In 2017, artificial intelligence and machine learning have moved out of the movies and into the mainstream. Commercials highlight intelligent in-home assistants (think Amazon's Alexa) and smart products learn how we behave and give us better search results or product recommendations.Today, the most innovative and pioneering companies in artificial intelligence include some of the world's best-known brands and new players that are poised to become industry giants. Here's a closer look at artificial intelligence: the companies that innovate.BaiduA 2016 study released jointly by Baidu, based in Beijing, China, Stanford University and the University of Washington made major technology news. The study [...]

THE CLOUD IS ONLY AS GOOD AS YOUR NETWORK Work It! Staff July 31, 2017 Cloud The cloud can make us work smarter, faster, and cheaper, but many companies aren’t getting all they should from their investment—because the cloud has an Achilles’ heel. It can only perform as well as its weakest link, according to research from the Boston Consulting Group. For most businesses, that’s the network. A poorly optimized network can actually destroy the value you hoped to get from the cloud. From the BCG report: The network can become a bottleneck. Applications can run much slower than they should. Connecting [...]