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With only a few days left in this year’s edition of the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, Norway is close to reclaiming its throne as the overall winner in terms of total medal count, leading by a few gold medals ahead of Germany in second place. In 2014, Norway, with 26 medals, ranked only second to the United States, with 28 medals. Will we see Norway back on top to run away with the most number of medals since the Winter Games started in 1924? The Winter Olympics, which only happens every four years, has always provided a benchmark …

Traditionally, the two-fold role of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) is to safeguard corporate information and ensure the quality of information supplied to enterprise applications for better and more objective decision making. However, as technology disrupts and transforms businesses, the CIO’s role, together with that of the IT department he leads, is also evolving from an operational into a strategic function. In this post, we dive deeper into the operational and transformational roles that today’s CIOs should be playing: Operational Role: The CIO as Manager The main objective of the CIO as a manager, like any other manager, is the optimization …

Digital Transformation is often used to refer to the process of developing a platform for selling products and services on the internet and via mobile phones. After all, this is the type of transformation that enabled Amazon to grow into a multi-billion dollar company. This is also the type of transformation that many other companies are looking to replicate to tap new markets and reach new customers. However, Digital Transformation goes beyond setting up e-commerce stores and online delivery systems. Today’s advancements in technology offer companies limitless opportunities to tap or even create new markets, improve their processes and operations, …

Super Bowl LII is just around the corner. That means it’s time for the Big Game, the Big Names in football, and, of course, Big Bucks for businesses. Just to give you an idea, spending during the 49th edition of the Super Bowl reached over $15.5 billion. While this includes $600 million from beer sales, it does not yet include the $380 million businesses spent for in-game commercials. For any city in America, it is an absolute dream to host the Super Bowl. But for any other sports team and stadium owner — whether in the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and …

Blockchain, fad or forever? While we don’t know the answer yet, over 300 people gathered to swap ideas on this topic with the original $10 tickets selling for over $250 at kickoff for the single day event! Jeffrey A Tucker (@JeffreyATucker) kicked off with a discussion about the history of money and the foundation for value. #Blockchain has manifested itself first in the form on currencies as digital assets, but there is much volatility around it today and many cyber threats posing risk against it. Are you still with me? Paul Sztcorc (aka @Truthcoin) covered the alphabet of the technical side of …

Members of both the Health Group of the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG), the Georgia Chapter of HIMSS and many others joined together in the Senate Chambers of the Georgia State Capital in Atlanta today for the reading of Senate Resolution 604 which resolve that January 25, 2018 was to be recognized as Health Information Technology Day! A small leadership team was presented with the proclamation and then spoke about Atlanta branded as “The Nation’s Health IT Capital” with over 250 companies in the area. Following the ceremony, there was a luncheon with a fantastic panel covering the topic of cybersecurity within …

While Digital Transformation is primarily driven by rapidly-changing technologies, its successful adoption depends on having a sound strategy. Businesses that have successfully embraced Digital Transformation do not simply adopt individual technologies to solve their individual problems. They often have a defined strategy and clear objectives for digitalization in place that aim to guide the transformation of their overall business, instead of ad hoc functions. According to a study by Deloitte and MIT Sloan Management Review, “maturing digital businesses are focused on integrating digital technologies, such as social, mobile, analytics and cloud, in the service of transforming how their businesses work.” On …

As 2017 winds down, many holiday shoppers are still searching for that perfect gift for a special friend or loved one. “Fingerlings” toys seem to be the “viral” gift for kids this year, with retailers like Amazon and Toys R Us reporting that the mini-robots are flying off the shelves. But what about the data-philes on the holiday list? For those who are on the “nice” list this year, 2018 promises to distribute some good cheer in the form of trends that will help IT experts, developers and other data-focused professionals work more efficiently and effectively: Smaller, faster, better data: …

The end of 2017 is near but it is only the start of the digital transformation journey affecting both healthcare and life sciences industries.  Let’s wrap up this series and paint the vision for this transformation journey. Below I’m sharing again the videos we referenced along the way: Data Experts Provide Freedom Secure and Compliant for Peace of Mind Improve Productivity and Simplify Operations so you can Focus Turn Data into Value for Insight There are many ways to address this profound evolution affecting these two industries and potentially the health and wellness of patients and populations.  Have you considered how these transformational opportunities …

Artificial intelligence is changing the world, and data is driving that revolution. Access to AI is accelerating, thanks to developments like TensorFlow, an open source software library for numerical computation. TensorFlow can be used to accomplish many different tasks, including the training of deep learning models and the creation of art. I recently worked on a couple of projects with TensorFlow, using a neural network to classify handwritten digits from the MNIST dataset. I’m also working on a project to automate test question generation based on specific topics, using natural language processing. Data makes these and millions of other projects …