Category Archives for Technology – News

Digital Transformation In Governance, Risk Management, And Compliance

These days, there are many Webinars, white papers, and so on relating to digital transformation. And most of them refer to supply chain or finance. But what about governance, risk, and compliance? In a blog…

What’s love got to do with it? Why consumers love or leave brands

How much does customer service matter? Well, an estimated $62 billion in retail revenue is lost due to poor customer service, and while 80% of companies believe they are providing outstanding service, only 8% of consumers believe…

Machine Learning And Business Problem-Solving

2018 at the SAP Co-Innovation Lab in Silicon Valley is off to a roaring start, with three of its projects heavily focused on the topic of artificial intelligence. This project work spans machine learning, cognitive…

Enterprises will spend $7 trillion on digital transformation by 2021

Global enterprises will spend more than $7 trillion dollars in the next four years as they struggle to modernize, build a global technology foundation for growth, and support simple, secure, and reliable access to data and…

The 6 biggest hurdles slowing the pace of AI innovation

At first glance, the artificial intelligence industry seems to be on fire, with tons of consumer demand and ample investor interest. In fact, VC investment in AI startups rose from $3.2 billion in 2014 to…

5 Reasons Machine Learning Is the Future of Marketing

Today’s smarter business systems generally mean smarter, and more profitable, companies. I do a great deal of research on business trends and online tools that can enhance business productivity. Naturally, I visit and monitor many websites…

Is your SEO strategy keeping up with the times?

For SEO experts, keeping up with search engine algorithms is a constant battle. And now voice search is poised to change everything once again. When Penguin, an update of Google’s search algorithm, swam online five…

The Future of Consumption: A Question of Trust

As a boy growing up in Hong Kong, I often joined my father on business meetings. These meetings typically took place in restaurants in Kowloon, loud, crowded, and smoky, where deals were sealed over rice…

Machines Can’t Dream

People are concerned about robots. Ever since a computer system defeated chess champion Gary Kasparov 20 years ago, public perceptions of progress in artificial intelligence (AI) research have been defined in terms of high-profile competitions…

Global IT spending to reach $3.7 tn in 2018: Gartner

Global IT spending is projected to reach $3.7 trillion in 2018, an increase of 4.5% from 2017, according to a report by market research firm Gartner. “Global IT spending growth began to turn around in…