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Enterprise software
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July 18, 2018
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Walmart and Microsoft partner to boost digital in retail
US retail giant Walmart has signed a five-year partnership with Microsoft, with the aim of speeding up its digital transformation
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July 17, 2018
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Saudi Arabia entices UK fintechs to its shores
Saudi Arabia is offering fintechs from other countries the opportunity to access its large internal market
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July 17, 2018
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Expect jobs equilibrium if government sticks with AI plan
If the government keeps to its artificial intelligence sector deal, the number of new jobs created through the use of AI and automation will balance the job losses
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July 16, 2018
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Rio Tinto transports iron ore with autonomous train
The 280km journey in Western Australia was made under Rio Tinto’s autonomous train programme aimed at improving the productivity and safety of workers
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July 16, 2018
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Canada raises banner of AI to boost tech industry
Toronto has gone big for artificial intelligence, aiming to draw in international talent and boost its IT industry
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July 16, 2018
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ITPS expands datacentre to support Azure Stack and HPC
Datacentre company ITPS expands its County Durham facility to meet client needs for high performance computing and security
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July 13, 2018
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Microsoft warns if an email is being sent out of office hours
When Blackberry introduced mobile email, it made everyone permanently connected to work. Now, Microsoft wants to curb this
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July 13, 2018
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How Singapore’s MyRepublic hones its IT chops
MyRepublic’s CIO shares how the company’s IT strategy has enabled the internet service provider to spread its wings into new markets
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July 13, 2018
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Windows 7 migration powers PC uptick
PC sales in the enterprise have increased as businesses roll out Windows 10 before Microsoft ends support for Windows 7
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July 12, 2018
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Executive interview: Bill Ruh, CDO of GE
With a new CEO in the driving seat, we speak to GE’s head of digital, Bill Ruh, about how the company has refined its digital strategy
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July 12, 2018
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Broadcom acquires enterprise business with CA Technologies deal
Broadcom buys into the enterprise software infrastructure arena, announcing $19bn acquisition of CA Technologies
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July 12, 2018
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Three-quarters of consumers have interacted with artificial intelligence
Capgemini survey finds 55% of people prefer a mix of AI and humans when they interact with organisations
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July 12, 2018
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Indonesia leads ASEAN region in AI adoption
The sprawling archipelago of more than 260 million people is becoming a hotbed for adoption of artificial intelligence, led by digital native companies such as Go-Jek and Kaskus
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July 12, 2018
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Siemens and Alibaba Cloud eye Chinese IoT market
The two bigwigs will develop industrial internet of things offerings for China’s manufacturing industries that are being digitised through various state-led initiatives
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July 11, 2018
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Russian startup event more international than ever
This year’s Startup Village in Moscow was attended by more international companies and investors than ever before
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July 11, 2018
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Oracle’s deal with Chile should go global
UK Oracle users may eventually see the ripple effect of a court ruling in a country almost 7,500 miles away
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July 11, 2018
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UK fintech industry fears Brexit-induced talent squeeze
London’s financial technology community warns of problems ahead as the reality of the UK leaving the EU unfolds
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July 11, 2018
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DevOps gathers pace in APAC
Large enterprises such as DBS Bank have been shaking up their software development practices to fend off disruption from more nimble rivals
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July 10, 2018
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Chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov tells Tableau users human intelligence still has role to play
Garry Kasparov, a former world chess champion, tells Tableau’s European conference that artificial intelligence is a positive force that will stoke, not choke, human creativity
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July 10, 2018
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Singapore to build speech recognition system to speed up emergency response
Emergency responders in the city-state could be able to react more quickly in future with the help of the world’s first mixed-lingual speech recognition engine, to be developed at a new artificial intelligence speech lab
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July 10, 2018
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Analysts question Australia government’s IBM deal
Industry analysts and experts have called the wisdom of the A$1bn IBM IT deal into question, with one claiming that the federal government should have used a range of suppliers instead
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July 09, 2018
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Holiday Extras uses machine learning and artificial intelligence for personalisation
Travel firm Holiday Extras has introduced machine learning and artificial intelligence into its smartphone app to give users a more personalised experience
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July 09, 2018
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We need to take ‘black box’ out of AI to increase diversity, says panel
Many users of artificially intelligent systems have no understanding of what they do, making diverse and ethical development of these systems increasingly important
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July 06, 2018
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Investment flows into Nordic startups from all directions
The Nordic tech startup scene is attracting funding from a variety of sources, with private equity firms, banks and traditional IT companies all keen to put money in
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July 06, 2018
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HSBC previews the banking staff of the future
The digital revolution in banking is set to create previously unknown jobs, and HSBC has outlined three of the job roles that will be created in the future
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July 06, 2018
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Bosch teams up with Singapore Polytechnic in IoT training push
Bosch and Singapore Polytechnic have set up two learning labs to train students on the use of the internet of things in advanced manufacturing
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July 05, 2018
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UK joins forces with France on artificial intelligence and data
The UK and France will share expertise on AI and research, work together to improve digital services and collaborate to develop tech talent
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July 05, 2018
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Beware blockchain security blindspots, warns RSA
Companies need to ensure that rushed blockchain and other new technology projects are not introducing security vulnerabilities by gaining granular visibility of network activity, according to RSA Security
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July 04, 2018
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European banks need to balance fintech strategies
European Banking Authority highlights the risks of banks taking up fintech too quickly, and of ignoring it
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July 04, 2018
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Singapore company turns to blockchain to improve food security
SMC Nutrition is using a blockchain distributed ledger developed by a Singapore-based company to gain visibility across its supply chain and ensure food security
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July 04, 2018
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Inside Alibaba Cloud’s Southeast Asia playbook
Alibaba Cloud is working closely with local customers in joint innovation projects, and has started to launch new services for Chinese and international customers simultaneously to narrow the service gap
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July 03, 2018
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Government welcomes Lords AI report, vaunts industrial strategy
The government has published its official, supportive response to the House of Lords select committee report on artificial intelligence, published earlier this year
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July 03, 2018
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Food Standards Agency pilots blockchain in slaughterhouse
Distributed ledger technology trialled in cattle slaughterhouse to improve transparency across the food supply chain
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July 03, 2018
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New deals bolster IBM’s European cloud business
IBM has signed up a number of new customers for its European cloud, focusing on the platform and software services in the IBM public cloud
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July 02, 2018
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Case study: Logistics firm GWC moves from paper to digital HR in three months
Qatar-based logistics firm Gulf Warehousing Company introduced smart appraisals for employees, cut the time it takes to recruit, and gave staff and managers access to accurate HR data by replacing paper systems with human resources software
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July 02, 2018
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Oracle decides on Brussels for European fintech innovation centre
Software giant Oracle chooses Brussels as the centre of its European financial technology innovation programme
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July 02, 2018
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Department for Work and Pensions uses artificial intelligence to crack down on benefits fraud
DWP has made several digital strides, including developing AI to track organised benefits fraud, moved more than 100 digital products to “new hosting arrangements” and made savings on technology contracts, according to its annual report
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July 02, 2018
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Bolloré Group partners with Alibaba for cloud and co-development
French transportation conglomerate will use Alibaba cloud, and Alibaba will look at using Bolloré's battery technology in its datacentres
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July 02, 2018
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Singapore’s Fullerton Health gears up for the cloud
Private healthcare service provider Fullerton Health is moving business applications to Microsoft’s cloud services before rolling out data analytics and artificial intelligence to enhance operations and patient care
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June 29, 2018
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Formula One switches from on-premise to machine learning on AWS
Formula One plans to use advanced analytics to improve the data it can show to motor racing fans
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June 28, 2018
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TfL partners with Siemens to revamp traffic network for connected cars
A traffic control system being developed by Siemens and TfL will propel traffic management into the era of the internet of things
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June 28, 2018
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UK tech startup wants businesses to share their surplus compute capacity to run its cloud
UK-based startup DADI is taking on the hyperscale giants in a bid to “democratise” the cloud and create an internet that is majority owned by the public
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June 28, 2018
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IT decision-makers increasingly opt for cloud-native architectures
The world of IT is now much more multi-platform and the underlying architecture is cloud-native, according to a new survey from Cloud Foundry
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June 27, 2018
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Nationwide Building Society to fund tech startups to the tune of £50m
With an available fund of £50m, Nationwide Building Society is the latest traditional financial services provider to support tech startups
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June 27, 2018
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Government must challenge popular smart city misconceptions
A report by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Smart Cities says many people feel alienated by the concept, and calls on the government to challenge some popular misconceptions
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June 27, 2018
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HSBC puts humanoid in New York branch
HSBC has put its first humanoid member of staff into a branch role in New York City
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June 27, 2018
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AI and other tech key to post-Brexit success, says Matt Hancock
Digital secretary Matt Hancock highlights the importance of emerging technologies to the future of the UK at the opening of London’s cyber security innovation centre
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June 26, 2018
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British Muslim challenges use of intelligence databases for repeated police stops
Muzaffar Abdullah is challenging police use of intelligence databases to repeatedly stop and question Muslims, after being arrested for refusing to answer questions under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000. His lawyers say he had been stopped at ...
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June 26, 2018
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High-Tech Bridge bets on machine learning capabilities
Machine learning has a great potential to drive the automation of some security tasks to free up information security professionals to do more strategic work, says High-Tech Bridge founder
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June 26, 2018
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NHS collaborates with private health on sharing patient data
Work has begun on establishing a set of data standards to enable private healthcare patients’ data to be shared with the NHS