When Ed Wilkins, CPA, talks to audit committees about adding data analytics to the audit process, he explains to them that it usually takes three years for investment in a complex audit analytic to pay for itself. Audit analytics give practitioners the ability to examine an entire dataset rather than just a sample, improving the […]
Archives for January 2020
GIS Drives Superhighway to Analytics Future
The Pennsylvania Turnpike may be 80 years old, but its GeoAnalytics program is leveraging geographic information to drive the future. When the Pennsylvania Turnpike opened almost 80 years ago it was the nation’s first super highway and provided a way for people to drive from one point to another faster than they ever had. Today, […]
Are IoT and cloud computing the future of data?
With an estimated 29 billion connected devices expected to be in operation by 2022 – and over 75 billion Internet of Things (IoT) devices anticipated to be in use by 2025 worldwide – the Internet of Things is a major consideration for forward-thinking enterprises. The abundance of IoT devices currently in use offers enterprises extensive […]
How to Manage the Human-Machine Workforce
Today’s managers and executives need to oversee humans and machines in this age of AI and RPA, but should machines be managed as humans in a way that some suggest? Image: Willyam – stock.adobe.com As artificial intelligence and robotics process automation (RPA) usage continue to expand in enterprises, managers and executives need to learn how […]
We’re the go-to-guys for IoT customers who need simple and reliable connectivity for their solutions
SPONSORED INTERVIEW: Bruno Jacobfeuerborn is chairman of the supervisory board of 1NCE, the provider of simplified flat rate connectivity for the Internet of Things (IoT). He has worked at Deutsche Telekom since 1989, initially as a regional manager for the operator’s mobile network. From 2010 to 2016 he was director of technology for Deutsche Telekom […]
Fail to prepare, prepare to fail
Benjamin Franklin enjoyed this old proverb: “A little neglect may breed mischief. For want of a nail, the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the horse was lost, and for want of a horse the rider was lost.” The message can be easily ignored, that seemingly unimportant factors have dramatic knock-on effects, and […]
MLOps—the path to building a competitive edge
Enterprises today are transforming their businesses using Machine Learning (ML) to develop a lasting competitive advantage. From healthcare to transportation, supply chain to risk management, machine learning is becoming pervasive across industries, disrupting markets and reshaping business models. Organizations need the technology and tools required to build and deploy successful Machine Learning models and operate […]
What Retail Can Build on and Get From Cloud in 2020
Demand for data-driven strategies and personalized interaction with customers push industry to embrace digital resources. The retail industry is standing on the cusp of realizing more opportunities that may be possible via the cloud. At last week’s NRF Retail Big Show conference, Pravin Pillai, global head of industry solutions for retail at Google Cloud, spoke […]
The Facial Recognition Debate
One small step for tech, one giant leap for privacy? It is up to our society to create clear boundaries that will enhance the positive and control the negative. Last May, San Francisco became the first major city in the U.S. to ban facial recognition software by the government, police and public sector agencies. Since […]
5,4,3,2,1 – It’s blast off for the evolving enterprise
As 5G arrives, we’re in the midst of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, surfing the third wave of digitalisation, becoming acquainted with digital twins and expecting unified experiences across platforms and networks, writes George Malim These are all transforming not only technology but society. In this issue of IoT Now we look at how network capacity […]