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There are a number of technologies that higher education CIOs should have on their radar this year, especially as they look to enhance their competitive advantage and support emerging business models. “Institutions looking to thrive in the expanding education ecosystem must leverage technology early on that enables them to become more innovative,” said Glenda Morgan, senior research director at Gartner. The top 10 strategic...

(This is Part 2 of a Sports Analytics series. Read Part 1 .) Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski didn't want to look ahead to the future immediately after his defeat against the State of Michigan in the top 8 NCAA Tournament on Sunday evening, March 31, 2019. Zion Williamson was asked whether the Elite Eight loss to the State of Michigan was his last match in Duke uniform. Michigan State defeated Duke for the final in the eastern...

Organizations looking to get on board with the big data movement are hiring the best and brightest to analyze and influence business decisions. Data scientists, architects and business intelligence professionals can get expensive. After hiring the best people and selecting state-of-the-art tools, the failure rate, according to Gartner, is more than 70 percent. For mathematicians reading this, that leaves a mere 30 percent success rate for...

Cloud is an innovative way to manage computing and storage resources. Reduced TCO, agility, and data localization are some of the features that make a compelling case for cloud adoption. It also gives enterprises flexibility to deliver solutions with power to scale up and down as per economic requirements and situations. Cloud is not only about sharing resources but also a shared responsibility model. Multitenancy is synonymous to cloud,...

Half of startups have no women on their leadership team, according to Silicon Valley Bank's Women in Technology Leadership 2019 report based on survey responses from technology and healthcare executives in major innovation hubs. While the annual report finds that there is some progress, a lack of gender parity persists. Just 56 percent of startups have at least one woman in an executive position, and only 40 percent have at least one...

Augmented analytics, continuous intelligence, and explainable artificial intelligence (AI) are among the top trends in data and analytics technology that have significant disruptive potential over the next three to five years, according to Gartner, Inc. Rita Sallam, research vice president at Gartner, said data and analytics leaders must examine the potential business impact of these trends and adjust business models and operations...

Whether monitoring for competitive intelligence, strategic innovation, or asset protection, the real-time monitoring of open information sources or streams, the so-called Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), is quickly becoming an important concept and core, strategic activity in any organization. Having poor information-monitoring practices is an expensive oversight, one that many organizations learn the hard way. Why has OSINT become so...

“Knowing the enemy enables you to take the offensive, knowing yourself enables you to stand on the defensive.” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War The inevitability of an increasingly wild business landscape Make no mistake: business these days is a killing field. If you want to succeed in the market you must know, amongst other things, what the competition is doing. You need to identify what kind of dangers and opportunities...

A new approach to security strategy is required – one that is based more on resilience than on prevention. It’s become more important for a security team to quickly identify and respond to an attack to minimize the impact of risks to the business rather than trying to prevent attacks from occurring. The old castle-and-moat strategy simply cannot survive the new threat landscape. No organization can prevent every cyberattack....

(This is Part 1 of a new Sports Analytics series. Read Part 2 .) The future of sports has been linked with the success of virtual reality and augmented reality. Intel has unleashed their True View virtual reality replay. Since 2016, Microsoft has been touting the future of Super Bowl viewing using its HoloLens. Unfortunately, sports is a spectator sport not a solo one. Especially as you watch the United States college...

From more efficient data processing to streamlined machine learning, the data industry reflects on innovations from the past year and discuss trends to look out for 2019. 2018 was an unmatched year for the tech industry, with several sectors including artificial intelligence (AI), big data, and analytics garnering increased investment and innovation. With 90 percent of enterprises already investing in AI technologies, the steady momentum...

In my late teens, I was a huge fan of "Choose Your Own Adventure" books. I especially liked the ones that came out for identifiable franchises like "Indiana Jones" because I knew the motivations of the characters and I had already seen Indiana Jones play out scenarios where he won – based on the films. But just in case, I always kept my finger on the page where I had to make my choice in case my decision was a poor one – and...