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When natural disasters strike Japan, ?ita University’s EDiSON is ready to act

CIO Business Intelligence

In 2017, the university created its Education and Research Center for Disaster Risk Reduction and Redesign that focuses on disaster relief – including disaster medicine, prevention education, and reconstruction design. So far, the solution has increased details about disaster-response risk by 40% over traditional methods.

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2017 – Another Award-Winning Year for Cloudera!

Cloudera

In many ways, 2017 was a singular year for Cloudera, not least because we staged a successful IPO and joined the ranks of the world’s fastest-growing, publicly traded companies. Cloudera also helped gain recognition for its customers, including: Winner of the TDWI 2017 Best Practices Awards for Navistar’s IoT deployment on Cloudera.

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Cropin’s agriculture industry cloud to provide apps, data frameworks

CIO Business Intelligence

Cropin Apps, as the name suggests, comprises applications that support global farming operations management, food safety measures, supply chain and “farm to fork” visibility, predictability and risk management, farmer enablement and engagement, advance seed R&D, production management, and multigenerational seed traceability.

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When Private Cloud is the Right Fit for Public Sector Missions

Cloudera

A quick trip in the congressional time machine to revisit 2017’s Modernizing Government Technology Act surfaces some of the most salient points regarding agencies’ challenges: The federal government spends nearly 75% of its annual information technology funding on operating and maintaining existing legacy information technology systems.

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AI Is Reaching New Milestones In Senior Care In 2019

Smart Data Collective

In 2017, the number of seniors over the age of 65 reached a record 1 billion people. New IOT devices will facilitate in-home senior care. Addressing specific health risks facing seniors. Seniors face a growing number of health risks as they get older. This figure is going to more than double by 2050.

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National Grid’s energy transformation is fueled by IT

CIO Business Intelligence

That’s what some people asked of Adriana “Andi” Karaboutis, the former CIO of Dell who left the computer giant and was named National Grid’s global chief information and digital officer in 2017. Her answer? She gets to change the world.

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The Journey to Understanding your Insurance Customers

Cloudera

A 2017 PWC survey of over 100 global insurance company CEOs revealed that the number one objective of these CEOs was to “get closer to their customers and to better understand their evolving needs.” The information transparency means that competition for a customer’s loyalty is fiercer than ever.