AI in retail - big investments can deliver new business and happy customers
Pivoting off news around this week's NRF event in New York with a look at AI applications in retail, including a diginomica favorite, Domino’s Pizza.
Archive: Robotics
Business development and competitiveness - 'Big Tech' isn’t the problem, it’s the solution
Let's not take a 19th century robber baron mindset into the 2020s when it comes to considering 'Big Tech's role.
Drone alone 2 - the unexpected benefits
Some unusual perspectives on drones in the second of two reports from the Westminster eForum conference on regulation and airspace management.
Drone alone? How to safely exploit autonomous aviation
How unmanned aviation could be either a boon or a nuisance – depending on how well the technologies are managed.
Four Forrester forecasts for 2020 - AI advances, but chatbots still fail the Turing Test
Enterprise tech buyers will find no let up to the AI hype in 2020, but practical advances will increase, but it's still a case of caveat emptor.
How to build a better bot and get started with conversational marketing
Gartner reckons that in a couple of years from now, enterprises will spend more on chatbot creation than traditional mobile app development. Some tips on how to spend that money well...
Smart factories - why manufacturing big change is difficult
A new report from Capgemini promises major gains from smart manufacturing – but also major obstacles.
HR Technology Conference 2019 - it’s a crazy, mixed up HR technology world out there
It's time for the annual trip to the HR Technology Conference in Las Vegas. Here are the highlights of this years confab - the good, the bad and utterly indifferent.
The convergence of auditing and robotic process automation - highlights from Controlling 2019
Getting ahead of the compliance curve is an attractive proposition for auditors. But can robotics process automation play a role? Kent Bettisworth says yes - but as I learned at Controlling 2019, there are major caveats.
The Discovery Channel on IT-business alignment in a cloud world - live from SAP Controlling 2019
At Controlling 2019, keynote speaker Barb Rojas of the Discovery Channel put an interesting twist on IT/business alignment. How do you impose governance on business users, without stifling their cloud pursuits? After the keynote, our podcast took the conversation further.
Samsung study pitches upbeat view of AI - or does it?
A positive assessment of Artificial Intelligence in a report from the electronics giant, but with necessary skepticism about its aims and presentation.
Are you ready for robots-as-a-service? Fetch Robotics is here to help.
RaaS offers a fast, cost-effective, less risky and scalable way to adopt automated technologies.
Pink-eyed Terminators, clucking Alexas and giant dark data thunderclouds looming overhead - Boris Johnson's Brexit Britain tech pitch to the world
The British Prime Minister took full advantage of a UN General Assembly address to the world's leaders to pitch a tech-enabled Brexit Britain - or that was the theory at least.