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Blockchain and the Supply Chain: A Distributed Transparent Ledger Shared by Suppliers and Customers

By Dick Weisinger

Blockchain is the technology that Bitcoin is built on, but the technology of cryptocoins is beginning to be applied to almost every industry.  There are three benefits that blockchain brings to advantage over traditional accounting and tracking methods: Transparency –…

Deep Reinforced Learning: Making AI More Accessible by Bootstrapping

By Dick Weisinger

Machine Learning and Deep Learning have become popular tools in the arsenal of Artificial Intelligence (AI), but while AI has generated a lot of interest, one problem is that AI techniques are complex and not enough people are properly trained…

Data Analytics: Most Businesses Still Aren’t Using Their Data Effectively

By Dick Weisinger

Using a five-level system to rank businesses in their capabilities related to data analytics, Gartner only ranks 9 percent of global companies as being in the top level, the transformational level.  At that transformational level, Data Analytics becomes central to…

Big Data Analytics: Airline Manufacturers Begin Selling Data Services to Optimize their Aircraft

By Dick Weisinger

Boeing is one business that has seen the benefits that data analytics can bring. In June 2017 at the paris Air show, Boeing announced the formation of a new business, Boeing AnalytX.  The goal of the company is to provide…

Industrial IoT: The Revolution in Manufacturing is Leaving Behind Smaller Businesses

By Dick Weisinger

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) targets the use of IoT for industrial and manufacturing applications.  It is expected to be able it help businesses improve their supply chain and logistics management.  McKinsey estimates that IIoT will have a $6.2…