Predictive analytics gives Owens Corning edge in turbine blade development

At manufacturer Owens Corning, data scientists have had the rare opportunity to work hand-in-hand with scientists to meld predictive analytics with scientific research to streamline the company’s innovation efforts. “We don’t typically deal with very in-depth scientific, technical problems,” says Malavika Melkote, director of global information services and the analytics center of excellence at Owens…

10 reasons why digital transformations fail

Digital transformations remain fashionable. CIOs are stitching together cloud, APIs and microservices into platforms to augment business processes. Agile architectures, they believe, help streamline operations and better serve customers. Forty-seven percent of 510 business and tech leaders claim that their organization is advancing digital transformation plans across the enterprise, according to research conducted by consultancy TEKSystems in…