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By Sanjeev Kumar   The hospitality sector in India is experiencing remarkable growth, poised to hit a market size of USD 120.4 billion in 2024. To stay ahead, hotels and restaurants are increasingly turning to automation, integrating autonomous robots into their operations. These robots are reshaping the guest experience and streamlining tasks throughout the industry.    Gone are the days of long queues at hotel reception desks. Now, autonomous robots handle check-in procedures, allowing staff to focus on personalised service. Studies have shown that a significant number of guests appreciate the...

By Milind Wagle While the potential benefits of AI speak for themselves, enterprises need a measured, strategic approach to pursue those benefits without placing their valuable intellectual property at risk. This is why many businesses are starting to build their own AI models, host those models on private infrastructure, and use only proprietary datasets to train them. This concept is known as private AI. Many enterprises now recognize that when they feed sensitive data into public AI services such as ChatGPT, that data gets trained into the model. In turn,...

By Bill Finnerty Automation is crucial for justice and public safety organizations as they navigate changing public expectations and cope with diminishing talent pools in many regions. Chief information officers (CIOs) must prioritize the ethical expansion of data and technology usage to effectively guide their organizations towards achieving mission objectives. Gartner predicts that by 2026, over 65% of public safety organizations will establish an ethics framework to guide the use of predictive analytics for proactive incident response. In recent years, advanced predictive analytics has been effectively implemented in various sectors,...

By Rajendra Chitale In 2023, the global economy defied expectations, showcasing remarkable resilience amidst a backdrop of monetary tightening, geopolitical tensions, and financial volatility. Despite these challenges, global GDP growth surpassed projections by a significant margin, driven by robust labor market growth, a shift towards services, and fiscal support in select economies. However, the horizon remains fraught with uncertainty. Geopolitical tensions continue to escalate, with Brexit, US-China relations, and conflicts in Europe and the Middle East reshaping economic dynamics. Based on International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) recent forecasts, global economic growth is expected...

By James Harvey   In a world where commercial success is increasingly determined by the quality and security of the digital experiences’ that businesses are able to deliver, developers are under extreme pressure. In many organizations, developers are being asked to innovate at ever higher speeds, increasing application release velocity to attract new customers and differentiate their brands in a hugely competitive, digital-first economy.   At the same time, a single slip-up in application availability, performance or security can have major implications for the business. With consumers increasingly turning their...