Evan Schuman

Evan Schuman is the editor of CIOInsight.com's Retail industry center. He has covered retail technology issues since 1988 for Ziff-Davis, CMP Media, IDG, Penton, Lebhar-Friedman, VNU, BusinessWeek, Business 2.0 and United Press International, among others. He can be reached by e-mail at Evan.Schuman@ziffdavisenterprise.com.

Report: Major RFID Hurdles Ahead

A new report from industry analyst firm Aberdeen Group does not bring a lot of optimistic news for RFID proponents. The report predicts that companies will have trouble in areas...

Smart Wireless Checkout Running into Speed Bumps

A wireless item-level checkout device being trialed by regional grocery chain Stop & Shop is demonstrating the potential -- and simultaneously the difficulties -- of distributed checkout.The 389-store grocery...

FTC Wags Finger at Retail Site for Weak Data Security

The Federal Trade Commission on Jan. 17 cracked down-albeit mildly-on an e-tailer that the government alleged made security claims that were "deceptive and violated federal law."The company, a clothing...

PCI: The Panacea for Everything Other than Security

A Chicago man has an older car that he's not wildly in love with, but it's good transportation.He's not into the car's appearance, figuring that the paint job is...

PCI Compliance Among Retailers Growing

PCI compliance for the nation's largest retailers hit 77 percent for the end of last year, according to Visa.In addition, the credit card company said Jan. 22 that compliance...

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NVIDIA and Japanese telecommunications company SoftBank have partnered to create a platform for generative artificial intelligence (AI) and 5G/6G applications based on NVIDIA’s GH200...

ThoughtSpot CEO Sudheesh Nair on Generative AI and Data Analytics

I spoke with Sudheesh Nair, CEO of ThoughtSpot, about how generative AI is changing the data analytics market. Among the topics we discussed:  We’ve seen...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Finance

Artificial intelligence, in its many forms, could greatly benefit the finance industry. However, there are some hurdles financial institutions will need to jump first.

Generative AI: Enterprise Use Cases

Generative AI, a type of AI that is trained to generate original content, is growing in both its consumer and business use cases. Particularly...

Battery Ventures’ Brandon Gleklen on How Generative AI Affects Tech Investment

I spoke with Brandon Gleklen, Principal at Battery Ventures, about how the rise of generative AI changes the kinds of business models he seeks...