Digital transformation mind candy 23 February 2024

With AI, technology abstraction and citizen development at enterprise level, digital transformation will never be the same. Particularly deciding where you will apply AI in your business model is an almost immediate consideration.

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Hence, a separate mind candy focussed on digital transformation with the compliments of AgilePoint. AgilePoint has been innovating in this space for 20 years. They have approached digital transformation from a fundamentally different perspective, with a focus on meta-abstraction, complexity reduction and codeless future-ready architecture, allowing for AI, quantum computing, digital twinning and maximum adaptability.

Today's topics

The topics are AI CEOs, IoT, digital transformation questions, technical debt, governance and compliance automation, AI at the edge, better CX, less backlog and reduction of technical debt and early adopters.

• CEO says later this year, your ai will be able to attend meetings for you

https://futurism.com/the-byte/ceo-ai-attend-meetings

Hate showing your face in meetings? If one AI CEO has his way, you might not have to anymore.

• Bridging the Gap: How Global Organizations Tackle the Rising Security Challenges in OT Environments

https://bnnbreaking.com/world/bridging-the-gap-how-global-organizations-tackle-the-rising-security-challenges-in-ot-environments

A significant portion of organizations involved with critical infrastructure, industrial control systems (ICS), and OT systems seem to be playing catch-up in the race against cyber threats.

• Here’s why your digital transformation project is struggling

https://www.engineering.com/story/heres-why-your-digital-transformation-project-is-struggling

Ask these simple questions to diagnose the root cause of your transformation troubles and learn how to fix them.

• Technical debt and cloud issues are the biggest barriers to digital transformation for many companies

https://www.techradar.com/pro/technical-debt-and-cloud-issues-are-the-biggest-barriers-to-digital-transformation-for-many-companies

Technical debt is the biggest barrier to digital transformation for businesses across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, new research has claimed.

• Paper To Pixels: Embracing Governance, Risk And Compliance Automation

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2024/02/21/from-paper-to-pixels-embracing-governance-risk-and-compliance-automation/?

The convergence of digital transformation with new AI advances has created a new era of process automation, further underscoring the importance of a solid digital foundation.

• AI at the Edge Opens New Opportunity for Manufacturers

https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/IntelAI/AI-at-the-Edge-Opens-New-Opportunity-for-Manufacturers

Digital systems have become central to manufacturing. Intelligent applications using AI for predictive maintenance, quality control, process management and demand forecasting are increasingly being employed. Many of these use cases demand fast response and real-time interactions.

• IoT will change the world

https://techcentral.co.za/iot-will-change-the-world-ionline-ionpr/240027/

Cybersecurity, AI, automation, virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) are some of the most impactful IoT trends of 2024. Machine learning, advanced edge computing, the connected cloud, 5G and IoT integration, satellite connectivity, and the rise of eSims all have industry experts excited, too.

• Deploying generative AI in US state governments: Pilot, scale, adopt

https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/public-sector/our-insights/deploying-generative-ai-in-us-state-governments-pilot-scale-adopt?

States that lead the way in gen AI adoption may find themselves in the enviable position of achieving better CX, less backlog and reduction of technical debt.

• How Early Adopters of Gen AI Are Gaining Efficiencies

https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/how-early-adopters-of-gen-ai-are-extracting-efficiencies/?

Eighty percent of executives surveyed now say this will impact their company and industries significantly, but only about 50% think they have the capabilities to fully realize its potential; 92% of Fortune 500 companies are doing something or building something with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Now everybody is a data scientist in some ways.