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Edge computing is often discussed as an attack against cloud computing. In fact, it’s not! Edge computing can support computing tasks which cannot be done in the cloud in an appropriate manner. 

GE’s recent announcement to establish a new GE-owned, independently run entity to expand the company’s leadership in the Industrial IoT market and to better serve industrial customers probably did not come as a surprise to the industry.

At its digital-transformation-focused Impact Event in Liverpool Street in London this week, Oracle outlined what it described as six levels of autonomous computing. Here's why they matter. A lot.

Cyber attacks have been on the rise in the past few decades. The reasons are numerous, but they all boil down to the increase in digitalization and the associated massive availability of data, rendering cyber security one of the major issues in today’s digitized world. The number of cyber attacks in the healthcare sector has exponentially ...

The success of Pokémon Go was probably what made the immersive technologies, augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), known to the wider public. What unites the technologies is the simulations they create; what divides them is the level of immersivity of the environment:

While VR completely detaches the user from the reality, AR ...

Welcome to the weekly selection of links compiled by PAC's AI team. This week, we offer you some good reads connected to this new world in the making. Please note that we, the A(I) Team, will take a little break over the summer months and see you back in 2 months – in case we haven't been replaced by AI til then... Enjoy reading!

This past weekend, the mainnet of EOS, a new cryptocurrency, was officially launched. This is especially remarkable, since the event was preceded by a noteworthy ICO (initial coin offering, during which more than $4 billion in initial investment were raised), a bitter conflict among the community and quite some chaos with respect to ...

Last week, PAC attended conhIT in Berlin, Europe's leading health IT event. The motto of conhIT, a combination of trade fair and congress, was “transforming healthcare.” It hosted over 570 exhibitors and approximately 10,000 visitors, so judging by mere attendance figures, conhIT clearly was a success. What is our takeaway from the event?

Transport incumbents across all sub-segments are investing in technology solutions based on IoT and AI to boost their operational efficiency while improving the customer experience at the same time. PAC recently published several reports on the back of its recent projects in the transport segment and recent engagements with the players on ...