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Big data analytics

• 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 03, 2018 03 Sep'18

  Department for Transport invests £10m in digital journey planner

  Digital transport planning system will allow local authorities and utility companies to share and record data on roadworks to reduce disruption and delays for drivers

• 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 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 09, 2018 09 Aug'18

  UK above average on strategic use of analytics

  The UK has slightly more chief data officers than the global average, which helps drive strategic initiatives – but security is still seen as a major hurdle

• 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 09, 2018 09 Aug'18

  Government sets out vision for better use of rail data

  The government and the rail industry have developed a joint action plan to remove barriers to better data use by improving access to data, developing better standards, increasing skills and encouraging collaboration

• August 02, 2018 02 Aug'18

  Government launches digital economy competition review

  Obama’s former chief economic advisor will lead panel on competition in the digital economy to ensure regulations are fit for purpose

• August 02, 2018 02 Aug'18

  Data has potential to enhance UK economy and productivity, says government

  Government paper sets out potential for data to drive economic value, and highlights series of challenges that need to be addressed to fully gain benefits

• August 01, 2018 01 Aug'18

  What machine learning practitioners can learn from data warehousing

  Cloudera’s head of emerging business shares lessons that machine learning practitioners can learn from their cousins in data warehousing

• July 31, 2018 31 Jul'18

  UK fintech investment exceeds US and China

  Financial technology investments in the UK have surpassed those made in the US and China

• 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

  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 26, 2018 26 Jul'18

  Cities key to making data a new form of infrastructure, says Nesta

  City governments need to take charge of data use and leverage responsible innovation, as data should not be seen as a saleable commodity, but a common good, according to the innovation foundation

• 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