O'Reilly

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Blockchains have a uniquely tumultuous early history for an enterprise technology—from a mysterious origin story, to a sensational first application in bitcoin, to a swift fall from a particularly frothy hype cycle. Blockchain technology provides the encrypted distributed ledger that made the first cryptocurrency, bitcoin, possible.

Blockchain 68

Blockchain IoT Logistics Internet 68

VoltDB

JANUARY 12, 2018

Advancements in technology have allowed attackers to take fraud to a new level, turning it into both a science and an art form. Resolution: In 2018, consider leveraging technologies that enable real-time predictive fraud detection and prevention. These systems are fundamentally non-transactional (they lack ACID compliance).

Database 40

Database Blockchain Healthcare Transportation 40

VoltDB

JANUARY 12, 2018

Advancements in technology have allowed attackers to take fraud to a new level, turning it into both a science and an art form. Resolution: In 2018, consider leveraging technologies that enable real-time predictive fraud detection and prevention. These systems are fundamentally non-transactional (they lack ACID compliance).

Database 40

Database Blockchain Healthcare Transportation 40

O'Reilly

MAY 25, 2021

OpenAI’s text generating system GPT-3 has captured mainstream attention. The ongoing global interest in the power of Machine Learning models by corporations, institutions, governments, and focus groups leads to the hypothesis that other entities have models at least as powerful as GPT-3, and that these models are already in use.

Social Media 138

Social Media Media Internet Internet 138

Edge Perspectives

JANUARY 21, 2019

Let me start by clarifying that the transformation I’m focused on isn’t the transformation involved in moving from one business to another (let’s say, moving from being a retailer to becoming a clothing manufacturer). Technology: Shift from tasks to learning. Diving deeper into learning So, what does scalable learning imply?

Innovation 104

Innovation Scalability Efficiency Mobile 104

The Agile Manager

MARCH 31, 2014

A person in the primary labor force is a knowledge worker: they are expected to be highly skilled, abstract thinkers who are concerned with systemic issues. However, the transient nature of the contract means that all members of the consultant organization are part of the retailer's secondary labor market.

Software 49

Software Software Development Retail 49

The Agile Manager

JULY 9, 2010

Retail banking serves largely a utilitarian purpose in an economy. With stability comes confidence in the financial system (a confidence underwritten by federal deposit insurance), and that confidence is a pillar of a strong society. Putting explicitly risk-averse capital at high risk undermines the stability of the financial system.

Retail 45

Retail Technology Technology Small Business 45

The Agile Manager

DECEMBER 28, 2007

2 Given the significant contribution of technology to just about every business solution, IT risk management is a critical practice. It is subsequently highly likely that there will be new or emergent technologies applied, if not outright invented, over the course of delivery. But IT risk management practices are not mature.

Government 40

Government Retail Best Practices Technology 40

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Today, I'm happy to announce that the AWS Europe (London) Region, our 16th technology infrastructure region globally, is now generally available for use by customers worldwide. The British Government is also helping to drive innovation and has embraced a cloud-first policy for technology adoption.

AWS 166

AWS Cloud Artificial Intelligence IoT 166

O'Reilly

OCTOBER 11, 2022

meme originated in IT’s transformation from manual system administration to automated configuration management and software deployment. We could see it as an example of 1980s-style “ expert systems ,” based on deterministic business rules. The data available to our retail business is much more limited. We’ll see it in banking.

Games 116

Games Healthcare Processing Retail 116