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Digital transformation #mindcandy 21 May 2025
Today’s topics are low code app development, data, application architecture, data as infrastructure, physical AI, data readiness, IT resilience, paper vs. digital, and ‘minimalist’ quantum computer.
Fusing AI and physical systems
How low-code app development is transforming manufacturing
To streamline manufacturing processes and boost efficiency, forward-thinking manufacturers are increasingly adopting digital technologies like low-code and generative AI (GenAI) solution
Breaking Bread: Do You Understand Your Data?
https://www.informationweek.com/data-management/breaking-bread-do-you-understand-your-data-
What makes data actionable and real for an organization?
From microservices to AI agents: The evolution of application architecture
https://www.ibm.com/think/insights/evolution-application-architecture
Application architecture has again reached a turning point. AI agents are emerging as powerful building blocks for modern systems—complementing, extending or even replacing traditional microservices.
Rethinking the core: Utilizing data as infrastructure
https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en-us/posts/technology/data-as-infrastructure/
As the data and decision models of yesterday begin to show decreased efficacy, the evolving organization of tomorrow needs more and more data that is actively governed, reusable, and componentized
Physical AI Will Reshape the World
https://www.automation.com/en-us/articles/may-2025/physical-ai-will-reshape-world
Physical AI technology is ready to solve real-world problems by fusing AI and physical systems to create products that mimic human cognitive, sensory and physical capabilities.
Data: A core requirement for successful AI
https://www.infosys.com/iki/perspectives/core-requirement-successful-ai.html
Lack of readiness is a key problem for businesses building AI products and services, and they must lay the groundwork here to achieve value.
Marketing AI Agents
https://marketoonist.com/2025/05/marketing-ai-agents.html
Many customer journeys are already “zero click.” Customers use AI to evaluate products and services without ever interacting directly with the companies marketing them. A recent Bain report found that 80% of consumers rely on “zero-click” results for at least 40% of their searches.
Building IT resilience in the era of digital transformation
https://www.everbridge.com/blog/building-it-resilience-in-the-era-of-digital-transformation/
IT resilience matters. It’s more than just bouncing back from a problem. It’s about being ready, staying steady, and keeping things moving when challenges come up.
The Paper vs. Digital Dilemma: Psychological Impacts and Future Trends
https://formtek.com/blog/the-paper-vs-digital-dilemma-psychological-impacts-and-future-trends/
Research suggests that paper documents may have some advantages when it comes to comprehension and recall. A study found that students who read texts in print scored significantly better on the reading comprehension test compared to students who read the texts digitally.
‘Minimalist’ quantum computer simulates movements of molecules
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01591-1
A single atom has performed the first full quantum simulations of how certain molecules react to light
