Explosion of Connected Assets Requires IT Management Evolution

With the arrival and deployment of faster speed and reduced latency of 5G, there is an expected surge in industrial use of connected devices. The massive growth of these connected devices increases the number of potential cyber risks, and beyond the security concerns, the explosion of connected assets requires IT leaders to re-think how they’re addressing…

Can Regulators and Fintech Find the Right Formula for Innovation?

A pair of sessions held during the LendIt Fintech USA conference in New York raised some prospects for finding ways for regulators and fintech advocates to coexist and clear the way for innovation. The attention fintech, from decentralized finance to cryptocurrency, gets from the public these days might only be matched A fireside chat with…

Data Privacy Enforcement Actions Step Up

While data analytics and advanced analytics such as artificial intelligence including machine learning can be game changing for business results, there’s also a raft of responsibilities that come with being a steward of customer data. Are your organization’s data governance leaders effectively tracking the enforcement actions recently regarding data privacy? What lessons are there to…

Virtual Reality: A Real Metaverse That Everyone Seems to Ignore

When Facebook’s founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in the summer of 2021 that his company was changing its name to Meta and setting its course to become a metaverse, the term “metaverse” turned into a buzzword. Soon, Zuckerberg was joined The term metaverse is confusing. A metaverse is usually defined as a virtual space…

Persuasion, Hollywood style

Photograph I usually associate pitching with characters like the late inventor and pitchman Ron Popeil, who earned a spot in America’s cultural history—and a small fortune—hawking products such as the Chop-O-Matic, the Pocket Fisherman, spray-on hair, and the Showtime Rotisserie and BBQ oven on late night TV. (“Set it, and forget it!”) But that’s a…

The surprising upside to provocative conversations at work

Photograph When it comes to the future of work, digital skills are only part of the story. Resilience and creativity, empowered As the world becomes increasingly polarized around a range of hot-button topics, companies often try to keep these issues from becoming a distraction in the workplace. After all, employee conversations about societal topics like…