Connected healthcare: A ‘smart’ way to keep physicians away! Remote monitoring, fitness bands, telemedicine, and other wearable technologies are offering incredible patient touchpoints, thereby offering timely and effective healthcare with enhanced satisfaction to patients. No wonder, connected healthcare is showing tremendous impact in the medical space.

Communication breakdowns, improper diagnosis and treatment, and poor follow-ups cause several deaths. Medical errors rank as the third leading cause of death in the US, according to researchers at Johns…

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Giving IoT the edge As organizations continue to push for the integration of technologies and information sources to streamline their functioning and coordination, the need for decentralizing is also gaining importance as a way to enhance the responsiveness of these systems.

The past few years have seen IoT rise from being just another futuristic buzzword to a tool having great utility and business value in the present. The internet is rife…

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How IoT will revolutionize digital evidence With people leaving increasing amounts of digital traces of their day-to-day activities in one form of technology or the other, these traces of digital evidence are gaining validity as proof in court litigations. And, with the advent of IoT devices that can gather information with microscopic details, digital evidence may become the primary or even the sole source of truth before the law

The year is 2011. Facebook continues to emerge not only as a globally popular social media platform but also an increasingly lucrative business, valued at around fifty billion dollars. Around…

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Can blockchain make identity and access management more secure? Due to blockchain’s ability to provide decentralized and secure storage of information, numerous blockchain identity management solutions are being theorized by experts. However, it is important to keep in mind that securing enterprise data goes beyond the scope for blockchain.

Just like the circulation of blood throughout the human body is vital for its functioning, the flow of information through the modern enterprise is critical for its effective operation. Regardless…

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Is technology increasing or killing our creativity? With the increasing utilization of digital technologies in creating, marketing, and monetizing different art forms, the question that’s bothering most of us is - Is technology killing creativity or improving it?

Recently, an AI algorithm created an artwork titled “The Portrait of Edmond Belamy,” which was sold for $432,500 at the renowned auction house, Christie’s. The algorithm was trained using 15,000…

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Bots are not really ‘intelligent’. Here’s why Intelligent chatbots have taken over essential tasks such as customer service, marketing, and sales in numerous organizations. But are chatbots ready to take up more?

In 1966, ELIZA, the first chatbot, was created in the MIT AI laboratory to simulate human conversations using pre-programmed responses. ELIZA had no framework for understanding context of the conversation…

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Looking at data the AR/VR way! The agility to react to changing situations is among the key determinants of organizational success. To achieve that agility, it is vital for members to have access to actionable data in a quickly discernable format. As a step towards providing businesses and individuals that capability, applications that enable data visualization in VR or AR are beginning to grow in popularity.

Data has always been and continues to be a critical resource for organizations. This is especially true for business enterprises that need data to not just function normally but also…

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