Category Archives: Data and analytics

OUR (EXPERT’S) BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO AI: WHERE TO START AND WHAT TO KNOW

Artificial intelligence is undoubtedly the leading force for digital disruption, and businesses should prepare for it now. Everyone can see and feel the real-life applications of AI form some early-adopting companies, making it vital for others to quicken their adaptations and transformations to ensure that they remain competitive in the market. Some technologies that are […]

USING A PRIVATE CLOUD? ADMIT YOUR ERROR AND GO PUBLIC INSTEAD

By David Linthicum, InfoWorld | MAY 2, 2018 A year after planning a big private cloud, the former Yahoo reversed course and is moving to the public cloud. Here’s how you too can chart your path away from the private cloud. Amazon Web Services has announced that Oath, the former Yahoo, has selected AWS as its preferred public cloud […]

GMAIL IS GETTING A LONG-OVERDUE UPGRADE

Google is adding features to Gmail, including Snooze buttons and a sidebar with a new task-management system. The company is rolling out new features like Snooze buttons and a sidebar with a new task-management system. Google promises other new features, including new security options, in coming weeks. The Snooze feature will help you declutter your […]

LEAVING A LEGACY BEHIND – A CLOUDY BUT PROFITABLE FUTURE

By Ann Maya – 19 March 2018 via CloudTech.  Cloud computing is fast becoming a mature technology with more growth expected. Gartner believes that by 2020, a ‘no-cloud’ policy will be as rare as a ‘no-internet’ policy is today. Over the last five years in particular, businesses have recognised that cloud computing reduces spending on data centres and […]

8 STEPS FOR A PAIN_FREE CLOUD MIGRATION: ASSESSMENT, MIGRATION AND SUPPORT

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By Monica Brink- 29 March 2018.  Cloud adoption by UK companies has now neared 90%, according to Cloud Industry Forum, and it won’t be long before all organisations are benefiting to some degree from the flexibility, efficiency and cost-savings of the cloud. Moving past the first wave of adoption we’re seeing businesses ramp up the complexity of […]

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AS A SERVICE: AI MEETS THE CLOUD

Posted March 15, 2018 By Cynthia Harvey AI as a service is growing. Cloud-based AI services are one of the easiest and least expensive ways to get started with machine learning and cognitive computing. In their never-ending quest to stay ahead of the competition, a growing number of enterprises are looking for ways to incorporate artificial intelligence into […]

HOW TO WIN WITH AUTOMATION

Source: Harvard Business Review (www.hbr.org) Today, many people’s jobs will be taken over by machines and many of the jobs of the future haven’t been invented yet. That inspires fear in some, excitement in others, but everybody will need to plan for a future that we can barely comprehend today. In this new era of […]

FIVE REASONS YOU NEED TO DO DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN 2018

Source: Tech Revolution. (www.techrevolution.asia)   Has your company entered the digital revolution yet? If not, you may soon be left behind. Harvard Business Review’s recent prediction about the Asia Pacific region was: “Expect to see the pace of innovation accelerate, with established organisations and startups vying to capture and retain the increasingly tech-savvy consumers driving digital transformation.” […]

HOW AI IS TRANSFORMING CLOUD COMPUTING

By Gary Eastwood. Cloud computing has already permeated every facet of online activity. However, recent developments in AI and the increasing sophistication of programmers, presages a new age of cloud computing. This article looks at how that technology emerges and how its set to impact our lives. Every tech guru knows about the potential of cloud […]