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July 06, 2018 06 Jul'18
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
July 06, 2018 06 Jul'18
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
July 06, 2018 06 Jul'18
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
July 05, 2018 05 Jul'18
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

July 05, 2018 05 Jul'18
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
July 04, 2018 04 Jul'18
European banks need to balance fintech strategies

European Banking Authority highlights the risks of banks taking up fintech too quickly, and of ignoring it
July 04, 2018 04 Jul'18
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
July 04, 2018 04 Jul'18
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
July 03, 2018 03 Jul'18
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
July 03, 2018 03 Jul'18
Food Standards Agency pilots blockchain in slaughterhouse

Distributed ledger technology trialled in cattle slaughterhouse to improve transparency across the food supply chain

July 03, 2018 03 Jul'18
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
July 02, 2018 02 Jul'18
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
July 02, 2018 02 Jul'18
Oracle decides on Brussels for European fintech innovation centre

Software giant Oracle chooses Brussels as the centre of its European financial technology innovation programme
July 02, 2018 02 Jul'18
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
July 02, 2018 02 Jul'18
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
July 02, 2018 02 Jul'18
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
June 29, 2018 29 Jun'18
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
June 28, 2018 28 Jun'18
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
June 28, 2018 28 Jun'18
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
June 28, 2018 28 Jun'18
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
June 27, 2018 27 Jun'18
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
June 27, 2018 27 Jun'18
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
June 27, 2018 27 Jun'18
HSBC puts humanoid in New York branch

HSBC has put its first humanoid member of staff into a branch role in New York City
June 27, 2018 27 Jun'18
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
June 26, 2018 26 Jun'18
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 ...
June 26, 2018 26 Jun'18
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
June 26, 2018 26 Jun'18
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
June 26, 2018 26 Jun'18
Data locked in legacy systems curbs digitisation plans

Maintaining access to data stuck in legacy systems is costly and limits IT’s ability to work on digital transformation initiatives
June 26, 2018 26 Jun'18
Liberty Global picks Cisco to transform customer service ops

Virgin Media parent enlists Cisco in a bid to transform its customer service experience across Europe
June 26, 2018 26 Jun'18
Malaysia makes good progress in building analytics talent

The country’s talent development and funding schemes have brought the benefits of big data to many organisations, but the quality and volume of its analytics talent can be improved
June 25, 2018 25 Jun'18
Projects receive funding to help digitise manufacturing

Following recommendations from the Industrial Digitisation review, the EPSRC is funding AI and process automation projects
June 25, 2018 25 Jun'18
VM-aware storage pioneer Tintri on verge of bankruptcy

Recent first-quarter results by the VM-aware storage pioneer throw light on a fragile financial situation that needs new funds or a buyer to avoid bankruptcy by the end of June
June 25, 2018 25 Jun'18
Nordic and Baltic states agree on joint approach to AI

The governments of the Nordic and Baltic region want to work closer together to further increase the status of artificial intelligence in business and society
June 25, 2018 25 Jun'18
Apple rejects claim of iPhone brute force hack

Apple has rejected claims by a security researcher that he was able to bypass the iPhone defences against brute force passcode hacks
June 25, 2018 25 Jun'18
SAP outlines approach to data management

Through its Hana Data Management Suite, SAP hopes to alleviate the challenges of managing data amid growing data security needs in an increasingly hybrid IT landscape
June 22, 2018 22 Jun'18
How Australia is gearing up for 5G

From trialling 5G networks at the recent Commonwealth Games to flying drones in surf sport lifesaving, Australia is becoming a test bed for 5G services with its dense cities and wide-open spaces
June 22, 2018 22 Jun'18
IBM early findings on disastrous TSB core banking system migration released

Report released by Treasury Committee criticises lack of rigour in preparation for core banking system migration, but TSB says report’s content is out of date
June 21, 2018 21 Jun'18
CDO interview: Andrei Belevtsev, Gazprom Neft

Russian oil giant will harness the latest technologies right across its business, says chief digital officer
June 21, 2018 21 Jun'18
HR projects are leading company moves to digital tech, say business leaders

Business leaders say their human resource IT programmes are leading the way to the wider deployment of digital and cloud technology across their organisations
June 20, 2018 20 Jun'18
Teradata sues SAP over Hana for stealing trade secrets

Data warehousing supplier Teradata is suing SAP in a Californian court for stealing trade secrets, copyright infringement and antitrust violations
June 20, 2018 20 Jun'18
Nine out of 10 enterprises will use robotic process automation by 2020

Robotic process automation take-up expected to reach 92% of European enterprises within two years, finds ISG survey
June 20, 2018 20 Jun'18
Oracle full-year results show 6% growth, but cloud revenue opaque?

Oracle’s full-year results for 2017-18 reveal total revenue of $39.8bn, up 6%, but reporting of cloud with on-premise revenue under “bring your own licence” policy has raised qualm over cloud weakness obfuscation
June 20, 2018 20 Jun'18
More APAC consumer goods firms expected to adopt blockchain

The adoption of blockchain technology is likely to increase in the consumer goods industry as more businesses use the technology to address fraud and improve supply chain management
June 20, 2018 20 Jun'18
Chief data officers go to summer school

Authors of the “Chief data officer’s playbook”, Caroline Carruthers and Peter Jackson, are running a summer school, supported by data governance software supplier Collibra
June 19, 2018 19 Jun'18
Young generation tempted by Amazon bank-like services

Tech firms offering banking services will be inevitable in the future as more than half of young people are tempted by such a prospect
June 18, 2018 18 Jun'18
Bank uses AI to select job candidates

Singapore’s DBS Bank is using artificial intelligence to automate parts of its recruitment process
June 15, 2018 15 Jun'18
DeepMind Health must be transparent to gain public trust, review finds

Independent review of DeepMind Health says the company should provide more clarity on data and business plans, while legal audit finds its controversial data-sharing deal with Royal Free is lawful
June 15, 2018 15 Jun'18
How Ocado built an online grocery delivery platform business

Ocado has used open source tools and a cloud-native approach to develop its fully automated warehouse management platform
June 14, 2018 14 Jun'18
Government Geospatial Commission opens up OS MasterMap data

The Geospatial Commission, announced by chancellor Philip Hammond in his 2017 Autumn Budget, has opened up some Ordnance Survey MasterMap data to boost small businesses
June 14, 2018 14 Jun'18
AI is key to keeping IBM compliant with GDPR

Artificial intelligence is vital for keeping IBM compliant with the principles of the General Data Protection Regulation, which, in turn, provides opportunities for business, says the company’s data protection officer