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FedEx CIO Attests to Data-Driven Strategies in Pandemic Times

As organizations continue to adapt to the roller-coaster ride of 2020, some leaders’  pre-pandemic IT strategies brought business resilience even as COVID-19 struck. Indeed, some organizations spent several years laying the foundations for data-driven strategy and remote operations even prior to COVID-19. FedEx, for example, has been on a multiyear digital transformation journey that included […]

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Tactics for successfully selling IoT technologies

  In 2020, we have come to recognize how imperative digitization and connected things are for everyday tasks. They have also created a host of new, remote possibilities, from remote monitoring of patients and equipment to real-time updating of trucks on the road. But many selling Internet of Things technologies still struggle to understand the […]

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IoT Automation Trend Rides Next Wave of Machine Learning, Big Data

An array of new methods — along with unexpected new pressures — cast today’s IoT automation efforts in an utterly new light.  Progress today in IoT automation is based on fresh methods employing big data, machine learning, asset intelligence and edge computing architecture. It is also enabled by emerging approaches to service orchestration and workflow, […]

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Why Blockchain Makes Sense in Supply Chain Management

Key takeaways from this article:  Blockchain enables users to improve quality and customer experience. In IoT supply chains, blockchain can verify product provenance and track assets creating trusted relationships between suppliers and buyers.  Several well-known companies have implemented blockchain in some of their supply chains. Blockchain isn’t just for currency anymore. This digital ledger technology […]