Andy Patrizio

Also see: Blockchain Startups Venture Beyond Bitcoin And: Blockchain’s Future There’s a reason that blockchain startups are hot. Technologies come and go over the years and raise their share of hype, but few can match the enthusiasm that has been shown for blockchain technology. Blockchain is the brainchild of Satoshi Nakamoto, who may or may […]

Big Data is playing a growing role in financial services in several ways. Specifically, predictive analytics and real-time decision making is becoming more of a reality to financial advisors and their clients, even in a sector where past performance is no indicator of future behavior. Making financial decisions, whether it’s to purchase a stock or […]

                Also see: 10 Top Virtual Reality Apps And: Virtual Reality vs. Augmented Reality: the False Debate Virtual reality companies are certainly enjoying a hot market. Yet some VR companies are far better positioned than others. Virtual reality companies face one key truth: VR is one of those […]

Big Data startups are emerging quickly, because Big Data itself is quickly moving from emerging technology to mature technology. Companies that were startups five years ago are now key playes, like Cloudera and Hortonworks. Those companies, which covered the basics of Big Data, are giving way to the next generation, which are more specialized and […]

What’s your Big Data strategy? You do have one, right? You better, or prepare to be left behind your competition. Companies are constantly seeking a competitive edge and are looking to data for that edge. From the right data you can gain valuable customer insights, predict future trends and activities, and create new business opportunities. […]

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is the second most widely deployed version of cloud computing services, after Software as a Service, and with good reason. It is the form of cloud services IT shops from small to large have turned to rather than deploy their own on-premises solutions. IaaS has changed enterprise IT by enabling […]

Hybrid cloud computing is clearly on its way – and by some accounts is already there – to being the dominant cloud computing model. It shares the cloud spotlight, so to speak, with public cloud computing, with leading vendors such Amazon, Microsoft, Google, IBM, and a host of other firms. The private cloud is essentially […]

Many experts in the field firmly believe 2017 will be a breakout year for both artificial intelligence and robotics, since the two often go together. Spoiler alert: it’s all good. AI Makes Robots Smarter Robots use an increasing number of sensing modalities including taste, smell, sonar, IR, haptic feedback, tactile sensors, and range of motion […]

Artificial Intelligence showed some dramatic leaps in 2016, with robotics and autonomous devices gaining ground and popularity like never before. We’ve gone from the Roomba automated vacuum cleaner to self-driving cars in just a few years. At that rate of growth it becomes simultaneously easy and hard to predict the future of AI and robotics. […]

Big Data just keeps getting bigger, in a popularity sense. A new IDC report predicts that the Big Data and business analytics market will grow to $203 billion by 2020, double the $112 billion in 2015. The banking industry is projected to lead the drive and spend the most, which is not surprising, while IT […]