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March 06, 2024
06
Mar'24
Interview: How a fundraiser became more data-savvy
We speak to a fundraiser in the charity sector about how an apprenticeship in data analytics has given her Excel, PowerBI and Power Query skills
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February 20, 2024
20
Feb'24
Uber CEO denies pricing algorithm uses ‘behavioural patterns’
Uber workers are concerned about what data is being used by the company’s algorithm to set variable pay and pricing levels after CEO Dara Khosrowshahi admits to using drivers’ ‘behavioural patterns’
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January 30, 2024
30
Jan'24
Oracle to fine-tune AI for the enterprise
Oracle AI developments aim to blend enterprise data and LLMs across its technology stack and SaaS portfolio
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January 23, 2024
23
Jan'24
UN chief blasts AI companies for reckless pursuit of profit
The United Nations general secretary has blasted technology companies and governments for pursuing their own narrow interests in artificial intelligence without any consideration of the common good, as part of wider call to reform global governance
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January 02, 2024
02
Jan'24
Qualtrics supports Dow digital transformation
How US-based materials science company has used analytics tools from Qualtrics to target improvements to customer experience
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December 29, 2023
29
Dec'23
Top 10 AI regulation stories of 2023
From the UK government’s publication of its long-awaited AI whitepaper to its convening of the world’s first AI Safety Summit, here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 AI regulation stories of 2023
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December 28, 2023
28
Dec'23
Top 10 technology and ethics stories of 2023
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 technology and ethics stories of 2023
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December 27, 2023
27
Dec'23
Top 10 business applications stories of 2023
Generative AI has become unavoidable for business applications suppliers. C-level executives offer insights here, while the fundamentals of user enterprise software strategy remain visible beneath the AI froth
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December 19, 2023
19
Dec'23
Top 10 information management stories of 2023
Generative AI was inescapable as the leading theme of the information management stories of 2023 gathered here. But also selected are pieces about data and healthcare, and the inexorable rise of the CDO
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November 20, 2023
20
Nov'23
NHS England hits 90% target for electronic patient records
Some 90% of trusts in NHS England have adopted electronic patient records in hospitals, ahead of government schedule
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November 17, 2023
17
Nov'23
Oracle NetSuite CEO Goldberg: AI a sleeping giant coming to life
Speaking with Computer Weekly at SuiteWorld, Evan Goldberg, executive vice-president of Oracle NetSuite, discussed how artificial intelligence has emerged from obscurity to be of business moment
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November 17, 2023
17
Nov'23
Capgemini and Heathrow strike deal to enhance passenger experience
Capgemini and Heathrow team up to provide development and operations support for the airport’s technology estate
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November 02, 2023
02
Nov'23
How the UK crime agency repurposed Amazon cloud platform to analyse EncroChat cryptophone data
UK crime agency repurposed AWS-based analytics platform to triage EncroChat data and identify threats to life in messages sent on encrypted phone network
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October 30, 2023
30
Oct'23
Devon County digitises with Unit4 ERP
Unit4 and Embridge Consulting have paired up to help Devon County Council digitise its organisation, data and services
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October 25, 2023
25
Oct'23
Government-led Smart Data Discovery Challenge launched to stoke innovation
A government-led coalition has launched an open-call competition for ideas using smart data to help support individuals and small businesses, emulating open banking
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October 18, 2023
18
Oct'23
Experts call for government to look beyond AI safety
Experts have warned there are far more near-term technology concerns than AI, such as facial recognition and the explosion of deepfakes
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October 18, 2023
18
Oct'23
SuiteWorld 23: Oracle NetSuite pushes business efficiency by way of AI
Oracle NetSuite’s Evan Goldberg posited AI old and new as means for organisations to do more with fewer resources, speaking at the company’s annual global SuiteWorld conference in Las Vegas
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October 16, 2023
16
Oct'23
Oracle’s Steve Miranda: Customers nearing inflection point with Fusion
In a Q&A with Computer Weekly at Oracle Open World, applications head Steve Miranda discussed how its customers are moving from project-driven to business-driven approaches, and how GenAI is for real
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October 04, 2023
04
Oct'23
Qualcomm looks to reshape digital world through spatial computing
Mobile tech giant announces new platforms, developed in close collaboration with Meta, to provide breakthrough performance in immersive applications such as mixed and augmented reality
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October 04, 2023
04
Oct'23
ICO issues guidance on workplace surveillance
Guidance on employee monitoring covers how employers can conduct their digital surveillance lawfully, transparently and fairly, and warns against businesses intruding on their workers’ private lives
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October 02, 2023
02
Oct'23
CDO interview: Lalo Luna, global head of strategy and insights, Heineken
The brewing giant is building a data ecosystem to bring new insights to the business and to make the most of emerging developments in artificial intelligence capabilities
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September 22, 2023
22
Sep'23
Lords begin inquiry into large language models
Lords will examine the risks and opportunities of large language models and look at how government can effectively manage them in the coming years
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September 20, 2023
20
Sep'23
Oracle CloudWorld 2023: Ellison heralds dawn of generative AI era
Oracle’s founder and chief technology officer, Larry Ellison, lends his heft to the generative AI vogue
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September 15, 2023
15
Sep'23
Microsoft to offer Oracle cloud database on Azure
Oracle and Microsoft have trumpeted an expansion of their joint activity with the launch of Oracle Database@Azure. Microsoft will be the only other hyperscaler to offer OCI services
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September 12, 2023
12
Sep'23
Ancient MoD IT systems could cause supply issues for frontline troops
Deliveries of inventory to the front line are being put at risk due to legacy IT systems and poor data, according to the National Audit Office
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September 11, 2023
11
Sep'23
Salesforce and Zoom embrace ethical hackers. You should, too
Software companies Salesforce and Zoom discuss their successful bug bounty programmes, what they learned at a recent in-person hackathon in which they participated, and why others shouldn’t be scared of hackers
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August 31, 2023
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Aug'23
GenAI outranks cloud as business IT strategic priority
Enterprise Strategy Group research on the use cases for generative AI shows it as strategic for corporate IT, with impacts on customer experience, software development and IT Ops
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August 30, 2023
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Aug'23
Met police data platform deployed with data protection issues
Met Police deploys integrated record management system despite data protection ‘compliance issues' that would inhibit its ability to retrieve data, meet its statutory logging requirements, and respond to subject access requests
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August 22, 2023
22
Aug'23
Met Police data platform £64m over budget
A freedom of information request has revealed that the Met’s Connect integrated record management system is running tens of millions over budget, and has already generated more than 25,000 support requests so far
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August 18, 2023
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Aug'23
BSI launches sustainability-focused startup accelerator
Startups selected to participate in the BSI and Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership’s joint sustainability startup accelerator are working in a diverse range of areas and using a variety of technologies to positively affect society
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August 09, 2023
09
Aug'23
AI interview: Krystal Kauffman, lead organiser, Turkopticon
Remote Mechanical Turk workers are responsible for training artificial intelligence algorithms and completing other data-related business processes - we hear about the workplace issues they face
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August 08, 2023
08
Aug'23
Pentland Brands marshals Google BigQuery to improve customer insight
The name behind Speedo, Berghaus, Canterbury of New Zealand and Kickers turns to Google BigQuery to improve customer data understanding
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August 08, 2023
08
Aug'23
Workplace monitoring needs worker consent, says select committee
Employers looking to monitor their employees through connected devices should only to so with the consent of those affected due to negative impacts such surveillance can have on work intensification and mental health
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August 04, 2023
04
Aug'23
Amazon CEO cites enterprise shift in cloud spending priorities for upbeat Q2 results
After a succession of downbeat quarterly results, Amazon's Q2 figures suggest a return to form
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July 28, 2023
28
Jul'23
ServiceNow Q2 2023: 23% year-on-year growth with GenAI to fore
ServiceNow has announced second-quarter 2023 revenue of $2.15bn, up 23% on the same quarter in 2022. The digital workflows automation supplier stressed GenAI developments and partnerships
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June 28, 2023
28
Jun'23
Scottish government tech accelerator opens latest funding round
The Scottish government’s CivTech accelerator is seeking technology businesses to help develop new tools to improve public services, as well as to address pressing social and environmental issues
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June 21, 2023
21
Jun'23
Software spending grows fastest as finance firms spend $652bn on tech in 2023
Banks and investment firms are increasing their spending on IT despite gloomy economic outlook, but priorities have changed
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June 20, 2023
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Jun'23
ServiceNow’s Bill McDermott: a ‘work in progress’
Bill McDermott, president and CEO of ServiceNow, speaks to Computer Weekly about his vision for the company and the technology industry, which he believes to be in the throes of exponential change
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June 16, 2023
16
Jun'23
Citi US Personal Banking turns to AI to ‘delight’ customers with personalised services
Citigroup’s US Personal Banking business has created a repository of customer data and is rolling out a decision engine to provide customers with personalised services
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June 08, 2023
08
Jun'23
Government and industry figures meet to discuss AI regulation
Tech industry figures are broadly supportive of the need for artificial intelligence to be regulated, but despite growing consensus, there is still disagreement over what effective AI regulation looks like
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June 05, 2023
05
Jun'23
Workers ‘deeply uncomfortable’ with digital surveillance at work
Employees express discomfort towards employers’ use of various digital surveillance and monitoring techniques, which are often powered by artificial intelligence
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May 24, 2023
24
May'23
Two-thirds of all 2022 breaches resulted from spear phishing
Research by Barracuda Networks has found that, despite the low volume of spear-phishing attempts, the attacks are highly successful and have major consequences
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May 18, 2023
18
May'23
Eticas outlines approach to ‘adversarial’ algorithmic auditing
Algorithmic auditing firm Eticas speaks to Computer Weekly about its approach to ‘adversarial’ algorithmic auditing, including its strengths and limitations, and how the process works
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May 17, 2023
17
May'23
Knowledge 2023: Ready for the exponential enterprise, says McDermott
ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott called for IT and ‘the business’ to finally come together in what he called the ‘exponential enterprise’ at the supplier’s Knowledge 2023 conference in Las Vegas
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May 12, 2023
12
May'23
IT Priorities 2023: Business automation intensifies as data governance returns
Business automation and a renewed focus on data governance to get more value from data have attracted more interest for UK enterprise software investment, says the TechTarget IT Priorities 2023 survey
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April 26, 2023
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Apr'23
Cyber security and analytics propel jobs boost in Scotland’s tech sector
A tech industry survey from ScotlandIS indicates the country’s tech sector is set to grow, with cyber security as the hottest domain
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April 24, 2023
24
Apr'23
Most IT staff uncomfortable deploying surveillance tech at work
The IT teams responsible for deploying and running digital surveillance in workplaces say they are uncomfortable with “extremely common” practice of spying on colleagues, research finds
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April 19, 2023
19
Apr'23
QlikWorld 2023: Capone asserts expanded economic mission for data analytics
Mike Capone, chief executive of data analytics supplier Qlik, marks company’s 30-year anniversary with claim for a mission expanded beyond data visualisation, at the supplier’s global conference in Las Vegas
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April 05, 2023
05
Apr'23
The Folio Society turns over new leaf with NetSuite
Well known for its illustrated, hardback editions of books, The Folio Society has brought its finance systems up to date, in part to aid international growth, with Oracle NetSuite
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March 03, 2023
03
Mar'23
Newham Council expands on data economy plans unveiled in 2021
Newham Council plans to set up a ‘data campus’ at East Ham Town Hall to continue the data economy development vision it announced at London Tech Week in 2021