Software development is a challenging discipline built on millions of parameters, variables, libraries, and more that all must be exactly right. If one character is out of place, the entire stack can fall. And that’s just the technical part. Opinionated programmers, demanding stakeholders, miserly accountants, and meeting-happy managers mix in a political layer that makes…
Sandeep Davé knows the value of experimentation as well as anyone. As chief digital and technology officer at CBRE, Davé recognized early that the commercial real estate industry was ripe for AI and machine learning enhancements, and he and his team have tested countless use cases across the enterprise ever since. And those experiments have…
Thirty years ago, Adobe created the Portable Document Format (PDF) to facilitate sharing documents across different software applications while maintaining text and image formatting. Today, PDF is considered the de facto industry standard for documents that contain critical and sensitive business information. In fact, it is estimated that more than three (3) trillion PDFs –…
I love technology. During the last year, I’ve been fascinated to see new developments emerge in generative AI large language models (LLMs). Beyond the hype, generative AI is truly a watershed moment for technology and its role in our world. Generative AI LLMs are revolutionizing what’s possible for individuals and enterprises around the world. However,…
The enterprise edge has become a growing area of innovation as organizations increasingly understand that not every workload — particularly new edge workloads — can move to the cloud. Reasons for this limitation include data sovereignty and residency requirements, the need to support ultra-low latency workloads, and concerns about losing control over mission-critical use cases,…
Last quarter was one of the most volatile for cash pay premiums for IT skills and certifications in the last three years, according to Foote Partners. Almost one-third of the 682 non-certified IT skills and 614 IT certifications they track changed in value — and for certifications, those changes, more often than not, were downward.…
If there’s a company that can boast being 100% digital native, it’s PayPal, the platform that allows companies and consumers to send and receive digital payments in a secure, comfortable and profitable way. Since 1998, the brand has evolved and grown in step with technology, and today, the size of its network and consumer use has…
In June, New Zealand supermarket chain Pak’nSave released the Savey Meal-Bot, a gen AI tool that lets users upload a list of ingredients they have, and then the bot would come up with recipes they could try. It was billed as a way for shoppers to save money because New Zealanders throw out around NZ$1,500…
Robotic process automation (RPA) is a well-established means of automating repetitive business processes implemented in software. It’s been around since the early 2000s. However since then great strides have been made in machine learning and artificial intelligence. Combined with RPA tools they enable much greater levels of automation of many business processes. This is hyperautomation.…
“Air is our most important food.” That’s the operating philosophy of German heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) company ActoVent, an enterprise built around the simple philosophy that the air we breathe and release into the environment should be clean. During the pandemic, air quality became an obsession to many people. Adding to the concern was…