Manufacturing companies need to have processes running around-the-clock with the utmost precision. Often, manufacturing plants encounter linear failure; where a defect repeats until the end of the operating cycle, messing up the entire batch. Then, several micro level process failures remain unidentified until the last phase of production. How can you mitigate such a failure and ensure smooth process flow? This is where machine learning comes to the rescue – using artificial intelligence, you can continuously observe a series of actions performed over a period of time and devise new ways to carry out similar processes in a new and improved environment.

Earlier this month, Microsoft announced it was acquiring LinkedIn, the social network for professionals with about 433 million users, for $26.2 billion. If you are a Dynamics CRM or Office 365 user, or operate in a Microsoft IT environment, there are many reasons why this news is an exciting development in our ever-changing technology-driven world.

As more and more businesses discover the benefits of transitioning to the cloud, such as high flexibility, low operational costs, and improved performance and resiliency, the world is experiencing a paradigm shift in the way businesses operate and provide services. With the hype around cloud services, many organizations across the globe are taking initiatives to migrate to the cloud immediately. While there is no denying the fact that cloud services can be tremendously beneficial, a one-size-fits-all strategy doesn’t work across different industries, business sizes, and geographies. 

As more and more people are using the Internet to perform day-to-day tasks, confidential information and personal choices can be registered in a number of ways. With rampant technology invasion, user data is prone to privacy attacks. Anthem, a major health insurance firm in the US, witnessed a major data breach in 2014 where hackers got access to names, social security numbers, addresses and phone numbers of over 8.8 million Anthem customers, putting their personal information at risk. Social networking sites like Facebook have been ridiculed at length about their weak security settings.

As discussed in my last post, the MarTech conference was an exciting meeting of the minds between marketing and technology brains. Enterprise software is once again in the limelight as businesses use technology to power their marketing department.