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• March 13, 2017 13 Mar'17

  Danish shipping company uses blockchain in IBM partnership

  Maersk and IBM test out the application of blockchain technology to track and manage the paper trail of shipping containers around the world

• March 12, 2017 12 Mar'17

  Open source adoption in APAC no longer just about cost-cutting

  Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst calls for enterprises to tap open source technologies to build new capabilities and solve business problems

• March 09, 2017 09 Mar'17

  Google: Democratisation of AI tech to ‘greatly improve’ quality of life

  Fei-Fei Li, Google's chief scientist of artificial intelligence and machine learning, talks up societal benefits of making artificial intelligence tools and technologies accessible to all

• March 09, 2017 09 Mar'17

  Domino’s Australia says hello to chatbots

  The pizza chain has launched a chatbot that takes orders via its Australian website and mobile app

• March 08, 2017 08 Mar'17

  Centrica eliminates more than 20 IT systems after replacing SAP with cloud HR technology

  Energy and services company claims major savings in IT costs after moving its HR services to the cloud

• March 07, 2017 07 Mar'17

  ZF Group opens doors to Hyderabad tech centre

  German car parts manufacturer ZF Group opens a technology centre in India to focus on software lead innovation

• March 06, 2017 06 Mar'17

  Virtual reality simulation helps KLM engineers escape in an emergency

  Dutch airline KLM develops virtual reality simulation to show engineers what to do if a maintenance hangar catches fire

• March 02, 2017 02 Mar'17

  Singtel to start consumer IoT trials in Q3 2017

  Southeast Asia's biggest telecom group Singtel has developed a platform that integrates standalone IoT applications, including connected cars

• March 01, 2017 01 Mar'17

  Dubai Health Authority electronic medical records to launch this year

  Dubai citizens and health organisations will soon benefit from electronic medical records

• March 01, 2017 01 Mar'17

  CIO interview: Jim Downing, Metail

  Jim Downing, CTO at digital fashion plugin Metail, believes selling fashion online is still difficult for retailers despite shifts towards omni-channel

• March 01, 2017 01 Mar'17

  Subscription-based air travel to hit Europe

  Airline Surf Jet launches its membership-based service in Europe with cloud-based subscription management software at the core of the business

• February 27, 2017 27 Feb'17

  Ankabut creates hyper-connected ecosystem for UAE education

  United Arab Emirates education network implements cloud-based software to improve students’ access to resources

• February 27, 2017 27 Feb'17

  Santander bank to work with IBM developing mobile apps for staff

  Santander bank wants to make its staff more productive through mobile apps, which it will create alongside IBM

• February 27, 2017 27 Feb'17

  Hundreds more sub-postmasters apply to join group action against Post Office

  Initial hearing regarding sub-postmasters who say they were wrongly punished for false accounting reveals admission by Post Office legal team

• February 27, 2017 27 Feb'17

  Citizen Love: the story of an ordinary family's fight with the US government

  Finnish documentary makers Raimo Uunila and Lauri Danska tell the behind-the-scenes story of activist Lauri Love’s battle with the US government – and the impact of the case on his family