Louis Columbus
Marketing and Product Management Leader, Forbes Columnist, Software Expertise in Analytics, Cloud, CPQ & ERP Solutions. Principal at IQMS, formerly with iBASEt, Cincoom, AMR Research.
How To Get Your Data Scientist Career Started
The most common request from readers is how to further their careers in analytics, cloud computing, data science, and machine learning. I’ve invited Alyssa Columbus, a Data Scientist at Pacific Life, to share her insights and lessons learned on breaking into the field of data science and launching a career there. The following guest post is authored by […]
The State Of 3D Printing, 2019
Proof of concept and prototyping dominate 3D printing applications in 2019. 80% of enterprises say 3D printing is enabling them to innovate faster. 51% of enterprises are actively using 3D printing in production. These and many other fascinating insights are from Sculpteo’s 5th edition of their popular study, The State of 3D Printing (29 pp., PDF, opt-in). The study’s methodology […]
Seven Things You Need To Know About IIoT In Manufacturing
Global spending on IIoT Platforms for Manufacturing is predicted to grow from $1.67B in 2018 to $12.44B in 2024, attaining a 40% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in seven years. IIoT platforms are beginning to replace MES and related applications, including production maintenance, quality, and inventory management, which are a mix of Information Technology (IT) […]
How to Improve Privileged User’s Security Experiences With Machine Learning
Bottom Line: One of the primary factors motivating employees to sacrifice security for speed are the many frustrations they face, attempting to re-authenticate who they are so they can get more work done and achieve greater productivity. How Bad Security Experiences Lead to a Breach Every business is facing the paradox of hardening security without sacrificing […]
Industry 4.0’s Potential Needs To Be Proven On The Shop Floor
99% of mid-market manufacturing executives are familiar with Industry 4.0, yet only 5% are currently implementing or have implemented an Industry 4.0 strategy. Investing in upgrading existing machinery, replacing fully depreciated machines with next-generation smart, connected production equipment, and adopting real-time monitoring including Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) are manufacturers’ top three priorities based on interviews […]
How To Improve Supply Chains With Machine Learning: 10 Proven Ways
Bottom line: Enterprises are attaining double-digit improvements in forecast error rates, demand planning productivity, cost reductions and on-time shipments using machine learning today, revolutionizing supply chain management in the process. Machine learning algorithms and the models they’re based on excel at finding anomalies, patterns and predictive insights in large data sets. Many supply chain challenges are […]
How To Secure Mobile Devices In A Zero Trust World
86% of enterprises are seeing mobile threats growing the fastest this year, outpacing other threat types. 48% say they’ve sacrificed security to “get the job done” up from 32% last year. 41% of those affected say the compromise is having major with lasting repercussions and 43% said that their efforts to remediate the attacks were […]
CIO’s Guide To Stopping Privileged Access Abuse – Part 2
Why CIOs Are Prioritizing Privileged Credential Abuse Now Enterprise security approaches based on Zero Trust continue to gain more mindshare as organizations examine their strategic priorities. CIOs and senior management teams are most focused on securing infrastructure, DevOps, cloud, containers, and Big Data projects to stop the leading cause of breaches, which is privileged access abuse. Based […]
CIO’s Guide To Stopping Privileged Access Abuse – Part I
CIOs face the paradox of having to protect their businesses while at the same time streamlining access to the information and systems their companies need to grow. The threatscape they’re facing requires an approach to security that is adaptive to the risk context of each access attempt across any threat surface, anytime. Using risk scores […]
The State Of Cloud Business Intelligence, 2019
An all-time high 48% of organizations say cloud BI is either “critical” or “very important” to their operations in 2019. Marketing & Sales place the greatest importance on cloud BI in 2019. Small organizations of 100 employees or less are the most enthusiastic, perennial adopters and supporters of cloud BI. The most preferred cloud BI […]
