Achieving Commercial Success From IoT
Intro What will break Internet of Things (IoT) out of the novelty basket and into the mainstream? When we say mainstream, we mean television and mobile phone mainstream, i.e. in every household and in every pocket. The answer is data - people pay for data-based...
The Action Is Not In AI, Its In Machine Learning
In mainstream news (non-tech news) or the entertainment industry (movies and TV in particular), artificial intelligence (AI) appears to be a singular technology. This technology often takes a human form and is consigned to performing menial tasks or overtaking the...
What You Should Do When Machines Start Doing Your Job
When people think about the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning on jobs, they usually think of manual jobs - fully automated production lines, driverless vehicles (taxis, trains, trucks, buses, etc), drone delivery services, etc. This type of...
Detecting Mobile Malware
Since the breakthrough in botnets specifically for mobile began in 2011, they have been a major headache, and cause for concern, for all those involved with the security of mobile devices. While early generations of botnets have been in operation on computers and...
Handling Self Service IT
For end-users these days, it’s a wondrous world. IT departments are rolling out tools to enable these end-users access the data and services they require; from employee benefits accounts, to once inaccessible corporate data stacks. Before handing over the reins...
Encrypting Smartphone Calls
Many companies, looking to cut the cost of their employee's tech use, now operate a bring your own device (BYOD) policy. This has obvious benefits, not least of which is the reduction in capital cost of buying smartphone technology for their employees. However, this...
Self Service Cause More Harm
We're living in a world where you no longer need IT to tease information from raw data. In the 'Analytics 3.0' era, data-driven insights are delivered via self-service tools. Personal editions of consumer-friendly tools have brought advanced analysis and insight to...
Hackers Focus on Cryptoransom Malware
The fast moving world of information security faces a new challenge as attackers are increasingly focusing on mobile users, embracing cryptoransomware in particular. This makes a change from the years before 2014 as mobile attacks increase exponentially alongside...
Self Service Revolution in Healthcare
Waiting weeks or months for proper analysis of data is a problem for any business. In that time, trends may have come and gone, sales lost, or customers overlooked. Keeping up with the flood of data means IT departments have been overwhelmed with requests and there...
Big Data Big Responsibility
It is estimated that, in 2015, humans are now generating as much as 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every day. Huge amounts of personal data are collected, the result of the digitization and 'datafication' of large parts of our lives. Smartphone use, for example, has...
Self Service Shortcut is No Miracle
The success of BI is in some ways its undoing. Such is the increasing demand that BI teams are struggling under an avalanche of unmet BI needs. In an effort to lighten the load, many are 'embracing a self-service mantra.' Those in anticipation of a quick fix for their...
Compliance in Finance
Big data is now a solid reality for many firms in the financial industry. However, along with the traditional three Vs of big data – volume, variety and velocity – financial firms must consider a fourth: vulnerability. Managing big data effectively is an increasingly...