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Passwords. Ugh. Proving you are indeed you has become a regular occurrence. Photo ID, passports and badges work in face-to-face encounters, but online, not so much. There we must rely on other means to confirm our identities as a good percentage of the seven-billon other planetary residents are trying to do the same thing at any given time. Until every resource on the Internet can agree on standards for emerging technologies such as biometrics like facial or voice recognition, fingerprints and retinal scans, or we’re all implanted with RFID chips or other biomechanical devices, we’re pretty much stuck with using passwords.  Once again, Ugh. The good news Using the characters on a typical keyboard, you have approximately 3,051,925,477,389,360 possible 8-character passwords, give or take a few trillion. The bad news You must come up with and remember at least one of those combinations. The badder news You really shouldn’t use the same password for multip...

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Successful digital transformation initiatives are all about efficiency, customization, and complementing human ingenuity. They also strive to create more sustainable businesses, and their impact usually has disruptive, long-lasting effects that cascade across multiple industries, especially those in which processes were hard to update because of technological limitations. In the supermarket industry, for example, paper price tags, coupons, and pamphlets with weekly offers were the norm for decades. Because of this, the shopping experience was pretty much the same—until now. In this article, you'll gain insights into Kroger's Enhanced Display for Grocery Environment (EDGE) and how it leverages Microsoft Azure and IoT sensors to create a unique, personalized shopping experience for consumers—all while saving more than 1.7 billion kilowatt hours since its implementation. Read More...

IoT is no longer a novelty, and still it surprises us each day with new, innovative solutions to everyday tasks. When was the last time you checked the TV for the weather, or had to download your photos to a computer so you could share them with friends or relatives? Unless you're a meteorologist or professional photographer, chances are it's been a long time since you did either of those things. Today, our devices do almost everything for us. From scheduling our appointments to letting us know when our heart rate is above or below safe levels, to everything in between. Our IoT devices truly get to know us better than we thought we knew ourselves. So why not utilize this data to create amazing experiences with the products and services we use every day? In this article, you'll learn how the IoT is helping businesses reevaluate the way they interact with their customers to create new, non-intrusive, and relevant business opportunities that are changing the way we look at t...

As digital transformation evolves with each passing year, so too does the information security landscape. For organizations that leverage cloud technology, this means staying updated on new ways to prevent and counter cybersecurity threats while relying on trustworthy sources of information for insights into future potential security developments and circumstances. In this article, you'll learn about three critical cybersecurity predictions for 2020, the impact each may have on the digital business landscape, and how your business can act to avoid being affected. Read More...