{n}.bora's Top Articles: 11th December
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This week’s articles include why smaller businesses should engage in cloud migrations, using AI to analyse literature, and the best apps to use over Christmas. As ever, feel free to contact us to discuss the topics raised.
We will be taking a break from these blogs over the festive period, and will be returning in the new year. Until then, we hope you have a great Christmas and new year, and thank you for your support over 2023.
Business:
- This article from Entrepreneur looks at how migrating to the cloud can benefit small and medium-sized businesses:
https://www.entrepreneur.com/leadership/how-small-and-medium-businesses-can-save-money-and-increase/464648
Technology:
- Users are unlikely to move away from larger web platforms, even when they actively dislike them. This article from the Next Web explores why:
https://thenextweb.com/news/why-dont-leave-internet-platforms-dislike - As its coming up to Christmas, this article from the Guardian has a guide to the best apps for the festive season:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/dec/02/12-best-apps-for-christmas-shopping-recipes-elfster-norad-tracks-santa
Advice:
- Exploring a less discussed area of digital transformation, this blog post from Deloitte discusses the benefits of digitisation in physical security:
https://www.deloitte.com/global/en/services/risk-advisory/blogs/physical-security-the-value-of-digitalization.html
AI:
- Looking at AI through a slightly different lens, this Business Insider article explores how large language models can be used to analyse bodies of literature through examining context on a larger scale:
https://www.businessinsider.com/ted-underwood-ai-optimist-humanities-language-literature-research-bill-gates-2023-12?r=US&IR=T
Something Great:
- This Guardian article reports on Quantum System Two, a new quantum computing machine unveiled by IBM:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/dec/04/ibm-quantum-computer-heron