Business leaders know they must prepare for technological upheavals in the years ahead. But keeping up-to-date on new technologies—to say nothing of understanding their complexities and forecasting those shifts—is an overwhelming task. To help organizations find their footing, the CompTIA
Cryptocurrencies are digital currencies that use online ledgers, called blockchains, to record transactions. These blockchains are decentralized, meaning the permanent record is not stored in one location but exists on nodes spread across the system. This design makes the record
Predicting how emerging technologies will impact industry is more difficult than it seems—and it seems plenty difficult. The reason is that we envision the future based on the present. We assume current trends will continue unabated. We make predictions based
Artificial intelligence (AI) has already changed the world. AI algorithms have been incorporated into everyday applications—such as social media, web mapping, facial recognition, and virtual home assistants—to make them more effective and user-friendly. For those who remember DOS command prompts,
The world is changing, and technology is driving that change. Today, that observation is about as compelling as the insight that water runs downhill. It’s just what technology (and water) does. But the speed and unpredictability of that change have
Automation technologies manufacture goods or provide labor with minimal human intervention. They can trace their origins as far back as the 16th century—and arguably further—but didn’t take off until the Industrial Revolution. In fact, automation as we know it is
History is not the story of great people directing the course of the world. It’s about networks. Sure, great people may have had an outsized pull on certain events. But men and women, no matter how influential, are simply nodes
For many, 2020 will not be remembered as a "best of" much. We don't need to repeat the reasons here; it's sufficient to point out that a 100-year pandemic was only one of many difficulties facing the world last year.
There’s a fortune to be made in data and silicon, and everyone is out for their share. Artificial intelligence is this century’s gold rush. Its promises scintillate in them there hills. But while everyone is busy setting up camp in