Artificial Intelligence offers a lot of advantages for organisations by creating better and more efficient organisations, improving customer services with conversational AI and reducing a wide variety of risks in different industries. Although we are only at the beginning of the AI revolution that is upon us, we can already see that artificial intelligence will have a profound … [Read more...] about Algorithms are Black Boxes, That is Why We Need Explainable AI
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Why Isn’t Your Business Using NoSQL Databases Yet?
Businesses today are collecting huge amounts of data every single day that can be used to benefit the business and its operations. The sheer volume of data that companies now deal with and store on a daily basis means that traditional frameworks are under pressure and in some cases are no longer fit for purpose. NoSQL databases could be your solution to dealing with todays data … [Read more...] about Why Isn’t Your Business Using NoSQL Databases Yet?
How to Select the Right Prescriptive Analytics Technique for Your Business
Traditional BI tools, which use descriptive and predictive analytics, provide insights based on accumulated data. Prescriptive analytics, which is the latest stage in the field of business analytics, goes far beyond by proposing actions that the business can take to maximize profit or mitigate risks. It can be considered as the apex of a cutting-edge analytic capability. … [Read more...] about How to Select the Right Prescriptive Analytics Technique for Your Business
The Six Dimensions of Fog Computing: Bees ‘Waggle Dance’ and Decision Making
I had the opportunity to be among a diverse group of industry analysts and influencers that Cisco Systems brought to their C-Scape conference in Dubai during the IoT World Forum at the end of 2015. I am intrigued by Ciscos IoT strategy and it was fruitful to learn more about a term they coined Fog Computing which is the subject of my latest research below. For millennia, … [Read more...] about The Six Dimensions of Fog Computing: Bees ‘Waggle Dance’ and Decision Making
There’s Still a Place for “Gut Instinct” With Big Data
As businesses have gravitated toward the idea of using big data analytics tools to drive their most important decisions, many have wondered what roles personal feelings, intuition, and the ever elusive gut instinct play in the whole process. After all, weve become a world thats increasingly driven by what the numbers tell us. The more the pendulum has swung in this direction, … [Read more...] about There’s Still a Place for “Gut Instinct” With Big Data