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Vrijwel alle onderwijs- en onderzoeksinstellingen hebben hun lesmethode en -inhoud flink aangepast sinds de uitbraak van de coronapandemie. Het onderzoek ‘ How COVID-19 is reshaping campus technology’ toont aan dat het aantal digitale toepassingen binnen een korte tijd enorm is gegroeid. Hoewel een opmerkelijk hoog percentage van de respondenten denkt dat deze veranderingen permanent zijn, zegt slechts de helft van hen klaar te zijn voor deze digitale transformatie. Dit blijkt uit onderzoek door Uit onderzoek door Rackspace Technology.
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Business use of holograms is on the brink of breakthrough
“Getting value from data” has been a common mantra in automation for some time. But providing insight into really large amounts of data has always been a problem. Holograms now appear to be ideally suited for this. The Dutch Tekle Holographics has quickly grown into a worldwide forerunner in the field of data visualization with its holographic technology. Following a notable presence at CES this year and partnerships with Nvidia and SAS, organizations from a wide variety of industries are showing interest in the business use of holograms.
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Climate change and the war in the Ukraine are currently top of mind for the CFO, after we’ve just recovered from a global pandemic. Some companies have the urge to go back to basics, but during the recent CFO Executive Dialogue, it was evident that financials lose interest pretty quickly if the basics fill most of their day. Therefore, some companies take it upon themselves to automate repetitive, simpler tasks.
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With demand for robots growing as companies in multiple sectors look for new ways to enhance their productivity and competitiveness post-pandemic, ABB has compiled a set of growth predictions, looking at key trends driving demand for robots in the coming year.
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Turkey’s drone company Baykar has announced a new phase in its unmanned combat aircraft project, unveiling that the first prototype has entered the production line.The company is in the news daily now, as Ukraine succesfully employs Bayraktar BT2 drones to fight the much bigger Russian invasion army.
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For many retailers, competitive pricing analysis is the key to increase their revenue and stay ahead of competition. Global shifts are forcing these companies to become more data-centric, collect and analyze pricing data, map their position against competitors, and offer optimal prices.
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Gartner: Board of Directors, not IT, main decision maker for emerging technology investments
Fifty-three per cent of organisations report their board of directors are among the main decision makers for emerging technology (ET) investments, just behind chief information officers (CIOs) and chief technology officers (CTOs), according to a recent Gartner survey.
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The automation of routine tasks is at the top of the agenda for Carsten Gram Andersen, CFO of Blue Ocean Robotics. The company markets the brands UVD Robots, GoBe Robots and PTR Robots, which open the door to automated disinfection, rehabilitation and telepresence. Blue Ocean Robotics is based in Denmark, the most digitalised country in Europe; more specifically, in the city of Odense, also known as the “European capital of robotics”. Carsten Gram Andersen sees his primary task as being able to free up as much time as possible to focus on business analysis of the company’s performance because that is where the finance department can really generate value for the rest of the organisation.
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SS&C Technologies Holdings today announced it has completed its acquisition of Blue Prism for approximately $1.6 billion (£1.25 billion). Blue Prism is a robotics process automation (RPA) company headquartered in the U.K., whose services are used by more than 2,000 businesses worldwide.
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CIOs and CFOs who want to maximize the benefits of automation increasingly turn to the next step, the addition of Artificial Intelligence (AI) functions. Increasingly, automation solutions are designed to help organizations tackle not only single processes but achieve end-to-end automations, by adding technologies like machine learning (ML) and natural language processing. This week UiPath organized the AI Summit, where these trends were discussed. Rocking Robots sat down with Boris Krumrey, Global VP Automation Innovations at UiPath.