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• October 21, 2019 21 Oct'19

  SAP cloud revenue boosted by Microsoft deal

  New contract with Microsoft will see Azure become the preferred hosting platform for ECC to SAP S/4 Hana cloud migrations

• October 18, 2019 18 Oct'19

  Talent shortage impedes UK business data analytics efforts

  Research from data blending and preparation supplier Alteryx finds UK businesses struggling to make the most of their data due to a shortage of data analytics expertise

• October 18, 2019 18 Oct'19

  Due diligence requires a flexible, standardised approach

  A study has found that procurement professionals are not confident of the process for vetting new suppliers – but a one-size assessment approach does not fit all

• October 14, 2019 14 Oct'19

  PDPC issues cross-border data transfer guidelines for cloud services

  Singapore’s data protection watchdog issues advisory guidelines to help businesses and cloud suppliers stay on the right side of the law under the country’s data protection regime

• October 11, 2019 11 Oct'19

  SAP CEO Bill McDermott steps down

  McDermott will be replaced by SAP board members Jennifer Morgan and Christian Klein

• October 07, 2019 07 Oct'19

  Interview: BHF on using cloud and big data to improve heart patient outcomes

  The British Heart Foundation (BHF) has set itself the lofty goal of eradicating the fear of developing heart and circulatory disease by 2030, with the help of cloud, big data and personalisation technologies

• October 01, 2019 01 Oct'19

  Citrix looks to grow APAC footprint with the intelligent workspace

  Citrix is looking to expand its footprint in Asia-Pacific – particularly in Japan, where firms are starting to warm up to flexible work arrangements

• October 01, 2019 01 Oct'19

  Future Decoded: How AI plus automation adds up to transformative change

  Robotic process automation combined with artificial intelligence is a recipe for digital transformation, and new research suggests businesses that use AI are gaining a competitive advantage

• October 01, 2019 01 Oct'19

  Marketplace push aims to get the NHS automating

  Thoughtonomy is hosting a new marketplace to encourage NHS trusts to share their intelligent automation bots

• September 30, 2019 30 Sep'19

  Australia gets ready for open banking

  Traditional banks and fintech firms alike will need to bite the bullet in the crucial startup period if Australia’s open banking regime is to succeed

• September 30, 2019 30 Sep'19

  Dubai’s Precision Group takes manufacturing into the cloud

  Head of IT at mould and packaging company talks about leading its digital transformation programme

• September 30, 2019 30 Sep'19

  The bots turning businesses into digital transformers

  As companies increasingly turn to robotic process automation to accelerate digital transformation, Computer Weekly takes a look at how the market is evolving

• September 25, 2019 25 Sep'19

  Why quantum needs a classic approach for supremacy

  Google claims it has developed an algorithm for a quantum computer that would take a traditional “classical” computer 10,000 years to run. We investigate

• September 25, 2019 25 Sep'19

  European enterprises 'waste' £24,000 a day on unused cloud services, says Insight research

  The latest Insight Intelligent Technology Index report highlights the economic impacts of wasted cloud resources within European enterprises

• September 25, 2019 25 Sep'19

  Executive interview: Speed is cloud apps benefit, says Oracle’s Miranda

  In a Q&A with Computer Weekly at Oracle Open World 2019, applications head Steve Miranda discussed the supplier’s approach to cloud applications, digital assistants and machine learning