Without customer or financial data, operations quickly come to a standstill. It is therefore important not to expose databases to unnecessary risks and make them fit for the existing requirements. With this 4-point check-up, you can see where common problems are hiding and how you can solve them.

Everyone is talking about the benefits of cloud computing. However, the cloud is only the means to an end for what brings companies the real added value: the intelligent use of their own data.

Mixed reality devices like the HoloLens will make our lives and work easier in a few years. Be it through holograms projected directly into the world in front of our eyes or the ability to easily meet with others in virtual space – live and in 3D. This next generation of computers, which we wear as glasses on our noses, is being further developed by Marc Pollefeys in the Mixed Reality and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in Zurich. In the interview, he tells us where it is already in use and how long it will be before it is suitable for everyday use.

New technologies are shaping our everyday lives to an increasing extent. Take a look at the public discourse: it’s no less than a mythological minefield. This applies, in particular, to topics such as artificial intelligence and robotics. Fuelled by the clickbait logic of the tabloid press and popular culture, dystopias are constantly conjured up. While some fears are justified, others are unfounded – in other words, not properly thought through. It is important to steer the focus away from the machine and towards the human, while exploring a few basic questions in this connection.