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January 17, 2020

Space Tech: What Do Private Space Efforts Mean for the Tech Sector?

What do private space efforts mean for the tech sector? As Elon Musk forges ahead with his plans to colonize Mars and private space exploration becomes a reality, there are...
January 17, 2020

Visa’s Acquisition of Plaid is a $5.3Bn Bet on the Future of Finance

Visa’s acquisition of Plaid is a $5Bn bet on the future of finance, and it’s a smart bet at that. With some 11,000 bank and financial services company clients, covering...
January 17, 2020

Microsoft’s Carbon Negative Commitment: A Big Commitment To The Future

Microsoft’s commitment to going carbon negative is an important commitment from one of the world’s largest companies. Exploring the implications of the announcement...
January 16, 2020

AWS Releases AutoGluon, an Innovative Open-Source Tooling for Automated Machine Learning

AWS released AutoGluon, an open source toolkit for automated machine learning, designed specifically for software developers, promising the ability to simplify deep learning for non-experts. If AWS were to release...
Why the Future of Data Analytics is Prescriptive Analytics
January 16, 2020

Why the Future of Data Analytics is Prescriptive Analytics

Could data analytics be poised for a new change? Prescriptive analytics is here to shake up what we know about data and AI....
Digital Transformation Audit Should Be a Yearly Thing
January 16, 2020

5 Steps To Audit Your Digital Transformation Efforts

Performing a digital transformation audit as an annual task—at minimum—would be a worthwhile investment in your organization. Here are 5 steps to reviewing your digital transformation efforts to stay ahead...
January 16, 2020

Global wearable sales double YoY, women users lead the way

January 15, 2020

IoT Cybersecurity Regulations Kick in With the Start of 2020

With the launch of 2020, certain cybersecurity laws covering “smart” devices go into effect. As local (state) IoT cybersecurity regulation kicks in and federal regulation is looming, what does this...
January 15, 2020

Google’s Appsheet Acquisition Moves The Needle, But Just a Bit

Google has acquired small low/code no/code platform AppSheet to expand its platform and appeal to developers looking to build simple apps for cloud tools....
January 14, 2020

Cloudera CEO Appointment a Fit For Now and the Future

Cloudera has appointed former Hortonworks CEO and current board member Rob Bearden to the role of CEO. What does this appointment mean for Cloudera?...
Will We See AI as a Service take off in 2020?
January 14, 2020

Why AI As A Service Will Take off In 2020

The combination of the SaaS business model and AI services could help bring AI as a service to the masses without a heavy price tag....
January 14, 2020

Samsung XCover Pro + Microsoft Teams = Retail Workforce Innovation

At NRF 2020, Samsung launched the XCover Pro mobile device. Partnering with Microsoft, the new device embeds Microsoft Teams pushing retail innovation....

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Benjamin Brown, VP Custom Research, Futurum Research

Benjamin Brown

VP, Custom Research · The Futurum Group

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