Future Tech

Alexa and Cortana vs. the tech world: 1 year later, collaboration realized

Amazon dominates assistants in the consumer space and Microsoft dominates enterprise software. The collaboration creates a powerful partner ecosystem that can hold the Google Assistant and Siri at bay. 

By Alex Hickey • Aug. 16, 2018

Privacy quandary: Companies track users' 'behavioral biometrics' in the name of security

Organizations that use behavioral biometrics to monitor customers carry a risk and have to ensure the data they're surveilling is not personal information.

By Samantha Ann Schwartz • Aug. 15, 2018

Opinion

4 factors for a successful intelligent process automation project

When other intelligent software pairs with RPA, it gives leeway to IPA, offering an even more innovative and comprehensive option for digital transformation.

By Brandyn Campbell

94 supply chain players sign on to Maersk, IBM blockchain initiative

The companies said their blockchain solution, dubbed TradeLens, would be "fully commercially available by the end of this year."

By Edwin Lopez • Aug. 09, 2018

Lockheed Martin engineers build space vehicles with a little help from AR

The technology has crunched learning curves from hours to minutes and production times from months to weeks and improved defect rates. 

By Alex Hickey • Aug. 06, 2018

IBM, CLS bring blockchain marketplace to fintech

By providing a common secure network, the companies hope the POC will overcome costs and resources spent by institutions on individual distributed ledger technology infrastructures. 

By Alex Hickey • July 31, 2018

Blockchain experts call for regulatory sandboxes at state, federal level

The ledger technology hinges on distributed networks and data, and this structure needs to carry over to a distributed governance regulatory scheme.

By Alex Hickey • July 25, 2018

GE files patent to trace 3-D printed parts with blockchain

3-D printing is nothing new for GE, but finding a practical use case for blockchain holds steep supply chain implications.

By Kate Patrick • July 09, 2018

RPA is having a moment: What you need to know about the automation technology

Robotic process automation gained steam in the past few years as vendors worked to automate rote tasks, such as data entry or financial calculations.

By Naomi Eide • July 09, 2018

For computers discerning linguistic ambiguities, the struggle is real

Mr. Computer Head tries to understand: Jane had a picnic by the bank. Jane ate spaghetti with a fork.

By Samantha Ann Schwartz • June 29, 2018

New tech, low costs create 'utopia' for robotics growth within facilities

Investors are pouring millions into robotics startups that are developing technology to improve supply chain and manufacturing efficiencies. 

By Shefali Kapadia • June 28, 2018

'EU Blockathon' hopes to find a solution to eliminate counterfeits

The worldwide blockchain competition, hosted by the European Union Intellectual Property Office, is the first step in protecting supply chains and e-commerce sites from fakes.

By Kate Patrick • June 25, 2018

Brussels Airport digitizes transactions with blockchain

A new app will eliminate the need for paper transactions between handlers and forwarders, according to the airport's head of cargo and logistics.

By Kate Patrick • June 19, 2018

AI, blockchain top this season's companies to watch hot list

Both domains are surrounded by more hype than meaningful application, but early innovators are setting the standards and roadmap for the technologies.

By Alex Hickey • June 14, 2018

11 technologies set to shape smart manufacturing

Tools like 3D printing and AI have created a paradigm shift in technology and revealed a new world of supply chain efficiencies yet to be unlocked.

By Jordan Branch , Edwin Lopez • May 22, 2018

San Francisco leads list of top cities for blockchain jobs

The city came out on top due for its blockchain companies, including crypto exchange Coinbase and payment solutions companies like Ripple and Tezos.

By Kristin Musulin • May 21, 2018

After 50 years of Intel, Moore's Law is alive and well — sort of

For some experts, the pace of Moore's Law is not sustainable — technology innovation cannot maintain an exponential pace.

By Naomi Eide • May 18, 2018

Fujitsu launches quantum-inspired compute tech as cloud-based service

The company is working on a quantum-inspired Digital Annealer in tandem with high-performance computing and deep learning.

By Alex Hickey • May 17, 2018

Facebook has a new head of blockchain — wait, what?

Blockchain mania has set in at Facebook; the social network is establishing a dedicated group to experiment with the ledger technology. 

By Naomi Eide • May 09, 2018

Only 1% of CIOs are adopting blockchain for the enterprise, Gartner says

Much to the dismay of those who think blockchain will solve an array of tech woes, the technology may not be not living up to its hype in the enterprise.

By Samantha Ann Schwartz • May 03, 2018

Diamonds and blockchain are a CIO's best friend

The TrustChain Initiative is not the first blockchain partnership IBM has cultivated recently, and it won't be the last.

By Samantha Ann Schwartz • April 27, 2018

Walmart's courier, blockchain patents dig up data privacy questions

The issue was addressed once across the patents with a note that "user's partiality vectors can be locally stored and utilized ... [to] better comport with a particular user's privacy concerns."

By Alex Hickey • April 24, 2018

Is AWS gearing up for Blockchain as a Service?

AWS joins competitors like Oracle, Microsoft and Google in creating a place on cloud platforms for blockchain technologies.

By Alex Hickey • April 23, 2018