Inflation increased in January as expected, according to a key indicator the Federal Reserve uses when deciding whether to cut interest rates. The Dow Jones consensus estimate indicated that the personal consumption expenditures price index, which does not include food and energy costs, increased by 2.8% from a year ago and by 0.4% for the…
Google said on Thursday that it is suspending its Gemini artificial intelligence feature, which generates images because it provides “inaccuracies” in historical images. Social media users have been criticizing the AI tool for producing erroneous depictions of historical figures, such as the American Founding Fathers, as people of color. Google stated that the AI feature…
Your Microsoft SQL Server database is a key business asset, running applications, informing processes, and providing insight. Database performance, cost, and flexibility are essential to support digital business initiatives. Detailed planning can help you build an efficient, high-performance, agile foundation for Microsoft SQL Server databases.
Use a centralized data management system to store and organize your financial information. Having a single source of truth ensures that everyone works from accurate, up-to-date information—which can minimize back-and-forth and unnecessary meetings. Centralized data also makes it easier for you to manage, share, and securely collaborate on files with clients. Automating repetitive tasks, especially…
Employing nearly 130,000 employees through 50 global delivery centres that serve more than 500 customers, this global information technology, consulting and business outsourcing services company ranks in the NASDAQ-100, S&P 500, Forbes Global 2000 and Fortune 500. It’s one of the best-performing and fastest-growing IT companies in the world. Previously, the company had been using…
The Clinical Trials Regulation1 represents a milestone on the journey to a more competitive European R&D environment, particularly for multinational studies. Improved trial transparency — and EMA has recently opened a public consultation in this area — will make it easier for patients to participate in research. A harmonized approach to clinical trial applications across…
Data, the lifeblood of all businesses, is pouring in from sensors, networks, applications, and an ever-expanding hoard of connected devices. The move to the cloud has resulted in an exponential increase in data creation, and the industry is just scratching the surface with cloud adoption. Analysts estimate that perhaps 5–15 percent of IT spending has…
Data, the lifeblood of all businesses, is pouring in from sensors, networks, applications, and an ever-expanding hoard of connected devices. The move to the cloud has resulted in an exponential increase in data creation, and the industry is just scratching the surface with cloud adoption. Analysts estimate that perhaps 5–15 percent of IT spending has…
Few IT teams have the necessary talent and budget to meet the increasing threat landscape. The number of bad actors profiting by illicit means continues to grow. And the software and the techniques they use are more sophisticated than ever before. That’s just for starters. The number of entry points continues to climb exponentially. Physical…
Upheaval is arguably one of the best words there is to describe the effects of recent events on enterprises in 2020. As quarantine restrictions forced workers remote, it accelerated the growth of both telecommuting and cloud service adoption. The result was a new proving point for the power of cloud computing and the criticality of…
