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• March 07, 2019 07 Mar'19

  ICO head still in top three of DataIQ data leader list

  The UK’s information commissioner remains in the top three data leaders after claiming top spot in 2018 in the DataIQ 100 list of most influential data leaders, but GDPR is not the only focus in the industry

• March 04, 2019 04 Mar'19

  Fresh data analytics tool slashes Openreach’s Ethernet delivery times

  Openreach discusses its work with analytics partner Qlik, which is giving its teams new insights into Ethernet and enterprise fibre network service delivery data, and says it has seen significant service improvements in doing so

• March 04, 2019 04 Mar'19

  IT Priorities 2019: APAC keeping pace with digital transformation

  Digital transformation is well underway among APAC enterprises which are looking to spend more on refreshing their IT infrastructure and technologies that improve employee productivity

• March 02, 2019 02 Mar'19

  Facebook asked George Osborne to influence EU data protection law

  Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg invited one of the chancellor’s children to Facebook’s office as part of a intensive lobbying programme to influence European data protection legislation

• February 28, 2019 28 Feb'19

  APAC financial firms face roadblocks with RPA

  IDC monitored the automation projects of over 30 early adopters of RPA in financial services and found that most were unable to scale up their implementations of the technology

• February 26, 2019 26 Feb'19

  MWC 2019: Industry rallies around the intelligent edge

  The ability to process sensor data on intelligent edge devices, then upload to the cloud, was among the themes at this year’s Mobile World Congress

• February 26, 2019 26 Feb'19

  TechUK: Digital ethics has to hit the boardroom this year

  UK IT industry lobby organisation releases a position paper contending that digital ethics must become a boardroom matter in 2019

• February 21, 2019 21 Feb'19

  Government and IT industry-funded AI graduate education programme to be rolled out across UK

  UK government announces the launch of a state and IT industry-funded graduate education programme in artificial intelligence, comprising masters degrees, PhDs and Alan Turing Institute fellowships

• February 20, 2019 20 Feb'19

  NHS AI code launched to set rules of engagement for tech firms

  The government says its code of conduct for the use of artificial intelligence and other data technologies in the NHS sets out the data privacy rules of the game for tech firms

• February 20, 2019 20 Feb'19

  IT professionals are getting ready for the onset of digital twins

  While few businesses are running digital twins in production, Gartner expects two-thirds will implement the technology by 2022

• February 19, 2019 19 Feb'19

  IT Priorities 2019: UK investment intent for AI intensifies, SaaS applications mature beyond CRM

  AI continues to strengthen as a focus for IT systems buyers in the UK, according to this year’s Computer Weekly/TechTarget IT Priorities survey, while cloud applications are maturing beyond CRM

• February 18, 2019 18 Feb'19

  Chief data officer role now well-entrenched, says Gartner

  Three out of five chief data officers in a Gartner study reported an increase in headcount, though few are measuring the value of their data assets

• February 15, 2019 15 Feb'19

  Lucidworks CEO talks up ‘data experiences’

  Will Hayes discusses Lucidworks’ Asian expansion plans, as well as efforts to help enterprises deliver rich data experiences for employees and customers through AI-augmented search engines

• February 13, 2019 13 Feb'19

  London and Helsinki digital partnership challenges big IT platforms

  CDOs of London and Helsinki meet at London’s City Hall to sign a city-to-city digital declaration around AI, open data and digital innovation

• February 05, 2019 05 Feb'19

  Cambridge launches urban data IoT project

  The city of Cambridge will use Telensa IoT sensors and a Microsoft Azure platform to better manage its urban data assets