Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on AI, Data Analytics and Entity Resolution
By James Maguire I spoke with Jeff Jonas, CEO of Senzing, about how to get more from an enterprise data analytics practice, the importance of entity resolution, and the role the AI in data mining. Among the topics we discussed: Data analytics with 2024 around the...
Artificial Intelligence: Not A Panacea For Supply Chain Issues, But Extremely Helpful
Joe McKendrick Contributor “Supply chain,” once an insider industry term, is now a common phrase uttered by consumers across the globe — and for good reason. From baby formula to beer to semiconductors, supply chains have been breaking down. Can technology help mend...
Intel Wayfair Red Hat
Intel, Wayfair, Red Hat and Aible on getting AI results in 30 days Companies are rushing to invest in AI — but less than 20% of AI investments are resulting in the transformations that AI promises. VB Transform 2022 brought together business leaders from Intel,...
Covid Aftermath: Hyper-Focus On The Customer That Technology Needs To Help Sustain
Joe McKendrick Contributor The Covid-19 crisis was like a proverbial whack on the side of the head, getting organizations to fly right, finally focusing their energy and technology to where it counts — the customer. Can it last? Salesforce’s latest survey of 7,000...
Liability Debates Inch Along
How the debate over holding internet platforms accountable is changing under Biden By Brian Contreras March 1, 2021 5 AM PT Two people were dead; one was injured; and Jason Flores-Williams wanted to hold Facebook responsible. But after filing a lawsuit in September...
Opinion: Some tech workers are leaving San Francisco. They won’t be missed
By Therese Poletti While Silicon Valley’s tech industry is not suffering the exodus many have foreseen, S.F. is losing some people, and that’s for the best The post-recession tech boom in San Francisco appears to be reaching some form of an ending. Thank goodness....
How not to kill your spouse and other tips for working from home from someone who hates it
Experts weigh in on how to survive isolation, cabin fever as COVID-19 forces workers to stay at home I thought my working-from-home situation was bad until I spoke with Juan Pablo Buriticá, an expert on remote work who has been leading distributed engineering teams...
Hybrid robo looking to offer financial wellness to retirement plan sponsors
BrightPlan Coach fashions a financial plan for each employee and provides guidance on spending, financial goals, investing, debt management, estate planning and insurance. Financial advisers promote services like "comprehensive financial planning" and "financial...
Partnerships & Alliances (July/August 2019)
The latest training industry mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, and more. Article Author: Edited by Lorri Freifeld Skillsoft, a global leader in corporate learning, and MIT xPRO, an affiliate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a provider of...
M&A in Corporate Training
Investments and Acquisitions of the Second Quarter of 2019 Each quarter, we gather the industry’s mergers, acquisitions and funding from the previous three months to share some of the major trends. The second quarter of 2019 saw significant activity in assessment and...
The Ledger: China’s Bitcoin Ban, Crypto Endowments, Arbitrage bots
China appears poised once again to clamp down on the cryptocurrency industry. But people should welcome, not fear, the proposal. The National Development Reform Commission, China’s top economic planner, last week recommended eliminating the digital “mining” business...
Fintech gets pressure-tested, but ‘crypto winter’ may not be as cold as it feels
For many participants in the world of financial technology, 2018 was a year to forget. The market for initial coin offerings ground to a halt, buffeted by regulatory issues and a steep collapse in value. Miners have come under fire for the massive amounts of...
Sleep tech at CES aims to beat Vegas at its own game
LAS VEGAS — If there’s a town that fights harder to keep you from getting a good night’s sleep than this one, I sure haven’t found it. Which may help explain why the sleep-tech collection of exhibits at the massive CES trade show here has become so popular. Companies...
CES 2019: “Family tech” gadgets appeal to parental anxiety
Every year, the CES gadget show brings more devices promising to make life a little bit easier for harried parents. Sure, the kids might love them too: who wouldn't want a computerized Harry Potter wand that also teaches coding? The Las Vegas show's growing "family...
Magid: Health, fitness and a ‘smart bra’ at CES
There are enormous number of products on display at CES, ranging from the wacky to the fun to the useful to the essential. And some are potentially life saving. So, in between looking at big screen TVs, cool concept cars, robots, home appliances and all the other...
Crescenta Valley High senior named one of five ‘Young Innovators to Watch’
In case Crescenta Valley High School student Lyron Co Ting Keh needed validation he was, indeed, young and innovative, the senior will soon receive more than his share of confirmation. Co Ting Keh, 17, was named one of five “Young Innovators to Watch” from the United...
CES 2019 Liveblog: We’re Here in Vegas, Touching All the Gadgets
Welcome to day one of our CES 2019 liveblog. Monday is the unofficial first day of the show—unofficial because it's mostly just press conferences and events for the media. CES proper, with all of its gaudy excess, begins on Tuesday when the expo halls open to the...
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What Will Be the Last Gadget Standing at CES 2019?
Every year, I enjoy judging the annual Last Gadget Standing competition at the CES show. The products in the competition are rarely the ones that get the biggest headlines at the show—no 8K TVs or 5G phones this year—but they are usually fun and interesting. This...
Here are the 8 tech trends you’ll see this year
LAS VEGAS — Last year was a rough one for the tech world. Customers seemed consistently underwhelmed with the new “innovations” that companies like Apple were billing as amazing breakthroughs, and we all became painfully aware that our personal data wasn’t as personal...