Machine intelligence and AI

Four megatrends that will reshape what software can do for us This article is sponsored by:

New self-driving software will deliver exponential results from current breakthroughs in big data, mobile access, user experience and computer intelligence.

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Shooting for the moon costs - Google pays the high price of innovation This article is sponsored by:

Google's opened the kimono on the losses incurred by its 'Other Bets' business, potentially spooking Wall Street in the process.

Enterprise hits and misses - big data falls and rises, Facebook's AI chatbot stirs the enterprise This article is sponsored by:

In this edition - big data's fall from grace, and the viable use cases on the other side. And: can the GPU optimized database shake up RDBMS *and* Hadoop? Plus: how Facebook's AI chatbot stole the enterprise media for a week. Hubspot airs it out (and gets aired). Your whiffs include dangerous selfies, encryption stupor, and the music biz bottoms out.

Open source cloud drives Volkswagen's DevOps culture transformation This article is sponsored by:

The German automotive manufacturer has rolled out Mirantis OpenStack cloud as it pursues agility in an uncertain car market.

Unit4 embraces its cloud destiny with latest release This article is sponsored by:

Unit4 goes cloud-first with the latest release of its ERP software, also launching a new PSA product and a digital assistant to help automate routine tasks

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The new race to be the world's 5 computing powers This article is sponsored by:

Maybe there will be just 5 computing powers dominating the world, with public cloud scale and deep AI as defining characteristics. Who's in the running?

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Apttus applies Azure machine learning to quote-to-cash This article is sponsored by:

Quote-to-cash vendor Apttus is using Azure machine learning to help mold enterprise sales behavior to achieve higher performance

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Build 2016 - from potty-mouthed bot to pizza bot, ethical tech choices ahead This article is sponsored by:

Tay may have been a potty-mouthed racist, but at Build 16, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is big on a bot-centric future, but aware of ethical and moral tech concerns.

The Babel Fish becomes a paradox, as Druva demonstrates This article is sponsored by:

Converged data protection specialist Druva shows that secondary storage is not just nice-to-have backup option, but is fast becoming an essential point of centralisation that businesses may ignore at their peril.

RBS cuts jobs in favour of automated digital advice for investors This article is sponsored by:

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has been in the news this morning as it plans to scale back jobs in favour of ‘robo-advisers’. Something we expect to see more of in the near future.

I, Human - our robo-enhanced future starts now This article is sponsored by:

Although a human Go player lost this week against AI opponent DeepMind AlphaGo, the robo-enhanced future of humanity looks bright

Will the IoT will be the second coming of the Time-And-Motion-Man? This article is sponsored by:

It is probably just an `age’ thing, but a conversation with SAP CTO, Irfan Khan, closes off some concerns about the potential for negative human impact from IoT use at work and instead points to good synergy between companies and employees, rather a revival of the `Time-And-Motion’ man.

The Great British Robot - too late and under-funded? This article is sponsored by:

Great things are coming in the robotics revolution, but while Japanese innovation is on show, where's the Great British Robot?