Enabling Technology

To get a sense of just how hard it is to go from “nailed the science bit!” to “serious business value”, let’s take a look at an earlier technological revolution — the electric motor.

To build resilient supply chains, companies are replacing core enterprise resource planning technology with cloud-based capabilities.

Our latest survey confirms that the future will belong to companies that put technology at the center of their outlook, capabilities, and leadership mandate.

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The new tool from Cervest shows physical risks such as floods or droughts that have happened historically and then predicts what will happen over the next 80 years.

Until a few years ago, the only AI agent capable of strategy making was OpenAI’s multi-agent system. OpenAI Five was capable of playing the complex strategy game Dota2 at superhuman levels. While the OpenAI Five engineers coded the various features, rules and reward functions of the game, it learned by playing against itself; 180 years per day. It was a remarkable experience in collaboration and strategy making by an AI agent.

New ERP and SaaS systems can spur changes in the operating model.

Deepfakes have received much (well-deserved) bad press — but the underlying technology holds plenty of potential for companies to build positive customer experiences.

A transmission factory shows how artificial intelligence may creep into industrial processes in gradual and often imperceptible ways.

“Nudging” — the strategy of changing users’ behavior based on how apparently free choices are presented to them — has come a long way since the concept was popularized by University of Chicago economist Richard Thaler and Harvard Law School professor Cass Sunstein in 2008. With so much data about individual users and with the AI to process it, companies are increasingly using algorithms to manage and control individuals — and in particular, employees. 

A PwC study predicts that blockchain’s ability to track provenance will contribute US$962 billion to global GDP over the next decade.

The German automaker uses new software from chipmaker Nvidia to simulate train robots and human workers.

An advanced artificial intelligence technique is quickly becoming accessible to organizations as a tool for speeding innovation and solving complex business problems.

Amazon Live is a prominent example of how interactive video shopping, popularized by TV networks like QVC, has moved online.

Winning in the digital economy is far more complex. Operations and scale continue to be important, of course, but as digital has revolutionized industries, competition, and business models, a new form of leadership – digital leadership – is necessary to guide organizations through the transition from analog to digital, and to thrive in the digital economy.

Hybrid cloud could ultimately enable a new era of discovery, using the best resources available at the right times, no matter the size or complexity of the workload, to maximize performance and speed while maintaining security.

Digital transformation is now an essential requirement in the financial sector. It is important to align the perceptions of both managers and employees to ensure a successful transition.

The biggest challenge to companies creating blockchain apps isn’t the technology — it’s successfully collaborating with ecosystem partners.

As organizations launch more and more digital initiatives, CEOs must monitor whether they are delivering business results. These metrics are ones to watch.

Machine learning can accelerate breakthrough advances in fields as diverse as energy, medicine, and urban planning.