Quick quiz! What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the following phrases? Artificial grass Artificial sweeteners Artificial flavors Artificial plants Artificial flowers Artificial diamonds and jewelry Artificial (fake) news These phrases probably evoke thoughts such as “fake,” “not real,” or even “shabby.” Artificial is such a harsh adjective. The word “artificial” is defined as “imitation; simulated; sham” with synonyms such as fake, false, mock, counterfeit, bogus, phony and factitious. The word “artificial” may not be the right term to use to describe “Artificial Intelligence,” because “artificial intelligence” is anything but fake, false, phony, or a sham. Maybe a better term is “Augmented Human Intelligence,” or a phrase that highlights both the importance of augmenting the human’s intelligence as well as to alleviate the fears that AI means ... (more)

Do Robots Have Karma? | @ExpoDX #AI #DigitalTransformation

This month, an AI (artificial intelligence) system passed a medical exam in China for the first time. I wonder how its bedside manner will be?  In addition, Saudi Arabia granted citizenship to a robot named Sophia. With all these rapid advancements, I think it is time we explore the spiritual life of robots. Up till recently, programmers coded and configured algorithms, AI, automation and machine learning systems and took personal responsibility for all the code. Today, however, AI has escaped the confines of human oversight and has been empowered and employed to self-program, self-optimize, self-test, self-configure and self-learn. David Gunning writes, "Continued advances [in AI] promise to produce autonomous systems that will perceive, learn, decide, and act on their own." That's a problem, not only with me, but with Karma. A simplistic definition of Karma is a s... (more)

[slides] #ArtificialIntelligence at Scale | @ExpoDX #IoT #AI #ML #DX #DigitalTransformation

Download Slide Deck: ▸ Here Download Slide Deck: ▸ Here The Five Key Elements to Build, Deploy and Operationalize Artificial Intelligence at Scale The question before companies today is not whether to become intelligent, it's a question of how and how fast. The key is to adopt and deploy an intelligent application strategy while simultaneously preparing to scale that intelligence. Download Slide Deck: ▸ Here In her session at 21st Cloud Expo, Sangeeta Chakraborty, Chief Customer Officer at Ayasdi, provided a tactical framework to become a truly intelligent enterprise, including how to identify the right applications for AI, how to build a Center of Excellence to operationalize the intelligence and how to implement a strategy to scale efforts. She pulled from her experience helping tackle HSBC's anti-laundering threats and identifying genetic susceptibilities o... (more)

Consider the Human Side of IT | @CloudExpo #AI #ML #DX #Cloud

Consider the Human Side of IT By Jennifer Streck Artificial intelligence, virtual reality, software-defined networking, Hyperconverged Infrastructure, the cloud. These are all technological advancements intended to improve how IT systems and operations work, to give the business better agility and reduced costs, and ultimately to give end-users a new and better experience. Quite often, however, IT’s creators and consumers alike lose sight of the impact that these technologies have on the human element of IT. The human element should be a key consideration in every technological development. Technology developers cannot afford to forget the human element of the product equation. For example, many organizations ideally want to focus on business innovation, as opposed to IT infrastructure management and troubleshooting — directly building their top-line rather than re... (more)

Meeting Network Traffic and Speed Growth Challenges | @CloudExpo #API #SDN #Cloud

Today's hyper-connectivity of both people and things has led to an enormous jump in network traffic. Global IP traffic will increase nearly threefold over the next five years. It's not going to lessen, nor is it going to get slower. These factors create a need for high-speed networks to ensure service level and capacity. 100G network links are deployed by telecom networks and data centers, serving hundreds of thousands of users, so that these providers can keep pace with customer demand. This then creates the need to test and troubleshoot on the networks at 100G link speed. Why network traffic replay is helpful Quality and maturity are critical when deploying new solutions today because there are so many services and subscribers depending on stable data networks. Testing new network solutions or new versions of networking products or applications is a challenge becau... (more)

The Data Storage Explosion | @CloudExpo #Cloud #BigData #Storage

Cloud computing innovation will power enterprise transformation in 2018. Cloud growth is also driving a rapid rise in the storage market, exacerbating the enterprise challenge around storage cost and complexity. The business reason behind this marketplace reality is the proliferation of real-time data from the web, mobile devices, social media, sensors, log files, and transactional applications. Big Data has also found a home on the operational side of many market verticals in applications ranging from fraud detection to the processing of video evidence. Originally coined to describe datasets whose size stretched beyond the ability of traditional databases to manage, the term's scope has significantly expanded to include technology and services that capture, store, manage and analyze extensive collections of data, to solve complex problems. Despite concerns regard... (more)

[video] Custom Applications with @InteractorTeam | @CloudExpo #AI #Cloud

"The reason Tier 1 companies are coming to us is we're able to narrow the gap where custom applications need to be built. They provide a lot of services, like IBM has Watson, and they provide a lot of hardware but how do you bring it all together? Bringing it all together they have to build custom applications and that's the niche that we are able to help them with," explained Peter Jung, Product Leader at Pulzze Systems Inc., in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 21st Cloud Expo, held Oct 31 - Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. CloudExpo | DXWorldEXPO have announced the conference tracks for Cloud Expo 2018, introducing DXWorldEXPO. DXWordEXPO, colocated with Cloud Expo will be held June 5-7, 2018, at the Javits Center in New York City, and November 6-8, 2018, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA. Digital Transformat... (more)

The ‘Easy Revolution’ and the End of Hard-on-Purpose | @ExpoDX #AI #ML #DigitalTransformation

From our perspective as consumers, perhaps the best thing about digital transformation is how consumerization is making technology so much easier to use. Sure, our television remote controls still have too many buttons, and I have yet to figure out the digital display in my Honda, but all in all, tech is getting easier for everybody. Within companies - even very large ones - the consumerization of technology is gradually taking hold as well. There are now simple mobile apps for a wide range of big company tasks, ranging from changing your benefits to replacing a security badge. As enterprise denizens know all too well, however, there is still plenty of technology that's too hard to use. For every intuitive, AI-driven user interface, there are dozens of arcane, menu or tab-driven monstrosities from the last millennium, raising our blood pressure and slowing us down.... (more)

[video] @GoogleCloud's DX Keynote | @ExpoDX @VidyaNagarajan #AI #DigitalTransformation

View Day 3 Keynote: ▸ Here Why Connected Companies Win: Your Roadmap to Cloud Success Coca-Cola's Google powered digital signage system lays the groundwork for a more valuable connection between Coke and its customers. Digital signs pair software with high-resolution displays so that a message can be changed instantly based on what the operator wants to communicate or sell. View Day 3 Keynote: ▸ Here In their Day 3 Keynote at 21st Cloud Expo, Vidya Nagarajan, a Senior Product Manager at Google, and Greg Chambers, Global Group Director, Digital Innovation, Coca-Cola, discussed how from store operations and optimization to employee training and insights, all ultimately create the best customer experience both online and in-store. View Day 3 Keynote: ▸ Here Speaker Bios Vidya Nagarajan is a Senior Product Manager at Google. She leads Chrome and Android efforts that ... (more)

Evatronix to Exhibit at @CloudExpo | #IoT #SmartCities #DigitalTransformation

SYS-CON Events announced today that Evatronix will exhibit at SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct 31 - Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Evatronix SA offers comprehensive solutions in the design and implementation of electronic systems, in CAD / CAM deployment, and also is a designer and manufacturer of advanced 3D scanners for professional applications. For more information, please visit http://evatronix.com. "Evatronix provides design services to companies that need to integrate the IoT technology in their products but they don't necessarily have the expertise, knowledge and design team to do so," explained Adam Morawiec, VP of Business Development at Evatronix, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at @ThingsExpo, held Oct 31 - Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. 21... (more)

More SMB Love Needed | @CloudExpo #API #Cloud #BigData #Analytics

In a recent post, titled "10 Surprising Facts About Cloud Computing and What It Really Is", Zac Johnson highlighted some interesting facts about cloud computing in the SMB marketplace: Cloud Computing is up to 40 times more cost-effective for an SMB, compared to running its own IT system. 94% of SMBs have experienced security benefits in the cloud that they didn't have with their on-premises service Recovery times for SMB are four times faster for businesses using cloud computing when compared to those not utilizing cloud services. For SMB, energy use and carbon emissions could be cut by 90% by using cloud computing, saving the environment and energy costs. These advantages show a strong indication that SMB information technology should be dominated by the adoption of cloud computing services.  Although one of the most prominent of these cloud services is Microsoft'... (more)