“‘Digital transformation is less of a digital problem than it is a transformation problem,” said Westerman in a recent webinar for MIT Sloan Management Review. “It’s a leadership problem for envisioning and driving change.’ With consumers and organizations finally ready to embrace digital change at scale, how should companies leverage that shift to facilitate future…
Month: July 2021
What is RCS messaging? Everything you need to know about the SMS successor
“A replacement for SMS and MMS messaging, rich communication services (RCS) is a protocol that is overseen by the GSM Association and functions like WhatsApp and other popular chat apps. Backed by Google, it has become a popular tool across Android devices and is now embraced by Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile. SMS (Short Message Service)…
AI adoption sees ‘massive shift,’ Accenture exec says
“While the adoption rate varies between businesses, a majority of them — 95% in a recent S&P Global report — consider AI to be important in their digital transformation efforts. The global public cloud computing market is set to exceed $362 billion in 2022, according to Statista, and IDG reports that the average cloud budget…
Basketball shooting robot can’t miss, steals show during USA vs France
“At halftime of France’s upset win against Team USA, a Japanese basketball shooting robot came out and took three shots — a free throw, a 3-pointer, and a half-court shot. And it couldn’t miss.” https://www.google.com/amp/s/nba.nbcsports.com/2021/07/25/basketball-shooting-robot-cant-miss-steals-show-during-usa-vs-france/amp/
Cognitive banking is creating the banking experience of the future | VentureBeat
“Cognitive systems use AI technologies to help banks leverage their data to deliver insights about themselves, their customers, and their competitors. Intelligent digital assistants are the critical enabler of cognitive banking for customers, enabling users to better understand and manage their money, and make better financial decisions. Digital chatbots are simply reactive, waiting for a…