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.
Robotics
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.
The robots are coming? Not enough of them in some cases...
A UK Government report on automation and the future of work has some very British calls to action, but wider learnings for global consideration.
How Kroger is learning e-commerce lessons from Ocado with some big expectations to deliver on
Kroger's tie-up with Ocado has some big ambitions to meet in an increasingly competitive US online retail sector.
FedEx's 'King Canute' stance can't hold back the Amazon tide of delivery demands in an e-commerce age
FedEx doesn't need Amazon, it says. It might need to face up to its fears about the e-commerce giant however.
