Category: Latest News

Tech Tips > Latest News > Page 14

What’s disrupting manufacturing?

The world is in the midst of what many are calling the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and digital technology is upending every sector of the economy. Nowhere is this more obvious than in manufacturing, where everything from planning, design, and preorder to supply chain, sales, and post-sales are benefiting from an [...]

Read More

The future of two-factor authentication

After years of lectures from security experts, businesses have finally begun to accept that a password alone isn’t enough to secure a corporate computing account. Enter two-factor authentication (2FA). It strengthens security by using an additional login method, such as fingerprint scans or facial recognition. Two-factor authentication is becoming increasingly [...]

Read More

Overcome the struggle of using tech in the classroom

Bridging the digital divide between what Marc Prensky coined digital “native” students and digital “immigrant” teachers will mean a rethink in education as the pace of technological change picks up. Fundamental to this shift is the way teachers view technology as something new and innovative, while their students just regard it as [...]

Read More

Are robots the teachers of the future?

A global shortage of teachers in some of the most disadvantaged parts of the world could soon be overcome by the creation of digital teachers. Take Will, a teacher with a difference. Will is an artificially intelligent digital avatar with a human face (and head), who takes primary school students through their paces [...]

Read More

The next revolution: Convertible computing

Convertibles are the new tech kid on the block, but do they make sense for your business? Convertibles essentially combine a notebook computer with a detachable touchscreen that can be used as a tablet, or a screen that flips over to make a tablet with a hidden physical keyboard. They [...]

Read More

6 edu-tech trends for the classroom of tomorrow

Technology and digital innovation are changing the educational environment and the way students learn. This rapidly evolving landscape is accelerating digital transformation for teachers, schools and administrators alike, with the promise that technology will help students succeed. Here we look at some of the trends – including artificial intelligence (AI), [...]

Read More

The key to IT success in 2019: Invest, train and transform

Successful organizations are investing in IT. That’s the headline finding from this year’s edition of the Business IT Trends Annual Report. The report, based on research carried out in December 2018, surveyed more than 600 US and Canadian IT executives, managers, decision-makers, and decision influencers on their experiences and expectations. Looking [...]

Read More