In Depth

In Depth

Big data analytics

• Hard work, big prize: Bristol is shaping what it means to be a smart city

  Two-and-a-half years after the ambitious Bristol is Open smart city project launched, we return to the West Country to explore how things are progressing, and find out what has been learned  Continue Reading

• London councils tackle housing fraud with data science

  London's local authorities have a fraud problem with Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) and are using data science to combat it, with help from Nesta, The Greater London Authority and ASI Data Science  Continue Reading

• Making sense of data with cloud-based BI

  An Australian non-profit group has turned to business intelligence and analytics to simplify reporting requirements, even as adoption of such tools vary across the Asia-Pacific region  Continue Reading

• Gitex 2017: How can blockchain make you a happier person?

  An initiative underway at Avaya hopes to use blockchain networks to help make the citizens of Dubai happy  Continue Reading

• Is artificial intelligence hype sowing damaging confusion?

  IT vendors have leapt on the artificial intelligence/machine learning bandwagon, spreading a level of confusion that threatens potential technology benefits with AI washing  Continue Reading

• Ethical software development: Ask Uber and Volkswagen

  Following TfL's decision against Uber, we investigate the role of professionalism and ethics in software development  Continue Reading

• African anti-malaria programme thrives on strong data culture

  Path health organisation is fuelling its anti-malaria programme in Zambia, and other African countries, with data analytics from Alteryx, Tableau, and others  Continue Reading

• What is intent-based networking, and what can it do for your business?

  Beyond the marketing hype, does intent-based networking mean anything, and can it improve how your infrastructure runs?  Continue Reading

• Storage 101: The IoT’s impact on storage

  The internet of things will have a huge impact on storage – the sheer volume of data, the radically different types of data created and the storage needed, from flash to object to cloud  Continue Reading

• SAS CEO Jim Goodnight: Today’s AI turbo-charged with MPP

  SAS co-founder and CEO Jim Goodnight says the value of the vogue for artificial intelligence lies in massively parallel computing, as well as cheaper storage  Continue Reading

• Formula 1: Mercedes team turns to big data in quest for victory in Grand Prix

  Data analytics could help Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport team gain an edge on rival Ferrari during the 2017 and 2018 Grand Prix season. Its head of IT, Matt Harris, reveals the team’s plans  Continue Reading

• Donald Farmer: Why business models are ideological

  Donald Farmer is a well-respected figure in data analytics, with significant spells at Microsoft and Qlik. He is turning his mind to the ideologies that determine the character of companies  Continue Reading

• Automated decision making shows worrying signs of limitation

  AI and data-driven decision making projects need to be handled with care – worrying limitations revealed in the law and healthcare  Continue Reading

• Systems of insight light way ahead for data

  Computer Weekly looks at why data management must become oriented towards business outcomes, not technology management outcomes  Continue Reading

• How the Met Office is handling a deluge of data

  ‘Lazy’ open source tools are helping the UK weather forecasting service open up unprecedented volumes of data to all  Continue Reading