Data and analytics continues to evolve as digital business takes off. Ahead of Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2019, Smarter With Gartner reached out to experts presenting at the event to ask them how IT leaders should invest in data and analytics. Create a data-driven strategy Mike Rollings, Gartner VP, Analyst Data and analytics has a much […]
Google X. Amazon Lab126. Microsoft Research. IBM Garage. Facebook Reality Labs. Nearly every tech giant today boasts an innovation lab of their own, where ideas blossom and new products are born. The creation of an innovation lab is a popular tactic among technology leaders to foster growth and promote new ideas. Whether a physical or […]
Users of a multi-cloud storage strategy may be twice as likely to face a security breach as those that use hybrid or single clouds, suggests a report UK-based security specialist Nominet released this week. Fifty-two percent of survey respondents who adopted a multi-cloud approach suffered a data breach over the past 12 months, compared to […]
Apple has been developing sleep tracking functionality for the Apple Watch, according to 9to5 Mac. The report has been confirmed by MacRumors, which received an internal build of iOS 13 from a source. The new “Time in Bed Tracking” feature — codenamed “Burrito” internally — will let users who wear the Apple Watch to bed […]
Before you take on a new vendor, stop and consider the impact the relationship will have on your organization — will the vendor will be engaged in your most critical initiatives, systems or business processes? Think beyond scorecards and costs. Do the service and solution strategies align with your architecture and goals? Does the vendor […]
In the Internet of Things — or the “Intelligence of Things,” which is a more apt description — the automotive segment has become a leading center of innovation. Only healthcare offers the same ability to leverage advances in sensors, processing, connectivity and artificial intelligence technology to advance an industry while simultaneously improving society. As a […]
Verizon, the No. 1 mobile carrier in the United States, this week introduced a free version of its robocall-blocking app, which will be standard on all new Android devices. The company further announced that it will auto-enroll eligible Android users to its Call Filter service and block what are seen as “high-risk” calls. This includes […]
Today, insurance fraud is detected by a combination of claim analysis, computer programs and even private investigators. The FBI estimates the total cost of non-healthcare-related insurance fraud to be around $40 billion per year. But a maturing emerging technology called emotion artificial intelligence (AI) might make it possible to detect insurance fraud based on audio […]
Jack just stepped into his role as infrastructure and operations (I&O) lead at his company. His predecessor was not equipped to evolve beyond the traditional command-and-control leadership style to meet the organization’s digital transformation goals. Jack knows that to be a successful I&O leader in the digital age, he must exemplify “servant leadership” by being […]
I came to tech by accident. Formally trained in public health and international development, I was presented with a problem that needed to be fixed. Suffering from a naturally inquisitive mind as I do, it was only a few rabbit holes later that I found my world blown open by a richly diverse global network […]