November: Thoughts and Insights

David Wechsler - Good to the last drop: 3 steps toward smarter water management.

Clean water is arguably the most important substance on earth. So, it’s no wonder that water quality is a hot topic on everyone’s mind these days—from manufacturers to municipalities. While these organizations are unanimous on the need for clean... Read more.

Juliet Randall - Is your digital marketing foot in the right door?

Technology is at the heart of most manufacturing categories (food, autos, appliances, even athletic apparel). But for years marketers didn’t have to embrace new technologies that were driving the rest of business; they could get along fairly... Read more

Mike Naimoli - With diabetes, the social is digital.

You cannot control what you cannot measure. And Type 2 Diabetes is something that we can control, and can better do so if we do measure. Hitachi is teaming up with NHS England, along with four other service and technology providers, in... Read more.

Mike Pell - Thousands of people set to access diabetes and obesity prevention services.

Hitachi is continuing to contribute to social innovation by forming an alliance with the NHS and other partners to tackle diabetes in the UK. The Smart Digital Diabetes Prevention solution helps people at risk to make a sustained lifestyle change... Read more.

Shawn Shell - Your medication now alerts your physician.

The FDA just approved a pill with an embedded, ingestible sensor. The sensor, like those IoT sensors on machinery, provides valuable insight. Combined, patients and physicians gain tremendous insight to one dimension of compliance and receive... Read more.

Suranjan Som - Regtech is not just about Technology. It's about the knowledge of regulations and processes as well.

As the burden of regulation increases, banks need to be smarter in the way they handle their regulatory commitments. This is where RegTech (or Regulatory Technology) becomes the cynosure of the CROs, CIOs and CTOs. While, there are new entrants to... Read more.

Brian Erickson - Where's the Beef?

Some of us fondly remember the famous fast food commercial with a little old lady yelling out, “Where’s the beef?” I find myself thinking of this iconic moment from the '80s and how it relates to the promise of digital transformation today. People... Read more

Juliet Randall - Inspired by Social Innovation in Italy.

More than 300 senior executives from many of Italy’s leading firms and public institutions participated in Hitachi’s Social Innovation Forum recently in Milan. They witnessed how a collaborative approach and in the integration of IT, operational... Read more.

Rajesh Devnani - How deep is your love for deep learning?

We are living in an era driven by algorithms and more specifically deep learning algorithms which are beginning to pervading and potentially intruding every single facet of our personal and professional lives. When algorithms begin playing a... Read more

Shawn Shell - What has SharePoint become?

SharePoint first appeared in 2001. The service was focused on "solving" a file sharing challenge that many organizations experience. More than a decade later, firms still struggle with basic file sharing, but SharePoint has evolved into so much... Read more