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We hope you will check out our new Informa Tech collaboration, IT 2020: A Look Ahead. Image: Gorondenkoff – stock.adobe.com For more than 30 years InformationWeek has served as a voice for the IT management community: first as a weekly print publication, and today as an online entity with InformationWeek.com and a range of targeted […]
A key to enterprise success with predictive analytics is to get the IT group involved, and do it early in the process. Image: Wladimir1804 – stock.adobe.com Understanding predictive analytics has become a key requisite for discovering customer needs and business opportunities from data. But the first steps in establishing a good predictive model lie in […]
As every company becomes a tech company, a major part of this shift means determining which tools will give an edge, and which ones will distract from broader goals. Image: By fotohansel – stockadobe.com Worldwide IT spending is projected to reach nearly $4 trillion this year. As technology advances and new tools surface, today’s chief […]
Low-code platform vendor Appian is looking to provide a single platform for automation, AI and low code with a new RPA acquisition. The year 2019 marked a big one for consolidation among data, analytics, and related vendor companies as the industry reorganized for the cloud and big vendors staked their competitive positions. Now in early […]
“Applications” have evolved from large monolithic structures to their decomposed equivalents. The trend will continue with some interesting twists. Image: EverythingPossible – stock.adobe.com The nature of applications and the way humans interact with them has changed based on the technologies available and the philosophies of the era. There’s been a shift from monolithic enterprise applications […]
Developers don’t sit behind glass walls anymore. And citizen developers are jumping into the low end of the app pool. Just what’s going on in the insanely busy world of software application development? Image: RobbinLee — stockadobe.com Everyone in business today “feels the need for speed”. But probably none more so than application developers, who […]
Analyst firm ABI Research paired its upbeat predictions for tech concepts in 2020 with a real-world look at the ideas that aren’t quite ready for prime time. Tis the season for New Year’s tech forecasts. You see them every December: Next year is the one when technology that has been promised for years will finally […]
Bias can result in undesirable AI outcomes. A recent DataRobot survey says organizations are most concerned about its impact on trust and their reputations. Image: Stock.adobe.com Business and IT leaders are realizing that artificial intelligence should be implemented carefully to avoid unwanted results. In the race to implement AI over the past several years, most […]
While many emerging technologies are still in the conceptual stage, the following are some that could realistically be considered over the coming year. 1 of 9 As 2019 winds down, it’s at this point where we look into our crystal ball in an attempt to predict what new technologies will become “the next big thing” […]
A dev team inside the insurance company took on the task of reducing insurance quote times for customers from 30 minutes to 2 minutes. Here’s how. Every established industry today faces an existential threat in the form of a disruptive competitor that changes the way customers buy or use a product or service. The obvious […]
