The need to improve efficiency and cut costs has led businesses to continually invest in new technology. Software applications meant to improve productivity are being utilized in almost all business organizations today. From the scheduling of meetings to the assignment of tasks to workers, these productivity apps are the very core of business workflow today. […]
Businesses today are taking advantage of emerging enterprise solutions to take care of repetitive tasks while improving cost efficiency. Almost every organization today is using at least one example of business process automation. In fact, the use of artificial intelligence solutions stands at 40% of all organizations. History of Process Automation Humans have always been […]
Expenditure on Software as a Service is growing at 30% per annum in medium and large enterprises. Clearly, a lot of organizations understand that there are efficiencies arising from the adoption of new models of accessing IT-related services. However, the amount of money invested in a new technology matters little if employees do not adopt […]
A Virtual Chief Information Officer (virtual CIO) is not supposed to replace your existing IT staff. Instead, they are an experienced specialist meant to provide leadership and insight in your IT department. Companies today can engage the services of firms that specialize in fractional or shared CIO services and are therefore in touch with key […]
Cloud-based solutions is a broad term to refer to computing services accessed through the internet. Individuals and businesses alike get to use infrastructure belonging to a cloud provider instead of owning such infrastructure locally. Cloud computing has evolved rapidly from simply being a storage solution to a way of providing computing-power, network-services, and applications to […]
Managers often struggle to visualize the relationship between data science, analytics, and their business’s bottom line. However, data scientists will argue that there limitless ways to leverage analytics in business. The US spends the equivalent of 18% of its GDP on healthcare. If the US can find a way to increase efficiency and save 1% of […]
We are living in a post-digital era. With billions of devices connected to the internet, humans have created so much data. Its value is estimated in trillions of dollars. Data science is now a multidisciplinary field, with data analytics being one of the arteries. The vast amounts of historical data have helped premier fields such […]
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning were topics on everyone’s mouth. There have been numerous conversations regarding the realm of possibilities that these two technologies can enable humans to achieve. Already 77% of devices in our daily lives use some form of artificial intelligence (AI). The events of 2020 […]
Should your company go ahead and hire a virtual CIO? A CIO or CTO is the highest-ranking technology executive at any organization. They are involved at strategic level decision making, highlighting their importance. The average CTO in the USA earns about $160,000. Most small to medium organizations may not have the capacity to have a […]
There are many approaches to being a software developer. I’ll start by saying that in my decades of experience there is not one approach that is better than another. To me, differences in approach typically are due to the trade-off between time and cost. These differences in approach are quite fine and I’d argue often […]
