IT PROCUREMENT
58 utilising the cloud include not just cost savings from lower infrastructure and storage costs , but better utilisation of data and the easier introduction of complementary technologies such as big data , machine learning and IoT .
On that last point , it is not only software which can achieve greater efficiencies . While the kinds of connected hardware sensors that make up the internet of things are often considered only in a manufacturing setting , they can also have a huge impact on the spaces in which we live and work - to the benefit of both the comfort of workers and the bottom line of companies .
“ Large enterprises are [...] looking to build a set of attributes that are very specific — the attributes of what you might consider to be a digital native , or startup , tech company ”
— Gavin Jackson , Senior Vice President and Managing Director EMEA , UiPath
We previously spoke to Ahmad Farrakh Manzoor , then Head of Siemens Smart Infrastructure , who addressed exactly this point : “ When we put AI in buildings , we no longer need to tell them we ’ re feeling too hot . The building can sense your comfort . It can sense the outside temperature , it can sense whether there is a sand storm , if there is rain coming , if the humidity is too high or too low and then , using those analytics and those sensors , it can adjust the environment in the building . Similarly , we have
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