There are many ways to distill a year into a chapter of a history book. While the history of cyber attacks is easily gleaned from news reporting, it is much harder to find a history of the industry. Which companies thrived? Which failed? Which were funded? Which were acquired? I assembled all of that…
Just as autonomous vehicles are held out as a potential future for transportation, autonomous factories and plants are a possible future for at least some forms of manufacturing. With the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) applications in the asset performance management (APM) space, coupled with the fact virtually every control…
Through 2023, fintechs using blockchain will accelerate critical adoption and use of digital currency services, and smart contracts. Blockchain will accelerate service speed, security and usability. This will enhance business as well as consumer value by reducing cost, the idea that we’ll have fewer cyber risks, and execution errors. Blockchain created many billions of transactions…
Despite COVID-driven tech investments, the majority of manufacturers will fail in digital transformation through the end of 2022. I say this because, while COVID is really driving investment in technologies like AR/VR, Automation, AI, Machine Learning – the applications of these technologies have helped to mitigate the disruptions that COVID has caused – but the…
My prediction is that only a few telcos, despite their spending power, will become shall we say – in the elite adopters of the combined technologies of Analytics, AI and Automation. Why is this my prediction? Well, it’s going to be just really difficult to do, given the complexity of their existing technology stack and…
2021 will be the most intense year in decades for payers in health insurance plans, healthcare providers and their IT vendors as they start to tackle the recent game-changing open Application Programmer Interface regulation. It will require them to finally share data. Other 2021 challenges include competition surrounding price transparency (hard to play hide-and-seek with…
The Augmented Reality (AR) menu will transform the customer’s digital experience when ordering foods. AR is an emerging technology that employs 3D imaging to offer a better visual experience to consumers. I expect AR to become popular in the hospitality industry, enabling them to promote their foods and drinks via 3D images. For example, in…
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…
It’s not just AI, of course. It’s the effects of the combination of the intertwining of analytics, automation and AI (A3) and the different ways and paces various telcos experiment with and embrace the revolutions that A3 will bring. The differences in ways and paces will create three new and different classes of telcos –…
