. For our top content, articles about employee engagement surveys ranked alongside the power of the Challenger™ sales […]
‘DNA Printing’ in the Cloud, Part 1 In DNA printing, genetic code becomes computer code. This transformation occurs when the chemical bases adenine, thymine, cytosine and guanine present in a chemical mix or gene sequence are translated by computer through gel electrophoresis technology into their representative letters: A/T, T/A, C/G, G/C. This alphabet code was […]
This was an unusual year, largely defined by actions by President Trump that seemed focused on harming the majority of people in and outside the United States. However, the rise of those speaking up, taking action, and making real changes also was unprecedented. In the end, I actually think the country is on the path […]
This story was originally published on the E-Commerce Times on Sept. 8, 2018, and is brought to you today as part of our Best of ECT News series. Generation Z is getting a lot of attention these days, as the cohort is expected to outpace millennials, and comprise 32 percent of the world’s 7.7 billion […]
When Florence Nightingale analyzed mortality rates from the Crimean War, she realized that the majority of soldiers hadn’t died in combat, but instead from preventable diseases caused by poor sanitary conditions in the hospitals. To convince the British Parliament and Queen Victoria to invest in better sanitary conditions, Nightingale created a diagram of the causes […]
In less than 100 days — on March 29, 2019 — the U.K. is due to leave the European Union (EU). The specifics of its exit remain in question, but organizations and governments can’t afford to wait until the specifics of the breakup are clear. They need to plan for potential disruptions and opportunities now. […]
The shape of the Genome poemis scattered stars; a twinkling netof orchestrated switchesMolecules drafted through millennia,coagulating endless dreams of water;Chemistry’s infinite creative palettesampling light and elementsdandelion suns, beheaded as aristocrats,lion-shorn — still imagine symbiotic airlifting their lost materials,on round, star-hair wings. — “The Human Genome: Poems on the Book of Life” by Gillian K. Ferguson […]
This story was originally published on Sept. 20, 2018, and is brought to you today as part of our Best of ECT News series. Since the industrial revolution, technology has changed society continually. Largely due to innovations in semiconductor electronics, software and computer technology, the pace of technological development has continued to accelerate over the […]
Supermicro CEO Charles Liang on Tuesday informed customers that a leading third-party investigations company found “absolutely no evidence of malicious hardware” on its motherboards. The investigation was undertaken in response to Bloomberg’s recent claim that bad actors had inserted spy chips in the firm’s motherboards on behalf of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, China’s armed […]
Cake batter doesn’t mix well with touchscreens. A connected refrigerator with a large touchscreen in the middle of the kitchen is a blessing for a busy working mom who can organize and sync her kids’ school schedules and the weekly grocery list with her smartphone and the fridge. Yet that same “smart” appliance doesn’t feel […]