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• Instant messaging platforms from the CIO perspective

  CIOs today are facing a variety of challenges. Ever more employees are using their personal instant messaging accounts for conducting business conversations and transactions. CIOs have two ways to handle the issue, either completely ban it from the enterprise or embracing it and make best use of the valuable data. A complete ban is not feasible as employees will just keep using what they know best and use every day anyways for their private communication. Adapting instant messaging to interact with the enterprise systems has many advantages such as increased productivity, quicker workflows, lower cost by avoiding monothematic mobile apps to access the enterprise systems. Fortunately today the technology exists to provide access to enterprise systems via instant messaging in a controlled and secured way.

  IT•releai•2 Jun 2021•6 minutes

  

• NLP explained - What is Natural Language Processing?

  Natural Language Processing (NLP for short) links the machine processing of natural language in computer science. Based on the natural and written or spoken language, the computer can analyze, understand and process the language of humans.

  Technology•Bastian Maiworm•31 May 2021•6 minutes

  

• What is unstructured data? - Different types of data

  Unstructured data is information that exists in a non-normalized and non-identifiable data structure. Classically, this includes text, image, audio and video files that are not stored in databases. Especially in the environment of Big Data, unstructured data is of enormous importance.

  Beginner / Basic•Bastian Maiworm•27 May 2021•4 minutes

  

• What distinguishes the business cloud from Google Drive & Co.

  The cloud lays the technical foundation for digital transformation. With the help of cloud solutions and the associated simplified and flexible access to virtual infrastructure/computing resources, companies can use new digital business models or develop new business processes. The step into the cloud begins with the underlying strategy and the selection of the cloud provider(s). What works in private with Google Drive & Co. is sometimes tricky in business. What does a company need to consider when moving into the cloud?

  IT•Steven Henzen•23 Apr 2021•5 minutes

  

• 11 Digital Business Models you should know incl. examples

  Digital Business Models incl. examples - Here is what you need to know, we explain the characteristics of digital business models and give advice on how to start and where to be cautious.

  Business Modell•Benjamin Talin•19 Apr 2021•18 minutes

  

• DeFi - Decentralized Finance explained

  DeFi is a new paradigm that is gaining popularity in the financial world. Using automated processes, a peer-2-peer approach and blockchain technology, it challenges traditional finance. Following the DeFi logic, intermediaries such as banks, stock exchanges and insurers will soon be obsolete.

  Banking & Financial Services•Dr. Patrick Schueffel•17 Apr 2021•8 minutes

  

• GAIA-X: Digital Reality Context of the EU Cloud Project

  GAIA-X is a new attempt by European companies to create an independent, secure cloud - and thus a platform that combines independence and data protection with the leading-edge approaches of hyperscalers from America and Asia. Is this realistic in the context of many failed projects such as Deutschland Cloud, Digitaler Personalausweis and endless digitization projects in public administration? What can IT experts and business expect?

  Cloud•Philipp Schneidenbach•14 Apr 2021•8 minutes

  

• Bye bye Privacy Shield - On the Gamechanger Ruling of the ECJ

  Privacy Shield. Over and done with. Suddenly everything is different - and without a grace period. The ECJ's ruling on Schrems II and the EU-US Privacy Shield brings the issue of EU data protection back to the forefront.

  Data protection•Philipp Schneidenbach•14 Apr 2021•6 minutes

  

• Cloud in Enterprises and Start-Ups - The Weather Forecast is Cloudy

  The pace of cloud adoption is accelerating as more enterprises and businesses move to cloud and startups begin using cloud. In this article, we look at various business and technology reasons that favor cloud adoption. Finally, we predict where cloud adoption will go in the future.

  Cloud•Uttam Tripathi•14 Apr 2021•4 minutes

  

• Blockchain, cryptography and new visions of money

  Blockchain and cryptography are changing not only our thinking and monetary system but our social models. What impact can it have?

  Blockchain & Smart Contracts•Karen Wendt•31 Mar 2021•4 minutes

  

• FinTech Ecosystems - The Future of the Financial Sector?!

  How to establish a functioning FinTech ecosystem and why digital ecosystems are becoming important in the financial world.

  Banking & Financial Services•Florian Gmach•26 Mar 2021•5 minutes

  

• What are Smart Contracts? - Understanding contracts on the blockchain

  Smart Contracts are intelligent contracts based on blockchain technology. This enables different entities to digitally verify and enforce contracts without the need for a third party like a lawyer, notary etc.

  Beginner / Basic•Benjamin Talin•22 Mar 2021•9 minutes