By Gurdip Singh Globally, healthcare is undergoing a fundamental, multi-factorial change that is shaking up traditional operating models, culture and behavior across the health continuum. From developed markets to developing markets, the patient has become more complex. There’s a rise in chronic, life-threatening conditions, as well as more awareness of conditions not previously widely known, […]
The challenges of complying with the European Union’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) are clear: Every organization serving customers in the EU — including organizations outside the EU that offer goods or services to individuals within it — will need to comply with new data privacy rules by May 2018. The clock is ticking, […]
For those road warriors who spend most of their time presenting in front of large groups around the world, the power of the words “let me tell you a story” are very well known. In my experience, however, there’s a subtle, but important difference between telling a story and storytelling. So before I go too […]
¿Cómo deben transformarse las operaciones de las empresas más tradicionales para competir, en esta era digital, con las empresas de nuevo cuño? Esta es la gran pregunta que afrontan los aeropuertos hoy en día. Para encontrar respuesta, vale la pena fijarse en Amazon, como caso de éxito. Claro, Amazon comenzó vendiendo libros, pero con el […]
Data permeates our lives. And, while data is measurable, it is also abstract, making it difficult for people to grasp its size or scale. This video shows data units re-imagined as more tangible objects, so we can more easily comprehend their scale. Logan Wilt is a data scientist for DXC. She is interested in practical […]
Often in any “technical” field (and I use that term very loosely), it can be quite hard to differentiate between the facts and the fiction — the latter normally created either by over-zealous product marketing or an over-increasing circle of folklore. One particular area that has a lot of attention is the whole big data […]
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a natural fit for the smart cities movement. Just consider the billions of data points bouncing through a maze of intertwined city departments, magnified exponentially by all aspects of the Internet of Things (IoT). It could be argued that AI will eventually be the reason cities are truly smart. However, until then, […]
As a data scientist, I have a vested interest in how data is managed in systems. After all, better data management means I can bring more value to the table. But I’ve come to learn, it’s not how an individual system manages data but how well the enterprise, holistically, manages data that amplifies the value […]
Aunque demos por asumidas muchas de las tecnologías que utilizamos en nuestro día a día, en esta era del conocimiento, a veces, conviene dar un paso atrás y recordar que vivimos un período único de oportunidades. Como recuerda un artículo reciente de la revista Forbes, en el año 2020, cada ser humano generará cerca de […]
Il est facile de tomber dans le piège qui nous pousse à prendre pour acquises les technologies fantastiques que nous utilisons au quotidien dans notre monde axé sur le savoir et les données. Pourtant, il est parfois important de prendre un peu de recul et de nous rappeler à nous-mêmes que nous vivons vraiment une […]