-
How the IoT is Transforming Data Centers
While the Internet of Things is rapidly taking off around the world, it’s important to remember one thing that’s essential to the existence of this technology, and how without it, the whole system could come crashing down. I am, of course, talking about data. By 2020, there are estimated to be over 26 billion IoT
Read More… -
What Is Information Technology? A Story of Evolution
What is information technology? It’s just computers, right? Well, yes, it is computers – but that hardly serves as a valuable definition. Information Technology (IT) refers to a spectrum of technologies, including software, hardware, communications technologies, and related services, used to create, process, store, secure, and exchange data. But this modern-day spectrum hasn’t just appeared
Read More… -
What Is Artificial Intelligence Engineering? Prospects, Opportunities, and Career Outlooks
Research conducted by Gartner suggests that artificial intelligence or AI will create a business value of US $3.9 trillion by 2022. What’s more, artificial intelligence is expected to be the most disruptive technology category for the next decade, due to advances in computing power, capacity, speed, and data diversity, along with the further evolution of
Read More… -
Impact of AI in Supply Chain Management
Artificial intelligence (AI) in supply chain management is no longer about a future promise. There may be some variations in adoption across industries, but the technology is having a significant impact on how companies operate today. That’s the broad conclusion from KPMG’s 2020 Living in an AI World study. But is it possible to quantify
Read More… -
Why Is Human Resource Planning Important?
Human resource planning enables businesses to meet their current and future demands for talent, allowing human resource managers to anticipate and develop the skills most valuable to an organization, and providing the enterprise with the optimal balance of staff in terms of available skill-sets and numbers of personnel. Proper planning also provides a path for
Read More… -
Value Streams Security, and Agile Software Delivery in a Unified Platform
A lot of press releases in the tech industry are interesting but aren’t very important in the grand scheme of things. Occasionally, announcements come out that really are game-changers. This is one of those announcements. In mid-April, four tech companies came together to form Digital.ai. This merged company brings together leaders in business agility, software
Read More… -
A Look at Technical Debt
The trade-off required between delivering perfect products and meeting tight deadlines makes the issue of technical debt particularly relevant to software and system developers. Yet this issue is often shifted to the back burner. Why? Because addressing it rarely fulfills an urgent business need. What’s more – and especially for cases that aren’t urgent –
Read More… -
ICT in Education – The EdTech Revolution
The concept of EdTech – a portmanteau of “education” and “technology” – has evolved considerably since the days when things like free laptops and massive open online courses (MOOCs) were pretty much the focal point of the “ICT in education” discussion. Since those heady days of the hugely popular One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) campaign
Read More…
