Why is Blockchain Technology Important to Small-Medium Businesses?

The technology can be used for much more than cryptocurrency.

There are many disadvantages small and medium-sized ventures face in the current business atmosphere. Despite their status as the backbone of any major economy and integral to GDP growth and other national metrics, smaller firms face high barriers to entry and low insulation from conditions that would barely scratch their larger peers. The current regulatory environment is purpose-built for companies that are several magnitudes larger, and makes it hard to find financing, scale operations, process payments and recruit other ancillary services that are both necessary and yet monopolize the time and resources of small businesses.

With blockchain's ability to achieve remote, autonomous consensus between users, businesses have quickly figured out that such self-reliant data infrastructure is useful for things far beyond crypto currency. It can help bring products and transactional services to market quickly and inexpensively, and offload the traditionally high costs of security, Know Your Customer (KYC) protocols, data storage and other overheads. It not only reduces costs, but also allows businesses of all sizes to compete on a more level playing field.

Why Blockchain Is Important to Business?

Blockchain technology is rapidly gaining traction, but the majority of senior executives (63%) still don’t know what it is, according to a Global Blockchain Business Council survey reported in Cointelegraph.

It’s time to get up to speed because this game-changing technology isn’t going away. In fact, the global blockchain market is expected to increase by 80% between 2018 and 2023, from $1.2 billion to $23.3 billion, according to ReportLinker.

Blockchain technology is “on par with technology like personal computers and the internet,” says John Bates, director of product management for Adobe.

Why is Javascript popular?

Today, new languages are being created to build a new level of applications that have advanced features and also meet demanding needs of businesses and users.

New programming languages don’t always bring forward big changes. There are many powerful languages that always are around. Among them JavaScript that is always in the list of popular programming languages and developers and industry leads are falling in love with it all the time using it everywhere: on the web, mobile, server and even on IoT. 

But why do industry giants and a huge number of developers use it so much? What makes this language so attractive to so many? And why it is talked so much? Let’s point to the reasons. 

The Top 10 AI And Machine Learning Use Cases Everyone Should Know About

Machine learning and predictive analytics are buzzwords in the technology world right now, and for good reason: It represents a major step forward in how computers can learn.

Very basically, a machine learning algorithm is given a “teaching set” of data, then asked to use that data to answer a question. For example, you might provide a computer a teaching set of photographs, some of which say, “this is a cat” and some of which say, “this is not a cat.” Then you could show the computer a series of new photos and it would begin to identify which photos were of cats.

Machine learning then continues to add to its teaching set. Every photo that it identifies — correctly or incorrectly — gets added to the teaching set, and the program effectively gets “smarter” and better at completing its task over time.

9 Big Data Solutions for Small Businesses

It's hard to escape all the talk about big data. Armed with actionable information, companies can more effectively and efficiently market to customers, design and manufacture products that meet specific needs, increase revenue, streamline operations, forecast more accurately, and even better manage inventory to hold the line on related costs.

But can your business afford to take advantage of it?

To successfully compete in today's marketplace, small businesses need the tools larger companies use. Of course, small businesses don't have all the resources of an enterprise-level corporation, like data scientists, analysts and researchers. 

However, there are many ways your small business can gather, analyze and make sense of the data you already have, as well as gain additional insights to help level the playing field. 

Mobile applications trends of 2019

Mobile marketing trends 2019

When it comes to mobile technology it is important to be ahead of the curve when adopting trends. These tech updates are often beneficial for marketers. We are going to look at the landscape of mobile as we move closer to the New Year to help you beat that curve. I'm going to give you the top mobile tech trends that will be prominent in 2019 to continue our trends series that Dave Chaffey kicked off earlier this month.

Augmented Reality (AR)

Big brands like Google and Apple showing breathtaking new AR (augmented reality) demos on iPhone 8 and iPhone X are proof that AR is going to be the game of 2019. With the most recent arrival of ARKit 2, Apple is providing developers and organizations with an improved platform to make AR apps.

Challenges of Software Development: How to Handle It?

The Information Technology (IT) sector is arguably the fastest growing and most in-demand industry, as technology is now a vital component of modern life and a significant driving force behind the global economy. The more that is accomplished by technological solutions, the higher the expectations become as people create more and more requirements.

Software development is an integral part of an industry that is vast and complex. While it is essential for any IT professional to have some fundamental knowledge of how everything works together within a system, it is not a requirement to have deep knowledge of every facet. Even within software development, the fundamentals of programming may be the same, but the actual details differ based on the development tools used and the requirements of a system.