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• August 30, 2018 30 Aug'18

  Blockchain gains foothold in Australia

  A number of blockchain projects are under way in Australia, but questions remain about whether the technology is wanted

• 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

  UK cryptocurrency exchange enlists Rackspace for Microsoft Azure cloud move

  London Block Exchange taps up Rackspace to assist with two-month Microsoft Azure migration as it sets about shoring up its platform against demand spikes

• 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 07, 2018 07 Aug'18

  Starbucks to advise on development of bitcoin trading platform

  Coffee giant Starbucks has joined a group of firms advising Intercontinental Exchange on the development of a digital assets platform

• July 30, 2018 30 Jul'18

  IBM and CLS to work on blockchain app store

  IBM and foreign exchange settlement provider CLS are using their complimentary expertise to create an app store for finance firms using distributed ledger technology

• July 30, 2018 30 Jul'18

  Dubai disputes court and Smart Dubai partner to apply blockchain

  Organisations in Dubai are working on developing the principal of blockchain-based courts

• 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 17, 2018 17 Jul'18

  Saudi Arabia entices UK fintechs to its shores

  Saudi Arabia is offering fintechs from other countries the opportunity to access its large internal market

• 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 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 05, 2018 05 Jul'18

  Beware blockchain security blindspots, warns RSA

  Companies need to ensure that rushed blockchain and other new technology projects are not introducing security vulnerabilities by gaining granular visibility of network activity, according to RSA Security

• July 04, 2018 04 Jul'18

  Singapore company turns to blockchain to improve food security

  SMC Nutrition is using a blockchain distributed ledger developed by a Singapore-based company to gain visibility across its supply chain and ensure food security

• July 03, 2018 03 Jul'18

  Food Standards Agency pilots blockchain in slaughterhouse

  Distributed ledger technology trialled in cattle slaughterhouse to improve transparency across the food supply chain

• July 03, 2018 03 Jul'18

  New deals bolster IBM’s European cloud business

  IBM has signed up a number of new customers for its European cloud, focusing on the platform and software services in the IBM public cloud

• June 28, 2018 28 Jun'18

  UK tech startup wants businesses to share their surplus compute capacity to run its cloud

  UK-based startup DADI is taking on the hyperscale giants in a bid to “democratise” the cloud and create an internet that is majority owned by the public

• June 21, 2018 21 Jun'18

  CDO interview: Andrei Belevtsev, Gazprom Neft

  Russian oil giant will harness the latest technologies right across its business, says chief digital officer

• June 20, 2018 20 Jun'18

  More APAC consumer goods firms expected to adopt blockchain

  The adoption of blockchain technology is likely to increase in the consumer goods industry as more businesses use the technology to address fraud and improve supply chain management

• June 20, 2018 20 Jun'18

  Chief data officers go to summer school

  Authors of the “Chief data officer’s playbook”, Caroline Carruthers and Peter Jackson, are running a summer school, supported by data governance software supplier Collibra

• June 06, 2018 06 Jun'18

  Sapphire 2018: SAP will take over CRM market, says McDermott

  SAP’s chief executive Bill McDermott tells 2018 Sapphire conference the supplier will storm the CRM market with its C/4 Hana business applications suite

• May 29, 2018 29 May'18

  Firms step up spending on digital tech, but struggle with strategy

  Businesses and the public sector are stepping up their spending on digital technology, but many business leaders are struggling to keep pace with what it means for their business

• May 23, 2018 23 May'18

  Blockchain tourism being replaced by its application to business challenges

  Deloitte reveals the next 12 months could see businesses move from exploring blockchain to applying it to business challenges

• May 14, 2018 14 May'18

  HSBC blockchain trial proves trade finance utility model

  HSBC and ING used blockchain to successfully complete a real-world trade financing transaction as part of a pilot

• May 04, 2018 04 May'18

  Most CIOs not interested in “massively hyped” blockchain, finds Gartner

  Despite the noise surrounding blockchain technology, not many CIOs are using it or planning to do so in the near future, finds Gartner

• May 03, 2018 03 May'18

  Netherlands to harness blockchain for waste management operations

  Authorities are trying out blockchain to automate many of the processes related to waste transportation in the EU

• April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18

  Expert interview: Dave Moschella, author of Seeing Digital

  Dave Moschella speaks to Computer Weekly about his new book, Seeing Digital, which looks at how the “d” in digital stands for disruption

• April 25, 2018 25 Apr'18

  Gartner predicts AI will add $1.2tn to companies’ earnings in 2018

  Gartner has forecast that artificial intelligence will create $1.2 trillion in economic value in 2018, up 70% on 2017

• April 24, 2018 24 Apr'18

  SAP Q1 2018: Cloud revenue breaks €1bn, 400 more S/4 customers

  SAP’s overall first-quarter revenue was flat, but cloud revenue and profitability were up, while its S/4 Hana customer base stands at 8,300

• April 17, 2018 17 Apr'18

  Targeted cyber attacks doubled in past year, study shows

  The number of targeted attacks has doubled in the past year compared with the previous 12 months, despite improvements in detecting and blocking them, a cyber resilience study shows

• April 16, 2018 16 Apr'18

  Santander uses Ripple technology to offer international payments

  Santander has launched an international fund transfer service for retail customers in the UK about two years after it started testing the blockchain-based application

• April 12, 2018 12 Apr'18

  22 European countries sign up to blockchain partnership

  The UK and 21 other countries have signed a declaration aiming to share blockchain experience and expertise across Europe, as well as preparing to launch EU-wide blockchain applications

• April 03, 2018 03 Apr'18

  Oracle expands availability of cloud services from UK datacentre region

  Database giant claims expansion of UK datacentre region shows its commitment to customers

• March 28, 2018 28 Mar'18

  £5m Ada Lovelace Institute launched to look into data ethics

  Nuffield Foundation announces institute to examine ethical and social issues arising from the use of data, algorithms and artificial intelligence

• March 28, 2018 28 Mar'18

  The Cambridge Analytica case: What’s a data scientist to do?

  The Cambridge Analytica controversy has highlighted data ethics issues especially dear to early career stage data scientists

• March 26, 2018 26 Mar'18

  Blockchain not ready for cross-border bank payments

  The use of blockchain in certain parts of the financial services industry is limited at present due to the additional IT work required around its use

• March 22, 2018 22 Mar'18

  Colt pioneers blockchain in telco voice wholesaling

  Colt Technology Services and Hong Kong Telecom’s international unit PCCW Global teamed up to trial the use of blockchain in wholesale voice settlements

• March 22, 2018 22 Mar'18

  What would coders do in ethical grey areas?

  Software developers are writing code that affects the lives of millions of people and how businesses are run, but what do coders think about some of the ethical questions they face?

• March 19, 2018 19 Mar'18

  How airlines are gearing up for the digital shift

  Asian carriers are counting on personalised services, blockchain-enabled loyalty programmes, automation and predictive maintenance to lower costs and improve passenger experience

• March 12, 2018 12 Mar'18

  Proof of concept shows blockchain could save lives in pharmaceutical logistics

  DHL and Accenture pilot tracks pharmaceutical products from manufacture to prescription, showing potential to clamp down on counterfeit medicines

• March 05, 2018 05 Mar'18

  Bitcoin burglaries: Icelandic police count cost of cryptocurrency kit thefts from datacentres

  Police in Iceland are investigating a spate of datacentre thefts, after thieves lifted 600 cryptocurrency-mining servers worth around $2m

• March 05, 2018 05 Mar'18

  Most healthcare organisations have been breached, report shows

   Less than a third of global healthcare organisations remain untouched, as data breaches rise across the industry, a report reveals

• March 01, 2018 01 Mar'18

  Case study: How the Moonlite Project will use green energy to power bitcoin-mining datacentres

  As the energy consumption habits of the cryptocurrency mining community continue to attract attention, we speak to the The Moonlite Project about how it is embracing renewable energy to clean up the industry’s image

• February 22, 2018 22 Feb'18

  MPs run the rule over digital currency to identify risks and opportunities

  MPs are taking a close look at the potential opportunities and risks associated with the UK adoption of cryptocurrencies and the technology that underpins them

• February 14, 2018 14 Feb'18

  Blockchain to give global LGBT community a louder economic voice

  Blockchain will underpin a global platform that aims to give the LGBT community a more powerful economic voice

• February 12, 2018 12 Feb'18

  Oracle pushes automation beyond database to cloud services

  At Cloud World New York, Oracle announced the extension of its machine learning efforts to services in its cloud platform

• February 12, 2018 12 Feb'18

  Moscow puts municipal vehicles online to save fuel

  The city of Moscow has deployed a unified IoT platform to monitor and control all of its municipal vehicles

• February 12, 2018 12 Feb'18

  APAC fintech market set to bloom

  Government support, the rise of digital payments and a new breed of financial services will put the region’s financial technology market in overdrive over the next few years

• February 12, 2018 12 Feb'18

  French technology startups are forging ahead – but how?

  France has sprung to the forefront of the international tech startup scene. How has this happened, and what's next for French tech firms?

• February 06, 2018 06 Feb'18

  BMW selects new startups for Innovation Lab 2018 accelerator

  Five startups will pitch their projects to BMW executives for the chance to work with the car manufacturer’s commercial divisions

• February 01, 2018 01 Feb'18

  IT Priorities 2018: Where senior IT managers plan to spend their budget

  It is the year when IT departments migrate to Windows 10, upgrade to Windows Server 2016, architect microservices and deploy cloud management