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With new technology advances that are fast evolving, the manufacturing sector is uncovering significant opportunities for improvement. Lean manufacturing, cost reductions, workforce demographics, and increasing importance given to innovation-centric business models are amongst the key factors and trends driving manufacturing providers to look at mo...

The global industry for delivery of quality healthcare is undergoing a transformation from being provider-centric solution to being a more patient-centric solution that focus more on the outcomes and value of care delivered. This Research Service (RS) extensively evaluates a business case for technologies that can be leveraged to design hospitals ...

Business Intelligence (BI) is emerging as an essential tool for enterprises to gain real-time insights on key business indicators. Technology evolution is driving the development of innovative applications, fueling informed business decision making. This research service focuses on enabling technologies that are transforming the BI space. The rese...

In this SPIE, we examine two such management software providers—Accelerite and Embotics—showcasing their platforms and capabilities. Both Accelerite and Embotics seek to help enterprises manage infrastructures across multiple deployment models and providers. In addition to delving into each provider’s solutions, we discuss the potential for s...

This paper examines the state of AI business rationalization, and looks at one company, IBM, that is attempting to provide support to business leaders presented with the decision to adopt AI solutions.

Most organizations understand the direct correlation between customer experience and business performance. The question is how to make those experiences pay off even more through higher revenue per interaction. This SPIE report analyzes how smart companies are achieving just these types of results through artificial intelligence (A.I.) and other te...

The BDA market is increasingly focusing on privacy. The breakneck pace of change with regard to privacy regulations, and a lack of historical perspective among many when it comes to current notions of privacy, cries out for focused analysis on the state of the market with regard to privacy, and what organizations should do about it. That is the int...

The information essential in the delivery of health and wellness services also attracts others intent on profiting by fraudulent use. Moreover, deepening pools of digitized information; the broad ecosystem of interconnected participants in the end-to-end development, delivery, and payment of health services; and the openness necessary to satisfy co...

The Operations, Orchestration, Data Analytics and Monetization (ODAM) applications that depend on timely, relevant data to support the CSP business are critical if CSPs are to evolve into the service innovators they must become. ODAM applications also provide the flexibility and real-time operational response that CSPs need to bring new services to...