Analytics Insights (Blog) 

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the toast of every tech-powered business enterprise. Business establishments are taking AI to integrate a multitude of transformative opportunities to leverage the value chain. However business friendly it may sound, the path to adopting AI has not been a smooth ride. As per the latest reports from Deloitte’s 2017 State of Cognitive survey, only 6% of business enterprises are having a smooth ride with AI. This leaves a staggering 94% that face challenges in implementing an AI solution to its enterprise. Here are the top challenges that enterprises face while implementing an AI solution to its business process.

Financial Express 

Don’t you just love how Siri, Alexa or Google Assistant answer all of your questions? Isn’t it interesting when you receive prompt responses on some website’s chat box no matter what the time is? Yes, marketers know this interests you and this is why AI holds fascinating possibilities in the future for marketing. Using AI, brands are studying user needs, behaviours and predicting their future actions. Some of the key areas where companies have been leveraging AI globally include:

Money Control 

By M Saraswathy

Using technology like IoT, the device stores all the information that is fed into it. Users can digitally label their food with expiration dates. So, whenever a product is nearing its expiry date, alerts will be displayed on the refrigerator screen. Even specifications like gluten-free diet or sugar-free diet can be entered into the system. Based on the information fed into the system, the IoT technology prompts messages on the refrigerator screen.

The Print 

And we are just at the beginning of the ‘internet of things’ revolution, where we are going to have sensors in everything. Your automobile will have sensors, your washing machine will have sensors, your Fitbit will have sensors and so on. The expectation is that we are going to have up to 50 billion sensors around the world, and that those sensors combined with the new 5G technology will allow you to have lot of intelligence.

ET CIO  

By Salvi Mittal

Jayantha Prabhu, CIO – Essar Group & Head Business India & SAARC – AGC Networks believes that cyber security solutions must rely on data processing instead of deploying physical appliances in a real production environment and given the imminent risk, it is crucial that manufacturers plan and allocate sufficient budgets and resources to close this gap. In an interview with ETCIO.COM, Jayantha Prabhu gives his views on the implications of the IT security in the manufacturing industry.

Analytics India Mag 

Sharma is quick to add that Internet of Things (IoT) and AI have been making a lot of news lately. “Internet-enabled and connected devices are expected to become ubiquitous in smart homes and smart kitchens. Well, it doesn’t get any smarter than this”, says Sharma.

ET Telecom 

“..for most operators, this should come via a ‘massive’ uptake of connectivity, plus revenues from advanced services spanning both consumers and business customers.” Enterprises have different requirements from consumers, as 5G communications traffic is expected from Internet of Things (IoT) sensors in industrial robots, roads, and vehicles and can leverage the technology’s reliability and low latency.