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• October 17, 2017 17 Oct'17

  AI adoption still nascent, says SAS survey

  At its 2017 conference in Amsterdam, analytics software supplier discloses research into enterprise readiness for artificial intelligence, and identifies blockages

• October 16, 2017 16 Oct'17

  Puppet on why people, process and technology are mission critical to DevOps success

  At the PuppetConf user and partner summit in San Francisco, Puppet and its customers shared insights on how best to address the people, process and technology sides of the DevOps success equation

• October 16, 2017 16 Oct'17

  Employees will book time off using Alexa-style devices

  Voice recognition and artificial intelligence will take the drudgery out of HR, but CIOs need to help their HR team develop a long-term strategy

• October 13, 2017 13 Oct'17

  WEF gets to grips with risks posed by transformative technologies

  World Economic Forum is bringing technology, insurance and government sectors together to better understand the risks posed by technology failures

• October 11, 2017 11 Oct'17

  House of Lords committee hosts clash between AI enthusiasts and sceptics

  In the first session of its enquiry into artificial intelligence and the UK economy, a House of Lords select committee takes contrasting testimony from academic enthusiasts and press sceptics

• October 11, 2017 11 Oct'17

  Teva Pharmaceuticals turns to cloud HR as it weathers difficult trading conditions

  One of Israel’s largest manufacturing companies has invested more than $10m in cloud HR. The technology is helping Teva Pharmaceuticals turn its fortunes around.

• October 04, 2017 04 Oct'17

  Global IT spending to hit $3.7tn next year, says Gartner

  IT spending is taking on a different shape as organisations embark on, and accelerate, digital transformation projects

• October 04, 2017 04 Oct'17

  Manufacturers face skills and internal collaboration hurdles to digital transformation

  Skills shortage is biggest challenge to digital strategies of 40% of senior IT decision-makers in North America and Western Europe, survey shows

• October 03, 2017 03 Oct'17

  Dubai Land Department launches interactive app

  Mashrooi app will track real estate project progress and allow users to compare construction against developers’ plans

• October 03, 2017 03 Oct'17

  Investigatory Powers Tribunal faces challenge in appeal court over mass hacking

  Appeal court will decide whether UK citizens have the right to challenge controversial decisions made by Britain’s most secret court, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal

• October 03, 2017 03 Oct'17

  TSB moves to Microsoft cloud applications

  TSB bank is moving more of its productivity business software to the cloud, with Microsoft 365 products next in line

• October 03, 2017 03 Oct'17

  Irish High Court asks European court to rule on legality of EU-US data transfers

  Latest round in Max Schrems’s legal battle with Facebook could have major implications for EU-US trade and the privacy of millions of European residents

• October 02, 2017 02 Oct'17

  OpenWorld 2017: Ellison declares autonomous database 'revolutionary'

  Oracle’s Larry Ellison claims revolutionary cast for autonomous 18c database at the supplier’s 2017 OpenWorld conference in San Francisco

• September 20, 2017 20 Sep'17

  BMW opens its second tech startup programme in the UK

  BMW has launched its latest programme to support tech startups in the UK

• September 20, 2017 20 Sep'17

  Salesforce world tour lands in Amsterdam

  Salesforce customers met up for the Dutch leg of the supplier's world tour with a distinctly non-techy crowd present