ETL is giving way to ELT. Why does it matter? Because data preparation remains one of the toughest obstacles that a data-aware organization must overcome. Whether it's a data lake, a cloud data warehouse, or AI-enabled data prep, there are critical factors to consider.
Having great content is vital, but so is getting it to the right target at the right moment, something US retailer Orvis has been focusing heavily upon.
Listening to a conference panel session of representatives from some of the great and the good SI/analyst/consultancy companies run through the issues and approaches that some of their customers are facing in the pandemic era made me think that the result was something all CIOs, of businesses great and small, should be thinking about.
This week - applying AI across industries brings use case lessons. But the AI-for-good versus AI-for-yuck issue looms, given the scale of live systems. Edge computing hype gets a reality check; cloud repatriation gets a critical look. Your whiffs include "no meeting Wednesdays" gone wrong.
How to build a machine-learning system with limited data and a mixed bag of talent.
AI offers benefits to financial services users and providers, but also brings potential threats. It's important to start considering the future we want to see...
Poking fun at vendors for pushing terms like data lakehouses is part of my job. But the real purpose here isn't humor, it's delivering value on data and AI rather than buzzword polishing. Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi was up for the debate, and he brought customer proof points.
AIOps - why the key word here is ‘intelligence’
The term AIOps may be open to interpretation, but the end goal is clear, writes John Appleby of Avantra. Appleby frames the AIOps debate with an ERP automation project view - where critical operations tasks come into focus.
H&M has set out to become the leader in applying AI tech and techniques in the fashion retail sector.
This week - vendors get called out for sustainability hype, while hybrid event tech gains steam. The return-to-office debate heats up again, thanks to call outs on culture and collaboration. Your whiffs include AI idealism, Amazon's privacy opt-out, and so-called "seamless integration."
We take a look at the world of service robotics in a host of different industries, and hear from the CEO of a UK success story.
A new capability offers B2B sales people more information about prospects and their connections - now rolling out as part of the Salesforce investment banking cloud
Google Cloud - COVID-19 has spurred manufacturers to escape AI pilot purgatory
New research by Google Cloud has found that manufacturers are increasingly relying on AI in their day-to-day operations, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
