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What is security’s role in digital transformation?
Digital transformation (DX) is about digitizing processes and services so businesses can be more agile and operate more efficiently, from delivering customer service to improving processes with supply chain partners. It is the marketing team that wants to transform how it promotes product, the HR division that wishes to improve recruitment, and the IT team that wants to iterate online services in an instant.To initiate a DX project, organizations need to bring together people, process and technology in the planning and strategy phase, offering them an opportunity to see where technologies like data analytics, internet of things (IoT), mobile and social can make a difference. However, many believe that information security is too often left out of the loop. Security-less digital transformation increases riskAs IT and business fast-track initiatives like agile and DevOps to improve speed to market, security’s role is confined to asking questions afterwards about the knock-on impact … [Read more...] about What is security’s role in digital transformation?
Samsung Buys Egyptian AI Startup To Fuel Bixby Ambitions
March 6, 2018 - Written By Dominik Bosnjak Samsung acquired a complete stake in artificial intelligence startup Kngine, The Investor reported Tuesday, citing an official statement from the company. The financial details of the move weren’t disclosed but the Egyptian firm is now set to be fully integrated into Samsung’s corporate family, with the Seoul-based tech giant paying off all of its previous investors. Advertised as “the most intelligent AI Engine,” the future of Kngine’s flagship product remains unclear, though the startup is understood to have been primarily acquired to fuel Samsung’s Bixby ambitions. Its search engine has so far been offered to companies looking for a highly advanced, machine learning-based solution for querying vast amounts of data.Founded in 2013, Kngine claims its service was devised to mimic the manner in which human brain collects, manages, and pulls information from memory. Coupled with the addition of massive … [Read more...] about Samsung Buys Egyptian AI Startup To Fuel Bixby Ambitions
Creating a Culture of Trust in Digitally Enabled Patient Care
Security breaches become more personal and dangerous as digital technology increasingly integrates with our bodies via wearables, prosthetics and medical devices. Yet, perhaps the single biggest risk to the health of future generations—even greater than the breaches themselves—is a paralyzing lack of trust in the care-delivery ecosystem. We could have the most secure digital technologies for patient care, but, if people do not trust them, they will retreat to lesser methods of care. And what a shame that would be. Digitally enabled patient care has enormous potential for taking better care of so many more people worldwide and creating unprecedented savings of service. The potential benefits are myriad. Innovations being worked on today, for example, have the capability to enable a kind of fully-instrumented, continuous monitoring to feed evidence-based decision making. This could allow us to prevent and successfully treat so much more disease than what is possible in … [Read more...] about Creating a Culture of Trust in Digitally Enabled Patient Care
Cryptocurrencies can boost India’s digital ambitions — here’s how
The humble beginning of cryptocurrencies in India was back in 2013, when a vintage pizzeria in Mumbai started accepting Bitcoin. Since then, Indians’ interest in crypto has only increased, leading to the emergence of many Indian crypto exchanges and a number of businesses that accept cryptocurrencies. Considering there are more than 600 million young Indians, it’s palpable that adoption of technology and global trends (including crypto investment) happens at a fairly healthy rate. However, the Indian economy runs on top of complex financial regulations which has far-reaching impact on the crypto investor sentiment in the country. In the midst of complex regulations and inherently volatile market, the crypto scene thrives and comes with additional India-specific issues. In this piece I’ll show you the nuances of the Indian market and why virtual currencies can actually accelerate the growth of digital India by working seamlessly with something known as ‘India … [Read more...] about Cryptocurrencies can boost India’s digital ambitions — here’s how