Massive disinformation campaigns, privacy compromises, and allegations of anti-competitive behavior are threatening the autonomy of social networks. Rather than being a neutral conduit, these networks are now being recognized as publishers with editorial power. International market, legislative and regulatory forces are going to combine to make the networks take responsibility for the hosting of damaging…
Beyond what it is already doing, with a little more audacity Machine Learning could help us decipher the mysterious COVID-19 crisis and fight its successors.
Despite COVID-driven tech investment, many manufacturers will fail at digital transformation through 2022. COVID has accelerated many manufacturer’s investments in technology such as robotics, automation, augmented reality/virtual reality ( AR/VR), artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML), and advanced analytics much more than predicted at the beginning of 2020. Despite this rush to technology…
Today’s pandemic is a humanitarian and economic disaster but if this were 2005, the economic ruin would be much worse. This summer, despite the pandemic, tens of millions of white-collar workers were not laid off. Their jobs were saved by broadband access, Bring Your Own (BYO) and major executive attitude changes. In the face of…
Starting in 2021, pandemic abandoned office space will be repurposed to indoor farming and food production. The pandemic has had a significant impact on commercial building usage. Shuttered businesses, reduced workforces, working from home have emptied office spaces, especially in cities. It’s very likely that much of that space will not be refilled when the…
CEO’s top technology priority in 2021 is blockchain, especially in the fintech sector. Five blockchain opportunities revolutionize banking and financial services for business and central banks’ adoption. As more emerging/new fintech blockchain services are available for adoption, existing financial services will require refresh/retro-fit upgrades. Banks, credit unions, and financial services must revolutionize their traditional services to be relevant within five years!
Despite widespread hype, analysis of objective data suggests strongly that WFH has reduced productivity while increasing costs for most firms. Given current COVID resurgence and business uncertainty, it is inadvisable that any long-term WFH strategy should be decided upon through at least YE2021. Subjective Support After reviewing more than 200 reports, research notes, articles, and…
Many people celebrate Merry Christmas on December 25th of each year but not the Eastern Orthodox. They celebrate on January 7th. The reason is discrepancies between the Julian (46 BC) and Gregorian (1582) calendars due to leap years and seasonal equinoxes being omitted. This difference is analogous for many businesses and service providers. As they…
Has a computer solved an outstanding 50-year old scientific problem? Has General Artificial Intelligence arrived on November 30, 2020?
Salesforce is buying collaborative software vendor Slack to counter two massive threats, and to grow business. Salesforce might succeed in countering some of one threat and more of the second. I am more optimistic about Salesforce using Slack to develop enough business data to pay for the $28B price tag, possibly within three to five…
