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October 02, 2018
02
Oct'18
How Bank of England is using Splunk for proactive security
Head of the Bank of England’s security operations centre talks about how Splunk is helping it to take a more proactive approach to preventing cyber attacks
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September 28, 2018
28
Sep'18
Data analytics cuts queues and flight delays at Rome’s Fiumicino Airport
Aeroporti di Roma’s CIO, Emiliano Sorrenti, describes how the city’s main airport is using data analytics technology to reduce delays and queue times, securing it an industry award for customer service
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September 27, 2018
27
Sep'18
Open for business: Microsoft on using cross-industry collaboration to drive AI use in the enterprise
Microsoft's multi-year effort to drive adoption of artificial intelligence technologies has entered a new phase, with the firm banking on openness and cross-industry collaboration to boost enterprise take-up
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September 26, 2018
26
Sep'18
Dreamforce 18: Benioff calls for ‘inclusive capitalism’
At Dreamforce 2018 in San Francisco, Salesforce founder and co-CEO Marc Benioff argued for what he called “inclusive capitalism” and urged the technology industry to set the highest possible ethical standards
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September 25, 2018
25
Sep'18
MI5 admits to ‘unlawful’ spying on Privacy International
The UK's intelligence agencies acted unlawfully by intercepting communications data on NGO, Privacy International, the UK's most secret court ruled.
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September 25, 2018
25
Sep'18
Dreamforce 18: Salesforce vaunts Apple partnership and 'Customer 360'
As Dreamforce 2018 gets underway in San Francisco, Salesforce trumpets a partnership with Apple, a customer 360 service, and an upgrade to its MuleSoft “Anypoint” platform
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September 25, 2018
25
Sep'18
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella highlights importance of sharing the wealth of digital transformation
During the opening keynote of the Microsoft Ignite conference in Orlando, Florida, the company CEO Satya Nadella talked up the importance of ensuring the spoils of digital transformation are spread far and wide in society
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September 18, 2018
18
Sep'18
Oracle first-quarter 2018-19 results show weak growth
Oracle’s first-quarter results for 2018-19 reveal $9.2bn revenue and 1% growth, with co-CEO Mark Hurd calling out “spectacular growth” for the NetSuite cloud ERP for SMEs business
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September 17, 2018
17
Sep'18
Cutting through the blockchain hype
Blockchain adoption is still in its infancy, with security challenges standing in the way of more widespread deployment, according to a blockchain expert
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September 14, 2018
14
Sep'18
How SAP is riding on Asia’s growth story
The enterprise software behemoth’s Asia-Pacific business is growing and believes its latest C/4 Hana suite is uniquely geared to the scale of the region
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September 11, 2018
11
Sep'18
Fashion retailer Desigual boosts sales opportunities with data-sharing technology
Spanish fashion group Desigual reports 2% fewer lost sales after investing in technology to share stock, sales and pricing data between stores, websites and franchise partners
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September 10, 2018
10
Sep'18
Pladis aims to get closer to consumers with S/4 Hana
Pladis, a UK-based Turkish-owned multinational biscuit and chocolate maker, has turned to cloud-delivered SAP software to move from a product-focused to a customer-centric way of doing business
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September 05, 2018
05
Sep'18
Tibco plugs streaming data gap in Spotfire
New streaming data analytics capability in Tibco Spotfire X is expected to be well-received by enterprises in competitive markets across Asia-Pacific
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September 05, 2018
05
Sep'18
How Ocado has disrupted its own model
At the Disruption Summit in London, Ocado’s head of technology explained how the firm built a technology-based model for efficient grocery delivery and how it has been disrupting that ever since
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September 04, 2018
04
Sep'18
Element AI teams up with AI Singapore
The Canadian upstart is co-developing AI applications for local industries as part of its efforts to build new research capabilities via local talent pools