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Privacy linked to competition in German Regulatory Ruling on Facebook
On Thursday, Germany’s Federal Cartel Office, the country’s antitrust regulator, ruled that Facebook’s requiring consumers to agree to its data collection practices in order to have an account, was anticompetitive and has prohibited the practice going forward. It also ruled that such data collection was not essential to Facebook delivering its services. This could have profound implications for Facebook’s business model and its future.
RPA? Everything you ever wanted to know, but were afraid to ask!
Robotic process automation is a technology that is being widely hyped in the media and actually being adopted by many companies. If you have ever wondered what it really is, read on!
Data Breach? The largest public data breach by volume revealed
The biggest ever data breach has been reported, in terms of the volume of data exposed. Dubbed 'Collection #1', the data loss extends to 772,904,991 unique emails and 21,222,975 unique passwords having been exposed.
Is Digital Transformation really a dirty word?
A New York Times article on Automation as discussed at Davos this year looks into the social implications of Automation and Digital Transformation.Will the declining importance of labor in total factor productivity growth, force a rethink of the social contract of capitalism? It might come sooner than you think!
What is 5G? Here’s everything you need to know to Keep Up.
5G will start to fundamentally change the way humans live! It will move us from Automation to Autonomous. This excellent compilation of 5G tid bits is yours for the reading...
6 Surprising AI applications in business to get your ideas from.
Artificial Intelligence used to be the stuff of Science fiction. It is here now. Business News Daily spoke with six companies rolling out AI products that will recalibrate and streamline everyday business operations.
The Top 5 Jobs in Artificial Intelligence with the most vacancies in 2019
| The Job Title | Number of vacancies |
| AI architect | 3,000 |
| AI product manager | 1,400 |
| Data scientist | 25,000 |
| Software engineer | 136,000 |
| Software engineer | One for every AI application? |
Source: Business News Daily
Digital Ecosystem and the Importance of understanding it
Every industry is fast becoming an open, expansive network of digitally connected ecosystem of business partners. So, it’s important to adjust your organization’s role in this digital ecosystem, to enable that ecosystem to drive added business value. In a survey of IT 100 decision makers, 54-57% said integration deficiencies contributed to a loss of between 50 and 150 orders and between $250,000 and $500,000 in revenue each year.
The 4th. Industrial Revolution - at a classic Glance..
The First Industrial Revolution used water and steam power to mechanize production. The Second used electricity to create mass production. The Third used electronics and information technology to automate production. Now a Fourth Industrial Revolution is under way fusing the physical, digital, and biological with technology evolving at a pace, scale, scope, and complexity to disrupt and change not only the way we live and work but life itself.
Digital Transformation? Its later than you think.. Better read this!
Digital reinvention adds 1.8% to EBITDA growth while failure to adapt can shrink EBITDA by 8% per year. Only 15% of firms are sufficiently digitally adaptive and about 20% are barely started if at all. The remaining two-thirds generate only 10% to 15% of revenue through digital. This could foretell a huge shakeout. Mckinsey, a consulting company that conducted the research, suggests 6 catch up strategies laggards can adopt for survival.
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German Regulatory Ruling on Facebook links privacy to competition!
On Thursday, Germany’s Federal Cartel Office, the country’s antitrust regulator, ruled that Facebook’s requiring consumers to agree to its data collection practices in order to have an account, was anticompetitive and has prohibited the practice going forward. It also ruled that such data collection was not essential to Facebook delivering its services. This could have profound implications for Facebook’s business model and its future.
Everything you ever wanted to know about Robotic Process Automation, but were afraid to ask!
Robotic process automation is a technology that is being widely hyped in the media and actually being adopted by many companies. If you have ever wondered what it really is, read on!
Largest public data breach by volume revealed
The biggest ever data breach has been reported, in terms of the volume of data exposed. Dubbed 'Collection #1', the data loss extends to 772,904,991 unique emails and 21,222,975 unique passwords having been exposed.
Is Digital Transformation really a dirty word?
A New York Times article on Automation as discussed at Davos this year looks into the social implications of Automation and Digital Transformation.Will the declining importance of labor in total factor productivity growth, force a rethink of the social contract of capitalism? It might come sooner than you think!
What is 5G? Here’s everything you need to know to Keep Up.
5G will start to fundamentally change the way humans live! It will move us from Automation to Autonomous. This excellent compilation of 5G tid bits is yours for the reading...
6 Surprising AI applications in business to get your ideas from.
Artificial Intelligence used to be the stuff of Science fiction. It is here now. Business News Daily spoke with six companies rolling out AI products that will recalibrate and streamline everyday business operations.
The Top 5 Jobs in Artificial Intelligence with the most vacancies in 2019
| The Job Title | Number of vacancies |
| AI architect | 3,000 |
| AI product manager | 1,400 |
| Data scientist | 25,000 |
| Software engineer | 136,000 |
| Software engineer | One for every AI application? |
Source: Business News Daily
The Importance of understanding the digital ecosystem
Every industry is fast becoming an open, expansive network of digitally connected ecosystem of business partners. So, it’s important to adjust your organization’s role in this digital ecosystem, to enable that ecosystem to drive added business value. In a survey of IT 100 decision makers, 54-57% said integration deficiencies contributed to a loss of between 50 and 150 orders and between $250,000 and $500,000 in revenue each year.
The 4th. Industrial Revolution - at a classic Glance..
The First Industrial Revolution used water and steam power to mechanize production. The Second used electricity to create mass production. The Third used electronics and information technology to automate production. Now a Fourth Industrial Revolution is under way fusing the physical, digital, and biological with technology evolving at a pace, scale, scope, and complexity to disrupt and change not only the way we live and work but life itself.
Digital Transformation? Its later than you think.. Better read this!
Digital reinvention adds 1.8% to EBITDA growth while failure to adapt can shrink EBITDA by 8% per year. Only 15% of firms are sufficiently digitally adaptive and about 20% are barely started if at all. The remaining two-thirds generate only 10% to 15% of revenue through digital. This could foretell a huge shakeout. Mckinsey, a consulting company that conducted the research, suggests 6 catch up strategies laggards can adopt for survival.
Digital Transformation?
It is easier Said than Done
Obstacles are major and many.
Conceptual – The Objectives are Strategic not just Technical
Organizational – There will be Winners and Losers
Security – Lapses hit the Boardroom – no second chance.
Budgeting – Opportunity Costs are hard to quantify
Legacy Systems – Old habits and sunk costs are hard to shed
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