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Sustainability trends: 5 issues to watch in 2024

IBM Big Data Hub

Many countries have committed to reaching net zero by 2050, aligning with the Paris Agreement’s goal to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius. These efforts are often driven by stakeholder expectations, regulatory requirements and the recognition that sustainable business practices can improve the bottom line.

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ConocoPhillips enlists 3D printing for supply efficiencies on Alaska’s North Slope

CIO Business Intelligence

Such lead times call for a large physical inventory of replacement parts, which comes with warehousing costs and the ad valorem tax of storage. Mathur says the data-driven nature of the solution will in time strengthen the capability. For other critical parts, such as choke valves, this process doestake longer, sometimes a year.

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Celebrating World Oceans Day: Revitalizing the marine ecosystem with technology-driven engineered reefs to accelerate CO2 capture

IBM Big Data Hub

If no significant action is taken, 90% of all coral reefs are predicted to be extinct by 2050. However, many of these organizations lack a clear pathway to realizing their goals and 41% of surveyed executives cite inadequate data as their biggest obstacle to ESG progress.

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AI Is Reaching New Milestones In Senior Care In 2019

Smart Data Collective

Big data and artificial intelligence technology is going to play an extremely important role in the near future in the future of senior care. This figure is going to more than double by 2050. The benefits of this are threefold: Artificial intelligence-driven robots reduce the need for human workers.

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Defining a new era of exponential companies

CIO Business Intelligence

Like the internet, AI was born in a digital-first world, using data as its food for artificial thought. For AI to thrive in any organization, it must be powered by integrated data, processes, resources, and governance. In the 1990s, Stategyn founder Tony Ulwick defined a novel approach called outcome-driven innovation.

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Making Remarkable Energy Grids a Reality

CIO Business Intelligence

Many industries already benefit from the transformative power of advanced digitalization. Energy Information Administration forecasts 47% higher global energy demand by 2050. [1] 2] But by 2050, as we collectively seek to meet net-zero targets, 90% of the world’s electricity is predicted to come from renewable sources. [3]

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Celebrating Data Superheroes: The 2021 Data Impact Awards Winners

Cloudera

With so many impactful and innovative projects being carried out by our customers using the Cloudera platform, selecting the winners of our annual Data Impact Awards (DIA) is never an easy task. So, without further ado, it is with great delight that we officially publish the 2021 Data Impact Award winners! Data Lifecycle Connection.