The goal is to dramatically improve the trustworthiness of the data being relied on to prescriptively automate business processes in real time. IBI this week during a Virtual Sumit 2020 event this week outlined a strategy that revolves around machine learning algorithms and other forms of artificial intelligence (AI) to embed real-time analytics into business processes. Formerly known as Information Builders, the goal is to dramatically improve the trustworthiness of the data being relied on to prescriptively automate business processes in real time, says IBI CEO Frank Vella. At the core of that strategy is an Open Data Platform from IBI that enables applications to embed data visualization capabilities that are connected in real time to various data sources, file formats, and applications, including rival data visualizations tools from Microsoft and Tableau Software. While IBI continues to provide its own Focus and WebFocus tools for visualizing data, Vella says rather than forcing organizations to abandon existing data visualization tools it makes more sense to invoke an enterprise-class data analytics backend engine developed by IBI via those tools.

Rio Tinto's boss of ports and rail Ivan Vella says the increasing bank of data the industry is generating is the greatest untapped "enabler and disrupter" available to the sector as he reveals expanding artifical intelligence across the global miner's business. Mr Vella, managing director of port, rail and core services at Rio Tinto, told the Resources Technology Showcase today that as the miner had moved to remote operations and asset automation it had generated a huge amount of data across its business. "Today, we track everything, our team is swimming in an ocean of data, which will be crucial to ensuring the efficiency and ongoing health of autonomous assets and systems," he said. "Without a doubt, it is the greatest untapped enabler and disrupter available to our industry." Mr Vella highlighted in his speech, 'Project Tempo', which Rio developed with EY data and analytics, Monash University and Strukton Rail.

A decade in the making, Rio Tinto's driverless train system, called AutoHaul, now manages roughly 200 locomotives that move iron ore from inland mines to coastal ports in Western Australia. The trains are operated hundreds of miles away, in an office block in Perth. Rio Tinto's network, which began formally operating in driverless mode late last month, is the first fully autonomous, long-haul freight railroad. Rail-company executives from countries including the U.S. and Canada have visited to see the technology in action, said Ivan Vella, Rio Tinto's head of iron-ore rail services. American companies say automating tasks once handled by crew will create fluid networks more akin to a model train set.

Below is a game steeped in time, from creation to consumption, and it demands patience from developers and players alike. Capybara Games revealed Below during the Xbox E3 conference in 2013, suggesting this beautiful, dark and expansive adventure game would be out soon. Another trailer dropped, showing a tiny character fighting its way through massive dungeons filled with supernatural secrets, but no release date appeared. Finally, on December 14th, 2018, Below landed on Xbox One and Steam. Players dove in, and many quickly realized that waiting for Below to launch wouldn't be the only test of their patience.

Millennials and other digital natives are poised to become the largest segment of insurance buyers in the near future and are sure to challenge the industry's traditional distribution and service channels. Now, with Vlocity, you can deliver the next generation of personalized insurance directly from the cloud. 'Vella' is a virtual insurance agent that policyholders can access through a user-friendly mobile app. Vella can be configured and re-styled to meet the specific branding and functional requirements of a carrier. Built entirely on the Salesforce platform, Vella combines Vlocity's deep industry functionality and microservices architecture with natural language processing and data from the Salesforce IoT to offer the following features: Vella shows the policyholder a graphical overview of where they are insured and where they have gaps, and then guides them through simple questionnaires about their assets and potential liabilities using Omniscript microforms.