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Artificial Intelligence or AI is the latest term for the tech people. So here are few things about AI which you should keep in mind.

·         AI has deep roots in history

·         Alan Turing contributed in A.I a lot

·         Formal AI research started in 1950s

·         NLP aka Natural language is the key to artificial Intelligence

·          Key to Autonomous vehicles is A.I

·         Investors are also interested in AI based companies

·         Tech giants are also betting on AI

·         AI powered robots can do things together

·         Robots can also socialize like humans

·         AI is polarizing

Read the complete article at: http://www.techrepublic.com/article/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-artificial-intelligence/

Companies, today, are migrating to cloud in order to minimize the cost and efforts. This means shifting from on-premises system to cloud. More companies are adopting Iaas or PaaS model. Companies have to refactor or re-write the pieces of application for cloud platform. In this process companies may fail to assess, whether do they even need these models? Or will it offer any value to the company? One more model “SaaS’’which was the original cloud (introduced 15 years back) is overlooked by IT. SaaS is better, more efficient and less costly. There more than 2000 SaaS offerings with a large range, those are easier to deal with. Companies can use the mixture of Iaas and SaaS in the cloud. To read more, please click on the following link: http://www.infoworld.com/article/3055849/saas/dont-overlook-saas-the-original-cloud-option.html

Retailers and most of the brick and mortar shops store their customer's data to understand their buying and transaction behavior. Some obscure data point that may help them become more knowledgeable about their customers. However, hidden from these in-store shopper analytics are all of the transactions their customers make outside their stores with competitors. In recent past, there are many switching of preference to online one. But this up growing online marketing basically picking the flaws of customers' real time analysis in case of brick and mortar shops. So it's high time to either integrate or dig into flawless marketing analytics.

To read, follow: http://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesinsights/2016/04/27/the-hidden-danger-in-brick-and-mortar-customer-files-amazon-prime-members/#69beabd83681

Analytics is gaining the highest popularity day by day in the business context. Reason is very simple. This provides a real time analysis of mind share and salience. Google is trying to venture in this section and finally it positioned themselves into this arena unlike other companies. Their model is mostly web specific because most companies are tracking their customers via web activities, no of hits, activity index and frequency. Not only that it helps to you understand social presence and real time web mining. For getting all these bunch of information you need to log in in google analytics. Such real time analysis not only provide you traffic notification but also provide user cookies which is closer to site relevance. Even they will provide detailed geographic, browsing info and language specific information which helps to u understand your customers need more specifically and accurately.  

To read, follow: http://www.business2community.com/business-intelligence/getting-started-setting-google-analytics-01519623#FEKZ3JA1kj8FBQ8H.97

According to a new study by Cisco “Security in India: Enabling a New Connected Era”, 72% of the Indian companies rely strongly on web Security whereas this figure is 52% for non-Indian companies. This means Indian organizations rely more on tools rather than strategies for protection. Therefore, reliance on tools may also put them at risk. Around 65% of the Indian organizations use mobile security against 49% of the non-Indian organizations. Indian organizations are also rapidly using cloud base security. Use of cloud security system in the coming times will lead them to threat problems just like other countries - China, Russia and U.S. These countries use advance persistent threat (APT) to steal data from consumers and competitors. To know more read article of TOI 

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/it-services/Indian-companies-use-strong-defence-tools-against-cyberattacks-Cisco/articleshow/50697170.cms 

Cryptology plays a crucial role in cyber security. There could be use of sign language and different cypher code to encrypt the sensitive data. The decipher mechanism helps to decode the message. In ancient times, Julius Caesar used to send his secret messages to his army in cypher code. Later this process is followed by Germans during the Second World War. In modern organizational context, cyber security is the most important parameter. So, to protect organizational data they can adopt cryptology to encrypt their data and hide them from the normal visibility level. The reader can go through the article written by Mark Ward (Technology correspondent, BBC News) and understand more about cypher process and the levels of challenges at:

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34312697

Cyber security is the biggest issue for the business enterprises who is in the field of networking and cyber space. But, problematic situation is arising where there is a mismatch of investment in cyber security than the growing threats in cyber space. This indicates that most of the organizations are either not aware about the upcoming threats or financially reluctant on investment. Security budget is not easy to predict and more skillful persons are required to predict the upcoming threats. 

To read, follow: http://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500279662/Cyber-security-budgets-not-rising-in-line-with-threats-say-security-pros

A.I is like a magic to people at times where machines are doing super cool stuff like humans. How do they do it? People have associated many misconceptions with A.I. So here are few things which people get wrong about A.I. : Automation is not A.I. ; Humanoid robots are not the face of A.I, computers are; A.I. is about intelligence rather than consciousness;  A.I is not all tech; Biggest myth buster will be this - TERMINATOR is NOT future A.I.; Misunderstanding of Machine learning and; Underestimating the power of A.I. Read the full article here: http://www.techrepublic.com/article/the-7-biggest-myths-about-artificial-intelligence/

Our world is somewhat running on artificial intelligence. Siri, Facebook, computer stocks, self-driving cars or what not. But there is one field where AI is really lacking and that is education. The most      challenging task will be: Virtual mentors for every learner; Addressing 21 century skills; Analysis of interaction data; Provide opportunities for global classrooms; Lifelong and like wide technologies. Technologies like Intelligent Tutor Systems, content delivery support systems are what required. Read the full article here: http://www.forbes.com/sites/barbarakurshan/2016/03/10/the-future-of-artificial-intelligence-in-education/#6315deb21e64

Chatbot technology has been the hype of 2016, with Facebook taking the charge. With Chatbot becoming the future assistants we all will need, now even medical advice will be available through the Facebook messenger.

Online doctor consultation platform Lybrate on Monday, released a chat bot for having a virtual online consultation with your doctor.

Lybrate, founded in 2014, with 100000 doctors on its platform, across 50 specialties, For more details on the chat bot,

Read More : http://www.businesstoday.in/technology/news/now-you-can-chat-with-a-doctor-on-facebook-messenger/story/232089.html

Through a Los Angeles court, the FBI recently obtained a warrant forcing a woman to unlock an iPhone equipped with Apple's Touch ID fingerprint technology, according to a report.

The woman, Paytsar Bkhchadzhyan was charged with identity theft and was sentenced on 25th February. Before she was taken into custody, U.S. Magistrate Judge Alicia Rosenberg approved a warrant forcing the Touch ID unlock.

The Fifth Amendment implies that no person can forced to supply a password. Invasion of privacy for the justice of the world. Which should be preferred? 

Read More: http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/05/02/los-angeles-court-orders-woman-to-unlock-touch-id-equipped-iphone-for-fbi

Cyber-attack on Sony pictures in 2014 has clearly indicated that the hacktivists have enough technological supports to sabotage one of the most secured service section and business giants. The U.S government suspects that Chinese hackers are penetrating the government's Office of Personnel Management (OPM) last summer as it exposed almost 4 million Federal employee records, including social security numbers. These all instances which prove that these hacktivists are mostly concerned about the sensitive data. The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Einstein system is used to find out who committed breaches. Deeper insight in cryptography is therefore required.

To read, follow: http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/225114-the-cybersecurity-threat-are-we-protected-yet

The future of AI is filled with amazing opportunities. Alan Turing designed the Turing machine about a century ago. It is expected that in the coming times the machines will pass the Turing test. The AI machines are being expected to use all the five human senses. Governments from all over the world are planning to make simulation models which make use of big data as input to predict the criminal or terrorist activities. AI has been improving human lives by uplifting the healthcare and medical facilities. To make the computer - human interaction more natural, scientists are working on the Natural Language Processing Algorithms. Read more about it at: http://nerdsmagazine.com/artificial-intelligence-five-highly-anticipated-developments/

Movement of resources across the border or migration is very significant for the growth of global market. And, the best resources that India has today are its "Talented People". Therefore, global portability of its best resources i.e. people will increase forex for the country. The Indian IT industry, in last three decades, has achieved a lot. It has made its mark in many successful global projects which includes innovative and cutting edge products, software, programs and apps . Today, most of these Indian IT companies, work on "Outcome- Based Model", which reinforces the fact that number of employees and their location is not a matter of concern now. To conclude, it can be said that, India will continue to generate globally greater revenue and impact through its IT industry. You can read more about the global impact of Indian I.T services in the following article by the former CEO of HCL Technologies, Mr. Vineet Nayar.

Click here  http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/et-commentary/does-the-it-industry-need-to-mobilise-its-best-resources/

Artificial Intelligence or AI is the science to make machines as smart as humans. When a machine can think and behaves like human we call it an intelligent machine. It's been trending a lot from past couple of years. We have seen robots, intelligent chess games where champions got defeated by machines. But what does future hold for Artificial Intelligence?  Experts claim that AI will soon be coming with technologies in healthcare, automation, finance that will change the way technologies are used now. Machines with power to take thousands of complicated decisions in nanoseconds will revolutionize the industry. Read more at: http://www.cio.com/article/3025161/robotics/what-does-the-future-hold-for-artificial-intelligence.html

Cyber-security is becoming the most trending topics in organizational context. So a proper understanding of cyber-security measures and preventive learning is necessary. Institutionalization of security methodology should be in the key priority. Some institutes provide a set of free hands-on, e-book lessons designed specifically for teens to learn cyber-security and critical Internet skills. This training enables the learners to challenge hacktivist with improvised measures and safe guard protocols. Some Cyber security company provides free five weeks training on how to secure online browsing. We need to list all possible threats and nullify by secure web browsing and cyber activity. In a research it was also found that there are one million cyber security jobs in 2016 which is growing at a rate of 36.5% through 2022. Read more at: 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevemorgan/2016/03/20/hacker-high-school-teaches-cyber-security-skills-to-teens/#41440ab669b6

Artificial intelligence is the most powerful tool. It can be used in any industry.  A smartphone can act as a personal tutor i.e. artificial intelligence can not only be used to teach, but also get to understand learning style, strengths, and weaknesses. In the healthcare industry, AI helps a doctor or nurse to chat with the patients and recognize the symptoms at the tap of a button on your smartphone. In transportation system, AI is used to understand their customer's need and provide better service. As a whole AI is the next stage of human excellence.

To read, follow: http://www.businessinsider.in/The-cofounder-of-Uber-told-us-how-artificial-intelligence-could-revolutionize-the-world/articleshow/51434466.cms

Wearables are more than a fitness tracker. Life Insurance providers are now using this gadget to track their customers' heart rate, sleep patterns and physical activity and reward policy takers with policy discounts and movie tickets. It is also being used to redefine traumatic medical events like heart attacks and claims correspond to that. To know more, please read the article by Ruth Liew (Reporter at ‘ The Sydney Morning Herald’ ) -: http://www.smh.com.au/business/wearable-tech-the-future-of-life-insurance-20160309-gnf60l.html

Image source -:http://www.healthworkscollective.com/veer-gidwaney/163271/how-wearables-will-transform-health-insurance-game

 Lee Sedol, The champion Go player, ranked 5th in the world, has beaten Google's AlphaGo artificial intelligence program in their fourth of five matches in Seoul, South Korea. AlphaGo is an ultra-complex abstract strategy game. This particular game requires a high level of human intuitions & higher perceptions and is slightly more difficult than chess. At the match when AlphaGo made a mistake, there was a question mark on its quick response ability.

Read more at: http://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2016/03/14/human-go-champion-beats-google-alphago-ai-fourth-match/#655b1699292e 

Instagram is a social platform that offers a great opportunity for content marketers to increase their impact. Instagram has an engagement ratio that is eight times the average of the other four social platforms. Instagram continues to expand its ad platform. Recently, it was found that the growth in the number of brands posting video content on Instagram has outpaced growth in the number of brands posting photos (139% versus 91%). The average number of Instagram pictures posted per brand increased by 11%, while the average number of Instagram videos posted per brand grew 29%.

To read more, follow: http://www.business2community.com/instagram/4-instagram-tips-conquer-recent-shifts-digital-marketing-01459035#MFZ8abxaaPP5AZlf.97