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May 11, 2017
11
May'17
CIO interview: Bernie Burdett, head of IT, Dogs Trust
The animal charity is revamping its IT to provide better customer service, protect itself from cyber attacks and ensure GDPR compliance
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May 09, 2017
09
May'17
Blockchain gains momentum in the Middle East
Blockchain is gathering pace in the Middle East, with the United Arab Emirates leading the way
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May 09, 2017
09
May'17
Brexit yet to dampen fintech recruitment in London
Fintechs are still recruiting in London as large banks start to make plans to move staff to EU countries
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May 09, 2017
09
May'17
SAP marks 20 years in Ireland with digital boardroom launch
SAP has marked two decades in Ireland. CEO Bill McDermott hailed the millennial character of the country’s IT workforce, and argued for the strategic utility of SAP’s ‘digital boardroom’ concept
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May 08, 2017
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May'17
Unit4 adds machine learning to services-centric ERP system
Unit4, which majors on business applications software for professional services firms and universities, adds machine learning to its product suite, as announced at a customer event in Rotterdam
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May 05, 2017
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May'17
SAP goes after world’s largest brewing company in $600m licence dispute
Belgian brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev says it intends to defend “vigorously” against software licensing claims by SAP
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May 04, 2017
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May'17
NetSuite accelerates APAC expansion plan
Cloud-based software supplier will deliver its business applications through Oracle’s Sydney datacentre in regional push
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May 04, 2017
04
May'17
Dynamics 365 joins Azure and Office 365 in Microsoft UK datacentre
Hosting Dynamics 365 with Azure and Office 365 is part of Microsoft’s big cloud upsell
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May 03, 2017
03
May'17
SAP focuses on training young Arab graduates in Middle East
SAP has a raft of initiatives planned in the Middle East which includes a strategy to equip young people and entrepreneurs with the IT skills required as the region transforms.
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May 03, 2017
03
May'17
Barclays Bank opens startup hub in London
Bank aims to support fintech firms in their early stages
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April 28, 2017
28
Apr'17
Microsoft chief reveals Azure upsell strategy
Azure competes with AWS on price as an IaaS, but Satya Nadella sees this as a way to get CIOs to buy higher-level services
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April 27, 2017
27
Apr'17
Case Study: How Swedish retailer Stayhard boosted sales online
Swedish retailer adopts cloud-based software to turn customer browsing into sales
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April 27, 2017
27
Apr'17
Case study: Specsavers furthers digital transformation with single customer view
UK retailer Specsavers has been in the process of digital transformation for several years, and has now partnered with Fujitsu to eliminate disparate systems and create a single customer view
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April 26, 2017
26
Apr'17
Hadoop-centric data science proves value at Danske Bank
Nordics bank Danske Bank has been using the Hortonworks distribution of Hadoop as a plank in its data science programme, which targets fraud, fills ATMs, and aims to combat customer delinquency
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April 25, 2017
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Apr'17
SAP Q1 2017 results: cloud revenue €906m, 5,800 customers for S/4
SAP has announced €5.29bn in first quarter 2017 revenue, of which €906m was for cloud subscription and support, 17% of the total. Supplier adds 400 S/4 Hana customer in quarter
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April 25, 2017
25
Apr'17
City University London launches undergraduate data science course after postgraduate success
Following the success of its postgraduate data science course, London university launches undergraduate programme
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April 24, 2017
24
Apr'17
Gulf Air refreshes storage and server farm hardware with Dell EMC
Airline completes major project to revamp its storage infrastructure with Dell EMC technologies
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April 24, 2017
24
Apr'17
SAP board member talks Middle East investment
In an interview with Computer Weekly, SAP’s chief financial officer, Luka Mucic, talks up the significance of the UAE and wider Middle East region in terms of IT transformation
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April 24, 2017
24
Apr'17
Criminal Courts Review Commission appoints forensic accountants for Post Office IT system cases
Investigation into claims of miscarriages of justice in relation to a Post Office accounting system has appointed a forensic accountant firm
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April 21, 2017
21
Apr'17
ASEAN enterprises facing mobility roadblocks
An IDC survey commissioned by Red Hat reveals organisations in the ASEAN region lack mobile-specific skills and tend to approach mobility projects in an ad-hoc manner
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April 20, 2017
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Apr'17
Camden open data platform aims to blaze a trail across London
Camden council’s open data platform aims to enlist other London boroughs in a drive to be “world class”. The borough is home to leading lights of UK tech, including Google UK and BT Openreach
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April 20, 2017
20
Apr'17
Dunkin' Donuts and Here Technologies join AWS cloud customer roll call
Companies have separately declared AWS to be their preferred infrastructure partner, as the cloud giant continues to make significant in-roads into the enterprise
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April 20, 2017
20
Apr'17
How tech teams can reduce LGBT+ university dropout
The number of students in the LGBT community who consider dropping out of university is higher than the average, but IT teams can make some small changes which will make a big difference to this figure
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April 19, 2017
19
Apr'17
IBM sales and profits down, but future focus areas see growth
IBM experiences another fall in sales, but it continues to sell more in areas that will make up its future business
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April 19, 2017
19
Apr'17
How Dutch university quickly connected thousands of students to new learning management system
Dutch university TU Delft is replacing its legacy learning management system after 17 years
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April 18, 2017
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Apr'17
FDM uses gamification to make graduate recruitment process more inclusive
IT services firm uses Yellow Hook Reef game to make its graduate recruitment process more inclusive and enjoyable for candidates
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April 18, 2017
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Apr'17
First MariaDB user conference hails renaissance of relational model
At its inaugural user conference in New York, MariaDB corporation leaders Michael Howard and Monty Widenius say the open source relational database model finds its moment beyond NoSQL phase
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April 18, 2017
18
Apr'17
SAP S/4 Hana gains traction in APAC
While SAP now counts companies such as China’s Ameco Beijing as clients, it is also going all out to address hitches that stand in the way of wider adoption of its S/4 Hana software
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April 12, 2017
12
Apr'17
Chatbots, Fitbits and AI: IT suppliers identify the top trends in HR technology
Businesses are using Fitbits, artificial intelligence and chatbots to improve working life as competition increases to recruit talented ‘millennials’
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April 06, 2017
06
Apr'17
Anti-trust complaints target Microsoft in the European Union
Microsoft comes under pressure as software suppliers raise market abuse complaints with the European Commission over bundling of Defender security software with Windows
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April 05, 2017
05
Apr'17
Technology investments core to JP Morgan Chase success
US investment bank is reaping the benefits of its $9.5bn annual technology spend
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April 05, 2017
05
Apr'17
Chocolate maker Barry Callebaut gets sweet on cloud
Chocolate maker Barry Callebaut is increasingly using cloud-based apps to improve productivity and reduce costs
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April 04, 2017
04
Apr'17
Outsourced water market IT system up and running
England’s competitive water and sewage market is now in operation, underpinned by an IT system from CGI
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April 03, 2017
03
Apr'17
Teradata Universe 17: IntelliFlex 2.0 vaunted as emblem of flexibility
At its Universe conference in Nice, Teradata announces an upgrade to its MPP IntelliFlex platform in line with what it says is a fresh flexibility towards customers
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March 31, 2017
31
Mar'17
Expanding business intelligence firm uses technology to bring in recruits
Chester-based GBG has saved £300,000 in recruitment costs and seen its ‘Glassdoor’ ratings jump from 1.9 to 4.2 out of 5
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March 28, 2017
28
Mar'17
1,000 sub-postmasters apply to join IT-related group litigation against Post Office
Group legal action against Post Office relates to allegedly faulty Horizon computer system
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March 26, 2017
26
Mar'17
HPE, Tata Communications to build world’s largest IoT network
The Lora-based network will benefit around 400 million people in India who can expect improvements in water quality and public safety
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March 24, 2017
24
Mar'17
Serco uses HR technology to cut recruitment bill
International outsourced services supplier Serco is investing in HR recruitment technology to help it hire 15,000 to 20,000 people a year
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March 24, 2017
24
Mar'17
Cisco unveils new Spark collaboration platform in APAC
Spark will be the future platform for integrating all of Cisco’s collaboration technologies, according to a Cisco regional executive
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March 19, 2017
19
Mar'17
Robot tax not feasible for Australia
Data61 CEO Adrian Turner says Australia needs to reskill workers rather than implement a robot tax
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March 19, 2017
19
Mar'17
Middle East fintech sector to accelerate this year with UAE leading the way
The financial technology industry could be at the start of a period of rapid growth in the Middle East
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March 19, 2017
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Mar'17
SAP to invest $200m in United Arab Emirates
European software maker plans investment to get near customers in the Middle East
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March 16, 2017
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Mar'17
HMRC urged to delay digital tax plan for businesses
Lords committee echoes previous criticism by MPs over timetable for Making Tax Digital programme and calls for further trials
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March 16, 2017
16
Mar'17
Oracle Q3 2016-17 results: cloud revenue up, overall growth 2%
Oracle’s third-quarter results for fiscal year 2017 show 2% growth in overall revenue, with cloud representing 13% of the total. Executives are bullish on cloud ERP growth prospects
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March 15, 2017
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Mar'17
Nordic airline averts business disaster with application performance monitoring
Following an emergency decision to move to Amazon Web Services, Iceland’s Wow Air has wholeheartedly bought into the cloud
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March 15, 2017
15
Mar'17
National Theatre moves to Office 365
The National Theatre is increasingly using cloud technology, with the implementation of cloud-based productivity tools its latest move
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March 14, 2017
14
Mar'17
Derbyshire NHS Trust takes simple BI approach to secure patient safety
Derbyshire NHS Foundation Trust opts for a simple, clinician and business-led approach to business intelligence to secure patient safety, using MicroStrategy
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March 14, 2017
14
Mar'17
CIO interview: Simon McCalla, Nominet
Nominet, the registry for more than 10 million of the UK’s internet domains, is expanding into the internet of things and internet security services
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March 14, 2017
14
Mar'17
Portakabin’s biggest-ever IT investment unifies CRM
Modular construction firm is moving to a single source of business information through cloud technology and services
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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
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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
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March 09, 2017
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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March 01, 2017
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Mar'17
Dubai Health Authority electronic medical records to launch this year
Dubai citizens and health organisations will soon benefit from electronic medical records
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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February 24, 2017
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Feb'17
Number of people hit by professional financial cyber attack grows after lull
Kaspersky Labs reports that the number of people hit by financial cyber attack grew in 2016 after falling in the previous two years
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February 22, 2017
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Feb'17
Corporate IT Forum aims to fill gap in discipline of SRM
Forum to fill supplier relationship management gap opened up by growing centrality of IT to business, and transitions to cloud
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February 21, 2017
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Feb'17
Australian bank implements cloud-based people management software
Digital bank chose software as a service when it wanted more from its HR systems
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February 21, 2017
21
Feb'17
Why businesses need a more enlightened approach to phishing attacks
City firms often fire staff for accidently clicking on phishing emails, but there is a better approach, Intel Security’s Raj Samani tells Computer Weekly
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February 21, 2017
21
Feb'17
SAP users react with concern to SAP High Court victory over Diageo
SAP UK and Ireland User Group has reacted to the supplier’s High Court victory over Diageo in indirect licensing dispute
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February 21, 2017
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Feb'17
Oracle fleshes out APAC cloud strategy
Enterprise IT giant Oracle is looking to better serve APAC customers with data sovereignty requirements
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February 19, 2017
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Feb'17
Facebook calls on Middle East-based developers in bot challenge
Facebook is looking for software developers in the Middle East to create software robots on its Messenger platform
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February 17, 2017
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Feb'17
Gartner predicts BI market will jump 7.3% to $18.3bn in 2017
So-called “modern BI and analytics platforms” outpace traditional business intelligence, but rate will slow down
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February 17, 2017
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Feb'17
High Court rules for SAP, against Diageo in indirect licensing case
Judge rejects Diageo’s submission that SAP PI is a “gatekeeper” licence for gaining access to the SAP suite of applications and database
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February 16, 2017
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Feb'17
Sweden’s Kiviks Musteri turns to cloud to keep up with growth
Swedish fruit products manufacturer Kiviks Musteri plans to put further systems in the cloud as a cloud-based ERP migration nears completion
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February 16, 2017
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Feb'17
Oracle executives claim more comprehensive reach for cloud business
At a recent customer conference in London, US-based Oracle executives gave accounts of the supplier’s cloud business as becoming at once more enterprise and more mid-market
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February 15, 2017
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Feb'17
UAE bank builds predictive marketing models
Rakbank is using SAS analytics software to better understand its customers following a successful implementation of the supplier’s anti-money laundering software
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February 14, 2017
14
Feb'17
Oracle expands cloud offerings in Australia
Tech giant Oracle will deliver platform and infrastructure services through its Sydney datacentre
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February 13, 2017
13
Feb'17
Autodata turns to big data to predict vehicle failures
Vehicle data company sees 30% jump in revenue after moving to open source software and opening its data to garages, insurers and parts companies
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February 10, 2017
10
Feb'17
Ordinary citizens with no terror links caught by US surveillance, court hears
US government has “extraordinary access” to private data of non-US citizens around the world, a Dublin court is told
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February 10, 2017
10
Feb'17
Motorcycle technical data available through Tibco managed API
Aftermarket vehicle information company Autodata uses Tibco Mashery to extend its developer platform
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February 09, 2017
09
Feb'17
SAP connects S/4 Hana in the cloud with ‘intelligent’ ERP
SAP has announced an intensification of S/4 Hana cloud delivery, together with an infusion of its enterprise resource planning with artificial intelligence
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February 09, 2017
09
Feb'17
Case study: Australia’s Salmat to go cloud-only after getting a taste for the technology
Australian marketing company Salmat plans to move everything it can into the cloud following a highly successful initial SaaS implementation
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February 07, 2017
07
Feb'17
Facebook Schrems legal case will have ‘sweeping’ impact on EU-US privacy
The US government says the legal case by the Irish data protection commissioner could have sweeping ramifications for EU-US data sharing and could undermine international co-operation
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February 07, 2017
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Feb'17
The internet of things gains traction in business
While consumers are buying more IoT, the wheels are starting to turn in an industry set for an IoT revolution
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February 06, 2017
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Feb'17
APAC businesses turn to DevOps to improve app quality, security
Security validation and metrics are some of the key trends in DevOps this year, according to CA Technologies
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February 01, 2017
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Feb'17
Manufacturers collaborate to secure process control systems
Nearly 100 companies are working together to develop open standards for process control systems that will bring prices down and improve their resilience to cyber attacks
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January 31, 2017
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Jan'17
SAP aims to clarify S/4 Hana, cloud apps roadmaps for customers
The SAP board has launched an initiative to publish and clarify roadmaps, especially in respect of S/4 Hana and its cloud applications, and one product of this is a new technology choice tool
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January 29, 2017
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Jan'17
Artificial intelligence will increase productivity by sharpening human mind
The combination of AI and humans will triple productivity if businesses get the balance right for different roles
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January 27, 2017
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Jan'17
Post Office facing group litigation over Horizon computer system after watershed decision
The group action against the Post Office that alleges sub-postmasters have been wrongly punished for accounting errors gets a green light from the High Court of Justice
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January 25, 2017
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Jan'17
Accenture adds voice and VR to data analytics for RBS Six Nations
Accenture, in the sixth year of its tech partnership with the RBS Six Nations rugby championship, adds voice interface and more virtual reality to data analytics effort
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January 24, 2017
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Jan'17
Post Office offers banking for all UK accounts as bank branch closures continue
Customers of all UK banks can receive branch services through the Post Office after a deal agreed last year takes effect
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January 24, 2017
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Jan'17
SAP 2016 results: cloud revenue almost €3bn, 5,400 S/4 customers
SAP declares full-year 2016 revenue of €22bn, of which nearly €3bn was cloud – almost 14%
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January 23, 2017
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Jan'17
Singapore and Indonesia stand out for IT spend in Apac banking sector
Singapore is the top spender on IT for banking of all developed economies in the Apac region, while Indonesia has the fastest growth rate in IT spending
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January 23, 2017
23
Jan'17
Schroders staff to complete daily tasks on mobile devices
The asset management company wants to make it easier for its staff to complete everyday tasks by linking mobile devices to enterprise systems
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January 20, 2017
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Jan'17
SSP Worldwide blames engineers at London datacentre for new cloud outage
Insurance software provider says latest service outage was caused by power problems at third-party datacentre site
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January 19, 2017
19
Jan'17
Southampton FC signs up to cloud-based e-commerce
The cloud-based system by Advanced supports fan engagement and is able to handle peaks in traffic on Southampton FC’s website
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January 18, 2017
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Jan'17
Oracle trumpets cloud applications progress at start of 2017
Oracle reports a new wave of customer take-up of its cloud offerings and announces new datacentres and increased IaaS availability of its Database Cloud Service
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January 17, 2017
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Jan'17
Aldo uses Salesforce to drive ‘customer delight’
Luxury retailer is using Salesforce to drive engagement, a seamless experience and customer loyalty
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January 13, 2017
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Jan'17
Davos: Technology poses new risks to jobs, economies and society
Politicians and business leaders will discuss the risks posed by technology to jobs, political stability and cyber security at the World Economic Forum in Davos
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January 12, 2017
12
Jan'17
Case study: The Alan Turing Institute takes cloud-first stance on data science research
Computer Weekly meets the Alan Turing Institute team and finds out how using cloud-first thinking can help achieve its goal of becoming a global force to be reckoned with in data science research