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June 08, 2022
08
Jun'22
APAC life sciences firms face HPC challenges
More than half of pharmaceutical and biotech companies expect over 10% growth in genomic workloads but are facing scalability and other challenges with their HPC infrastructure
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June 07, 2022
07
Jun'22
CDO interview: Matthew Lawson, chief digital officer, Ribble Cycles
The 125-year-old bicycle manufacturer is transforming its business with digital innovations such as live streaming and online personalisation
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June 02, 2022
02
Jun'22
Indian stock exchange taps data analytics
The National Stock Exchange of India is tapping data analytics to speed up and improve regulatory decision making
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June 01, 2022
01
Jun'22
How Pfizer is leveraging technology in healthcare
Pfizer uses predictive modelling to recruit patients for clinical trials and supercomputers to identity candidate molecules that go into antiviral drugs, among other technology use cases
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May 16, 2022
16
May'22
Gartner Data & Analytics Summit: Unleash innovation on emergence from pandemic
Analysts at the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit in London urged D&A leaders to unleash innovation as their organisations emerge from the shadow of the pandemic
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May 13, 2022
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May'22
Pro-competition data sharing will not include users’ personal info, says minister
UK government proposals to improve competition in digital markets by making tech giants share data with smaller firms will not include consumers’ personal information, says digital minister
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May 13, 2022
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May'22
Amazon shareholders to vote on audit of working conditions
Amazon shareholders will vote on whether the company has to conduct an independent audit on the working conditions and treatment of its warehouse workers, following the e-commerce giant’s unsuccessful attempt to dismiss the proposal
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May 13, 2022
13
May'22
Government levelling up bill promotes open data-based digital planning
The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill announced in the Queen’s Speech includes proposals for digital planning powers to be given to local government in England and Wales, based on open data
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May 11, 2022
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May'22
Pure to offer on-prem object storage as Snowflake data source
Pure Storage partnership with Snowflake will see the cloud data warehousing platform make use of on-prem FlashBlade fast file and object storage as a source for analytics data
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May 11, 2022
11
May'22
Sapphire 2022: Klein majors on sustainability and supply chain resilience
At SAP’s first in-person Sapphire customer conference in three years, CEO Christian Klein and his top team revisited the themes of sustainability and supply chain resilience, which were prominent in 2020 and 2021
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April 28, 2022
28
Apr'22
UK regulators seek input on algorithmic processing and auditing
Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum is inviting views on how the four UK watchdogs involved should approach regulating algorithms, following its publication of discussion papers and a 2022 workplan
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April 28, 2022
28
Apr'22
Slack and Salesforce go public with first major integrations since acquisition
Slack and Salesforce have announced a set of developer products and integrations that Slack cofounder Cal Henderson says marks the first big public step to realising the value of the 2020 acquisition
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April 28, 2022
28
Apr'22
Scotland’s tech sector recovers pre-pandemic verve
According to ScotlandIS research, the Scottish technology sector has recovered pre-pandemic levels of growth, and cyber security emerged as the hottest growth area from the industry body’s annual report
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April 22, 2022
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Apr'22
SAP Q1 2022: Revenue up 11%, Ukraine war impact projected to be €300m
SAP has announced first-quarter revenue of more than €7.1bn, and the Ukraine war is projected to have a €300m impact for 2022
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April 20, 2022
20
Apr'22
Bots could help businesses polish up their green credentials
Metrics are a key aspect of a sound sustainability strategy and Oracle believes automation can help businesses achieve their environmental goals
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April 20, 2022
20
Apr'22
NSO Group faces court action after Pegasus spyware used against targets in UK
Three human rights activists whose phones were targeted by spyware traced to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have begun legal action against both countries and Israel’s NSO Group Technologies
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April 19, 2022
19
Apr'22
ODI data literacy report laments technical skills inflation in government data strategy
An Open Data Institute report on data literacy and UK government data strategy sees a lack of clarity in definition, fragmentation of responsibility, and a disconnect between government and citizens
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April 14, 2022
14
Apr'22
Government agrees bulk surveillance powers fail to protect journalists and sources
Campaign group Liberty to launch legal appeal that will call for journalists to receive stronger legal protections from state surveillance
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April 13, 2022
13
Apr'22
Oracle vaunts ME as employee experience platform geared to post-crisis workforce realities
Oracle has launched an employee experience platform, dubbed ME, said to be designed for post-Covid, individualistic pandemic workforce trends
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April 01, 2022
01
Apr'22
TechUK calls on government to seize post-Brexit data opportunities
Ahead of the government’s reply to its late 2021 consultation about proposed post-Brexit reforms to the data protection regime, TechUK has published a paper declaring six data governance principles
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March 31, 2022
31
Mar'22
Spain’s La Liga looks to enleague data analytics with Databricks
La Liga, the first division of the Spanish football league, has turned to Databricks’ Lakehouse Platform to analyse footballer performance and engage with fans
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March 30, 2022
30
Mar'22
ODI sets up institution to promote public data sharing
The Open Data Institute has set up an institution to support the Open Referral UK data standard geared to promote more sharing of public sector data
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March 30, 2022
30
Mar'22
UKISUG: Big majority of SAP users beset by data problems in migrating to S/4 Hana
In a survey prior to its Analytics Symposium, the UK & Ireland SAP User Group finds 61% of SAP customers say data management issues are slowing down process automation and impeding moves to S/4 Hana
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March 28, 2022
28
Mar'22
NHS England deploys pilot AI tool to forecast A&E admissions
The NHS is deploying an AI-based demand forecasting tool to accurately predict activity levels and free up staff, space and resources to tackle post-pandemic treatment backlogs
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March 24, 2022
24
Mar'22
Unipart maps way ahead with Rise with SAP service
Unipart has chosen the Rise with SAP S/4 Hana-based service as it seeks to develop further the systems integration side of its business
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March 24, 2022
24
Mar'22
Recognising APAC’s trailblazers in digital transformation
The region’s top industry innovators were recognised for their digital transformation efforts at the Computer Weekly Innovation Awards APAC 2022
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March 24, 2022
24
Mar'22
CW Innovation Awards: Plugging supply chain gaps
StratMed’s Integer platform is facilitating data exchanges between healthcare providers and their suppliers to improve transparency in India’s healthcare supply chain
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March 24, 2022
24
Mar'22
CW Innovation Awards: Driving new revenue with data insights
GLS Group beefed up its enterprise resource planning system to deliver data insights that support real-time decision making and drive new revenue
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March 24, 2022
24
Mar'22
CW Innovation Awards: Tracking cargo on the road
Through Geodis APAC’s One Road platform, supply chain companies have received fewer enquiries on cargo locations and improved on-time performance using roads as an alternative way to move cargo
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March 22, 2022
22
Mar'22
Competition watchdog contacts Barclays and Lloyds banks over API failures
Barclays and Lloyds banks have failed to meet some of the open banking rules, says competition watchdog
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March 21, 2022
21
Mar'22
Siloed data holding back coordinated health responses
Digital health experts discuss the role of data in coordinating the NHS’s pandemic response and how managing privacy and governance issues are key to further success
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March 21, 2022
21
Mar'22
NZ glassmaker taps IoT to track delivery trolleys
Architectural Glass Products has installed tracking devices on delivery trolleys to track its products and delivery trolleys in real time
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March 18, 2022
18
Mar'22
University of Reading tracks fruit tree flowering as spring breaks, with Oracle
University is working with Oracle for research to monitor fruit trees as they blossom into spring
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March 18, 2022
18
Mar'22
Inside Al-Ikhsan’s business analytics journey
The Malaysian sportswear retailer has increased its profits and market share through its investments in business intelligence and analytics over the past five years
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March 16, 2022
16
Mar'22
UCL report projects 5,500 ‘open data’ jobs in Newham by 2035
Report from University College London’s Institute for Global Prosperity says London borough is ‘uniquely placed to seize the data opportunity’
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March 14, 2022
14
Mar'22
More Tableau-Salesforce integrations on the cards
Tableau and Salesforce are looking to deliver more ‘pre-integrated’ offerings that embed analytics capabilities into the latter’s portfolio of software-as-a-service applications
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March 11, 2022
11
Mar'22
AWS launches its first UK healthtech accelerator
A cohort of 12 startups will use AWS resources to accelerate their technology and business development, with opportunities to sell to public sector healthcare organisations at the end
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March 11, 2022
11
Mar'22
Police EncroChat cryptophone hacking implant did not work properly and frequently failed
Surveillance operation against EncroChat encrypted phone network had repeated technical failures
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March 11, 2022
11
Mar'22
CW Innovation Awards: Weikfield bags analytics rewards
The success of Weikfield Food’s analytics initiative is underpinned by small successive deployments to overcome resistance from users and ensure requirements are met
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March 09, 2022
09
Mar'22
How Kofax is tapping the groundswell in automation
Kofax is counting on its pedigree in optical character recognition and other capabilities to tap the growing market for automation technologies
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March 08, 2022
08
Mar'22
Amazon resists independent audit of warehouse working conditions
Two shareholder proposals pushing for an independent audit of working conditions at Amazon are being challenged by the ecommerce giant, which claims it is a matter for management rather than shareholders
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March 03, 2022
03
Mar'22
SAP and Oracle express solidarity with Ukraine against Russia
SAP and Oracle suspend operations in the Russian Federation after expressing solidarity with Ukraine in the face of the war against it being conducted by Russia
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March 01, 2022
01
Mar'22
Workplace surveillance ‘spiralling out of control’, says TUC
Trade union body pushes for workers to be consulted on the implementation of new technologies at work, warning that invasive surveillance practices are getting out of hand
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February 25, 2022
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Feb'22
University of Amsterdam teams up with MIT to use analytics for a better world
Dutch and US universities join forces with tech company to help non-government organisations and the United Nations to harness data analytics to achieve sustainable development goals
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February 23, 2022
23
Feb'22
Paid-for advertising still not covered in Online Safety Bill
Consumer group Which? calls again for government to include measures against scam paid-for advertising in the Online Safety Bill
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February 23, 2022
23
Feb'22
European Commission opens path to a Data Act to stoke digital economy
The European Commission has published a proposal for a Data Act that it hopes will stoke a digital economy, in part by unlocking IoT and other ‘industrial data’
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February 22, 2022
22
Feb'22
Software AG executives trumpet progress on Helix growth plan
Software AG’s executive team has confirmed progress on a cloud-oriented growth strategy named Helix, launched in 2019 and bolstered by 2021 investment by US technology firm Silver Lake
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February 21, 2022
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Feb'22
Union pushes for collective bargaining around technology and data
Prospect union releases guidance on how workers and unions can engage employers over the use of technology at work, with particular emphasis on the need to include technology provisions in collective bargaining agreements
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February 11, 2022
11
Feb'22
Rackspace buys Singapore firm to bolster analytics capability in APAC
Rackspace Technology’s acquisition of Just Analytics will bring delivery capabilities to Southeast Asia and pave the way for its expansion into Vietnam
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February 10, 2022
10
Feb'22
Government earmarks £23m for 2,000 AI scholarships in England
The DCMS has confirmed £23m government funding for 2,000 scholarships in England for AI and data science Masters degree conversion courses