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• April 17, 2018 17 Apr'18

  Russian energy giant makes digital tech adoption a priority

  Russian oil and gas giant Gazprom Neft is exploring the use of the latest digital technologies across its entire business

• April 11, 2018 11 Apr'18

  Finnish government backs national AI development strategy

  Government is harnessing Finland’s tech base to help make the country a leading location for the artificial intelligence industry

• April 04, 2018 04 Apr'18

  UN adopts Tableau as global standard to augment decision support

  The United Nations has struck a deal with data visualisation software supplier Tableau to extend its use as an organisation-wide standard

• March 27, 2018 27 Mar'18

  Capgemini turns to tech startup to identify ‘most engaged’ teams

  Technology and consulting services firm Capgemini is using technology from a startup company to poll its employees’ views and provide feedback from managers every week. It is discovering what it takes to create “engaged teams”

• March 23, 2018 23 Mar'18

  Telefonica cuts HR running costs by 40% as it replaces hundreds of ageing IT systems

  Multinational telecoms group Telefonica is on the verge of completing a project to replace 175 incompatible HR IT systems with a cloud service covering more than 40 countries

• March 16, 2018 16 Mar'18

  Employers face hiring crisis as AI replaces mid-skilled jobs

  Artificial intelligence could replace two-thirds of existing jobs within 20 years, and employers will face growing difficulties recruiting skilled staff

• March 16, 2018 16 Mar'18

  IT contractors not a risk despite Snowden leaks, GCHQ tells court

  The government argues in the Investigatory Powers Tribunal that contractors with systems administration rights to computers holding GCHQ’s most sensitive intelligence pose no more of a security risk than the agency’s employees

• March 16, 2018 16 Mar'18

  Capgemini arm bags European Commission data infrastructure project

  The European Commission has extended the contract of prime contractor Capgemini on its open data project

• March 16, 2018 16 Mar'18

  IBM sets up no-fee Data Science Elite team to speed up AI adoption

  IBM uses Think conference in Las Vegas to launch a no-fee data science consultancy and a platform for artificial intelligence app development

• March 13, 2018 13 Mar'18

  Government ‘unlawfully delegated’ bulk data powers to GCHQ, court hears

  Privacy International urges Britain’s most secret court, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, to rule that the government illegally collected surveillance data from internet and phone companies until at least September 2017

• March 07, 2018 07 Mar'18

  Wi-Fi provider uses big data analytics to drive customer experience

  The self-styled “Uber of Wi-Fi”, iPass is using Databricks’ Unified Analytics Platform and machine learning to monitor its worldwide network and help its customers get the best experience

• March 02, 2018 02 Mar'18

  New privacy fears as IT challenges delay surveillance oversight body by a year

  IT challenges have delayed government plans for an independent body to authorise requests to access the public’s internet and phone records by nearly a year, raising new legal and privacy concerns

• March 01, 2018 01 Mar'18

  ICO head tops DataIQ data leader list

  The UK’s information commissioner has been named at the top data leader for 2018 in the DataIQ 100 list of most influential data leaders

• February 28, 2018 28 Feb'18

  Government must rewrite illegal sections of Snoopers’ Charter, court told

  A court has been asked to give ministers until July 2018 to rewrite powers to require phone and internet companies to retain data on the population. The government acknowledges parts of surveillance regime are unlawful

• February 28, 2018 28 Feb'18

  ASEAN firms upbeat on Industry 4.0

  Southeast Asian countries are generally optimistic about the use of emerging technologies, such as advanced analytics in manufacturing industries, but the positive sentiment has not led to action