Welcome to this week in the Digital Acceleration News. This episode will comment on five relevant news with long-term implications: Multicloud, AI, ML, and bonus (ChatGPT and cybersecurity).
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Three Factors to Consider When Optimizing a Multicloud Environment
FedTech Magazine published a concise article about things to look at while considering Optimizing Multicloud Environment. Clients often comment that moving to the Cloud offers instant cost savings. The reality is that those savings sometimes require strategizing and modernizing applications to benefit from a Multicloud architecture.
Other times we hear that all cloud providers do the same, so pricing should be the same. The reality is that leading Cloud Service Providers have different value propositions to capture specific customer segments, so typically MSP can help you identify the best scenario consuming cloud resources.
Why is this News relevant?
Short and concise, food for thought. Must read.
If you are interested to know more about Multicloud, click on Ep45 and EP46
Selling Artificial Intelligence to the Business: Keep it Clear, Keep it simple:
This is a compelling article published by Forbes based on the fact that AI should be introduced as a specific use case where the proposed solutions can create growth or operational efficiency, introducing AI as an accelerator rather than presenting AI as a technology that the company must embrace.
That may be why Robotic Process Automation using AI has been introduced in many sectors with low resistance from Decision Makers.
Why is this article relevant?
Often, technology experts think that talking about disruptive technology will create interest and attention from a bigger audience, and it is vital to remember that business is first, and technology is second.
Nine Ways Entrepreneurs can leverage Machine Learning to elevate their business.
Another article from Forbes shows the value of using Machine Learning to process real-time information and assist SMEs in making decisions based on events and evidence.
From Customer Profiling, Marketing, and Business Intelligence to Cybersecurity.
Why is this article relevant?
This is very relevant to me: I’ve been in contact with several startups recently in networking events, and it is fascinating talking to them and learning from their use cases, mixing AI, ML, and IoT, to support complex engineering problems (Aerospace, Civil Construction, FinTech, Medical Devices, Efficient Data Center, or even social media application)
Excellent reading; food for thought!
Top 10 AI and Machine Learning stories of 2022 (Healthcare)
An excellent article published by HealthCare IT News with a good summary of issues affecting AI and ML adoption in Healthcare. From Biased Data, building trust with Stakeholders (internal and external > Customers), to success stories from HealthCare providers and Universities, such as GE Healthcare, Duke University, and Mayo Clinic.
Why is this news relevant?
It is interesting to see how AI/ML, IoT, and other disruptive Technologies have a sustainable positive adoption rate in health care. It is also interesting to see how Business Leaders and Technical Leaders are facing difficulties: opportunities for growth and very few times as showstoppers.
And a bonus, Cybersecurity, and ChatGPT.
Cybercriminals are starting to use ChatGPT.
Can cybersecurity criminals use AI-based tools to enrich and disguise their fishing emails?
CheckPoint Research recently published an article commenting on this scenario, documenting three use cases of potentially harmful plans.
Why is this news relevant?
It is fair to say that, most probably, your business will not be affected by technology but by people using it to either help them or harm them.
Lesson Learned: Several organizations are building their Cybersecurity team as a Continuous Improvement / Continuous Delivery Team (CI/CD).
In addition, best Cybersecurity teams review and test their security attack surface periodically, looking for new vulnerabilities. This is an area where an MSP can be of great help!
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