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Database management
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March 17, 2023
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Mar'23
UK government to create code of practice for generative AI firms
The code will look to strike a balance between copyright holders and generative AI firms so that both parties can benefit from the use of copyrighted material in training data
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February 24, 2023
24
Feb'23
UK police have ‘culture of retention’ around biometric data
A culture of retention around biometric data in UK policing is damaging public trust, says UK biometrics commissioner, who is calling for clear regulation to govern police use of biometric technologies
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February 24, 2023
24
Feb'23
Teradata reports strong cloud earnings
Teradata’s cloud-first strategy is starting to pay off, with the company reporting its strongest cloud earnings to date in the fourth quarter last year
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February 21, 2023
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Feb'23
UK finance firms short of data skills
Financial services companies in the UK lack the data skills they will need to succeed in an increasingly digital world
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February 20, 2023
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Feb'23
How Syniti is honing its chops in data management
A move to shed its back office image and a laser focus on data migration has been fuelling Syniti’s growth in data management
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February 17, 2023
17
Feb'23
CIO interview: Hans van der Waal, director of global IT, Travelex
Travelex has weathered a storm that saw it sink into administration, before emerging to solidify its digital foundations for the future
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February 01, 2023
01
Feb'23
Reaping green dividends with data management
Getting data management right has been pivotal for Singapore IoT startup SensorFlow to optimise energy consumption and reduce carbon emissions for its hotelier clients
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January 16, 2023
16
Jan'23
How India is driving the use of open government data
India’s Open Government Data platform has paved the way for new applications and services, but concerns around data quality and privacy remain
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December 30, 2022
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Dec'22
Top 10 information management stories of 2022
Data for good is a theme of the information management stories of 2022 selected here. From tracking space junk, through medical kits for Ukraine, to professionalising data science to benefit society
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December 14, 2022
14
Dec'22
Private health provider data could be shared with NHS England
Plans are advancing to create a single source of healthcare data in England combining both private providers and the NHS to avoid a repeat of the Ian Paterson scandal
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December 08, 2022
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Dec'22
How Databricks is easing lakehouse adoption
Databricks is making it easier for organisations to adopt a data lakehouse architecture through support for industry-specific file formats, data sharing and streaming processing, among other areas
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November 30, 2022
30
Nov'22
Parity AI talks about auditing recruitment algorithms for bias
Algorithmic auditing firm Parity speaks to Computer Weekly about the process of auditing artificial intelligence for bias, following its partnership with AI-powered recruitment platform Beamery
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November 29, 2022
29
Nov'22
AWS doubles down on data management
Cloud giant Amazon Web Services declares a bold vision to eliminate the need to extract, transform and load data alongside other efforts to address business problems in domains like cyber security and logistics
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November 21, 2022
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Nov'22
Informatica CEO: ‘We’re the Switzerland of data’
Informatica CEO Amit Walia talks up the company’s role as the ‘Switzerland of data’, helping organisations to manage data across different platforms as it transitions into a cloud-first supplier of data management tools
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November 15, 2022
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Nov'22
Met Police removes nearly two-thirds of people from gangs matrix
Legal action by human rights group Liberty forces Met Police to overhaul its gangs violence matrix database
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November 14, 2022
14
Nov'22
Sadiq Khan launches Data for London Advisory Board
Board will look at how to join up and share data between public and private London organisations in an effort to build a stronger data economy and improve public services
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November 07, 2022
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Nov'22
Department for Education escapes £10m fine over data misuse
Department entrusted data on 28 million children to a company called Trustopia, which turned out to be anything but trustworthy, but has escaped a £10m fine under new rules
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November 07, 2022
07
Nov'22
How Globe is driving data analytics with Snowflake
The largest telco in the Philippines has moved its on-premise data warehouse to Snowflake to address scalability challenges and improve customer experience
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November 04, 2022
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Nov'22
Aiven expands in APAC, builds new capabilities
Managed service provider of open source databases and data platforms Aiven grew its business in Asia-Pacific by over 100% over the past year, and is now building new capabilities in data warehouses and other areas
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October 24, 2022
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Oct'22
Digital Transformation Week Amsterdam: The growing divide between the haves and have-nots
The most successful companies carefully manage how data is taken in and processed – and they use tools to ensure they squeeze the most they can out of every bit of information
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October 21, 2022
21
Oct'22
HSBC chooses Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer service to underpin digital
Bank selects Oracle’s Cloud@Customer service to upgrade and migrate some of its database systems as part of its digital transformation
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September 28, 2022
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Sep'22
EnterpriseDB rides on PostgreSQL momentum in APAC
The open-source database supplier has seen more enterprises in the region replacing their Oracle databases with Postgres to support their digital transformation initiatives
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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
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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August 30, 2022
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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 19, 2022
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Aug'22
Google employees demand end to collection of abortion data
In the wake of the US Supreme Court rolling back abortion rights, Google employees are calling on the company to stop collecting abortion-related data, so that it can never be shared with police
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August 18, 2022
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Aug'22
LexisNexis sued by immigration advocates over data practices
Four immigration advocacy groups launch lawsuit in Illinois alleging data broker’s collection, aggregation and sale of people’s personal data, including non-public information, to corporations and government bodies
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July 21, 2022
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Jul'22
SSEN partners with Icebreaker One to break energy data silos
Better access to, and sharing of, energy data will help direct the installation of new electric vehicle charging points, as well as help network operators to better understand the electricity grid’s capacity for the introduction of more renewables
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July 18, 2022
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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
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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 05, 2022
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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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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 13, 2022
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Jun'22
Health data strategy to exorcise ghosts of GPDPR
Government publishes a revised data in health strategy, with an emphasis firmly on preserving the integrity and privacy of patients’ confidential information
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June 02, 2022
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Jun'22
Indian stock exchange taps data analytics
The National Stock Exchange of India is tapping data analytics to speed up and improve regulatory decision making
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May 11, 2022
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May'22
Pure to offer on-prem object storage as Snowflake data source
Pure Storage partnership with Snowflake will see the cloud data warehousing platform make use of on-prem FlashBlade fast file and object storage as a source for analytics data
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March 30, 2022
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Mar'22
ODI sets up institution to promote public data sharing
The Open Data Institute has set up an institution to support the Open Referral UK data standard geared to promote more sharing of public sector data
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March 24, 2022
24
Mar'22
CW Innovation Awards: Driving new revenue with data insights
GLS Group beefed up its enterprise resource planning system to deliver data insights that support real-time decision making and drive new revenue
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March 22, 2022
22
Mar'22
Competition watchdog contacts Barclays and Lloyds banks over API failures
Barclays and Lloyds banks have failed to meet some of the open banking rules, says competition watchdog
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March 18, 2022
18
Mar'22
Inside Al-Ikhsan’s business analytics journey
The Malaysian sportswear retailer has increased its profits and market share through its investments in business intelligence and analytics over the past five years
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March 16, 2022
16
Mar'22
Estonian anti-money laundering software pilot reaps benefits
Estonian startup and local banks have successfully piloted a data-sharing platform that prevents money laundering
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March 11, 2022
11
Mar'22
Police EncroChat cryptophone hacking implant did not work properly and frequently failed
Surveillance operation against EncroChat encrypted phone network had repeated technical failures
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March 02, 2022
02
Mar'22
Ban predictive policing systems in EU AI Act, says civil society
A coalition of civil society groups has called on European lawmakers to use the upcoming Artificial Intelligence Act as an opportunity to ban predictive policing systems
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February 25, 2022
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Feb'22
University of Amsterdam teams up with MIT to use analytics for a better world
Dutch and US universities join forces with tech company to help non-government organisations and the United Nations to harness data analytics to achieve sustainable development goals
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February 20, 2022
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Feb'22
BreastScreen Victoria to use third-party support for Oracle database
Australia’s BreastScreen Victoria has inked a support contract with Rimini Street to free up IT capacity and funds for strategic initiatives
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February 09, 2022
09
Feb'22
How Carrefour is lowering its Oracle footprint
Migrating core business applications requires a multi-pronged approach, so what remains on-prem, and where does SaaS fit?
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February 08, 2022
08
Feb'22
Porn sites will be legally required to verify users’ ages
Porn sites could be legally obliged to verify that their users are 18 or over under proposed online safety rules, in UK government’s second attempt to prevent children from accessing pornography online
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January 06, 2022
06
Jan'22
How far has Saudi Arabia come with open data?
While clearly on the right path, Saudi Arabia still has a lot to do before it reaps the full benefits of open data
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December 20, 2021
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Dec'21
Finnish government launches digital economy transformation projects
The Finnish government launches two transformation projects as part of the country’s mission to pioneer a digital economy
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November 30, 2021
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Nov'21
How Maxim’s Group is using Oracle Cloud
The Hong Kong-based F&B operator is using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to run its VMware workloads and datawarehouse to improve resilience and productivity