Hackers strike fear in almost half of big businesses

A recent survey from data- tracking company Ensighten found that 46% of all enterprise brands are concerned about data breaches after other large companies, such as Facebook and Uber, were hacked. Still, 67% have no marketing security in place, the survey found.

The world's two largest enterprise blockchain groups join forces

The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance and Hyperledger will combine forces to create an open-source, standards-based cross-platform project to bring businesses distributed ledger solutions. "At Hyperledger, we're very focused at building communities that build a set of software products and many of those touch on and implement Ethereum-related standards, and the EEA is focused on driving a community of organizations around a common set of standards and then certifying applications against those standards," says EEA Executive Director Ron Resnick.

How industry experts believe AI will affect the workforce

Artificial intelligence is expected to significantly affect the workforce in many sectors, with a 190% increase in the number of LinkedIn profiles listing AI skills on their account profiles since 2015, according to LinkedIn data. The majority of experts say AI will help make teams more effective and make better decisions, a study from Tata Communications found.