October 18 – 5 Key Stories From The Digital World

1. SAP and Esports: The Next Chapter with League of Legends

• SAP helped the Dota 2 team improve its match preparation routines and gain new insights
• use SAP technology to support players’ growth and improvement by analyzing performance
• team is now able to tap into an unprecedented amount of data to deliver its best performance

2. Rocket Lab successfully launches fifth Electron rocket this year

• eighth mission for a commercial customer…since it began ferrying payloads for paying clients
• carried a satellite called “Palisade” for client Astro Digital, which is a technology demonstrator
• Electron is a launch on demand service — we’re ready when the launch customer is

3.  The Real Cutting-Edge: Proprio Fuses AI, VR, Computer Vision for Precision in Surgery

• computer vision, machine learning and VR to create 3D immersive visualization systems
• surgeons can use a VR headset to zoom through tissue, around corners
• gain familiarity with tools, learn new skills and simulate surgical procedures

4. Arca will use AI to soundtrack NYC’s Museum of Modern Art

• “non-static, generative and augmented” compositions, using machine learning
• also a music format that will let artists release these AI tunes to the public
• companies like Sony are experimenting with AI to produce drum tracks

5. How To Master Your Global eCommerce Expansion

• several approaches to eCommerce globalization (e.g., cross-border shipping, online marketplaces, etc.)
• Take stock of your budget and goals to pick the globalization approach that suits your company’s needs — and (importantly!) that meets local market conditions
• Prioritizing a handful of site features — customer service and payments, for example — will go a long way in driving in-country sales