When shopping online, more and more individual, emotional, and informative shopping experiences are expected. For many it is no longer enough getting served uninspiring product data. They want digital channels with comprehensive information that speaks to them on a personal level. The dovetailing of content marketing and e-commerce is therefore gaining in importance, encouraging companies to increasingly integrate their content strategically into their customers’ digital customer journey, besides offering their expertise and consulting services.

With high-quality publication machines in every hand and pocket, there is more content than ever available. Absolutely anyone can produce and publish multimedia content from anywhere in the world in seconds. Unfortunately, most of it is of no interest to many.

Data is now an important part of a company’s assets and for some even the most important one. It is not about collecting as much information as possible, but about converting the "raw material" information into usable know-how: knowledge about the customers and their likes and dislikes, knowledge about the course of business processes and how they are controlled, and knowledge about which friction losses must be avoided to increase employee productivity.

Intelligent chatbots and voicebots are effective helpers that relieve employees of recurring inquiries so that they can concentrate on more complex jobs. But with the right software behind it, bots can do much more than just answer questions. A well-trained AI allows chatbots to work more efficiently and expand their service capabilities.

For the last 30 years, Cisco has been powering the internet, keeping the world connected to what matters most. Networks have evolved to detect and react to issues to maintain performance and reliability. The next logical step is for networks to predict problems before they happen, something that has been difficult until now.

Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok and its like are used by almost everyone and are therefore a perfect environment for businesses to reach their target audience. Advertisers agree that nothing works in online marketing anymore without social media, even though the strategic integration and measurement of paid social measures is challenging, besides data protection requirements in connection with the iOS14 update or the very different media use by "Generation Z".

Numerous indicators make clear that the next five years will usher in extreme transformation for a multitude of industries and sectors as well as the global economy at large. This begs the question: what is driving such significant and rapid change? This big question just might be answered in two words: alternative data.

AppsFlyer recently released the 14th edition of its Performance Index, which ranks the top media sources for mobile advertising. The latest edition is the first to fully measure activity following Apple's implementation of its App Tracking Transparency Framework (ATT) as AppsFlyer examines the far-reaching impact of the new privacy era on all aspects of the mobile ecosystem: iOS and Android, gaming and non-gaming apps, Self-Reporting Networks (SRN) and non-SRN.

Understanding brand performance relies on considering all strategic channels and voices used in campaigns across different markets: examining from a cross-voice, cross-channel, and cross-activation approach will allow for a better understanding of what is working and identify what opportunities brands are missing out on.

No one is trusted and authentication is required for all access when speaking of the "Zero Trust" security model. In today's new world of work, which is fraught with dangers in terms of data and system security, this model is becoming increasingly important.

Attention is a precious commodity in our information-rich world. With over 1.88 billion websites offering a wealth of content, people have become increasingly discerning in selecting content they wish to consume and how they spend their most valuable asset. As attention spans narrow, standing out in a crowded digital space and acquiring consumer attention continue to be an ongoing challenge for brands and advertisers.

Marketing Production Automation (MPA) is an innovative, software-based solution concept to standardize and automate the production of various marketing content.

As adesso said right at the beginning of the Corona crisis, the stability of long-term forecasts has been completely turned upside down since the pandemic and has led to high volatility in forecasting trends and planning uncertainty for companies.

AI research is progressing at a rapid pace and now Google has unveiled its Pathways Language Model (PaLM), the largest language model presented so far.