With the assistance of Arthur D. Little and the Cutter Consortium, we surveyed business executives about their business-technology plans, readiness and priorities.a The results surprised us--a lot. We learned that nearly 80% of the companies still believe in some form of the central control of technology, and that only 5% of the companies are decentralized, where the lines of business are free to pursue technology initiatives on their own. Just over half of companies do not track emerging technologies or maintain technology watch lists. Only 17% of companies have a well-funded, well-defined innovation strategy, and 34% have no innovation strategy at all.

Jeff Dirks is fascinated by new technologies like generative AI. But when it comes to implementation, the chief information and technology officer of workforce augmentation firm TrueBlue chooses a path that trails early adopters. "We're in the early majority," is the CIO/CTO's blunt self-assessment. Although many IT leaders would like to think of themselves -- and have others think of them -- as in the vanguard of new technology adoption, the vast majority find themselves in the middle of a bell curve, with innovators leading the way and laggards trailing behind, according to Everett Rogers' diffusion of innovations theory [see chart]. But there is no one "right" place to be along the curve.

The board dinner event, "The Board's role in strategy, governing ecosystems and artificial intelligence", held in Stockholm, Sweden in mid November 2019, was co-organized by two board research projects: SISU Boards led by Professor Mats Magnusson of the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and 4Boards.ai The event, as well as both research projects, are co-sponsored by Vinnova – the Swedish Innovation Agency. The event was divided into two sets of activities: 1) speaker presentations and 2) roundtable discussions. Speakers included two globally leading experts, Anastassia Lauterbach and Sebastian Herzog, as well as Researchers Chairman Liselotte Engstam and Professor Mats Magnusson. Below is a summary of the speakers' presentations as well as some insights gained through roundtable discussions with event participants.

In fact, technology is part of practically all the processes that are involved in commercial transactions, industrial projects, undertakings of any kind, etc. There are many types of smart technologies currently available in the business world, from chatbots that are used in the customer services of all kinds of companies, such as utländskacasino.se, to Big Data collection. The technology applied in business is a great tool that allows a competitive advantage and promotes the development of innovation strategies. The AI (Artificial Intelligence) covers the development of some areas such as logic, informatics, and linguistics, in order to create machines that are capable of reasoning, learning, and recognizing information through visual, auditory, and analytical faculties. With the development of this technology, it is possible to imitate the functioning of human intelligence effectively and quickly, which enables scientific, business, and day-to-day progress.

Edge analytics continues to gain popularity in the market. And as the number, depth, and range of use cases that benefit from edge analytics grows exponentially, technologies like computer vision further accelerate its adoption. However, requirements for successfully implementing a computer vision solution can be complex; the right technologies, software, and skills are needed. Join this session to learn how Intel and TIBCO are collaborating to make it easier to adopt computer vision capabilities to improve and grow your business. As Chief of Staff & Innovation Strategy of TIBCO's Office of the CTO, Jesús Centeno helps large organizations and strategic partners understand the always changing technology landscape.

April was a watershed moment for AI regulation. The European Union (EU) Commission published its AI Act, an ambitious proposal for a comprehensive legislative framework for AI - the first from a major global economy. In the words of Margrethe Vestager, EU Commission Executive Vice President and Technology Commissioner, the aim is'for Europe to become a global leader in trustworthy AI'. The Act will apply to organisations providing or using AI systems in the EU. But it will also apply to providers and users located in other countries, including the UK, if their AI systems affect individuals in the EU.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is reinventing industry after industry. In China, AI is tutoring children in more than 1700 schools across 200 cities. In Australia, an AI created a flu vaccine that far outperformed all other existing flu vaccines. In the US, a machine-learning robot is autonomously cooking burgers. There are many incredible real world-implementations of AI.

Read almost anything in the tech press today and you're likely to be told that AI is the answer. The trouble is, I'm not always sure we're asking the right question. To demonstrate this point, nine out of ten senior executives believe AI will have a profound impact on their business and wider society. Yet half of them are struggling to apply it. So, there's still plenty of confusion around what AI is, and what it can (and can't) do.

Everyone is talking about the power of AI and it's slowly invading our lives--emphasis on slowly. While you might have a few AI assistants and connected devices in your house, the business world hasn't fully jumped on board yet with AI. Sure, the forward-thinking companies have and those are the headline we are seeing, but I'm talking about full adoption from the mom and pop shops all the way up to the enterprise level, spanning across all industries. We all understand the power and the potential of AI, but we don't seem to discuss the AI deployment challenges that many businesses are likely facing. We see statistics like 61 percent of companies with an innovation strategy are using AI to identify opportunities in data and think that a majority of companies must be adopting AI.

Everyone is talking about the power of AI and it's slowly invading our lives--emphasis on slowly. While you might have a few AI assistants and connected devices in your house, the business world hasn't fully jumped on board yet with AI. Sure, the forward-thinking companies have and those are the headline we are seeing, but I'm talking about full adoption from the mom and pop shops all the way up to the enterprise level, spanning across all industries. We all understand the power and the potential of AI, but we don't seem to discuss the AI deployment challenges that many businesses are likely facing. We see statistics like 61% of companies with an innovation strategy are using AI to identify opportunities in data and think that a majority of companies must be adopting AI.