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Generative AI and Predictive AI

March 22, 2024

Generative and predictive artificial intelligence are two key branches in the field of AI. Generative AI focuses on creating new and original content such as images, music, or text, while predictive AI is centered on forecasting future events or behaviors based on historical data. Both technologies play a crucial role in the advancement of innovative applications across various industries like healthcare, finance, and logistics.

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Harnessing the Potential of Internal Developer Portals

Delivering high-quality scalable software is becoming an increasingly difficult endeavor. A wide variety of tools and services exist to help us do our jobs better

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Mastering Multi Cloud Cost Optimization: Strategies for Efficiency and Savings

What is Multi Cloud Cost Optimization? Multi cloud cost optimization involves allocating the most suitable and cost-effective cloud resources to individual workloads or applications. It

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Cloud Cost Optimization

Headstorm implemented a Storage Cloud optimization solution for a leading healthcare technology company.

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Strategic Technology Assessment & Roadmap (STAR)

Headstorm strategized, planned, and executed improvements to the IT organization and the systems/services it provides to the company.

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AgTech Authentication / SSO Implementation

Provided users with a simple, consolidated method to log in and access all of their assigned AgTech apps

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Innovation & Product Management Stand Up

Stand-up of a new functional capability in the business, including an innovation intake process, business case development, leadership approval workflow.

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Digitizing Farm Field Data

Headstorm created an enterprise data platform, ingesting massive datasets and enabling predictive AI insights which are transforming the ag industry.

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Descrambled: Quantum Computing Basics

AI, space travel, medical miracles, and more are right around the corner thanks to cutting-edge tech. The linchpin they will hang on – Quantum Computing.

Tired Of Your DevOps Problem? Luckily You’re Not Alone...

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Is DevOps Your Achilles Heel Or Your Catalyst For Innovation?

What is the single best indicator of technology maturity?
I have worked with hundreds of companies of all sizes and have boiled it down to one question – how frequently can you deploy software to production?

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Streamlining & Modernizing DevOps

Automating CI/CD pipeline to reduce costs and increase speed to market.

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What Does Humanizing Technology Mean?

Users demand the highest level of convenience and simplicity when interacting with technology, however creating that experience can be challenging.

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Innovator Interview: Donald Taylor (AmplifiedAg, Vertical Roots) On Indoor AgTech

We recently got the chance to discuss Indoor AgTech with Donald Taylor – CEO of AmplifiedAg and its vertical farming company, Vertical Roots. As someone with a 30+ year background in software development and the former CTO of Benefitfocus he continually improved operations with data-led insights. Here are a few of the highlights from his interview with Alex Cherones.

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What Security Risks Are On Your Agriculture Firm’s Ledger

Agribusinesses have steadily increased their adoption of technology that makes the most out of automation & data. While this makes daily life in the agricultural sector more productive & efficient it also introduces new weak points as attack vectors expand.

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Why Rural Broadband Will Decide Who Wins AgTech

All other craziness aside, the past two years have been a painful reminder that America ranks 11th (and dropping) in broadband access. The U.S. isn’t exactly a haven for the

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Descrambled: Is Blockchain The Future Of Healthcare?

In our last article, we discussed how blockchain is blowing up the lumbering giant of finance, next on its list? Healthcare… an industry which has been facing significant interoperability and privacy challenges over the past year. Yet, blockchain has already demonstrated value in healthcare by providing a single immutable version of the truth.

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Descrambled: Is DeFi the Future of Finance?

In our previous article, “Descrambled: Blockchain Basics”, we explained the concept of cryptography without diving into the trillion-dollar market that is cryptocurrency. So, before you wrap your head around Decentralized Finance (DeFi), let’s settle on a working definition of cryptocurrency: it’s virtual money, managed on a blockchain.

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Descrambled: What You Need To Know About Blockchain Basics

Since this is neither the first nor last guidance you’ll likely read on blockchain basics, we want to meet you where you are. Whether you’re in need of a full-on analogy to build your working knowledge of blockchain or just need a memory jog as to how the tech works. Either way, you’re in good shape to grasp this blockchain basis article.

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Innovator Interview: Ariel Zajdband (Trace Genomics, Planet) On AgTech

We recently got the chance to sit down with Ariel Zajdband — one of our wonderful clients from his Trace Genomics days, now presiding as the Agriculture SME for Planet. As someone who’s advised on improving farming operations with both micro

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Why You Should Fold On Status Quo Software Lifecycles And Bet On Quick Wins

Alpha, beta, prototype, MVP, MVE, pilot – what these mean to any given business is anyone’s guess, including the teams building them. Having disconnects among business leaders? Me too,

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Conceptualizing A Path To Data-Driven Transformation

Data has permeated business operations so rapidly that companies often presume they’ve become a data-driven organization when, on principle, they are not. In fact, some

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Webinar Recap: City of Pittsburgh + Kurb.io Debut Realtime Outdoor Space Planning

Headstorm and Pittsburgh’s Department Of Mobility & Infrastructure recently introduced Kurb.io to an international audience of urban planners, smart city tech firms, and community organizations.

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Sales Isn’t A Job, It’s A Shared Language. Here’s How We Know.

Guidance on aligning sales, product and engineering for sales-led transformation. Plus, some book & video recos to catch you up.

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How Leaders Prioritize Their Lives: The 20-10-10 Exercise

If you’ve got thirty minutes, zero dollars to spare, and have admitted your life is not worth spending doing things you don’t love — you

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Modular Framework

Prepping fragmented web apps for efficient, scalable integrations

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Augmenting Data Classification

We successfully launched the application in under 3 months, while improving data quality, seed name accuracy, and back-end efficiency.

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Optimizing Microservices

We delivered an efficient and reliable orchestration layer that allowed our client’s platform to scale with both internal teams and 3rd parties faster than ever.