In this age of extreme uncertainty, it can be reassuring to understand that the challenges we face today are not unique and that humans have always had to change and innovate in order to progress.
More than 70.3 billion real-time payments transactions were processed globally in 2020, a surge of 41 percent compared to the previous year, as the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically accelerated trends away from cash and checks toward greater reliance on real-time and digital payments, a new global report from ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW) and GlobalData reveals.
Most businesses would agree that Covid brought heavy process and cost implications along with it. And select British industries like hospitality have suffered substantial blows to their bottom line over the last 12 months. But is 2021, the year the business automation gap closed?
During 2020 and 2021, we’ve seen nostalgia everywhere. It makes sense, right? There’s no better time to pine for the past and relive happy memories than when we’re stuck at home during lockdown.
For almost a year, the events industry has faced huge difficulties, with innumerable cancellations and many organisers now having to postpone for a second year or, once again, take their events virtual.
The demand for people with specialist data skills — like data scientists for example — has more than tripled over the last five years (+231%). With nearly every single sector, including banking, transport and retail generating an explosion in data, employers are desperately on the hunt for skilled experts who can make sense of it.
Data & AI increase in Sports The increased use and controversy of VAR in football has been the subject of much debate in recent times, however many athletes across all sports – and officials, have used artificial intelligence (AI) to improve their performance, in a number of different ways.
Bruno Dagnino is the CTO of Metrica Sports, a leading data and video analysis platform that has provided cutting edge solutions to elite football clubs since 2014. Aspiring analysts, players and coaches, can download Metrica for free here and try their hand at video and data analysis.
Access to data analytics has become so important that it is estimated that by 2022, more than half of major new business systems will incorporate continuous intelligence
With no let-up in Amazon’s run of impressive results, how can other businesses buy in to or look to replicate it’s success asks Sam Counterman, Director of Marketing at Selligent
John Wilmot, CEO and founder at LeaseLoco shares three key ways the car purchasing experience for the consumer is changing for the better with the use of technology.