Technology advancement and broad-based commercialization of wearables and sensors are pivotal to the shift towards siteless trials enabling remote, unobtrusive and real-time capture of patient data. This use of sensors and real-time data capture vastly improves the quality of clinical data with the potential to reduce site queries and monitoring visits, not to mention the accessibility to unprecedented volumes of patient data to power safety and clinical insights.

Like it or not, AI will soon infiltrate every aspect of our society from our refrigerators to autonomous cars and everything in between. Combined with data and data science, AI offers new, smart ways to solve existing problems and create fresh and exciting opportunities. But how do you determine the importance of an AI initiative for your organization and how do you ensure you derive the maximum benefit from implementing such projects?

IT firm Cognizant has appointed Greg Hyttenrauch as its Executive Vice President and President of Digital Systems & Technology.

Intelligent process automation is increasingly seen as a complement to robotic process automation, extending the scope of robotic process automation with AI technologies. CIOs and other IT leaders should consider some of the important distinctions between the two automation technologies as part of their technology roadmaps.

Companies remain as confused as ever about how best to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act, the act that enhances privacy rights and consumer protections for California residents, which goes into effect on January 1, 2020. For most organizations, the overriding questions are how big is the CCPA transition going to be; how much interest will consumers have; and how many will click the Delete My Data button?

A global survey of more than 2,500 business and technology leaders conducted by the research firm ESI ThoughtLab, on behalf of Cognizant, a provider of IT services, suggests that the amount of money organizations are willing to invest in IT as a percentage of revenues has substantially increased. This is mainly thanks to the rise of various digital business transformation initiatives.

“To be successful in today’s competitive retail industry luxury brands need to grow and scale. But opening stores internationally is no longer enough. As a result, we are seeing more and more well-known labels merging, as with LVMH’s acquisition of Tiffany announced today.”

“Whether new advances in technology fill us with excitement or dread, the fact is that the physical aspects of our lives are only going to become more integrated into the virtual world. With the likes of swarm intelligence, the tactile internet and edge computing becoming increasingly advanced, the technology around us is simply becoming smarter and significantly more insightful.”

“Gen Z has provided a glimpse into the future,” writes Tiran Dagan, chief digital officer. “Now is the opportunity for marketers to create it.” Excerpts from MarTech Advisor’s article:...

While most executives at financial institutions agree that artificial intelligence (AI) is important to their organization’s success, few have fully implemented AI projects.