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October 11, 2022
11
Oct'22
Public sector spend on IT climbed to £12.6bn in 2021
Public sector bodies IT spend went up 10% last year, but the majority of the money went to large IT suppliers with 89% of the total spend going to so-called ‘tech titans’, according to a report from Tussell
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October 09, 2022
09
Oct'22
ODI food poverty study shows black families and North East suffering most
A food poverty data report from the Open Data Institute shows black families and the North East of England are suffering the most
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October 06, 2022
06
Oct'22
EU rolling out measures for online safety and AI liability
The European Council has approved the passage of the Digital Services Act to protect people’s rights online, while the European Commission has announced proposals to help those negatively affected by artificial intelligence to claim compensation
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October 03, 2022
03
Oct'22
Digital transformation is brewing at Heineken
In a presentation at the Digital Transformation Week conference in Amsterdam, Heineken’s data management director revealed some of the ways the company is using information technology to transform
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September 30, 2022
30
Sep'22
Interview: Rachel Hilliam, chair, Alliance for Data Science Professionals
Rachel Hilliam talks about the origins, mission and future plans for the Alliance for Data Science Professionals
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September 27, 2022
27
Sep'22
American football giants jet into digital age with HCLTech
US football clubs the New York Jets and New York Giants outsource their digital transformations to Indian service provider as they target improved fan engagement
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September 27, 2022
27
Sep'22
Specsavers clinicians used company data to spot Covid referral collapse
At Big Data London, Specsavers’ global data officer related how clinicians used company data to spot Covid referral collapse
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September 27, 2022
27
Sep'22
Broadcasters treat data science as niche and sporadic in use
Data science specialists at UK broadcasters conveyed a similar picture of niche use cases at Big Data London 2022
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September 22, 2022
22
Sep'22
CCS £2bn big data and analytics framework goes live
The Crown Commercial Service has launched a big data and analytics framework worth up to £2bn over the course of the agreement
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September 21, 2022
21
Sep'22
Dreamforce 2022: Benioff and Taylor uncork real-time Genie to toast ‘new day’
Salesforce co-CEOs Marc Benioff and Bret Taylor vaunt their Genie customer data platform as real-time harbinger of eventual post-pandemic new normal at Dreamforce 2022
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September 19, 2022
19
Sep'22
How Mondelez is driving change with tech
From empowering citizen developers to deploying drones to monitor the health of cocoa trees, Mondelez has been firing on all cylinders to disrupt the old ways of doing things
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September 12, 2022
12
Sep'22
How graph technology is making a dent in the database market
Graph databases are making a splash in the database market, with specialist, multimodal and cloud database suppliers jostling for a slice of the pie
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September 12, 2022
12
Sep'22
SAP users ramp up ESG efforts
The UK & Ireland SAP User Group is developing a special interest group to help their members hit their ESG goals more effectively
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September 12, 2022
12
Sep'22
Lloyd’s of London is digitally transforming through the front door
Centuries-old financial services organisation is transforming its complex IT infrastructure through digital data
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September 09, 2022
09
Sep'22
Panasas’s double NAS offer aims at multiple analytics workloads
ActiveStor Flash and ActiveStor Ultra XL target I/O profiles from rapid AI/ML to processing-heavy modelling but remain firmly on-prem, with object and cloud declared ‘interesting’
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September 01, 2022
01
Sep'22
Google workers oppose cloud contract with Israeli government
Google workers and Palestinian rights activists call on company to divest from involvement in cloud and artificial intelligence contract with Israeli government and military, following allegations the tech giant has retaliated against an employee ...
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August 30, 2022
30
Aug'22
Growing importance of the data strategist in South Holland
Much has been written about the work of data scientists, but the lesser-known role of data strategist is just as essential – as is being demonstrated in the Netherlands
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August 29, 2022
29
Aug'22
Thinxtra teams up with Hong Kong’s LBS on smart hygiene
Australia’s Thinxtra will supply its battery-powered IoT devices to monitor hygiene and environmental conditions in residential and commercial venues in Hong Kong
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August 11, 2022
11
Aug'22
Crown Commercial Service opens door to Salesforce
The Crown Commercial Service has agreed a Memorandum of Understanding with Salesforce to facilitate public sector access to the supplier’s products and services, including Tableau, Slack and Mulesoft
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August 10, 2022
10
Aug'22
Waterstones’ supply chain disrupted in Blue Yonder implementation
Bookseller Waterstones is recovering from the effects of a Blue Yonder implementation that has seen authors and readers up in arms
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August 05, 2022
05
Aug'22
NAO guide for senior government leaders flags barriers to better data use
A National Audit Office guide for government chiefs on improving data use points to difficulties in achieving data sharing benefits and laments variability in cross-government data quality
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August 04, 2022
04
Aug'22
Bayern Munich sides with Adobe to enhance global fan experience
Bayern Munich is using Adobe’s Experience Cloud and allied software to better connect with its fans in Germany and worldwide
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August 02, 2022
02
Aug'22
UK safety tech sector sees strong revenue and employment growth
Safety tech is now one of the fastest-growing sectors in the UK tech industry, with jumps in revenue, investment and employment
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July 26, 2022
26
Jul'22
Secret court asked to quash a decade of MI5 surveillance warrants following ‘systemic breaches’
The culture at MI5 was to ‘prioritise’ missions ‘over everything else’, including compliance with safeguards designed to protect the public, the UK’s most secret court heard yesterday
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July 26, 2022
26
Jul'22
Meta publishes first-ever human rights report
Meta details its approach to protecting and promoting human rights, but civil society groups say the company has failed to grapple with the human rights risks associated with its own business model
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July 26, 2022
26
Jul'22
Lambeth maps future with cloud applications
With its funding dramatically cut, Lambeth Council has turned to cloud delivery of its business applications to have a simpler technology stack and be nimbler in delivering services to its 330,000 population
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July 25, 2022
25
Jul'22
CDO interview: Brandon Hootman, director of digital data, Caterpillar
Manufacturing giant is modernising its data management and turning to digital to steal a march on its competitors
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July 22, 2022
22
Jul'22
SAP Q2 2022: Revenue up 13%, Ukraine war impact steady at €300m
SAP has announced first-quarter revenue of more than €7.5bn, and restated its expectation that Ukraine war is projected to have a €300m impact in 2022
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July 21, 2022
21
Jul'22
GCHQ experts back scanning of encrypted phone messages to fight child abuse
Ian Levy, technical director of the NCSC, and Crispin Robinson, technical director of GCHQ, back client-side scanning software on mobile phones to detect child abuse
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July 21, 2022
21
Jul'22
Data and Tech Aid pledges 10,000 first aid kits to Ukrainian civilians
Data and Tech Aid, a recently founded fundraising body, is pledging 10,000 medical kits to treat civilian Ukrainian casualties of the war
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July 18, 2022
18
Jul'22
Oracle payroll system causes underpayment of Next staff
Oracle’s payroll HR software module seems to be at the root of a systematic underpayment of staff at retailer Next
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July 18, 2022
18
Jul'22
Data and tech platforms helping finance regulator spot problems earlier
The UK financial services regulator is increasingly using data platforms to proactively regulate the finance sector
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July 18, 2022
18
Jul'22
Inside Sompo Asia’s agile approach to data analytics
Regional insurer takes agile approach to democratise access to data analytics by creating virtual databases and visualising the insights through Tableau
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July 12, 2022
12
Jul'22
First cohort of data science professionals certified by AfDSP
The Alliance for Data Science Professionals has certified its first cohort, with the imprimatur of the UK’s national statistician, Ian Diamond
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July 12, 2022
12
Jul'22
Ordnance Survey research reveals sustainability projects as hot for software developers
According to research by Ordnance Survey, sustainability projects are emerging as hot zones for software developers, attracted by the chance to do some good as well as make good money
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July 05, 2022
05
Jul'22
Netherlands’ AMdEX seeks to democratise the internet
Last year, five Dutch organisations launched an initiative to set up the Amsterdam Data Exchange to simplify data sharing and help democratise the internet
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July 05, 2022
05
Jul'22
LogRhythm bullish on growth in APAC
LogRhythm expects its business in the region to grow by over 20% this year thanks to demand from emerging economies where cyber security investments have not kept pace with cyber threats
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June 28, 2022
28
Jun'22
African health charity integrates digital tools with Cognizant
IT services supplier is working with African health charity to integrate digital tools through a five-month project
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June 28, 2022
28
Jun'22
Executive interview: Chris Conradi, chief digital officer, FSN Capital
Chris Conradi is taking his learnings at Google into the private equity industry at Norway’s FSN Capital
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June 27, 2022
27
Jun'22
Manchester Airports Group taps Rise with SAP service to speed recovery
Manchester Airports Group, which includes London Stansted and East Midlands as well as Manchester, has chosen SAP’s Rise package, on AWS, as it seeks to ‘build back smarter’ post-pandemic
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June 22, 2022
22
Jun'22
Uber drivers strike over pay issues and algorithmic transparency
Unionised Uber drivers take industrial action against the company over its failure to pay workers in line with a Supreme Court decision and inflation, as well as the lack of transparency around how it uses their data
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June 21, 2022
21
Jun'22
Microsoft Office 365 has ability to ‘spy’ on workers
Microsoft faces calls for ‘transparency’ over tools in Office 365 that allow employers to read staff emails and monitor their computer use at work
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June 20, 2022
20
Jun'22
Neo4j teams up with Deloitte in ASEAN push
Neo4j is partnering with consulting firm Deloitte to meet the demand for graph technology on the back of its growing business in the ASEAN region
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June 14, 2022
14
Jun'22
Government data talk to the fore at London Tech Week
Data figured prominently in the unfolding of the government’s digital strategy at the start of London Tech Week, with privacy-enhancing technologies and anonymous health data sharing notable
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June 13, 2022
13
Jun'22
London Mayor pledges £500,000 for city’s data economy
At the start of London Tech Week 2022, the Mayor of London is announcing £500,000 in funding for the city’s data economy, in the form of the Data for London platform
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June 10, 2022
10
Jun'22
Investment firm takes Salesforce to task for lack of racial diversity
Retail investment platform Tulipshare is campaigning to hold Salesforce to account for its lack of racial diversity
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June 09, 2022
09
Jun'22
CIO interview: Yiannis Levantis aims at total quality for Unipart IT
Unipart has a heritage in quality manufacturing and services that CIO Yiannis Levantis is building on, in part by harnessing SAP’s cloud-based business transformation service Rise
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June 08, 2022
08
Jun'22
Executive interview: Clive Benford, Jaguar Land Rover
The head of the corporate analytics programme at JLR talks to Computer Weekly about data democratisation
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June 08, 2022
08
Jun'22
APAC life sciences firms face HPC challenges
More than half of pharmaceutical and biotech companies expect over 10% growth in genomic workloads but are facing scalability and other challenges with their HPC infrastructure
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June 07, 2022
07
Jun'22
CDO interview: Matthew Lawson, chief digital officer, Ribble Cycles
The 125-year-old bicycle manufacturer is transforming its business with digital innovations such as live streaming and online personalisation