Technologists now need two essentials – AI and automation 

Technologists need two essentials – AI and automation – to manage application security across expanded attack surfaces Joe Byrne, CTO Advisor, Cisco AppDynamics Within IT departments across the world, there is growing concern about the threat of cybersecurity attacks. Much of this concern is focused specifically around application security. In the latest research from Cisco AppDynamics, The shift […]

Artificial Intelligence

How To Use Artificial Intelligence To Improve Your Business

Artificial intelligence is taking over the world. Everywhere you turn, artificial intelligence has been used to improve processes and generate more profit for businesses. The question is, are you using artificial intelligence to optimize your business? If not, it’s time to get on board. This piece will discuss how artificial intelligence can be implemented in […]

B2B News: ServiceNow to Acquire AI Pioneer Element AI

ServiceNow to establish an AI Innovation Hub in Canada   Element AI Co-founder, Dr. Yoshua Bengio, winner of the 2018 Turing Award, will serve as a technical advisor for ServiceNow    ServiceNow announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Element AI, it’s fourth recent acquisition in the AI space. Element AI will  enhance ServiceNow’s  intelligent workflow […]

Robot Influencers Are Reshaping the World of Social Media

Introducing … your new digital influencer, a non-human!   Around 7% of companies are looking to invest over a million dollars in influencer marketing in 2020. It’s no wonder that influencer marketing is a lucrative business and this is the reason why so many companies are launching robot influencers to post content on behalf of […]

Working in the age of Alexa: Is your job at risk?

Depending on your age, your first knowledge of robots and artificial intelligence probably came from science fiction, TV shows, or movies. Whether it was from watching the seemingly sentient computer HAL in 2001: A Space Odyssey, the hunting mechanical hound from Fahrenheit 451, or even the droids in Star Wars, we’ve been conditioned to believe that robots, computers, […]

ActiveCampaign Predictive Content

ActiveCampaign VP predicts its machine learning features will offer an alternative to A/B testing in e-mail marketing

A company called ActiveCampaign is trying to help marketers frustrated by A/B tests that fail to improve the results of e-mail campaigns with a machine learning-based application designed to predict what’s most likely to trigger an opening or other form of engagement. Based in Chicago, ActiveCampaign had already launched a tool called Predictive Sending this […]

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Robots are coming to take your job — so become a robot commander

Accidentally running over a toddler, falling into a fountain, and getting kicked over by a drunk guy – Knightscope’s robots have experienced some tough days on the job. The incidents, all taking place in 2016, are some of the early growing pains of autonomous robots entering into more real-world environments. For decades, increasing autonomy has […]

AI could replace B2B marketing jobs within three years, based on Episerver research

The work of B2B marketing team members will be replaced, at least in part, by artificial intelligence tools within the next three years as enterprises focus on things like personalized experiences for their customers, according to a research study from Episerver. In the Nashua, N.H.-based firm’s B2B Digital Experiences Report 2019: How Companies Are Meeting Rising […]

Spiceworks Account Intelligence SpiceWorld 2019

Spiceworks gives tech vendors AI-based account intelligence and a self-serve dashboard

Spiceworks used its 2019 SpiceWorld event to discuss its recent acquisition by Ziff-Davis B2B and introduce a console along with artificial intelligence tools it said would help its tech vendor customers create more relevant and engaging marketing campaigns to IT decision makers who are ready to make purchases. Austin-based SpiceWorld is nominally an event for the […]

Oracle Rob Tarkoff and Salvatore Ancoretti of Ferrari discuss Oracle Datafox and CX Unity at Openworld 2019

Oracle arms B2B firms with tools to align sales and marketing while improving CX

Oracle on Tuesday used its 2019 Openworld conference in San Francisco to introduce ways for B2B firms to bring sales and marketing data together, as well as tools to personalize and customer experiences based on a variety of contextual data. Among the updates announced as part of its customer event this week, the business software […]

Microsoft snow leopard ai commercial

Microsoft TV commercial uses snow leopards to demonstrate the business case for AI

Poaching and attacks from herders are threatening their existence, and the latest TV commercial from Microsoft showcases how its artificial intelligence software could help spot all the snow leopards that need saving. Produced by its agency Dentsu Aegis Network, the 30-second spot is introduced by rapper and musician Common, who has been featured in the software […]

Aprimo AI

Aprimo AI aims to bring speed and efficiency to B2B marketing teams’ content lifecycle

Aprimo says it wants to improve B2B marketers’ personalization capabilities and free them from manual processes with artificial intelligence technology designed to work across multiple areas of the content lifecycle. The Chicago-based firm this week introduced Aprimo AI, which combines its own proprietary machine learning with Microsoft Cognitive Services from the latter’s Azure set of […]

Data.com replacement InsideView

InsideView reaches out to Data.com customers to avoid data degradation and other risks

InsideView on Thursday launched a series of tools designed to position it as the data provider of choice for firms scrambling to replace Salesforce’s soon-to-be-discontinued Data.com service. Companies that have used Data.com’s Clean and Prospector products to fuel their customer relationship management (CRM) systems and other applications have about a year before Salesforce officially retires […]