{"id":61772,"date":"2017-12-07T12:20:28","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T17:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=61772"},"modified":"2017-12-07T12:22:41","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T17:22:41","slug":"amazon-intros-alexa-for-business-3-other-items-on-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2017\/12\/07\/amazon-intros-alexa-for-business-3-other-items-on-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Intros Alexa for Business + 3 other items on AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/campustechnology.com\/articles\/2017\/12\/01\/amazon-intros-alexa-for-business.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Amazon Intros Alexa for Business<\/strong> <\/a>\u2014 from campustechnology.com by Rhea Kelly<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Amazon Web Services today announced Alexa for Business, a new service that provides voice control for office tasks. The Alexa intelligent assistant can help start conference calls, control conference room equipment, schedule meetings, keep track of tasks, notify IT of an equipment issue or reorder supplies, the company noted in a news announcement. The service can also be customized to voice-enable an organization&#8217;s specific IT applications and office systems.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Also see:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/alexaforbusiness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-61786 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AlexaForBusiness-Dec2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AlexaForBusiness-Dec2017.jpg 780w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AlexaForBusiness-Dec2017-150x88.jpg 150w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AlexaForBusiness-Dec2017-768x449.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Shared devices\" src=\"https:\/\/d1.awsstatic.com\/product-marketing\/A4B\/Shared%20devices.10043465cea6e1c112f0b057afc2876b34863742.png\" alt=\"Shared devices\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/edtechmagazine.com\/higher\/media\/video\/educause-2017-microsoft-vp-praises-power-artificial-intelligence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>EDUCAUSE 2017: Microsoft VP Praises the Power of Artificial Intelligence<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&#8212; from edtechmagazine.com<br \/>\n<em>Artificial intelligence and connected systems advancements are creating a foundation where higher education can use insights and data to drive more efficient campus management, Microsoft&#8217;s Anthony Salcito explains.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/edtechmagazine.com\/higher\/media\/video\/educause-2017-microsoft-vp-praises-power-artificial-intelligence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-61776 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AnthonySalcito-AI-Nov2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AnthonySalcito-AI-Nov2017.jpg 555w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AnthonySalcito-AI-Nov2017-150x87.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.information-age.com\/analysts-ai-winning-combination-123469920\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Analysts and AI: A winning combination<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 from information-age.com<br \/>\n<em>Artificial intelligence is crucial in helping analysts achieve more in day-to-day operations, and drive innovation<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/news\/organizations-deploying-artificial-intelligence-are-creating-jobs-and-increasing-sales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Capgemini and LinkedIn study<\/a> of 1,000 companies with revenue of $500 million+ reported that 2 in 3 jobs being created as a result of AI were at management level, and of those that have implemented the technology at scale, 89% believe complex jobs will be made easier, and 88% say humans and machines will co-exist within their business.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A schematic view of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AI<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MachineLearning?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MachineLearning<\/a> overlapping with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BigData?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BigData<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DataAnalytics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DataAnalytics<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FinServ?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FinServ<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FinStbBoard?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FinStbBoard<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DataScience?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DataScience<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iXT5QDQdwP\">https:\/\/t.co\/iXT5QDQdwP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hP5clqYz8g\">pic.twitter.com\/hP5clqYz8g<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Quindazzi ? (@MikeQuindazzi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeQuindazzi\/status\/938801032053870592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 7, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon Intros Alexa for Business \u2014 from campustechnology.com by Rhea Kelly Excerpt: Amazon Web Services today announced Alexa for Business, a new service that provides voice control for office tasks. 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