RobSurgical’s joins the DFactory Barcelona Ecosystem
RobSurgical’s Minimally Invasive Surgical Robotics Joins the DFactory Barcelona Ecosystem Robsurgical, Founded in 2012 as a spin-off of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) and the Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC), its mission is to democratize high-precision surgery, making it more accessible, efficient and safe for hospitals of all sizes. Barcelona, 19 november 2025.- Robsurgical, a Catalan company specialized in...
Data Storytelling – Part 2
The Unfathomable Fortune and the Enduring Power of Story: A Human Guide to Data Storytelling — Part 2 Data Storytelling - Part 1 The first part ( PART 1 ) set the stage: why narrative makes data memorable, how context changes interpretation, why scale needs translation, and where action comes from. It also laid out the groundwork for building a data...
Why 70% of Digital Transformation Projects Fail?
Why 70% of Digital Transformation Projects Fail? In today’s business world, digital transformation is no longer optional - it’s survival. Manufacturers, in particular, are under immense pressure to modernize. From supply chain disruptions to increasing customer demands for customization, speed, and quality, the factory floor has become the frontline of competitiveness. And yet, despite the billions invested in digital initiatives, studies...
The Future of Mining Talent
The Future of Mining Talent: What STEM graduates really think, and what the industry can do about it As the world accelerates toward net zero, the demand for critical minerals has never been greater — yet the mining sector that enables this transition is facing a major talent challenge. A new global report from Sandvik, _“The Future of Mining Talent: What...
Fraud Detection with AI
Modernizing Fraud Detection with AI (Real-Time Anomaly Detection and Proactive Threat Prevention) Executive Summary Today's fraud looks different than it did in the past. Since millions of digital payments are made every minute, avoiding fraud is more difficult than simply detecting it. Once reliable, traditional rule-based systems are now too hard to handle the speed and skill of existing fraud. This landscape...
Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Implementing MCP for Enhanced Prompting and RAG-Based Applications Imagine having a conversation with someone who forgets everything you said just seconds ago. Frustrating, right? This is how traditional AI models often behave—they generate responses based only on the immediate input, without remembering previous interactions. The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is designed to solve this problem. It acts like a memory layer...
From Plastic to Digital: The Rise of Virtual Payment Cards
From Plastic to Digital: The Rise of Virtual Payment Cards A virtual payment card is a digital card, non-physical version of a credit or debit card that can be used for online and in-app purchases. The first virtual payment card was launched in 1995 by Citibank in partnership with the Mastercard network. This product was initially designed to address the growing...
SAP Transformation Trends 2025
SAP Transformation Trends 2025 – What Companies in the DACH Region are Prioritising? Introduction Across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, the digital transformation journey of companies using SAP solutions has reached a decisive phase. The question for most organizations is no longer whether to transform, but how to do so efficiently and securely. The 2025 valantic SAP study on SAP Transformation Trends in...
Bengaluru Skill Summit – Inaugurated
Hon’ble CM Shri Siddaramaiah Inaugurated Bengaluru Skill Summit 2025 Strengthening Karnataka’s Position as a Global Hub for Workforce Innovation and Skilling Excellence Leaders highlighted collaboration, inclusivity, and innovation as key to preparing India’s workforce for 2030 Bengaluru, 4th November 2025 – The inaugural edition of the Bengaluru Skill Summit 2025 opened today at The Lalit Ashok, Bengaluru, marking the beginning of...
Barcelona’s District 4.0
CZFB presents Barcelona’s District 4.0 to the world • The Zona Franca de Barcelona showcases the transformation of the Zona Franca industrial estate into District 4.0 to lead the digital transformation of industry from Barcelona. • The public company announces it has reached 100% occupancy at DFactory Barcelona and presents the model of the expansion phase, which will include 4 new...
Global Semiconductor Trends
Global Semiconductor Trends -from 1987 to 2030: Revenue Growth & Industry Leaders. Introduction The semiconductor—a material that controls electrical current to enable all modern computation—is the foundation of digital technology. While historically powering progress, 2025 marks a pivotal year: the global market is shifting from steady growth to an exponential trajectory, forecasted to exceed $697 billion. This surge is driven not...
Bengaluru Skill Summit
Country Partner Department of Skill Development, Entrepreneurship & Livelihood, Government of Karnataka Is set to host the Inaugural Edition of the Bengaluru Skill Summit 2025 The summit focuses on positioning Karnataka’s workforce for global employability fostering overseas partnerships, language training and certification systems Bengaluru, October 2025 – Karnataka Skill Development Corporation (KSDC), in collaboration with the Karnataka Skill Development Authority (KSDA), Knowledge...
Personal Or Professional, Its all about Style and Substance…
Personal or Professional, Its all about Style and Substance... Have become an avid anlayser of History of Businesses, as part of my recent Professional Engagement of evaluating Companies. Its intriguing to see different styles of the Business Managers, probably defined by their personalities and personal experiences. I repeat, irrespective of Size and Stature, its clear that a Leader's Decision...
Ecopreneurship
Starting Smart, Staying Green : Your Essential Guide to Ecopreneurship Ecopreneurship - or environmentally conscious entrepreneurship - is the practice of building ventures that generate profit while restoring and sustaining natural ecosystems. It’s about replacing “growth at all costs” with “growth that gives back.” Ecopreneurs are redefining what success looks like: viable, regenerative, and socially responsible. Ecopreneurship aligns business with sustainability, proving that...
The Travails of a Change Over
The Travails of a Change Over - A Reality Check Take Over and Hand Over Dilemmas cannot be over emphasised. As an Intrapreneur, I have always believed in setting up fool proof processes - meaning people agnostic business processes. And I have also believed, an Organisation is only good to the extent People become replaceable. However, in reality, it completely rests...
Data Bottleneck
The Data Bottleneck No One Talks About (Until It Hits the Boardroom) How fragmented customer data stalls growth-and the playbook that turned chaos into 10X ROI. When I joined the data leadership team at a major fintech, our biggest challenge wasn’t a lack of data—it was the opposite. Customer data was everywhere and nowhere, fragmented across disparate pods and tables. The...
NAASE’s Sales Engineer of the Year 2025
NAASE Names Ryan Bivinetto the 2025 Sales Engineer of the Year BlackBerry Radar sales engineering leader Ryan Bivinetto recognized for impact, innovation, and leadership across North America, selected through a two‑stage competition scored by a six‑judge panel of NAASE The North American Association of Sales Engineers (NAASE) today announced that Ryan Bivinetto, Sales Engineering Manager, Global at BlackBerry Radar, has been...
Data Storytelling – Part 1
The Unfathomable Fortune and the Enduring Power of Story: A Human Guide to Data Storytelling — Part 1 This article appears in two parts. Part One lays the groundwork and core principles; Part Two moves into narrative craft, delivery, and what the future holds. Picture the scene: the Circus Maximus on a sweltering afternoon, grit in the air and a restless...
RAMINATOR MONSTER Truck
RAMinator Monster Truck, an Aweaspiring Machine I came across the beauty Raminator Monster Truck at the Oklahoma City Fair. From a distance, it appeared like a movie prop. Then I heard the growl as it started, and then the roar when it revved up. The ground trembled, leaves fell from the trees, water puddles vibrated, and we were in awe...
AI – Revolutionizing Automotive Warranty
Revolutionizing Automotive Warranty: How AI is Driving Change The automotive industry is at a pivotal juncture where emerging technologies are redefining traditional practices. One such area undergoing a seismic shift is warranty management. Long seen as a cost center, the warranty process is now becoming a strategic lever for manufacturers, thanks to the transformative power of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Why AI...
