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March 24, 2021
24
Mar'21
Covid-torn supply chains speed cloud adoption, says Oracle’s Miranda
Second wave of pandemic has seen some Oracle customers speed up adoption and others attend to some enterprise software housekeeping
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March 23, 2021
23
Mar'21
Generation Z majority left cold by data literacy
Data literacy is a term with little currency among 16 to 21-year-olds, according to research commissioned by analytics database company Exasol, but more than half of those surveyed think data skills should be more prominent in education
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March 23, 2021
23
Mar'21
Home Office completes transfer of all business apps to Oracle Cloud
Home Office has completed its deployment of Oracle’s Cloud Applications suite to all its functions across 35,000 staff, ahead of other government departments
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March 16, 2021
16
Mar'21
Uber and Ola ordered to hand over more data to drivers
A Dutch court has rejected Uber and Ola’s claims that drivers collectively taking action to access their data amounts to an abuse of their individual data access rights, laying the ground for drivers to form their own union-controlled data trust
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March 16, 2021
16
Mar'21
Josh Bersin 2021 technology guide vaunts employee experience
Josh Bersin’s annual HR technology market guide for 2021 pulls out employee experience as the hottest area, as the sector shifts to productivity-boosting tech
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March 11, 2021
11
Mar'21
Oracle Q3, 2020-21: Revenue growth of 3% backdrop to Ellison attack on SAP
Chairman and CTO Larry Ellison launches competitive attack on SAP as Oracle’s third-quarter results show revenue growth of 3%
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March 11, 2021
11
Mar'21
IFS ramps up single-platform cloud delivery as it bids ERP adieu
Business applications supplier shifts fundamentally to cloud infrastructure while sloughing off enterprise resource planning as it rebrands
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February 16, 2021
16
Feb'21
Covid-19: Risk model identifies 800,000 vulnerable individuals
Research funded by the National Institute for Health Research has resulted in the development of a new coronavirus risk assessment model
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February 08, 2021
08
Feb'21
Interview: Robert Opp, chief digital officer, United Nations Development Programme
Chief digital officer of the United Nations Development Programme talks about the relationship between digital technologies and sustainability, and how it can be used for a more environmentally-friendly and inclusive future
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February 04, 2021
04
Feb'21
Microsoft launches Viva as employee experience platform born out of Teams
Microsoft has launched an “employee experience platform”, based on Microsoft Teams, said to aid the integration of the working environment
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February 02, 2021
02
Feb'21
Bank of Singapore taps analytics to improve operations
Private banking arm of Singapore’s OCBC Group will use analytics to improve compliance, customer service and the performance of its sales teams
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January 28, 2021
28
Jan'21
SAP launches ‘Rise’ business transformation as a service
SAP CEO Christian Klein announces business transformation as a service package, dubbed Rise
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January 13, 2021
13
Jan'21
South Central Ambulance Service drives out of Covid data fog with Qlik
Ambulance service’s business intelligence has come into its own during the coronavirus crisis, helping the managers behind the paramedics to deliver the service with fast data flows and joined-up datasets
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January 07, 2021
07
Jan'21
Robust member administration system indispensable for Dutch Coeliac Society
Organisation had to find a dedicated member administration system to support existing members, new members and countless volunteers
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December 24, 2020
24
Dec'20
Top 10 Downtime Upload podcasts of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 Downtime Upload podcasts of 2020
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December 21, 2020
21
Dec'20
Top 10 artificial intelligence stories of 2020
AI has moved beyond a tool for web giants and internet startups to something mainstream businesses should take seriously
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December 02, 2020
02
Dec'20
Salesforce confirms rumoured Slack acquisition on eve of Dreamforce 2020
Salesforce has announced a $27.7bn stock and cash acquisition of Slack ahead of the virtual iteration of its Dreamforce 2020 event
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November 26, 2020
26
Nov'20
Robots taking jobs, but creating careers
Robotic process automation developers tell Computer Weekly about the job they never expected to be doing
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November 16, 2020
16
Nov'20
Privacy advocates call for European probe into Palantir
Dutch group SOMI is trying to raise awareness of Palantir’s data privacy practices and how it works with European government agencies
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November 05, 2020
05
Nov'20
Mastercard: Looks like a tech firm, acts like a tech firm, is a tech firm
Financial services giant finds itself in a prominent position as the volume of digital transactions increases
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November 03, 2020
03
Nov'20
Industrial IoT connections to reach 37 billion by 2025
Smart factory concept realised as research reveals smart manufacturing will represent three-fifths of global industrial internet of things connections over next five years
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October 12, 2020
12
Oct'20
Software AG caught in double extortion ransomware hit
Data stolen from prominent German software company by Clop ransomware gang appears on the dark web
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September 30, 2020
30
Sep'20
Ericsson deploys 3DExperience to boost product design as Elisa inks 5G core tech deal
Leading Swedish comms tech provider Ericsson begins deployment of 3D design engineering software platform for specific functional areas, taking a stepwise approach to its product lifecycle management transformation, just as Finnish telecoms operator...
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September 29, 2020
29
Sep'20
Oracle OpenWorld 2020: Miranda – business model changes are driving turn to cloud
Steve Miranda, who leads Oracle applications development globally, spoke to Computer Weekly ahead of his keynote at the virtual version of OpenWorld. Supply chain management and customer experience are vectors where improvements are being made, he ...
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September 28, 2020
28
Sep'20
Tibco eyes growth in emerging APAC markets
Tibco’s regional head honcho, Erich Gerber, sees massive potential in Asia’s large population and thirst for technology, including advanced analytics tools that will help businesses glean actionable insights
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September 18, 2020
18
Sep'20
Congressman offered Julian Assange a ‘win-win’ deal that would help President Trump
Details have emerged of US congressman Dana Rohrabacher’s offer of a pardon to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in a ‘win-win deal that would benefit US President Donald Trump
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September 03, 2020
03
Sep'20
Insurers accept they were slow to adopt digital
Insurance companies know they must prioritise digital investment and are planning in-house development to help make up lost ground
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September 01, 2020
01
Sep'20
Pure aims at unified file and object and launches new QLC storage
Flash storage maker says unified storage in file and object is what is needed for contemporary analytics and AI workloads, while it launches a new all-QLC version of FlashArray//C
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August 19, 2020
19
Aug'20
Vodafone builds smart enterprise on SAP S/4 Hana
Holger Grewe, group head of corporate transformation, and Ignacio Garcia, CIO corporate systems, at Vodafone, convey how SAP S/4 Hana has been purposely implemented as part of an ongoing smart enterprise transformation
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August 05, 2020
05
Aug'20
Inside Juniper’s radical IT transformation
Western Australia’s aged care provider Juniper embarked on an aggressive strategy to completely transform its IT operations in just two years
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August 04, 2020
04
Aug'20
Nordic enterprises look for SAP price reductions as they navigate Covid-19
Businesses in the Nordics are using SAP Cloud Platform to address Covid-19 challenges and are also seeking price reductions
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July 28, 2020
28
Jul'20
Why supply chain visibility is key to APAC retailers
Having complete visibility over the supply chain will enable retailers to tide over the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and transform their businesses
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July 15, 2020
15
Jul'20
HSBC chooses AWS for public cloud business operations
HSBC will use a cloud platform from Amazon Web Services across its business operations to accelerate its public cloud use
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July 13, 2020
13
Jul'20
Majority of NHS trusts used analytics to track patient infection status during Covid-19 pandemic
Qlik research shows 84% of NHS trusts used data analytics to support patient care during the Covid-19 pandemic crisis, and suggests they could use that expertise to improve public health in the round
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June 19, 2020
19
Jun'20
Facebook allows US users to disable political ads
Users of the social media platform will soon be able to opt out of seeing politically motivated posts
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June 16, 2020
16
Jun'20
Sapphire 2020: Christian Klein steps back from products to push ‘intelligent enterprise’ resilience
Christian Klein used his first Sapphire keynote as CEO of SAP to underline the supplier’s support for supply chain resiliency and automation against Covid-19 pandemic and climate change backcloths
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June 11, 2020
11
Jun'20
How Informa Markets cohered customer data as it absorbed UBM merger
Trade show organiser Informa Markets turned to Collibra software as it sought to improve data quality while making marketing communications more targeted and precise
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June 11, 2020
11
Jun'20
How Tableau is riding on its Salesforce synergy
Tableau has bolstered its presence in Asia-Pacific following its acquisition by Salesforce and is combining its analytics capabilities with Einstein Analytics to deliver AI-powered insights
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June 10, 2020
10
Jun'20
Dowden: AI and data science conversion path open and diverse
DCMS says 2,500 places on university artificial intelligence and data science conversion courses – 1,000 targeted to produce more diversity in tech – are now open for application
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June 09, 2020
09
Jun'20
AS Roma to develop video tracking with Acronis AI expertise
Italian football club will get variable-price ticketing using artificial intelligence expertise to develop systems. It has also deployed Acronis cloud backup
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June 05, 2020
05
Jun'20
Businesses develop apps quickly to manage disruption of Covid-19
Healthcare companies, insurers, government agencies and big tech companies have used technology from Pegasystems to develop apps to manage the disruption caused by coronavirus
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May 29, 2020
29
May'20
Cisco eyes up ThousandEyes purchase
Networking giant says acquisition of internet and cloud intelligence platform provider will enhance its network performance and monitoring capabilities across the enterprise and into the cloud
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May 20, 2020
20
May'20
SAS seizes World Bee Day to promote analytics
Data analytics supplier SAS took the opportunity of World Bee Day to say it is decoding bee communication through machine learning, and generally promoting bee health
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May 14, 2020
14
May'20
CenturyLink digitally revamps sales framework
The difficulty of navigating information silos during the sales process and high customer churn prompted CenturyLink to adopt new digital tools that get the right information to the right sellers
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May 07, 2020
07
May'20
Privacy International to Palantir: We are watching you
Privacy International expresses a qualified welcome for Palantir’s responses to questions about its data integration role in the NHS Covid-19 data store, but continues to raise concerns
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May 06, 2020
06
May'20
Pure Storage FlashBlade OS v3.0 brings protected snapshots
Pure also adds remote replication and aims at storage use cases for high-performance computing and artificial intelligence workloads in its all-flash NAS and object nodes
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May 05, 2020
05
May'20
Pizza Hut optimises pizza delivery platform during lockdown with data analytics
Pizza Hut Digital Ventures has been improving the company’s e-commerce performance before and during the coronavirus crisis
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May 04, 2020
04
May'20
SAP S/4 Hana projects seem set to repeat security missteps
Management consultancy Turnkey’s managing director, Richard Hunt, cautions SAP customers not to repeat errors of the past by making security an expensive afterthought
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April 29, 2020
29
Apr'20
Privacy International puts Palantir in the dock for NHS data analysis work
Civil liberties campaigner questions role of US data analytics specialist in health service’s data work in battle against Covid-19
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April 08, 2020
08
Apr'20
German diabetes institute uses graph database to connect coronavirus research
DZD, the German Federal Diabetes Research Centre, is using a Neo4j graph database to link up Covid-19 scientific research and scientists
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April 03, 2020
03
Apr'20
Business data science teams need to be multi-disciplined, says Trainline
Sam Taylor, head of data science at Trainline, says four years of team building points to a need to be multi-disciplinary in pursuit of delivering value for customers
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April 02, 2020
02
Apr'20
Covid-19 crisis shows fragility of food supply system
Food system is “incredibly interdependent, but also incredibly disconnected”, says Richard Tiffin, chief scientific officer at early-stage agricultural data company Agrimetrics
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March 30, 2020
30
Mar'20
Coronavirus: NHS corrals Microsoft, Palantir and Google to hone data analysis
The NHS has confirmed it is working with Microsoft, Palantir and Google to improve data analysis to make its anti-coronavirus effort more efficient and effective
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March 26, 2020
26
Mar'20
Coronavirus: How data visualisation could build resilience against future pandemics
Qlik.org has been working as part of a collaborative private sector effort to better analyse epidemic information. This could help build resilience against Covid-19, and similar viruses
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March 06, 2020
06
Mar'20
MI5 slammed by watchdog for failing to delete intercepted phone and internet data
The Investigatory Powers Commissioner (IPCO) has criticised MI5 for failing to report serious errors in the way it handles intercepted phone and internet data
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March 04, 2020
04
Mar'20
IT Priorities 2020: UK business applications investment in AI gathers steam
Artificial intelligence intensifies as an investment area for UK IT buyers, while cloud delivery is coming to ERP as well as other applications
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February 07, 2020
07
Feb'20
Disguise uses data management firm Boomi to gain visibility of estate
Integration has given entertainment company Disguise visibility of its entire digital estate while also connecting its various pools of siloed data
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January 24, 2020
24
Jan'20
SAP User Group launches Business One Academy
UK and Ireland SAP User Group sets up academy to provide training on SAP Business One, which is only available via resellers and in which there is a dearth of education for small businesses
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January 23, 2020
23
Jan'20
Data Literacy Project research finds UK workers putting off data work
Research from Qlik and Accenture finds a big majority of UK workers lack the data literacy skills and confidence to capture business value from data
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January 17, 2020
17
Jan'20
App developers sue Facebook over ‘anti-competitive conduct’
Lawsuit is based on leaked internal Facebook documents obtained and published by Computer Weekly and NBC last year
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January 16, 2020
16
Jan'20
CIO interview: Merck Healthcare’s Alessandro da Luca on supply chain automation era
The CIO of Merck Healthcare, Alessandro da Luca, talks about how his organisation has automated its supply chain using machine learning software from Aera
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January 03, 2020
03
Jan'20
Cummings issues recruitment call for data scientists to reshape Whitehall
Government’s most senior adviser appeals to data scientists to step forward to refashion how the UK state works
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January 02, 2020
02
Jan'20
Inside Qlik’s data management playbook
Qlik CEO Mike Capone talks up the company’s transition into a data management company, its traction in APAC and what it is doing to put data analytics into the hands of more workers
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December 30, 2019
30
Dec'19
Top 10 information management stories of 2019
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 information management stories of 2019
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December 27, 2019
27
Dec'19
Top 10 business applications stories of 2019
The steady incursion of artificial intelligence into enterprise software was a major theme behind Computer Weekly’s in-depth stories in this area in 2019
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December 06, 2019
06
Dec'19
Serving tech from all angles at the Association of Tennis Professionals
The use of data and analytics technologies has transformed tennis for spectators, players and umpires, with the ATP and its partner Infosys leading the way
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December 02, 2019
02
Dec'19
UKISUG 2019: Qualtrics unknown to 43% of SAP customers
On the opening day of its annual conference, the UK and Ireland SAP User Group unveils member research showing scant awareness of Qualtrics, and continuing slow adoption of S/4 Hana
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December 02, 2019
02
Dec'19
QD Stores deploys SAP Fiori as pathway to possible S/4 Hana adoption
East Anglia-based discount retailer uses design thinking to develop SAP Fiori Screen Personas to enhance ECC6 instance
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November 28, 2019
28
Nov'19
Most data scientists plan exit in 2020, Women in Data conference hears
Survey shows lack of management support is behind a majority of data scientists planning to change jobs next year
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November 25, 2019
25
Nov'19
General Election 2019: The Lib Dems’ technology policies and digital plans
With the UK gearing up for its third General Election in four years, Computer Weekly outlines the Liberal Democrat Party’s main technology policies and digital plans, as laid out in its manifesto
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November 20, 2019
20
Nov'19
Finland’s ministry of transport floats tech-enabled four-day week
Government department says four-day working week is made possible by technologies such as artificial intelligence
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November 20, 2019
20
Nov'19
Dreamforce 2019: Benioff puts data centre stage as protestors disrupt speech
Salesforce founder and co-CEO outlines data integration and data visualisation product vision underpinned by MuleSoft and garnished with Tableau
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November 19, 2019
19
Nov'19
Dreamforce 19: Salesforce promotes enhanced MuleSoft data integration
SaaS CRM supplier dubs enhancements to its acquired MuleSoft integration software “Customer 360” on the eve of its annual Dreamforce event in San Francisco
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November 06, 2019
06
Nov'19
Sage brings cloud-based Intacct to UK market
Sage is bringing its cloud-based accountancy software acquired with US-based Intacct to the UK, and publishes research advancing a digital CFO concept
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November 05, 2019
05
Nov'19
Ransomware authors seeking new ways to avoid being spotted
Sector analysis from Sophos has revealed some insight into how malware authors are adapting to thwart cyber security controls
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October 28, 2019
28
Oct'19
Unit4 CEO Mike Ettling: enterprise customers won’t pay extra for AI
Mike Ettling, chief executive, Unit4, spoke to Computer Weekly at the Unleash HR conference in Paris about ERP trends, and how he is positioning the firm he started running this year
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October 22, 2019
22
Oct'19
Australia, Singapore emerge tops in data readiness index
Organisations in Australia and Singapore are among the most advanced in the Asia-Pacific region in harnessing data to achieve key business outcomes
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October 21, 2019
21
Oct'19
Many companies fail to empower employee data-driven decision-making
In a data-driven business, staff need access to the right data at the right time to help them do their jobs, but there appears to be a data gap
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October 18, 2019
18
Oct'19
Talent shortage impedes UK business data analytics efforts
Research from data blending and preparation supplier Alteryx finds UK businesses struggling to make the most of their data due to a shortage of data analytics expertise
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October 10, 2019
10
Oct'19
GoCardless gives 95% of its staff business intelligence at their fingertips
Fintech payments company GoCardless is enabling staff to carry out business intelligence queries themselves
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October 04, 2019
04
Oct'19
How data drives wins at Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport
We find out how Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport uses data to drive its business and Formula One race strategy
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October 02, 2019
02
Oct'19
How Qlik is driving the data revolution in Australia
Australian firms are using data management software from Qlik to speed up data analysis while grappling with how to make data more accessible under a new consumer data-sharing regime
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October 01, 2019
01
Oct'19
Citrix looks to grow APAC footprint with the intelligent workspace
Citrix is looking to expand its footprint in Asia-Pacific – particularly in Japan, where firms are starting to warm up to flexible work arrangements
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September 27, 2019
27
Sep'19
Bristol, CNRS and Oracle join forces against tropical disease
Scientists from the University of Bristol and the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Grenoble have identified a candidate synthetic vaccine against tropical disease Chikungunya, using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
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September 25, 2019
25
Sep'19
Executive interview: Speed is cloud apps benefit, says Oracle’s Miranda
In a Q&A with Computer Weekly at Oracle Open World 2019, applications head Steve Miranda discussed the supplier’s approach to cloud applications, digital assistants and machine learning
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September 18, 2019
18
Sep'19
Facebook automatically generates pages for Islamic State and Al-Qaeda
Facebook algorithms have auto-generated hundreds of Facebook pages for the Islamic State, Al-Qaeda and Ansar al-Sharia, according to a whistleblower
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September 10, 2019
10
Sep'19
Why it makes sense to use a third party to keep the IT lights on
Keeping operational systems running is a full-time job, but as systems get older, they end up being out of support
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September 02, 2019
02
Sep'19
Nordic greentech attracts investment
The Nordic region is seeing digital innovation across a diverse range of sectors and, not surprisingly, a region known for its green credentials also has a burgeoning green technology (greentech) sector
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August 28, 2019
28
Aug'19
APAC is epicentre of the experience economy
The experience economy is emerging in the Asia-Pacific region, but to succeed, enterprises will need to understand both operational and experience data
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August 23, 2019
23
Aug'19
Travel company Clarity bakes ThoughtSpot into analytics tool
Travel management company Clarity has turned to ThoughtSpot to create an analytics tool for clients as well as for internal use
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August 12, 2019
12
Aug'19
Liberty Steel forges future growth with Infor
Steelmaker is using cloud-delivered software from Infor to stoke its growth, replacing SAP systems provided by its former parent, Tata Steel Europe
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July 31, 2019
31
Jul'19
Cisco pays $8.6m after whistleblower discloses security flaws in video surveillance system
James Glenn, a video surveillance expert working for a Cisco reseller in Denmark, alerted Cisco to security faults and stands to gain a share of a multimillion-dollar settlement with the US government
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July 16, 2019
16
Jul'19
UN resolution ignores special rapporteur’s call for halt to spyware sales
UN’s Human Rights Council adopts resolution to explore the impact of new and emerging digital technologies on human rights, but the text ignores a damning report by the council’s own expert on freedom of expression
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July 15, 2019
15
Jul'19
Organisations turn to AI in race against cyber attackers
Businesses are racing to automate their defences as hackers and nation states launch increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks
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July 03, 2019
03
Jul'19
One-third of people prefer instant reply from chatbot about finances to waiting for human reply
Consumers are warming to being supported by chatbots when it comes to financial services, but firms in the sector face hurdles to achieve true end-to-end automation
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June 25, 2019
25
Jun'19
Big companies face extinction unless they use IT better
Better use of IT could add £100bn to the British economy, says a CBI report into UK big business
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June 18, 2019
18
Jun'19
Tableau sticking to data mission under Salesforce
Tableau President and CEO Adam Selipsky told the company’s European user conference in Berlin that Salesforce acquisition will not affect its mission of “seeing and understanding data”
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June 10, 2019
10
Jun'19
Salesforce buys Tableau to add self-service analytics to CRM
Salesforce is set to buy business intelligence data visualisation pioneer Tableau as it seeks to amplify its customer analytics capability
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June 07, 2019
07
Jun'19
Google buys Looker to deepen enterprise software arsenal
Google is set to buy business intelligence platform supplier Looker as it beefs up its cloud enterprise software stack
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May 31, 2019
31
May'19
Facebook loses bid to halt European court decision on EU-US data sharing
Irish Supreme Court dismisses attempt by Facebook to prevent the European Court of Justice considering the validity of US-EU data transfers, after Austrian lawyer Max Schrems argued that they put the privacy of EU citizens at risk