Technology for New Generation

Is 2018 the long-awaited year that  virtual reality  goes mainstream? While the technology is still evolving, and while players like  Oculus  and  HTC  continue to iterate on their consoles, things look promising for the industry as VR platforms begin to appeal to the masses. One of the biggest obstacles to virtual reality achieving true scale is the creation of enough content to attract a wide swath of consumers. As the industry has learned, onboarding hard-core gamers will not be enough to sustain a long-term effort. Beyond gaming, there a number of virtual-reality startups that are building high-value-add services specifically for enterprises.

Cyber security According to 2014 data from Burning Glass , cyber security jobs in the US grew by 74% between 2007 and 2013 – more than twice the rate of IT jobs overall, and raising concerns about the shortfall in qualified graduates. In February 2015, President Barack Obama spoke of the need to “collaborate and explore partnerships that will help develop the best ways to bolster our cyber security.” It’s not hard to understand why he might think so. We live in a hyper-connected world, in which absolutely everything – from banking to dating to governmental infrastructure – is done online. In today’s world, data protection is no longer optional, for either individuals or nations, making this another growing strand of computer science research

Computer-assisted education The use of computers and software to assist education and/or training, computer-assisted education brings many benefits and has many uses. For students with learning disabilities, for instance, it can provide personalized instruction and enable students to learn at their own pace, freeing the teacher to devote more time to each individual. The field is still growing but promising, with many educators praising its ability to allow students to engage in active, independent and play-based learning

Big data analytics Back in 2012, the Harvard Business Review branded data science  the ‘sexiest job’ of the 21 century.  Yes, you read that correctly. There has been a surge in demand for experts in this field and doubled efforts on the part of brands and agencies to boost salaries and attract data science talents. From banking to healthcare, big data analytics is everywhere, as companies increasingly attempt to make better use of the enormous data sets they have, in order to personalize and improve their services.

Serverless Computing Server less computing gained traction in 2015  and it became quite prominent in 2016. The good news is that it will continue to beat the charts for 2017 too. Though the term is server less computing, it doesn’t mean that you don’t use servers, it is just that you don’t have to use too many machines or waste resources on idle machines. Server less computing can save operational and infrastructural costs as well. Key players in server less computing are Amazon Web Services with its Lambda platform, Microsoft and IBM.

SAP promises ‘new generation of intelligent cloud ERP’ with latest offering. German software giant SAP has unveiled its roadmap for the ‘next generation’ of cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) with the latest release of SAP S/4HANA Cloud. S/4HANA, SAP’s public cloud offering which was originally released towards the end of 2015, is being updated with a new architecture of in-memory in combination with contextual analytics, digital assistant capabilities and machine learning, according to the press materials. In other words, SAP is aiming to add a bit of artificial intelligence (AI) goodness to ERP, helping customers to adjust and adopt business processes based on real-time data and insight. S/4HANA is promoted as a product which allows organisations to embrace cloud computing at their own pace, from specific line of business functionality to efforts which entail the whole enterprise. “Decades ago, SAP invented and became the leader in first-generation ERP. Later...