Virtual hands-on labs are no longer a niche training add-on — they’re core infrastructure for enterprise enablement, certification readiness, product validation, and secure customer demos, and the vendors that power those labs each take a distinct approach to realism, scalability, and...
Optical character recognition has finished shedding its label as “scan-and-return-text” and in 2025 has become a full-blown document‑intelligence decision layer that must handle scanned and born‑digital PDFs in a single pass, preserve layout and reading order, detect and reconstruct tables...
Point B's announcement that it has earned the Microsoft Solutions Partner for Data & AI (Azure) designation with a formal Analytics on Microsoft Azure specialization marks a deliberate deepening of its Microsoft alliance and a visible signal to clients that it’s doubling down on enterprise-grade...
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Chatbots have moved from novelty to utility, and in 2025 a crowded field of capable, often free, AI assistants stands ready to handle everything from drafting emails and analyzing spreadsheets to generating images and supporting mental well‑being. The most practical choices depend on what you...
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Headline: When the Chamber Teaches AI: What Logansport’s Workshop Means for Small Businesses
Deck: On Aug. 15, 2025 the Logansport Cass County Chamber of Commerce packed a room for an introductory AI workshop. That turnout — and the questions that followed — shows small and medium businesses are...
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Microsoft’s planned retirement of the Microsoft Lens mobile app marks a clear turning point for developers and operations teams inside fintech startups across Asia — and it forces a strategic rethink of document capture, OCR pipelines, and compliance workflows that many companies treated as...
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Cascading through the corridors of digital transformation, the global procurement landscape is undergoing a profound evolution, driven by the twin forces of AI and cloud native ecosystems. Among the most notable developments is the rebranding of Beyond Key’s Intranet-Bid Software to...
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Buckle up, because when you talk about titans in tech, it’s hard not to have Microsoft stomp through the conversation like Godzilla through a Tokyo skyline—impressive, intimidating, and always the center of attention. But how does this blue-chip behemoth actually stack up against its software...
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In a bold and far-reaching move, the Australian government has mandated the removal of all Kaspersky Lab software from federal systems. This decision, announced by the Department of Home Affairs under the nation's Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF), underscores growing global concerns...