Strategic advice to leverage new technologies
Technology is at the heart of nearly every enterprise, enabling new business models and strategies, and serving as the catalyst to industry convergence. Leveraging the right technology can improve business outcomes, providing intelligence and insights that help you make more informed and accurate decisions. From finding patterns in data through data science, to curating relevant insights with data analytics, to the predictive abilities and innumerable applications of AI, to solving challenging business problems with ML, NLP, and knowledge graphs, technology has brought decision-making to a more intelligent level. Keep pace with the technology trends, opportunities, applications, and real-world use cases that will move your organization closer to its transformation and business goals.
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February 10, 2015 — Arlington, Massachusetts
Chart 1 -- Social business analytics: functionality and key components.
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Mobile connected devices, smart clothing, and advanced analytics are now being used in the treatment and management of chronic diseases and debilitating injuries. We are also seeing considerable activity among companies developing platforms for remote patient monitoring (RPM).
As we explore in this Executive Update, various standards organizations are working to establish common frameworks, platforms, and protocols intended to ensure widespread interoperability and connectivity among IoT products targeted at various domains, such as smart homes, connected cars, smart grid/energy, industrial systems, smart cities, and healthcare.
A discussion of wearables really needs to be separated into at least two parts from the start. There is the fashion element, and how anything affixed to the person becomes a badge of class, status, or coolness; and there is the sensor/utility function, which is of greatest amusement to technophiles.
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