In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other technologies with a focus on supply chain management and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, marketing, the Internet of Things, and smart cities. Our goal is to advance the public discussion about how cognitive computing and other advanced technologies affect the world in which we live.
Bradd C. Hayes is the active editor of this blog.
“Perhaps no company embodies the anxieties and hopes around automation better than Amazon,” writes Nick Wingfield (@nickwingfield) in the New York Times. The anxieties associated with automation — things like robots, robotic
Calling the era in which we live the Information Age is a bit presumptuous. If information can be equated to knowledge, every age is an information age. Cultures that have accumulated the
For years pundits have hailed the virtues of achieving end-to-end supply chain visibility. For example, Jett McCandless (@JettMcCandless) CEO of project44, writes, “Supply chain visibility is a foundational capability to have when
In a previous article, I discussed how advanced education technologies (edtech) is poised to change the traditional classroom in revolutionary ways. In this article, I want to discuss how the future classroom
One hears and reads so much about the digital supply chain and digital transformation you might erroneously conclude they are mature concepts. Roberto Michel writes, “Discussed under … terms like digitalization or
Golden anniversaries are generally something to celebrate. You can be forgiven, however, if you missed the 50th anniversary of the Automated Teller Machine (ATM). James Shepherd-Barron, son of John Adrian Shepherd-Barron (the
The historical period in which we live has been given a number of labels including the Digital Age and the Information Age. The dictionary defines an “age” as “a distinct period of
One of the speakers I was fortunate enough to book for the First Annual Enterra Solutions® Cognitive Computing Summit was C. Gordon Bell, an American electrical engineer and entrepreneur. An early employee
“Throughout our history we Americans have stood out by embracing the future and rising to big challenges,” write MIT’s Andrew McAfee (@amcafee) and Erik Brynjolfsson (@erikbryn). “Let’s not stop now.”[1] One of
The discussion about future jobs sustainability continues to heat up. On one side are prognosticators who predict artificial intelligence (AI), automation, and robotics will eliminate human jobs and create massive unemployment. The
