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Artificial intelligence, automation and robotics

October 02, 2018 02 Oct'18
Government explores blockchain to make buying and selling property easier and cheaper

HM Land Registry moves into the next phase of a project that will use the latest technologies to speed up property transactions
October 01, 2018 01 Oct'18
UK will unilaterally tax web giants, says Hammond

Chancellor threatens to go it alone on tax reform for digital services businesses if an international agreement cannot be reached
October 01, 2018 01 Oct'18
Two autonomous vehicle projects funded in government contest

The National Infrastructure Commission’s Roads for the Future contest has awarded a £50,000 prize fund to two projects exploring how to make the UK’s roads ready for connected and autonomous vehicles
September 28, 2018 28 Sep'18
Data analytics cuts queues and flight delays at Rome’s Fiumicino Airport

Aeroporti di Roma’s CIO, Emiliano Sorrenti, describes how the city’s main airport is using data analytics technology to reduce delays and queue times, securing it an industry award for customer service

September 27, 2018 27 Sep'18
Network growth brings management challenges

As enterprise networks grow, so do the challenges of managing them effectively, says a report compiled by Oracle’s communications unit
September 27, 2018 27 Sep'18
Open for business: Microsoft on using cross-industry collaboration to drive AI use in the enterprise

Microsoft's multi-year effort to drive adoption of artificial intelligence technologies has entered a new phase, with the firm banking on openness and cross-industry collaboration to boost enterprise take-up
September 27, 2018 27 Sep'18
Best supply chain firms are masters of data and automation

Europe’s best supply chains are making the most out of e-commerce, customer insights and robotic process automation, according to Gartner
September 26, 2018 26 Sep'18
Dreamforce 18: Benioff calls for ‘inclusive capitalism’

At Dreamforce 2018 in San Francisco, Salesforce founder and co-CEO Marc Benioff argued for what he called “inclusive capitalism” and urged the technology industry to set the highest possible ethical standards
September 26, 2018 26 Sep'18
Nipping DevOps challenges in the bud

A clear focus on helping enterprises overcome hurdles in their DevOps journey has been central to Puppet’s growing footprint in Asia
September 25, 2018 25 Sep'18
Dreamforce 18: Salesforce vaunts Apple partnership and 'Customer 360'

As Dreamforce 2018 gets underway in San Francisco, Salesforce trumpets a partnership with Apple, a customer 360 service, and an upgrade to its MuleSoft “Anypoint” platform

September 25, 2018 25 Sep'18
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella highlights importance of sharing the wealth of digital transformation

During the opening keynote of the Microsoft Ignite conference in Orlando, Florida, the company CEO Satya Nadella talked up the importance of ensuring the spoils of digital transformation are spread far and wide in society
September 24, 2018 24 Sep'18
Microsoft commits $40m to five-year push to explore 'AI for human good' use cases

Microsoft wants to encourage non-government organisations and humanitarian groups to help it explore potential use cases for artificial intelligence during times of natural disasters
September 24, 2018 24 Sep'18
Alibaba Cloud and Intel team up on IoT

The Joint Edge Computing Platform lets enterprises train AI models at the edge of a network to support real-time decision-making
September 21, 2018 21 Sep'18
Businesses that take humans with them on robotics journeys gain the most

Businesses that put human development at the centre of their automation strategies will profit the most
September 21, 2018 21 Sep'18
Shell mines Microsoft Azure for AI to digitally transform upstream and downstream operations

Multi-national oil and gas company Shell is embarking on an artificial intelligence-led digital transformation of its business with the help of Microsoft Azure and C3 IoT
September 20, 2018 20 Sep'18
Alibaba debuts its first service robot

Chinese tech firm is eyeing a slice of the global robotics market, starting with a service robot that delivers items to hotel guests
September 20, 2018 20 Sep'18
AI laggards will lose out as rivals make efficiency gains

McKinsey expects artificial intelligence to benefit the economy overall, and early adopters may be able to double their cashflow
September 19, 2018 19 Sep'18
Alibaba Cloud making deeper push into smart cities

At its annual conference in Hangzhou, Chinese cloud supplier Alibaba demonstrated the transformative impact of its technologies on society and called for more manufacturers to adopt smart manufacturing processes
September 19, 2018 19 Sep'18
More than half of global workforce will need new skills by 2022

Machines will be performing more than half of work tasks by 2025, says World Economic Forum
September 18, 2018 18 Sep'18
Sky mixes Adobe machine intelligence and intuition

With data collected from the Sky Q box, the broadcaster can figure out who’s watching what and why customers’ viewing habits change
September 18, 2018 18 Sep'18
AI is crucial element of security strategy in the IoT era

Machine learning and network visibility for users and internet of things devices are essential to battle threats inside the enterprise, according to a new report
September 17, 2018 17 Sep'18
Lib Dems want ‘Geneva Convention’ for use of tech in modern warfare

Deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats, Jo Swinson, wants an international treaty on use of technology in modern warfare, and warns of the dangers of new technology leaving people behind
September 17, 2018 17 Sep'18
Singapore workers worst hit by impact of AI in ASEAN

About a fifth of Singapore’s workforce will be displaced by technology adoption by 2028, the worst hit among workers in Southeast Asia
September 14, 2018 14 Sep'18
Leeds Beckett University asks Alexa for help cutting Clearing admin

Dougal Scaife, head of digital experience and engagement at Leeds Beckett University, opens up about how combining chatbots with Amazon Alexa is helping update the Clearing process for the 21st century
September 14, 2018 14 Sep'18
Adobe’s Vittal: AI ‘bigger than the web’, and in use at Swisscom

Adobe and one of its customers used the DMEXCO digital marketing conference and exhibition in Cologne to talk about artificial intelligence efforts and spell out what each sees as their value
September 12, 2018 12 Sep'18
AIOps killed the IT support star

There is no room for IT support stars, who can fix anything. As complexity increases, automation and machine learning are the only options
September 10, 2018 10 Sep'18
Irish tax office testing out artificial intelligence for customer services

The Irish tax office and IT supplier Accenture tries out artificial intelligence for its customer service
September 10, 2018 10 Sep'18
Government positive to Science and Technology Committee’s report on algorithms

The government has issued its overwhelmingly positive response to the Science and Technology Committee’s report on the use of algorithms in decision making, published earlier this year
September 10, 2018 10 Sep'18
Pladis aims to get closer to consumers with S/4 Hana

Pladis, a UK-based Turkish-owned multinational biscuit and chocolate maker, has turned to cloud-delivered SAP software to move from a product-focused to a customer-centric way of doing business
September 07, 2018 07 Sep'18
Senior civil servants address TechUK smarter state theme

Senior government officials spoke at a TechUK “smarter state” event, revealing ambitious AI policy alongside a “back to basics” drive to get data right
September 07, 2018 07 Sep'18
Why AI should assist humans, not replace them

At the 2018 Disruption Summit in London, BT’s lead of customer insight and futures said artificially intelligent systems should be there to assist humans, not get rid of them
September 07, 2018 07 Sep'18
RBS announces branch closures as part of cancelled project to create challenger bank

The Royal Bank of Scotland has announced more branch closures and job losses as digital transformation continues to transform the sector
September 05, 2018 05 Sep'18
Tibco plugs streaming data gap in Spotfire

New streaming data analytics capability in Tibco Spotfire X is expected to be well-received by enterprises in competitive markets across Asia-Pacific
September 05, 2018 05 Sep'18
Health minister launches code of conduct for health tech data

The code of conduct – focused around data-driven tech such as AI – aims to deepen trust between researchers, innovators, patients and clinicians, according to health minister James O’Shaughnessy
September 05, 2018 05 Sep'18
How Ocado has disrupted its own model

At the Disruption Summit in London, Ocado’s head of technology explained how the firm built a technology-based model for efficient grocery delivery and how it has been disrupting that ever since
September 04, 2018 04 Sep'18
Tibco to tackle blockchain challenges

Integration and analytics software supplier Tibco has formed a new lab to tackle the challenges of implementing blockchain and other emerging technologies
September 04, 2018 04 Sep'18
Element AI teams up with AI Singapore

The Canadian upstart is co-developing AI applications for local industries as part of its efforts to build new research capabilities via local talent pools
August 30, 2018 30 Aug'18
Voice set to project into workplace, predicts Gartner report

AI-powered voice recognition is set to become part of the office environment within two years, according to Gartner
August 30, 2018 30 Aug'18
Singapore broadens access to AI skills

A national artificial intelligence initiative in Singapore is being extended to the general population to dispel fears that machines will take over people’s jobs
August 29, 2018 29 Aug'18
IBM brings AI-powered highlights tool to US Open tennis players

IBM is bringing its AI-powered Watson platform to the US Open tennis players to provide them with insight into their past performances
August 29, 2018 29 Aug'18
Heineken and Oracle create chatbot helper for polo events

Beer brand Heineken has enlisted the help of Oracle to create a chatbot to assist people attending the annual Heineken Urban Polo events ahead of expansion in 2019
August 29, 2018 29 Aug'18
HPE pins hopes on intelligent edge as hybrid strategy flattens

HPE sees hybrid as the future of enterprise IT, but revenue has been affected by currency fluctuations and its intelligent edge business is growing quickly
August 28, 2018 28 Aug'18
Amnesty International backs campaign to ban killer robots

Human rights organisation calls for legally binding international agreement to ban the development and use of autonomous weapons that operate without humans
August 28, 2018 28 Aug'18
Taking stock of Dell EMC’s growth in Asia

Tech supplier Dell EMC is riding on growing demand for servers and hyper-converged infrastructure, and investing in more technical resources to support enterprises in digital transformation efforts
August 22, 2018 22 Aug'18
Language barrier won’t hold back chatbots in the Netherlands

The use of chatbots by Dutch organisations is on the up, with KLM's chatbot a pioneering example
August 22, 2018 22 Aug'18
CEOs held back by boards wanting quick digital turnarounds

Digital transformations tend to have a long return on investment, but most CEOs are failing to convince their boards that these things take time
August 22, 2018 22 Aug'18
Barclays appointment will step up use of AI in investment bank

Ex-Goldman Sachs expert will focus on improving Barclays’ trading services and making internal systems more efficient
August 22, 2018 22 Aug'18
JP Morgan fintech strategy widens retail trading

Bank’s digital You Invest service opens up trading opportunities to millions of customers
August 22, 2018 22 Aug'18
Candy Crush maker King in Hadoop cluster move to Google Cloud

Online gaming firm is moving its massive big data analytics store off-premise and into the Google Cloud Platform
August 21, 2018 21 Aug'18
Riverbed plots to take the network from IT blocker to IT enabler

The move towards automation and next-gen networking will help the network deliver more value to the enterprise than ever before, argues Riverbed’s new CEO, Paul Mountford
August 21, 2018 21 Aug'18
Government departments are exploring new tech, according to GDS report

A GDS-commissioned report has found artificial intelligence and blockchain are the most popular among emerging technologies in government, but projects are often done in silos and departments risk “reinventing the wheel”
August 21, 2018 21 Aug'18
CIO interview: Celia Pronto, chief customer and digital officer, Casual Dining Group

Casual Dining Group’s chief customer and digital officer, Celia Pronto, is overhauling technology, consolidating IT and improving collaboration across its 300 restaurants
August 20, 2018 20 Aug'18
Job losses caused by artificial intelligence will dwarf those of Victorian revolution

The disruption to the jobs market caused by artificial intelligence will be far greater than that caused by industrialisation in Victorian times
August 20, 2018 20 Aug'18
Gartner recommends CIOs get skilled up on deep learning

There may be some wacky predictions in Gartner's emerging trends hype cycle, but AI and even quantum computing need to be taken seriously right now
August 20, 2018 20 Aug'18
Why networking is the last frontier of IT automation

Most organisations still manage networks manually, despite the cost and time needed in doing so, primarily because the impact of breaking something is much higher
August 17, 2018 17 Aug'18
Alan Turing Institute provides AI startups with opportunity to collaborate with researchers

Alan Turing Institute and Digital Catapult will enable science and AI startups to work with researchers in the Data Study Groups
August 15, 2018 15 Aug'18
AI provides immediate diagnosis for serious eye conditions, research finds

Artificial intelligence could diagnose eye conditions within seconds, and with the same accuracy as human experts, research finds
August 15, 2018 15 Aug'18
Alibaba eyes retail sector with new cloud offerings

Chinese cloud supplier says retailers will be able to use its machine learning platform to understand consumer preferences, among a slew of services it is making available globally for the first time
August 14, 2018 14 Aug'18
Driverless cars heading for Bromley and Croydon

A 10-month data-gathering exercise will pave the way for an autonomous vehicle ride-sharing service to start operation in 2019
August 14, 2018 14 Aug'18
How Unit4 punches above its weight in APAC

The supplier of enterprise resource planning software is giving users the ability to tweak its software easily without the need for consultants, turning the traditional enterprise software business model on its head
August 13, 2018 13 Aug'18
ICO strengthens commitment to technology and innovation

Information Commissioner’s Office has demonstrated its commitment to technology and innovation by appointing a new executive director to focus on this area
August 09, 2018 09 Aug'18
Rentokil robot Trevor kills off mundane processes

Pest control firm has deployed artificial intelligence robots to take out manual processes and progress its learning organisation approach
August 07, 2018 07 Aug'18
IT must prepare for an IoT-enabled digital workplace

Smart lighting, intelligent speakers and screen-mirroring are among the technologies that are moving from the home into the office – and all have an impact on IT
August 07, 2018 07 Aug'18
AI security hype putting businesses at risk

The hype around artificial intelligence may be putting businesses at risk, according to a study that found most IT decision-makers believe AI is the answer to all cyber security challenges
August 07, 2018 07 Aug'18
A quarter of Brits expect their jobs to be replaced by tech

A quarter of UK workers are worried their jobs will disappear because of automation and a third expect the technology to change their jobs for the worse
August 06, 2018 06 Aug'18
Alibaba Cloud makes deeper inroads into Malaysia

The Chinese cloud supplier’s second availability zone and upcoming DDoS scrubbing centre in Malaysia comes on the heels of growing investments in the Southeast Asian nation
August 05, 2018 05 Aug'18
The rise of humanoid robotics in the Middle East

Middle East CIOs are planning to roll out intelligent automation technologies such as artificial intelligence and humanoid robotics
August 01, 2018 01 Aug'18
Google to build third datacentre in Singapore

The facility will increase Google’s datacentre investments in the city-state to $850m, and follows the launch of Southeast Asia’s first Google Cloud Platform region in 2017
August 01, 2018 01 Aug'18
Apple breaks Q3 records, while losing market share to Huawei

Apple has posted a record-breaking quarter, but its smartphones are not selling as fast. Huawei is now the second largest smartphone maker
July 31, 2018 31 Jul'18
Intelligent automation spending to hit $232bn by 2025

Technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotic process automation and machine learning could help traditional enterprises gain ground on digital-first giants
July 31, 2018 31 Jul'18
Court RPA or get sidelined

Robotic process automation (RPA) is helping businesses go through digital transformation. Time for IT to play catch-up
July 30, 2018 30 Jul'18
M&S aims to give 1,000 employees data skills

Luxury supermarket Marks and Spencer has partnered with Decoded to create a programme aimed at teaching its employees data skills
July 30, 2018 30 Jul'18
Government to fund six connected vehicle simulation projects

The government has announced the winners of an R&D contest for connected vehicle simulation and modelling capabilities
July 30, 2018 30 Jul'18
How F1 and others are moving beyond descriptive analytics

Formula 1 and Merck Sharp & Dohme are using data analytics to better understand user behaviour and predict the future
July 25, 2018 25 Jul'18
Google Cloud gaining ground in APAC

The cloud supplier claims substantial growth in Asia-Pacific, and is upping the ante on partnerships and infrastructure investments across the region
July 25, 2018 25 Jul'18
Stagecoach trials full-size driverless bus

Bus operator Stagecoach is testing out a full-size autonomous bus in its own depots, with future potential for use on passenger routes
July 24, 2018 24 Jul'18
Nordnet drops AI assistant while SEB deepens collaboration

One Nordic bank decides to stop using cognitive agent Amelia to focus on other AI technologies, but another widens the use of the software
July 23, 2018 23 Jul'18
Commerzbank creates Hadoop-based platform for business-critical insights

German bank creates an entire new department to build and support a platform to provide business-critical insights
July 23, 2018 23 Jul'18
IBM results leave Watson thinking

Artificial intelligence is at the heart of IBM's long-term strategy, yet its cognitive solutions business experienced a slight decline. Oh dear, Watson
July 20, 2018 20 Jul'18
Cisco and UCL to open AI research unit in $100m digital economy boost

Cisco has extended its ongoing Country Digital Acceleration programme in the UK with a further $100m investment, part of which will go towards a new AI research centre
July 20, 2018 20 Jul'18
Cloud sales stoke Microsoft’s strong growth

Microsoft says cloud-based Office products made a huge contribution to sales growth
July 19, 2018 19 Jul'18
How Splunk is ‘splunking’ data for APAC enterprises

Splunk’s regional vice-president talks up the company’s business strategy and how its customers are using big data analytics in security and IT operations
July 18, 2018 18 Jul'18
Walmart and Microsoft partner to boost digital in retail

US retail giant Walmart has signed a five-year partnership with Microsoft, with the aim of speeding up its digital transformation
July 17, 2018 17 Jul'18
Expect jobs equilibrium if government sticks with AI plan

If the government keeps to its artificial intelligence sector deal, the number of new jobs created through the use of AI and automation will balance the job losses
July 16, 2018 16 Jul'18
Rio Tinto transports iron ore with autonomous train

The 280km journey in Western Australia was made under Rio Tinto’s autonomous train programme aimed at improving the productivity and safety of workers
July 16, 2018 16 Jul'18
Canada raises banner of AI to boost tech industry

Toronto has gone big for artificial intelligence, aiming to draw in international talent and boost its IT industry
July 13, 2018 13 Jul'18
How Singapore’s MyRepublic hones its IT chops

MyRepublic’s CIO shares how the company’s IT strategy has enabled the internet service provider to spread its wings into new markets
July 12, 2018 12 Jul'18
Three-quarters of consumers have interacted with artificial intelligence

Capgemini survey finds 55% of people prefer a mix of AI and humans when they interact with organisations
July 12, 2018 12 Jul'18
Indonesia leads ASEAN region in AI adoption

The sprawling archipelago of more than 260 million people is becoming a hotbed for adoption of artificial intelligence, led by digital native companies such as Go-Jek and Kaskus
July 12, 2018 12 Jul'18
Siemens and Alibaba Cloud eye Chinese IoT market

The two bigwigs will develop industrial internet of things offerings for China’s manufacturing industries that are being digitised through various state-led initiatives
July 11, 2018 11 Jul'18
Russian startup event more international than ever

This year’s Startup Village in Moscow was attended by more international companies and investors than ever before
July 11, 2018 11 Jul'18
Oracle’s deal with Chile should go global

UK Oracle users may eventually see the ripple effect of a court ruling in a country almost 7,500 miles away
July 10, 2018 10 Jul'18
Chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov tells Tableau users human intelligence still has role to play

Garry Kasparov, a former world chess champion, tells Tableau’s European conference that artificial intelligence is a positive force that will stoke, not choke, human creativity
July 10, 2018 10 Jul'18
Singapore to build speech recognition system to speed up emergency response

Emergency responders in the city-state could be able to react more quickly in future with the help of the world’s first mixed-lingual speech recognition engine, to be developed at a new artificial intelligence speech lab
July 10, 2018 10 Jul'18
Analysts question Australia government’s IBM deal

Industry analysts and experts have called the wisdom of the A$1bn IBM IT deal into question, with one claiming that the federal government should have used a range of suppliers instead
July 09, 2018 09 Jul'18
Holiday Extras uses machine learning and artificial intelligence for personalisation

Travel firm Holiday Extras has introduced machine learning and artificial intelligence into its smartphone app to give users a more personalised experience
July 09, 2018 09 Jul'18
We need to take ‘black box’ out of AI to increase diversity, says panel

Many users of artificially intelligent systems have no understanding of what they do, making diverse and ethical development of these systems increasingly important
July 06, 2018 06 Jul'18
HSBC previews the banking staff of the future

The digital revolution in banking is set to create previously unknown jobs, and HSBC has outlined three of the job roles that will be created in the future
July 06, 2018 06 Jul'18
Bosch teams up with Singapore Polytechnic in IoT training push

Bosch and Singapore Polytechnic have set up two learning labs to train students on the use of the internet of things in advanced manufacturing
July 05, 2018 05 Jul'18
UK joins forces with France on artificial intelligence and data

The UK and France will share expertise on AI and research, work together to improve digital services and collaborate to develop tech talent