The buzz: “This is the era of the Internet of Things (IoT)—and it promises to change our lives completely” [www.digitalistmag.com/iot/2017/02/06/promise-of-internet-of-things-04888745).

The buzz: “This is the era of the Internet of Things (IoT)—and it promises to change our lives completely” [www.digitalistmag.com/iot/2017/02/06/promise-of-internet-of-things-04888745). Intel predicts that by 2020 there will be 200 billion connected devices on the Internet of Things. Yes, IoT is already revolutionizing manufacturing, transportation, consumer electronics, healthcare, and construction. But what is its real value for businesses, citizens, the economy, the environment – and where...

The buzz: “The smart city is a gift, a chance to transform old and slow systems and structures into a smart future.” (J. Nürnberger whatsupgermany.de/smart-city-quotes). By 2025, 4.

The buzz: “The smart city is a gift, a chance to transform old and slow systems and structures into a smart future.” (J. Nürnberger whatsupgermany.de/smart-city-quotes). By 2025, 4.7 billion people will live in urban areas (Deloitte), with technology playing a key role in the global movement to cities and how cities prepare for this growth. What exactly is a “smart city”: Wi-Fi everywhere, state-of-the-art transportation management, something else, all of the above? We’ll look at smart cities...

The buzz: “Welcome to the experience economy, where—as the Harvard Business Review so eloquently put it—"a company intentionally uses services as the stage, and goods as props, to engage individual customers in a way that creates a memorable event" (Daniel Newman, www.forbes.com). The experience economy is here. It’s live 24/7, it's emotional, it's global, it’s powerful and it's influencing the way we live, work and do business. But how can businesses manage all of that to stay relevant? By...

The buzz: “Much of the hype around blockchains has focused on their potential to fundamentally change the financial services industry…our two-year research project…provides strong evidence that the blockchain could transform business, government, and society in perhaps even more profound ways” (D. Tapscott, A. Tapscott). Blockchain, creating trust among multiple business processes and parties, is becoming a cross-industry necessity in finance, food safety, government, gems and...

The buzz: “Data is not like a vitamin that you can just pop in your mouth and be done with it. In fact, data, by itself, is totally useless to your business” (Bill Su).

The buzz: “Data is not like a vitamin that you can just pop in your mouth and be done with it. In fact, data, by itself, is totally useless to your business” (Bill Su). Data analytics is analytics, right? Not quite! Where predictive analytics uses machine learning to predict what will happen, augmented analytics uses machine intelligence to boost human intelligence with the why, so we can work faster and smarter on ever-larger datasets. Is your company positioned to parse the nuance from the...

The buzz: “highly-developed gadgets, connected to the Internet, have changed the way we communicate, use humor, study, work, shop, play, and behave” (tech.co/news). Digitalization and innovation are disrupting lives and businesses.

The buzz: “highly-developed gadgets, connected to the Internet, have changed the way we communicate, use humor, study, work, shop, play, and behave” (tech.co/news). Digitalization and innovation are disrupting lives and businesses. How does this impact you? Innovation experts predict by 2020 the average person will have more conversations with bots than with their significant other. By 2030, the largest Internet company will be education-based with smart bot instructors personalizing lessons....

The buzz: “Smart city applications must be aligned with where a city and its citizens want to go” (Daniele Loffreda).

The buzz: “Smart city applications must be aligned with where a city and its citizens want to go” (Daniele Loffreda). Like never before, businesses are leveraging Intelligent technologies to experience profit and purpose at the same time by helping the world run better, improving lives and growing business. Smart cities are on-board, using IoT, big data and predictive analytics to serve the global massive urban expansion. The experts speak. Rubens Costa, Philips Lighting: “Your work is going...