Digital Business

Badhrinath Krishnamoorthy - May 8, 2020 - 206 views

The number of streaming subscribers is surging amid the global shutdown. Yet customer churn is one of the direct-to-consumer industry’s harshest realities. It’s also new and uncertain territory for media and entertainment companies: As content producers, their job has been to attract audiences; as direct-to-consumer providers, it’s to keep them coming back. While there’s no […]

Even with social distancing restrictions easing in some parts of the world, much of the workforce will continue to work from home (WFH) for the foreseeable future. In some cases, employees may even continue to do so after the pandemic passes, drawn by flexible hours and the 10-yard commute. The problem is, traditional IT infrastructure […]

Ben Pilgrim - May 6, 2020 - 736 views

With people trapped at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re seeing reports that internet use is up 70%, and online buying is surging more than 50% in some markets. The pressure is on for e-commerce experiences and websites to perform well at this time of crisis, which requires a renewed focus on both access and […]

Ben Pring - May 5, 2020 - 503 views

Numerous governments around the world have started using citizen-generated data in their efforts to understand, and ultimately stop, the spread of the coronavirus. In China, a sophisticated cell phone-based “traffic light” system is being rolled out that indicates whether an infected person is clear to move around as normal, or should continue to self-isolate. In […]

Mihai Constandis - May 4, 2020 - 782 views

Companies all over the world are adjusting to a “new normal.” Morning standups, friendly watercooler talk, company-sponsored happy hours and everything in-between have been replaced by virtual interactions – or don’t happen at all. Working in a fully distributed virtual environment is a big adjustment to navigate even in normal circumstances, without having to also […]

Bryan Hill - May 1, 2020 - 769 views

Thanks to a convergence of technology and scientific developments, we’re on the frontier of predicting, treating and mitigating infectious disease at an individual level, as well as across broad mass demographics. Key advancements in realizing this future state include immersive visualization techniques and personalization technologies, open scientific collaboration and data on everything from genomic sequencing […]

Prasad Satyavolu - April 30, 2020 - 1338 views

By the time a COVID-19 vaccine is approved and distributed, we could have a year or more of social distancing protocol baked into our everyday interactions. It isn’t far-fetched to believe that various cultures will adopt their own form of namaste that lives beyond the pandemic that engendered it. In fact, social distancing may become […]

Peter Borden - April 29, 2020 - 1060 views

Imagine a world in which a pandemic such as COVID-19 is not a once-every-100-years occurrence but a once-a-decade event. This is not a prediction; neither is it beyond the realm of possibility. A 500-year flooding event has a 0.2% chance of occurring in one year; Houston, Texas, experienced three such events three years in a row. […]

Larissa Comis - April 28, 2020 - 641 views

As we adjust to life under COVID-19, I wonder if things will ever be the same again. From my new home office in the dining room, a world that once seemed so small – just a day’s flight from one end of the globe to another – now seems out of reach. The impact of […]

Dr. Michael Manyak - April 27, 2020 - 420 views

Nine months ago, a global enterprise I work with used its substantial resources to simulate the widespread outbreak of an infectious illness. Using our knowledge and experience, as well as publicly available research, we modeled a fictional disease whose behavior turned out to be eerily similar to that of COVID-19. I’m pleased to say that […]