Digital transformation is somewhat of a buzzword, but that doesn’t mean it’s a fad. The need to facilitate change in the supply chain isn’t going to diminish, if anything it is only going to grow as new and exciting technologies start to move into the mainstream.
A major privacy fault line has just been revealed as “anonymized data” is now exposed to be not so anonymous after all. An article published by the New York Times reports that new technology can frustrate present efforts to keep data private in a July 23, 2019 article, Your Data Were ‘Anonymized’? These Scientists Can Still Identify You.
Most discussions about artificial intelligence (AI) are characterised by hyperbole and hysteria. Though some of the world’s most prominent and successful thinkers regularly forecast that AI will either solve all our problems or destroy us or our society, and the press frequently report on how AI will threaten jobs and raise inequality, there’s actually very little evidence to support these ideas. What’s more, this could actually end up turning people against AI research, bringing significant progress in the technology to a halt.
Dynamsoft has introduced version 7.0 of its Barcode Reader software development kit which adds a Scan Directly mode and an entirely new framework to prepare it for future enhancements.
Civica has announced its new Health & Care software portfolio for Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific markets. This follows Civica’s late 2018 acquisition of Geelong-based cloud software company Carelink, now Civica Care.
Businesses have always had to navigate change, driven by many factors, including the introduction of new technologies, requirements to move into new markets, competitive pressures, or increased regulatory scrutiny.
Standards Australia, the peak standards-setting organisation for Australia, has released its first discussion paper on how it should approach standards building for AI. Standards Australia is accepting public submissions until 31 July on the role it should play in shaping standards for AI both nationally and globally.
Micro Focus has launched a Robotic Process Automation (RPA) product designed to give companies the power to build, secure, and scale automated business processes, from legacy to modern, across the enterprise.
Canberra software company Intelledox has been acquired by Smart Communications, UK firm that offers a global cloud platform for enterprise customer communications. The purchase price was not disclosed.
