Mike Vizard

One of the dirtier little secret issues that organizations of all sizes deal with when hiring someone is a tendency of job applicants to inflate their resumes. More often than anyone cares to admit, human resource (HR) professionals wind up recommending job applicants who don’t really have the skills being sought. Usually that winds up […]

FinancialForce this week at the Dreamforce 2018 conference previewed a Fall edition of its namesake enterprise resource planning (ERP) software-as-a-service (SaaS) application that adds support for the Einstein artificial intelligence (AI) framework developed by Salesforce. Dan Brown, chief product officer for FinancialForce, says for AI to be truly effective, AI technologies need to bridge data […]

Microsoft, SAP and Adobe this week at a Microsoft Ignite conference launched an ambitious effort to create a common data model for applications deployed on the Microsoft Azure cloud that one day could have significant implications for building artificial intelligence (AI) applications spanning multiple sources of data. The Open Data Initiative will initially focus on […]

While interest in machine learning algorithms to drive artificial intelligence (AI) applications is high, a survey published this week suggests many organizations are finding it challenging to move past the AI development phase. The survey of 344 technology and IT professionals conducted by Dimensional Research on behalf of Univa, a provider of workload management software, […]

There’s no doubt that artificial intelligence (AI) is about to have the most profound impact on the workplace since arguably the invention of the steam engine. While there’s clearly cause for concern relating to the impact AI technologies might have on the need for certain types of workers, it’s also starting to become apparent that […]

Microsoft this week announced that starting next month, it will make available previews of a range of customer relationship management (CRM) applications that embed artificial intelligence (AI) functionality directly within a suite of packaged applications that require no application development effort or training of AI models on the part of an internal IT organization. In […]

DarwinAI today unveiled a Darwin Generative Synthesis platform that promises to significantly optimize the performance of artificial intelligence (AI) models developed using deep learning algorithms. Company CEO Sheldon Fernandez says the reason most AI models based on deep learning algorithms run slowly is because neural networks require an extended amount of trial and error to […]

Salesforce has moved to make it simpler to automate a business process by adding reusable components to its low-code application development tool in addition to making it possible to turn a spreadsheet into a digital form using a Salesforce Lightning Object Creator tool. At the same time, the Salesforce AppExchange online store will now make […]

The Linux Foundation, in anticipation of much broader adoption of blockchain technologies in the enterprise, announced this week that a training course, dubbed LFD271 – Hyperledger Fabric Fundamentals, is now open for enrollment. That course complements an existing Professional Certificate Program – Blockchain for Business, launched earlier this year, that is tied to a free […]

Salesforce today extended the reach of its Sales Cloud platform to provide tighter integration with finance and marketing processes. Will Moxley, senior vice president for Sales Cloud product Management at Salesforce, says it’s become clear that sales management software the company delivers as a service needs to, for example, be integrated with various types of […]

Rapidly changing global trade agreements are forcing organizations to rethink their investments in transportation applications. To address that issue, Oracle has updated Oracle Transportation Management Cloud and Oracle Global Trade Management Cloud applications to provide real-time insights into shipment routes and automated event handling alongside tools to more accurately screen shipments and manage customs declarations. […]

Panzura has announced a data management platform infused with artificial intelligence (AI) that makes it simpler to manage data distributed across multiple clouds. Company CEO Patrick Harr says Vizion.ai makes use of a data engine deployed as a cloud service through which organizations can consolidate all metadata to prove a single index of all the […]