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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
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Haptic Handles
In CWorld:It's not quite the same as thumbing a ride, but a cylindrical gadget that nestles in your palm can get you where you want to go.Japanese mobile giant...
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Big Data Retail Program
IBM Big Data & Analytics: Retail Business and Industry Leadership Program
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Gartner Identifies Key Technology Trends
I don't usually like top ten lists. But in this list I do like the general descriptions. Top strategic technology trends. No big surprises, and the order is...
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Tracking the Value of Corporate Get-togethers
This week attending IBM's big conference on Big Data and Analytics called Insight2014. In progress all this week. A huge affair with thousands of participants...
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Steganographic Malware
Network threats based on hidden malware. " .... Researchers at the Hungary-based Laboratory of Cryptography and System Security have uncovered Duqu, an unusual...
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Galactic Shadows
My colleague Keith J Caserta has come out with a second book in his Kindle series called: Galactic Shadows. Science fiction about AI and how aliens are likely to...
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Fast Track Back to Kanban
It has been a considerable time since I have worked with Kanban, the lean, just in time manufacturing process. This InfoQ piece outlines what it is and a workshop...
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Productivity Startups
We need more of these, in particular startups that deliver more efficient connections to each other, supplanting regular e-mail, focus data to value and have the...
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Kroger Scan, Bag and Go
Got a chance today to use the Kroger in-aisle checkout method at the Middletown, Ohio Kroger today. This was a concept we tested with many alternatives in the...
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Business Strategy and Execution for CIO
In Future of CIO: Business strategy and execution challenges. " ... Many companies spend significant portion of time for formulating rock solid strategies, focuses...
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Watson Cognitive Computing as Taught at Columbia
How is Watson cognitive technology being taught today in universities? Here is an example of how it is described in a curriculum at Columbia:" ... IBM Watson is...
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Many Worlds
Many Worlds is a 1950s idea that came out of physics. A result of the math that works very well predictively at the tiny, particle level, but for the real world...
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Manufacturing and the IOT
Manufacturing and the Internet of Things. "... Manufacturers like GM and Stanley Black and Decker are creating this platform for innovation by deploying open standards...
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How Watson Works
A straightforward, non-technical video of how Watson/Cognitive is designed to work, implemented in the real world. Worth a look if you are at all interested...
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New Realities of Local Retail
In ThinkwithGoogle:" ... The relationship between digital and local stores is changing—something we learned from our new Digital Impact on In-Store Shopping study...
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P&G to Spin off Duracell
Not unexpected. But the form of the move is unusual. Not a profitable enough business. " .... Though P&G said that the Duracell has 'attractive operating profit...
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On the Role of the Chief Data Officer
Excellent piece here. Have worked in the area of regulatory compliance. Here the idea is to consider the more formal roles involved to address this problem systematically...
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Former Apple Retail Store Manager Will help You Choose.
The Apple store is impressive. An impressive showy blend of service, expertise and demonstration. With lots of geeky camaraderie.The Genius Behind The AppleFormer...
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Google and AI with DeepMind
More examples of Cognitive, here with Google." ... Google, the search company that's investing heavily in robotics, is teaming with Oxford University researchers...
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