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March 02, 2017
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Mar'17
MWC 2017: Barcelona trial uses IoT and big data to manage tourists
Barcelona, the host city for Mobile World Congress, has been demonstrating its use of the internet of things and big data to help manage visitors to Antoni Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia
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March 01, 2017
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Mar'17
Dubai Health Authority electronic medical records to launch this year
Dubai citizens and health organisations will soon benefit from electronic medical records
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March 01, 2017
01
Mar'17
CIO interview: Jim Downing, Metail
Jim Downing, CTO at digital fashion plugin Metail, believes selling fashion online is still difficult for retailers despite shifts towards omni-channel
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February 27, 2017
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Feb'17
Singapore university taps Verizon’s cyber security knowhow
Nanyang Technological University will use the Veris Community Database in a research project to enable more accurate cyber risk assessment
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February 27, 2017
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Feb'17
MWC 2017: Global mobile operators to use big data for social good
The GSMA has launched the Big Data For Social Good initiative, drawing together the big data capabilities of mobile network operators to address humanitarian crises around the world
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February 27, 2017
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Feb'17
Sainsbury’s CDO Andy Day maps path to join customer and product data
Sainsbury’s CDO Andy Day, who claimed the number one spot on DataIQ’s 2017 100 top data leaders list, is mapping out a data strategy to join customer and product data, in a “farm to fork” pathway
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February 24, 2017
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Feb'17
ASEAN’s first nationwide IoT network debuts in Singapore
Sigfox-based IoT network now covers 95% of Singapore, meaning enterprises can connect devices to the network nationwide
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February 22, 2017
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Feb'17
Progress on business IoT adoption slower than expected
The Economist Intelligence Unit last looked at business IoT adoption in 2013. Its latest business adoption index shows slow progress
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February 21, 2017
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Feb'17
Public trust key to ‘data-driven government’, says John Manzoni
The civil service chief says the public needs to be confident in data sharing safeguards and admits Care.data scandal was a step back in gaining trust
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February 21, 2017
21
Feb'17
Visa opens London technology centre
Visa opens a space in London where it can test out technologies alongside customers and suppliers
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February 20, 2017
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Feb'17
Sweden uses Minecraft for urban planning
Swedish National Land survey has put its maps on Minecraft to promote its work
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February 20, 2017
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Feb'17
Singapore commits over S$80 million to transform SMEs
Funding will support digital transformation efforts and bolster cyber security and data analytics capabilities
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February 17, 2017
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Feb'17
Gartner predicts BI market will jump 7.3% to $18.3bn in 2017
So-called “modern BI and analytics platforms” outpace traditional business intelligence, but rate will slow down
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February 17, 2017
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Feb'17
Visa, Bosch and Indiegogo debut IBM Watson IoT partnerships
At the inauguration of the Watson IoT HQ in Munich, IBM customers announced a swathe of new partnerships to bring IoT tech to market
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February 16, 2017
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Feb'17
Oracle executives claim more comprehensive reach for cloud business
At a recent customer conference in London, US-based Oracle executives gave accounts of the supplier’s cloud business as becoming at once more enterprise and more mid-market