Developing An Alexa Skill Can Be The Smarter Way Of Doing Business

Technology has transformed surveillance in the past years. A simple CCTV camera no longer cuts the mark; the possibilities and demands for surveillance are endless. In the 21st century, businesses need to consider a lot of aspects that probably didn't even exist a few years back. Here are four surveillance trends every CIO should know as the world is becoming smarter.

AI Leaps

For all the attention and the broad discussion, as a user of the electronic devices, we are aware that Artifical Intelligence is revolutionizing every industry drastically. AI has already made a significant impact by bringing advancement and making the life of humans a lot easier. Video surveillance is one of them. The machine learning or deep learning is mostly used for video analytics in many industries.

Video Surveilance

Cloud Accounting tools and its Advantages for Financial Enterprises

Cloud accounting software uses cloud hosting on remote servers by which data is sent to the cloud for processing and then returns to the user. It is an on-premise, self-install accounting software, similar to software-as-a-service models, but with an added flexibility, scalability, and collaborative force. 

The characteristics of cloud accounting software are as follows: https://goo.gl/TNMsSz

Blockchain: The Driving Force of Multiple Industries

Blockchain and bitcoin are interlinked, and blockchain has a multitude of other functions and uses. Sustainability is the ability to drive business process efficiently and transparently across industries which translates to better use of resources that creates value. In this context, blockchain and distributed ledger technologies (DLT) are one of the most powerful drivers for sustainability.

Blockchain can track the goods and services across the landscape in an automated fashion which allows data to be exchanged seamlessly. Traditional inconsistencies can be avoided with blockchain technologies. The whole process from fundamental issues to money laundering becomes 100 percent transparent and trackable. 

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The pharmaceutical industry benefits from blockchain as it can be used to track and record the movement of drugs and medication. When drugs are used illicitly, every packet of the drug can be monitored and traced at all times.

Blockchain: Complementing Threat Intelligence: https://goo.gl/DjpaUQ

Eliminating Healthcare Challenges with Blockchain: https://goo.gl/HMnqt2

Gamification and its Business Implications

In 2002, a British programmer and inventor, Nick Pelling coined the term gamification in which the advent gaming concepts are introduced in real life to achieve better user interface design amongst electronic transactions. Up to the year 2011, the gamification is not popular until Gartner realized the advantages of gamification and introduced the concept into his Hype Cycle list.

Gartner, a  leading IT research organization, has predicted that more than 50 percent of the organization will be replaced with gamification in the future and will be implemented in almost every part of the life cycle.

In recent years, design features captured through gamification has bought notable changes in the field of academia as well as industry. However, due to the dearth in comprehensive understanding and lack of resources has made gamification to fail. 

This limitation is overcome through the latest gaming design strategies comprising simple mechanics such as leaderboards, points, and badges

>Read the complete article: Gamification Tied to Business Needs

The First time in 8 years. Incredible!

Microsoft briefly overtakes Apple to become the world’s most valuable company

“The first time in eight years”. Reblog with caption 🙃

ETH researchers from the Functional Materials Laboratory have developed a silicone heart that beats almost like a human heart. The soft artificial heart was created from silicone using a 3D-printing, lost-wax casting technique; it weighs 390 grams and has a volume of 679 cm3. They proved that the soft artificial heart fundamentally works and moves in a similar way to a human heart. However, it still has one problem: it currently lasts for about only 3,000 beats, which corresponds to a lifetime of half to three quarters of an hour. After that, the material can no longer withstand the strain.

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Smart Farming redefining Agriculture

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