Companies today are leveraging more and more of user data to build models that improve their products and user experience. Companies are looking to measure user sentiments to develop products as per their need. However, this predictive capability using data can be harmful to individuals who wish to protect their privacy. Building data models using sensitive personal data can undermine the privacy of users and can also cause damage to a person if the data gets leaked or misused. A simple solution that companies have employed for years is data anonymisation by removing personally identifiable information in datasets.

The maker community and manufacturers have come together along with their 3D-printers to fight the pandemic. People ranging from garage hobbyists to established companies are 3D-printing equipment from face shields through swabs to ventilator parts. Telemedicine is a technology that provides medical advice to the concerned people in home confinement. Technology has found a quick fix during the pandemic. Telemedicine is a ready-made option, wherein, concerned people can consult doctors from the comfort of their homes regarding their symptoms.

I'm at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) annual meeting this week, and looking forward to collaborating with the industry and share our latest work at the intersection of AI and medicine with the informatics community. Radiology has had a history of pushing leading edge technology in hospitals. For example, many of the earliest computer networks installed in healthcare were required because of the demands of the earliest networked modalities transmitting images to storage. That trend has continued ever since, where young startups to industry titans are exploring the tremendous potential AI holds to save the medical imaging field time and money while working to improve patient care. The field of radiology is embracing this opportunity.

In 2013, Michael Dell shocked the world by taking his namesake computer company private in the largest leveraged buyout since the Great Depression. He shocked it again in 2015 when he announced that the Texas company would merge with Massachusetts' EMC, another tech industry stalwart, in one of the biggest deals in business, worth $67.7 billion. Today's Dell is a behemoth by every definition: $74 billion in annual revenue, 140,000 employees, and worlds away from the design-your-own-PC shop that its founder established as a teenager in 1984. Jeff Clarke has been there for nearly the entire ride. As Michael's right-hand man and possible successor, Clarke--who joined Dell in 1987 and is not to be confused with the Kodak CEO of the same name--has held countless roles at the company.

Digital disruption is the flip side of digital opportunity. Established companies and startups alike enlist new technologies in the fight to dislodge incumbents, protect entrenched positions, or re-invent entire industries and business activities. To help business and IT executives evaluate emerging technologies and their potential impact on the digital transformation of their organizations, Forrester recently published "Top Technologies for Digital Predators, 2017," a detailed analysis of 15 emerging technologies with a wide range of disruptive potential and time-to-impact. Here's my summary description of the 5 technologies with the highest potential to create competitive advantage, change markets, or alter the business landscape altogether: AI solutions that can interact with their users, learn their behavior and understand their needs, and even make decisions on their behalf. The landscape for this emerging technology is expanding rapidly to include a wide range of chatbots, virtual agents, robotic process automation, and other digital assistants.

Innovation so far has focused mainly on the consumer sector, including electronics or household devices, with manufacturers racing to release multiple connected gadgets, generally with weak security protocols. More than 90 percent of executives, though, say the technology can be widely applied to help businesses reach the next level of efficiency through automation. Innovation in industrial equipment and manufacturing processes has been a great start that could in the future save companies billions per year. For example, IoT integration and predictive analysis can help enterprises optimize productivity in real time, before failure happens. "Executives rank the Internet of Things as their top technology priority," said Bruce Rogers, Chief Insights Officer at Forbes Media.

This year sees us on the brink of many exciting technological developments, so we'd thought we would take a look at some of the new technologies that could transform the way we live and do business in the coming months and years. When we hear the term'artificial intelligence' (AI), most of us will think of sci fi films and robots. But AI and machine learning are not just for the big screen anymore; they're here for real, powered by advances in computing and the huge amount of data that's now available. From devices like Alexa that listen and obey, to software that analyses the emotional tone of social media posts, the possible applications for both businesses and consumers are unlimited. Businesses are using machine learning to gain a competitive advantage more and more nowadays.

Artificial intelligence, "transparently immersive experiences" and digital platforms will lead a crowded roster of emerging technologies for the next five to 10 years. So says analyst firm Gartner Inc., which has just published its latest Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies. It's one of the research firm's most eagerly anticipated reports, because it provides insights into up-and-coming technologies that have the potential to deliver a significant competitive advantage to businesses wielding them adroitly. With regard to the three megatrends, Gartner says these will provide organizations with "unrivaled intelligence, create profoundly new experiences and offer platforms that allow organizations to connect with new business ecosystems." Gartner singled out AI as the most promising of the three megatrends, saying it will be "the most disruptive class of technologies over the next 10 years due to radical computational power, near-endless amounts of data, and unprecedented advances in deep neural networks."

Digital disruption is the flip side of digital opportunity. Established companies and startups alike enlist new technologies in the fight to dislodge incumbents, protect entrenched positions, or re-invent entire industries and business activities. To help business and IT executives evaluate emerging technologies and their potential impact on the digital transformation of their organizations, Forrester recently published "Top Technologies for Digital Predators, 2017," a detailed analysis of 15 emerging technologies with a wide range of disruptive potential and time-to-impact. Here's my summary description of the 5 technologies with the highest potential to create competitive advantage, change markets, or alter the business landscape altogether: AI solutions that can interact with their users, learn their behavior and understand their needs, and even make decisions on their behalf. The landscape for this emerging technology is expanding rapidly to include a wide range of chatbots, virtual agents, robotic process automation, and other digital assistants.

Digital disruption is the flip side of digital opportunity. Established companies and startups alike enlist new technologies in the fight to dislodge incumbents, protect entrenched positions, or re-invent entire industries and business activities. To help business and IT executives evaluate emerging technologies and their potential impact on the digital transformation of their organizations, Forrester recently published "Top Technologies for Digital Predators, 2017," a detailed analysis of 15 emerging technologies with a wide range of disruptive potential and time-to-impact. Here's my summary description of the 5 technologies with the highest potential to create competitive advantage, change markets, or alter the business landscape altogether: AI solutions that can interact with their users, learn their behavior and understand their needs, and even make decisions on their behalf. The landscape for this emerging technology is expanding rapidly to include a wide range of chatbots, virtual agents, robotic process automation, and other digital assistants.