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IBM Interconnect kicked off with a talk by Chris Moody, the guy who runs Twitter, and he mentioned that IBM's enterprise artificial intelligence platform could address one of Twitter's biggest problems: trolls and griefers. Now, we normally just talk about trolls, but this is focused on going farther than just eliminating people that annoy others by forcing disputes to finding folks that remove the fun from Twitter and eliminating them as well. But I don't think they are completely thinking this through.
 Why You Need to Know: There is one other even more important use of something like Watson, and that is as an early warning that you may be about to Tweet something that will cost you your job, your marriage or even your life. |
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Services like Zipcar, Car2Go, and Enterprise CarShare are steadily growing services and garnering most of the press, auto OEMs, telematics providers and mobile network operators such as Verizon have been working on solutions to enable car sharing in every day passenger vehicles.
Why You Need to Know: With the rise of the millennial generation, a new mindset about consumerism has been established. Sharing and getting a bargain are now perceived as cool, and ownership is not just about status anymore. |
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From an IT security perspective, one of the more important issues of our time is how to protect important financial information during online transactions. At times, it can seem like the risks are greater than the rewards.
Why You Need to Know: While it's easy to look at credit card fraud as an issue that the financial services industry needs to deal with on their own, the fact of the matter is that it's just as much an IT responsibility. Today's consumers are unassumingly being targeted by fraudsters and we need a stronger IT infrastructure to prevent attacks. |
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Concepts like 5G, network automation and IoT are coming into tangible focus. The reason is simple: innovation. However, with developers neck deep in innovation, there is another key component to the digital transformation that deserves some attention: interoperability.
Why You Need to Know: While this is clearly not an overnight process, Ciena is certainly doing its due diligence to accelerate the process, as today it announced the availability of its WaveLogic coherent modem technology available to a number of optical component leaders Oclaro, NeoPhotonics and Lumentum in the name of future development. |
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IoT has become a focus area for most Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) worldwide. Yet, the fundamental question still remains: when will IoT business opportunities for MNOs achieve volume and scale?
Why You Need to Know: IoT is not just an isolated business segment, but it is an integral part of a broader digital transformation strategy. Some operators are already in an advanced stage with a matured IoT strategy in place, while others are falling behind or somewhere in between. |
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