Indian healthcare facing cyberattacks
The medical internet of things has made healthcare more convenient, efficient, and patient-focused but it is also a weak link to data security A few weeks ago, India’s top government-run hospital All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) New Delhi, was hit by a massive cyberattack, forcing it to shut down many of its servers […]
PGDM in Business Analytics- Scope and Job Opportunity
In times of this disruptive technology upheaval, rightfully, data has become a prominent asset to a business enterprise mainly because of its endless uses and channel options. In the past years, various multinational companies have grown bigger because they can leverage data to their advantage. In simple words, Business Analytics means analyzing business data to […]
A 2023 Primer on Data Analytics
Part I: The types This is the first of an article series on where data analytics stands today and what to look forward to in the coming year Data analytics is essentially the application of quantitative technologies to data to find trends and solutions. As data volumes grow exponentially, data analytics allows organisations to analyse […]
Cybersecurity: Recession-proof?
Although the macroeconomic outlook for 2023 looks rather bleak, the cybersecurity industry has usually stood strong and resilient in spite of periods of uncertainty, and much of the same is expected into the next year as well Recessions are the playground for cybercriminals. Back during the Great Financial Crisis of 2007-08, the FBI noted a […]
Importance Of Data Science How It Powers Business
Professionals, who have the expertise to turn cutting-edge information into actionable insights, create Big Data. Professionals, who have the expertise to turn cutting-edge information into actionable insights, create Big Data. Today, more organizations open their doors to big data, thereby unlocking its power and increasing the value of the data scientists who are aware of […]
The Race to Climate Change Adaptation
The economic benefits of embracing climate change are clear – research from the Global Commission on Adaptation found that investing $1.8 trillion globally between 2020 and 2030 could reap net economic benefits of up to $7.1 trillion. Read on to know more: With the COP27 Conference recently drawing to a close, it is now becoming […]
Permacrisis, fluid future, new leadership – Part I
Part – 1 Perhaps for the first time in history we are witnessing the coalescing of a series of interlocked crisis feeding on each other to create a state of ‘Permacrisis’ It was the winter of 2019, the last first week of the last month of the year, when a technology summit in Kolkata, themed […]
On the Growing Need for Quantum Labour
Of the 176 university-level quantum research programmes available in mid-2022, only about 16% offer graduate-level degrees in the subject With artificial intelligence technologies now key to advancing business processes the world over, a key area coming to the fore is the shortage in skilled AI labour. Arguably, an even wider skill gap exists in quantum […]
A hundred trillion parameters?
Open AI’s upcoming GPT-4 engine is rumoured to have parameters to the tune of trillions. But what lies between GPT-3 and GPT-4? GPT-3.5, of course. When OpenAI’s GPT-3 engine was launched back in June 2020, the 175 billion-parameterised language engine became the largest of its kind – and the most unique – to almost convincingly […]
A Permacrisis, a fluid future & a new breed of leadership
Part –2 In a state of ‘Permacrisis’, organisations need to speed up decision-making to pilot through a fluid future, and empower teams closer to the customer to make the call Navigating a future without a past One of the most interesting leadership challenges is that this future has no past. The pandemic is a once-in-a-century […]