What Will VC Deals in 2023 Look Like?
After an incredibly successful decade, the US VC market saw a dramatic shift in 2021. 2021 was characterized by sky-high venture capital and excitement about what that could bring. This wave of optimism has crashed as 2022 rolled around. Unsustainable “growth at all costs” strategies have been discarded and replaced with a focus on building…
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Is Generative AI another Watson?
In 2011, IBM’s Watson supercomputer made history by crushing two masters of trivia in a game of “Jeopardy!”. Touting its AI abilities, the company decided to make a substantial investment toward applying its power to solve healthcare. Now, after billions invested and a series of high-profile setbacks, the company is effectively selling Watson and sun-setting…
Read MoreHow SAP Helped Create a Next-Generation Factory for Beauty and Sustainability
The product line is designed to be beautiful as well as sustainable in terms of its durability and benefits for the environment. It’s highly resistant to scratches, abrasions, dry heat, solvents and cleaners, food, ink, makeup, crayons, and much more so that it can stay beautiful for years to come. But what the revolutionary high-pressure…
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AI that makes images: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2023
OpenAI introduced a world of weird and wonderful mash-ups when its text-to-image model DALL-E was released in 2021. Type in a short description of pretty much anything, and the program spat out a picture of what you asked for in seconds. DALL-E 2, unveiled in April 2022, was a massive leap forward. Google also launched…
Read MoreEstes Express shifts gears on customer experience by streamlining data operations
Customers are increasingly demanding access to real-time data, and freight transportation provider Estes Express Lines is among the rising tide of enterprises overhauling their data operations to deliver it. To fuel self-service analytics and provide the real-time information customers and internal stakeholders need to meet customers’ shipping requirements, the Richmond, VA-based company, which operates a…
Read MoreTop 9 challenges IT leaders will face in 2023
Three years ago, IT leaders were squarely focused on how to adopt fledgling AI techniques and approaches into their business models in service of digital transformations that included plans for shifting some workloads to the cloud. But then the pandemic hit, requiring a historic pivot that set some best-laid plans aside and accelerated others. Now…
Read MoreHow CIOs can be pillars of stability in an uncertain world
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Several economists, a bank president, and a couple of reporters walk into a bar. The economists lament, “A thick fog of uncertainty still surrounds us.” The bank president wails, “Economic hurricane.” The reporters keen about “gut-churning feelings of helplessness” and “a world of confusion.” Sitting in a…
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Low code/no code tools reap IT benefits—with caveats
Low-code/no-code visual programming tools promise to radically simplify and speed up application development by allowing business users to create new applications using drag and drop interfaces, reducing the workload on hard-to-find professional developers. A September 2021 Gartner report predicted that by 2025, 70% of new applications developed by enterprises will use low-code or no-code technologies, up from…
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Why investing in automation could be the answer to navigating a tough economic climate
Despite its potential for relieving pressure on the workforce, automation in the workplace is often seen negatively, as a cause of job losses or a growing skills gap. Yet, done well, automation can provide critical support that frees people up to focus on more impactful work — and can lead to happier, more motivated and…
Read More5 questions CIOs must ask after Southwest Airlines’ failure
The last thing any CIO wants is to experience catastrophic operational issues during a peak season, but that’s exactly what executives at Southwest Airlines faced last week. While weather may have been the root cause, the 16,000 flights canceled between Dec. 19-28 far exceeded any other airlines’ operational impacts. Experts point to Southwest’s point-to-point operating…
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