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• August 03, 2021 03 Aug'21

  Panasas’s 10x saving bumps NetApp from HPC storage deployment

  University of Wollongong got 1.2PB for the cost of 100TB for HPC storage in its cryo-imaging institute. Scale-out NAS maker Panasas also brought life sciences expertise to bear

• August 03, 2021 03 Aug'21

  Intel hails data analytics-powered GB Olympics swimming success

  Intel has claimed its part in the GB swimming team’s Olympics success, with the analysis of ‘data pools’ and the use of its servers and workstations

• July 29, 2021 29 Jul'21

  Investigatory Powers Tribunal finds UK spy agencies unlawfully collected personal data

  Campaign groups Privacy International and Liberty are gearing up to bring further legal action after a court found that UK spy agencies unlawfully collected phone and internet records

• July 28, 2021 28 Jul'21

  Almost half unaware of GP data-sharing plans

  Around half of adults in England – approximately 20 million people – remain unaware of the scope of the NHS GPDPR programme, prompting calls for a public education campaign

• July 28, 2021 28 Jul'21

  BEIS replaces Excel-based grant system with data management portal

  The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is replacing an Excel-based system for grant applications with a data management system built by Aiimi

• July 23, 2021 23 Jul'21

  SAS steps up free data skills programme for job seekers

  SAS has expanded its free data skills for jobseekers’ programme, aiming it at people who have been adversely affected by the economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic

• July 23, 2021 23 Jul'21

  BCS, Royal Statistical Society, Alan Turing Institute combine to cement data science professionalism

  BCS, the Royal Statistical Society and the Alan Turing Institute are combining to form an alliance to promote professional and ethical standards in data science

• July 22, 2021 22 Jul'21

  UK government publishes full Innovation Strategy

  Strategy aims to put the UK at the global forefront of science, research and innovation

• July 21, 2021 21 Jul'21

  SAP Q2 2021: revenue down 1%, 600 new S/4 Hana signups

  SAP has reported second-quarter 2021 revenue of €6.669bn, down 1% on the same year-ago quarter. Cloud revenue has increased by 11% to €2.276bn, just over one-third of the total, and 250 customers claimed for new Rise with SAP package in the quarter

• July 21, 2021 21 Jul'21

  Interview: Chano Fernandez, co-CEO of Workday – a European co-helming a Californian enterprise

  Chano Fernandez, co-CEO of Workday, explains how the company’s storied and humane employee culture needs constant tending, and looks forward to a post-Covid acceleration

• July 19, 2021 19 Jul'21

  SAP invests €250m in UK economy

  Investment includes a new, UK-based cloud service, two new offices, and a beefing up of SAP’s apprenticeship and internship programmes

• July 13, 2021 13 Jul'21

  Oracle’s Miranda advances customer wins against SAP for cloud applications suite

  Steve Miranda, executive vice-president of applications development for Oracle globally, is showcasing three US customer wins against SAP at the supplier’s quarterly Oracle Live event

• July 08, 2021 08 Jul'21

  Developers have a moral duty to create ethical AI

  Corsight AI publishes report on how organisations can develop more human-centric AI and biometric technologies

• July 08, 2021 08 Jul'21

  CIO interview: Ian Cohen, CPIO, Acacium Group

  Acacium’s chief product and information officer joined the healthcare specialist in the midst of the pandemic, and is responsible for data, product, business process and automation

• July 07, 2021 07 Jul'21

  Clara Shih, CEO, Salesforce Service Cloud on the shape of post-pandemic service work

  Salesforce Service Cloud CEO Clara Shih has returned to the supplier after a period as a founder CEO and sees the future of contact centre and field service with relatively fresh eyes

• July 07, 2021 07 Jul'21

  Forrester finds companies confounded by data deluge

  A Dell-commissioned study by analyst firm Forrester finds organisations overwhelmed by mounds of data

• July 06, 2021 06 Jul'21

  Gulf hospitals flock to digital health to manage lifestyle diseases

  The Middle East is accelerating its take-up of digital healthcare technologies following lessons learned in the Covid-19 pandemic

• July 05, 2021 05 Jul'21

  Ordnance Survey Data Hub marks first anniversary with developer highlights

  A year after its launch, the Ordnance Survey Data Hub is claiming a 50% increase in like-for-like downloads. The resource has proved its mettle during the Covid-19 pandemic for the London Ambulance Service and has benefited the National Library of ...

• June 24, 2021 24 Jun'21

  Online Safety Bill unfit for purpose, says new campaign group

  Campaign group set up to oppose Online Safety Bill says the duty of care is too simplistic, cedes too much power to US corporations and will, in practice, privilege the speech of journalists or politicians

• June 24, 2021 24 Jun'21

  Salesforce declares AWS partnership to enable intelligent applications

  Salesforce and Amazon Web Services have declared a ‘strategic partnership’ that is claimed to enable the easier creation of artificial intelligence-infused applications

• June 23, 2021 23 Jun'21

  IBM serves more AI power at Wimbledon 2021

  The annual Wimbledon tennis championship is an event IBM uses to showcase the insights possible using Watson-based artificial intelligence applications

• June 22, 2021 22 Jun'21

  EU regulators call for ban on biometrics in public spaces

  European Union’s data protection regulators say facial recognition and other biometric identification technologies present too great a risk to fundamental human rights to be allowed in public spaces

• June 22, 2021 22 Jun'21

  CDEI: UK public wants clear algorithmic transparency policies

  A research exercise by the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation has found the UK public wants clear, easy-to-understand information about algorithms in use by the public sector

• June 22, 2021 22 Jun'21

  Inside Macquarie Bank’s data transformation journey

  Australia’s Macquarie Bank has moved all its data and analytics to the cloud and is applying machine learning to detect fraud and improve customer experience

• June 18, 2021 18 Jun'21

  ICO issues guidance on facial recognition in public spaces

  Information commissioner’s concern over the problematic use of facial recognition in public spaces has prompted her to publish official guidance on its deployment, while civil society calls for an outright ban

• June 18, 2021 18 Jun'21

  UK taskforce calls for cutting GDPR protections

  The UK’s Taskforce on Innovation, Growth and Regulatory Reform has recommended scrapping safeguards against automated decision-making contained in the General Data Protection Regulation

• June 17, 2021 17 Jun'21

  CIO interview: Warren Breakstone, S&P Global Market Intelligence

  S&P’s managing director and chief product officer for data management solutions talks about using data to make better decisions and how to continue innovating in a fast-moving market

• June 16, 2021 16 Jun'21

  Tech features high on McKinsey’s disruption list

  The management consulting firm has published a list of innovations that could disrupt business models, with many related to IT

• June 16, 2021 16 Jun'21

  Matt Hancock at CogX: ‘Huge opportunities’ ahead to exploit health data

  Health secretary tells CogX 2021 conference in London that huge opportunities lie ahead in the application of analytics to pseudonymised patient data

• June 16, 2021 16 Jun'21

  Databricks taps groundswell in lakehouse adoption

  Databricks has been expanding its footprint across the Asia-Pacific region amid growing interest among traditional enterprises and digital native companies in the data lakehouse architecture

• June 15, 2021 15 Jun'21

  Oliver Dowden hails Tech Zero Taskforce at CogX

  Government backs a group of UK tech companies and associations to combat the climate emergency, drive green investment and help consumers make greener choices

• June 15, 2021 15 Jun'21

  Amazon Web Services launches space tech accelerator

  Accelerator will see a cohort of 10 space startups use AWS to accelerate their research, development and growth

• June 15, 2021 15 Jun'21

  How healthcare organisations are tapping data analytics

  Healthcare providers are harnessing data analytics to improve clinical and operational outcomes even as they continue to face challenges in data aggregation and data protection

• June 11, 2021 11 Jun'21

  CIO interview: John Hunter of Council of Europe takes cloud route to document management

  John Hunter, CIO of the Council of Europe, describes how his team has modernised the human rights organisation’s document management in the cloud

• June 08, 2021 08 Jun'21

  Oracle and Crown Commercial Service renew MoU to continue cloud use

  Oracle and the UK government’s Crown Commercial Service have renewed a memorandum of understanding for the continued use of the supplier’s cloud infrastructure and applications

• June 07, 2021 07 Jun'21

  BT claims £2m in savings with Qlik data analytics

  BT claims it has secured £2m in cost savings by putting Qlik data analytics in the hands of 1,200 members of staff in its Consumer business

• June 04, 2021 04 Jun'21

  BCS: Lack of communication over NHS GPDPR ‘astonishing’

  The Chartered Institute for IT has warned that millions of people are not being properly informed of NHS Digital plans to harvest their data

• June 03, 2021 03 Jun'21

  Sapphire 2021: Klein vaunts rebooted Ariba business network as sustainability driver

  At the virtual Sapphire 2021 conference, SAP CEO Christian Klein trumpeted the supplier’s procurement network, Ariba, as the core of a revamped global engine for promoting sustainable economic growth

• June 02, 2021 02 Jun'21

  Mulberry bags Google Cloud support for data-driven sales push during Covid-19

  Public cloud giant adds Mulberry to its roll-call of retail customers

• June 01, 2021 01 Jun'21

  NHS trust’s Pioneer data platform joins up care delivery and improves outcomes

  University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust aims to improve patient care by bringing together anonymised health data from different care settings to better understand the patient journey

• May 31, 2021 31 May'21

  Great Eastern doubles down on data analytics

  Singapore insurer Great Eastern has started a centre of excellence to drive adoption of data analytics and hone its capabilities in data governance and data engineering

• May 27, 2021 27 May'21

  Singapore deploys drones to monitor reservoir water quality

  Singapore’s national water agency PUB is deploying autonomous drones at six reservoirs to monitor water quality and other activities to improve operational efficiency

• May 26, 2021 26 May'21

  Databricks unveils data sharing protocol as part of data lakehouse

  Databricks announces launch of open source project called Delta Sharing at Data + AI Summit, with backing of data providers and business intelligence tool suppliers

• May 26, 2021 26 May'21

  Disabled travellers promised better train journeys by Passenger Assistance app

  An app developed by UK startup Transreport for the Rail Delivery Group aims to improve train travel for disabled passengers

• May 24, 2021 24 May'21

  Melbourne taps AI to ease traffic congestion

  University of Melbourne has teamed up with public and private sector organisations to build an AI application that can predict traffic congestion up to three hours ahead

• May 20, 2021 20 May'21

  Government sets out implementation plan for genomics strategy

  The 2021-22 implementation plan for government’s 10-year Genome UK strategy includes improving diversity of genomics data, rolling out whole genome sequencing to rare diseases patients, and delivering a proof of concept for a next-generation ...

• May 18, 2021 18 May'21

  Legacy data and IT issues ‘laid bare’ during Covid-19, says NAO

  The pandemic has exposed challenges with legacy data and IT systems in government, and has made the government response more challenging, says the National Audit Office

• May 18, 2021 18 May'21

  Government response to National Data Strategy consultation depicts data as ‘asset, not threat’

  Government responds to consultation with a promise of delivery, putting an emphasis on data as an asset, not a threat, and finding respondents keen on levelling up

• May 17, 2021 17 May'21

  Oxford University uses Oracle Cloud to speed up analysis of Covid-19 variants

  The University of Oxford is availing itself of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure in the genomic sequencing and analysis of SARS-CoV-2, in part to identify new Covid-19 variants

• May 14, 2021 14 May'21

  Dutch police used deep learning model to predict threats to life

  Dutch police developed a deep learning model in their EncroChat investigation to predict which messages contain serious threats to life