EdTech Insight – Marine Corps enlists RPA, 5G, and AR/VR to retool fighting force

by EdTechMate | Jun 28, 2024 | CIO, News & Insights

Executive Summary and Main Points The Marine Depot Maintenance Command (MDMC) launched an extensive digital transformation project to enhance equipment maintenance and repair operations. The initiative, which received a 2024 CIO 100 Award for IT leadership and...

EdTech Insight – The STA is realizing potential in predictive analysis and automation

by EdTechMate | Jun 28, 2024 | CIO, News & Insights

Executive Summary and Main Points Innovations in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI), incident data analysis, and cloud management are key trends revolutionizing the IT strategy of the Swedish Transport Administration (STA). Niclas Lamberg, the IT director of...

EdTech Insight – La IA pivota el Plan de Simplificación Administrativa Digital de Extremadura

by EdTechMate | Jun 28, 2024 | CIO, News & Insights

Executive Summary and Main Points The Junta de Extremadura’s General Secretariat for Digital Transformation and Cybersecurity has presented a plan to modernize local administrations and reduce bureaucracy through a commitment to efficiency and productivity via...

EdTech Insight – SoftBank shares rise on $1.86 billion debt offering as CEO talks up ‘super’ AI

by EdTechMate | Jun 28, 2024 | CNBC, News & Insights

Executive Summary and Main Points SoftBank Group Corp., led by Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son, is shifting focus towards strengthening its financial position and accelerating investment in artificial intelligence. The Japanese conglomerate, known for its Vision Fund...

EdTech Insight – La Armada Estadounidense confía en la API Gateway catalana KrakenD

by EdTechMate | Jun 28, 2024 | CIO, News & Insights

Executive Summary and Main Points In the ever-evolving domain of digital transformation within international education, KrakenD emerges as a beacon, specifically in the cybersecurity realm. The Barcelona-based API Gateway, KrakenD, has not only surpassed 60 enterprise...

EdTech Insight – Integrating Power BI with Azure Data Services

by EdTechMate | Jun 28, 2024 | Harvard Business Review, News & Insights

Executive Summary and Main Points The recent development in the integration of Power BI with Azure Data Services represents a significant stride in data analytics within the IT industry. The capabilities of Power BI to seamlessly connect with key Azure services...

EdTech Insight – Chinese smartphone maker Honor says AI’s power is ‘worthless’ without data privacy

by EdTechMate | Jun 28, 2024 | CNBC, News & Insights

Executive Summary and Main Points The global landscape of education technology is witnessing rapid advancements, particularly in the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Honor’s CEO, George Zhao, emphasized the importance of data security in AI...

EdTech Insight – Get Copilot responses based on your own files (no copy/paste)

by EdTechMate | Jun 28, 2024 | Harvard Business Review, News & Insights

Executive Summary and Main Points The integration of Copilot with Microsoft 365 apps marks a significant advancement in digital tool assistance within the workplace, empowering users to seamlessly utilize generative AI for tasks such as creating presentations,...

EdTech Insight – Announcing support of OCI v1.1 specification in Azure Container Registry

by EdTechMate | Jun 28, 2024 | Harvard Business Review, News & Insights

Executive Summary and Main Points The Open Container Initiative (OCI) community has launched the OCI Image spec v1.1.0 and Distribution spec v1.1.0. Azure Container Registry (ACR) now supports these specs which provide a robust platform for the management of OCI...

EdTech Insight – Overcoming the European Tech IPO Challenge

by EdTechMate | Jun 28, 2024 | McKinsey, News & Insights

“`html Executive Summary and Main Points European tech companies are currently at a crossroads, facing the imperative to scale up to a global significance, and confronting the reality of a lower venture capital investment ratio to GDP compared to the United...