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Digital transformation #mindcandy 14 July 2025
The topics are lasting transformation, future data systems, digital twinning, microfactories, LCNC, AI agents vs RPA, APIs, scaling innovation and you are the upgrade.
The Only Way That Companies Can Build Lasting Transformation
https://time.com/7301219/how-to-transform-your-business-ecosystem-thinking/
Why is real transformation so hard to sustain?
Future data systems: Unveiling the logic and architecture for AI advancement
Data has become the linchpin of AI’s rapid progress, influencing every stage of AI model development, from training to evaluation and optimization. However, scientific data, which stems from long-term research on multi-level complex spatiotemporal dynamic processes, presents numerous challenges.
Digital Twin-Enabled Microfactory: Revolutionizing Smart Manufacturing
https://www.nttdata.com/global/en/insights/focus/2025/016
Harnessing Digital Twins to Transform Manufacturing Processes
How Low-Code/No-Code Development Empowers Operations-Driven Industries
Agility is often led by platforms like low-code/no-code solutions, putting powerful flexibility in the hands of teams and employees that need it most to keep projects on track. Suddenly, organizations can rapidly develop and deploy custom applications without extensive programming expertise or prohibitive IT investments.
No Code Is Dead – The New Stack
https://startupnews.fyi/2025/07/12/no-code-is-dead-the-new-stack/
Once again, the software development landscape is experiencing another big shift. After years of drag-and-drop, no-code platforms democratizing app creation, generative AI (GenAI) is eliminating the need for no-code platforms in many cases.
AI Agents Vs RPA: What Every Business Leader Needs To Know
At its core, RPA is about programming software with clear, rule-based instructions to perform simple, repeatable tasks. AI agents, by contrast, aren’t programmed; they’re trained
APIs as an automatic innovation ecosystem
https://www.ronimmink.com/apis-as-an-automatic-innovation-ecosystem/
A book about IT and how APIs give you direct access to experimentation, serendipity, randomness, open innovation, flexibility, adaptability, options, scaling, and unlock (hidden) value.
Low-Code, High Impact: How One Architect Scaled Innovation Across the Enterprise
Enterprise software is caught in a paradox. On the one hand, the enterprise software company has severe pressure to scale quickly, integrate the latest technology, and provide quick digital experiences to its customers. On the other hand, they remain shackled by the legacy systems and slow development cycles of yesteryear
You are the upgrade
https://www.ronimmink.com/product/a-book-about-books-about-ai/
Data, acceleration, and the future of intelligence: Lessons from 25 core books (and links to 114 other books) about AI, technology abstraction, and consciousness.