{n}.bora’s Top Articles: 21st November

This week’s articles include topics such as drawing the right conclusions from business data, advice on cybersecurity compliance programs, and using AI and augmented reality to help industrial workers.

If you want advice or support on any of the topics raised, please get in contact with {n}.bora and we will be more than happy to help you.

Business:

This blog post from Deloitte looks at how businesses shouldn’t draw face value conclusions from their data, but should instead examine it in context to reach the correct conclusions:
https://www2.deloitte.com/uk/en/insights/focus/technology-and-the-future-of-work/using-workforce-data-for-organizational-problem-solving.html

Technology:

This TechCrunch article reports that major technology companies including AWS, Microsoft, Meta and Oracle have partnered to make cloud spending more transparent, taking part in the FinOps Foundation’s FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification (FOCUS) project:
https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/16/aws-microsoft-google-and-oracle-partner-to-make-cloud-spend-more-transparent/

Advice:

Including advice on specifying your organisation’s needs, defining how you are going to build a program, and how to build it, this article from The Next Web looks at how organisations can build a cybersecurity compliance program:
https://thenextweb.com/news/everything-startups-need-to-know-about-building-a-security-compliance-program

AI:

Showing that AI can be used to help workers outside of the office, this article from Fast Company looks at Microsoft’s new AR Copilot which is designed to help industrial workers:
https://www.fastcompany.com/90982407/microsoft-unveils-ar-copilot-to-help-industrial-workers

Something Great:

This article from the Guardian looks at the ways digital twin technology could impact healthcare:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/nov/12/digital-twin-personalised-medical-treatment

First published by {n}.bora November 21, 2023

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