Reinventing After-Sales Service In A Subscription Economy World
91% of manufacturers are investing in predictive analytics in the next 12 months, and 50% consider Artificial Intelligence (AI) a major planned investment for 2019 to support their subscription-based business models. New subscription business models and smart, connected products are freeing manufacturers up from competing for one-time transaction revenues to recurring revenues based on subscriptions. […]
Tech Leaders Look To IoT, AI & Robotics To Fuel Growth Through 2021
30% of tech leaders globally predict blockchain will disrupt their businesses by 2021. IoT, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics have the greatest potential to digitally transform businesses, making them more customer-centered and efficient. 26% of global tech leaders say e-Commerce apps and platforms will be the most disruptive new business model in their countries by […]
How Blockchain Can Improve Manufacturing In 2019
Combining blockchain and IoT will revolutionize product safety, track-and-traceability, warranty management, Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO), and lead to new usage-based business models for smart, connected products. The business value-add of blockchain will grow to slightly more than $176B by 2025, then exceed $3.1T by 2030 according to Gartner. Typical product recalls cost $8M, and many […]
How To Protect Healthcare IoT Devices In A Zero Trust World
Healthcare executives say privacy concerns (59%), legacy system integration (55%) and security concerns (54%) are the top three barriers holding back Internet of Things (IoT) adoption in healthcare organizations today according to the Accenture 2017 Internet of Health Things Survey. Over 100M healthcare IoT devices are installed worldwide today, growing to 161M by 2020, attaining […]
58% Of All Healthcare Breaches Are Initiated By Insiders
58% of healthcare systems breach attempts involve inside actors, which makes this the leading industry for insider threats today. Ransomware leads all malicious code categories, responsible for 70% of breach attempt incidents. Stealing laptops from medical professionals’ cars to obtain privileged access credentials to gain access and install malware on healthcare networks, exfiltrate valuable data […]
Google Needs To Make Machine Learning Their Growth Fuel
In 2017 Google outspent Microsoft, Apple, and Facebook on R&D spending with the majority being on AI and machine learning. One of the company’s initial forays into AI and machine learning was its $600M acquisition of AI startup DeepMind in January 2014. Google needs new AI- and machine learning-driven businesses that have lower Total Acquisition […]
Identities Are The New Security Perimeter
18% of healthcare employees are willing to sell confidential data to unauthorized parties for as little as $500 to $1,000, and 24% of employees know of someone who has sold privileged credentials to outsiders, according to a recent Accenture survey. Privileged credentials for accessing an airport’s security system were recently for sale on the Dark Web […]
Glassdoor’s 10 Highest Paying Tech Jobs Of 2018
Software Engineering Manager is the highest paying position with an average salary of $163,500 with 31,621 open positions on Glassdoor today. Over 368,000 open positions are available across the 10 highest paying jobs on Glassdoor today. $147,000 is the average salary of the top 10 tech jobs on Glassdoor today. 12.7% of all open positions […]
10 Ways To Improve Cloud ERP With AI And Machine Learning
Capitalizing on new digital business models and the growth opportunities they provide are forcing companies to re-evaluate ERP’s role. Made inflexible by years of customization, legacy ERP systems aren’t delivering what digital business models need today to scale and grow. Legacy ERP systems were purpose-built to excel at production consistency first at the expense of […]
Where Business Intelligence Is Delivering Value In 2018
Executive Management, Operations, and Sales are the three primary roles driving Business Intelligence (BI) adoption in 2018. Dashboards, reporting, end-user self-service, advanced visualization, and data warehousing are the top five most important technologies and initiatives strategic to BI in 2018. Small organizations with up to 100 employees have the highest rate of BI penetration or adoption […]
