No one would dispute that artificial intelligence (AI) is reimaging how businesses and entire industries operate. Yet, as the hype around AI and machine learning intensifies, so does the number of AI buzzwords designed lure and distract. When having discussions with AI vendors, it’s easy to be enticed by terms such as “sentient AI”, “large…
SAP has agreed to buy WalkMe, a tool for offering workers personalized guidance on how to use software, for $1.5 billion in cash. There’s clearly a lot at stake for SAP as its offer, announced Wednesday morning, was 45% over WalkMe’s closing share price on Tuesday night. The companies expect the acquisition to close in…
Porsche Motorsport sella su alianza con NetApp al ampliar el acuerdo estratégico de colaboración que ambas partes venían manteniendo. Para el fabricante alemán de automóviles deportivos, el objetivo no es otro que optimizar la toma de decisiones a pie de pista extrayendo el máximo valor de los datos. De esta forma ha convertido a la…
As CIOs and other tech leaders face pressure to adopt AI, many organizations are still skipping a crucial first step for successful deployments: putting their data house in order. Despite warnings going back at least six years, many CIOs fail to collect and organize the vast amount of data their organizations continuously generate, according to…
Few sports are so closely associated with data analytics as baseball. For more than 160 years, statisticians have tried to represent the game numerically. In 2015, Major League Baseball revolutionized a sport already known for its sophisticated use of data with MLB Statcast, a tracking technology that collects enormous amounts of game data. Alexander Booth,…
Just over a year ago, H&M’s IT department was heavily reduced as a result of cost restrictions. Originally there was talk of cutting 3,500 to 1,500, but in the end, it didn’t have to be that severe, according to H&M CDIO, Ellen Svanström. “The cost efficiency program hit us, and this applied to both employees…
El live shopping emigra desde Asia de la mano de Ikea para hacer las delicias de los consumidores digitales españoles. Y es que el gigante sueco lleva dos años apostando por esta modalidad de comercio electrónico basada en la venta de productos a través de retransmisiones en directo. Ahora, Ikea España ha celebrado la primera…
El sistema judicial madrileño da un paso adelante hacia la digitalización apostando por una infraestructura más ágil, segura y flexible. Fujitsu, en colaboración con Microsoft y bajo la batuta de la Consejería de Digitalización mediante su ente público Madrid Digital, ha desarrollado una solución innovadora de virtualización de escritorios para securizar, modernizar y mejorar la…
Nominations for this year’s prestigious CIO50 Australia Awards have opened. Now in its ninth year, the 2024 CIO50 Awards will be held together with the CSO30 Awards at the Shangri-La Hotel in Sydney on October 17th. This flagship awards program from CIO Australia is open to senior technology and digital executives who have overall responsibility and control…
This article was co-written by Chris Davis, Partner, Metis Strategy, and Kelley Dougherty, Associate, Metis Strategy In this time of fluid markets, fierce competition, and constant disruption, the modern enterprise must stay innovative and agile. It must be ready to evolve at any moment, and deliver quickly, consistently, and reliably through its large-scale software operations. But it…