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FORWARD 2024 – the future of enterprise AI and agentic automation
Agentic AI is a new buzzword that brings a new set of questions for enterprise teams. UiPath's Bobby Patrick looks at the top issues from customers, and... AI and automation are changing the world of work — organizations today have deployed these technologies to...
222. Automating Processes with Software is HARD
Something about automation that I believe is that it is *way* more difficult to do than most imagine. Most look at problems to automate from the outside—a process they find tiresome, slow, yet repetitious. They often don’t think of their own skills and tasks as easily...
Here’s what it takes to be a successful Chief Data Officer
Four Chief Data Officers outline the key characteristics of successful leaders. Great Chief Data Officers (CDOs) often have a set of key attributes that help their organizations meet business objectives and boost customer experiences, using data. That was the...
Building Enterprise AI Platforms from the Ground Up | by Babajide Ogunjobi | Context Data | Oct, 2024 | Medium
Over the last year, we’ve spoken to multiple companies who are putting together strategies and use cases for major AI applications within their organization. In some cases, we have met some of these… Over the last year, we’ve spoken to multiple companies who are...
Technology Report 2024 | Bain & Company
In 2024, the technology sector moved firmly into the AI phase of computing. Cloud service providers, enterprises, and technology vendors are spending more on AI than ever, and adoption rates are high. But skeptics are wary of AI’s return on investment. What explains...
Greg McKeown on X: “Eliminating the unnecessary is more powerful than automating the unimportant.” / X
Eliminating the unnecessary is more powerful than automating the unimportant. Go to Source
The Other Bubble
While it's hard to imagine, I want you to consider for a second that no company is invulnerable, and as I wrote last week, I have serious worries about the current state of Big Tech and the path it’s currently on. Go to Source
AI Can (Mostly) Outperform Human CEOs
Summary. Generative AI has demonstrated the potential to significantly outperform human CEOs in strategic decision-making by excelling in data-driven tasks like product design and market optimization. In an experiment simulating the automotive industry, AI models...
AI leads a service-as-software paradigm shift – Foundation Capital
AI companies are leading a transition from Software-as-a-Service to Service-as-Software, turning the table on the very essence of SaaS. In the software business, a company may sell access to its platform or tool, but customers are still responsible for using that tool...
How agentic AI platforms will redefine enterprise applications – SiliconANGLE
We believe enterprise applications are undergoing a profound change. By next year, highly capable agentic systems will emerge to create new application classes and alter the way organizations think about their backend systems, data platforms and user interfaces. The...
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