Bruce J. Rogow - April 2, 2021 - 230 views

Almost everyone in my IT Odyssey interviews expresses certainty that their enterprise finally views data as a corporate asset. I could make a lot of money selling bumper stickers and executive designer T-shirts emblazoned with that catchphrase. But when I ask for the detailed, resourced specifics of what exactly is being done to actively manage […]

Risto Miikkulainen - March 11, 2021 - 132 views

The recently concluded XPRIZE Pandemic Response Challenge reveals the role advanced artificial intelligence (AI) can play in helping to find solutions to humanity’s greatest challenges.  The competition challenged AI practitioners to develop not only better models to predict where the COVID-19 pandemic is headed, but also to recommend what we should do about it: that […]

Jamie Engesser - November 24, 2020 - 276 views

I recently read an excellent summary of why cloud data councils are so valuable for anyone trying to tap the scalability and cost effectiveness of cloud computing. As Anil Nagaraj, Associate Vice President of Digital Engineering within Cognizant’s Artificial Intelligence & Analytics Practice, describes it, these councils work best when they focus on security and […]

Risto Miikkulainen - November 17, 2020 - 553 views

COVID-19 has turned our professional and personal lives upside down. But it’s also giving us a crash course in using artificial intelligence (AI) to predict and navigate an uncertain future. While there’s still a lot to learn, we believe so strongly in the potential for AI to lessen the social and economic impacts of COVID-19 […]

Badhrinath Krishnamoorthy - July 17, 2020 - 416 views

Creating intelligent products has long been a staple of consumer technology providers. Think no further than the Apple Watch and iPhone. But the concept has been slower to take root in the B2B technology sector among makers of semiconductor parts, enterprise software, digital marketplaces and platforms, to name a few. Now, two forces are uniting […]

Edward Merchant - June 11, 2020 - 361 views

New norms borne of the COVID-19 pandemic – especially work from home and increased consumer use of digital channels – will change the nature of upcoming IT investments. Over the last few decades, I have led or advised on many technology projects triggered by shifts in political, regulatory, commercial or social norms. My observation is […]

Badhrinath Krishnamoorthy - May 8, 2020 - 266 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 […]

Girish Pai - April 21, 2020 - 1622 views

The success of businesses the world over pivots around cash flow. Cash moves into and out of the business, which supports the movement of products across the supply chain, and eventually into consumers’ hands. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed not only our basic understanding of Business 101 but also Life 101, from commuting to our […]

Bret Greenstein - June 28, 2019 - 462 views

Let’s start with water. Pumps and complex piping systems keep our houses, factories, schools and hospitals functioning. But if something goes wrong, it’s impossible to always have the right technical skills available at every pump installation. This is where AI can transform the process. We teamed up with Grundfos, one of the world’s largest pump […]

Matthew O'Kane - May 31, 2019 - 1636 views

A bank turned to one of its data scientists to predict the risk of customers missing their next collections payment, with the goal of reducing bad debt. The data scientist was fortunate enough to have access to a comprehensive data mart containing data across many dimensions – including customers, product holdings, transactions and collections activity. […]