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• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  NHS England wants to use algorithms to handle NHS 111 enquiries

  NHS England looks at potential of processing patient enquiries using algorithms as it works on rolling out an online version of NHS 111 by December 2018

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  IT of world’s banks is moving on from crippling regulation

  Banks need to invest more in fintech and IT skills as they emerge from years of stagnation

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  Lancashire Police launches voice-driven Amazon Alexa app

  Lancashire Constabulary’s new app gives users hourly news updates and sends pictures of wanted criminals straight to their Amazon Echo devices

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  NHS Digital declares the public cloud a safe place to store patient data

  The health service’s technology organisation, NHS Digital, has issued guidance confirming the public cloud as a safe place to store patient data

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  Judge will take time to seek answers from EU court over Max Schrems Facebook privacy fight

  The Irish High Court will take time to decide what questions to put before the European Court of Justice in a case with significant implications for EU and US trade and the privacy of EU citizens

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  Privacy International warns of global risk to citizens if Microsoft loses US data access appeal

  Privacy International warns of widespread privacy violations if Microsoft loses US data access appeal

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  European Parliament votes to restrict exports of surveillance equipment

  European Parliament votes to tighten export controls to restrict supply of surveillance and encryption technology to states with poor human rights records amid fears British companies may not have to comply after Brexit

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  2018 UK software budgets double for AI and blockchain

  Artificial intelligence and blockchain initiatives are earmarked for a doubling of investment, finds the Computer Weekly/TechTarget IT Priorities survey for 2018

• January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18

  Nordic IT executive interview: Daniel Kjellén, CEO, Tink

  Sweden could have a head start in the race to open up banking through the European Union’s PSD2 regulation

• January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18

  451 Research shines light on how enterprise attitudes to digital transformation are evolving

  Enterprises are capitalising on their infrastructure upgrades and are increasing their use of cloud to take advantage of emerging technologies and accelerate business change, says 451 Research

• January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18

  Demand for cloud services drives increase in IT outsourcing

  Cloud services spending in Europe, the Middle East and Africa offset a drop in traditional IT outsourcing in 2017

• January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18

  Meltdown and Spectre: to patch or not to patch

  As IT recoils from the Spectre and Meltdown chip exploits, companies face patches that are incompatible, leading to crashes, reduced performance and lock-ups

• January 17, 2018 17 Jan'18

  Australia’s Citic Pacific Mining uses IoT to track vehicles

  Perth-based iron-ore mining giant has implemented an analytics and internet of things system from SAP to track its assets and shore up operational efficiency

• January 17, 2018 17 Jan'18

  Google vows to simplify creation of custom machine learning models for developers

  Google’s ongoing push to lower the barriers to machine learning and artificial intelligence adoption for enterprises moves up a gear with custom model creation

• January 17, 2018 17 Jan'18

  Tech vital to helping solve crime, says policing minister

  Policing minister Nick Hurd calls on police forces across the UK to seize the opportunities brought by digital technologies

• January 17, 2018 17 Jan'18

  CIO interview: Tom Read, CDIO, Ministry of Justice

  The MoJ’s chief digital and information officer, Tom Read, is keen on doing his bit to tear down the Whitehall silos, creating collaborative, simple and effective digital services for staff and the public

• January 17, 2018 17 Jan'18

  Dream machines: how IT is changing the world of neuroscience

  We talk to computer scientist and entrepreneur Jamil El Imad about the cutting-edge intersection of neuroscience and IT

• January 17, 2018 17 Jan'18

  Davos: Disintegration of the internet could create economic turmoil

  Politicians and business leaders will discuss the risks posed by fake news, cyber attacks, and artificial intelligence to jobs, political stability and global security, at the World Economic Forum in Davos

• January 17, 2018 17 Jan'18

  UBS uses predictive analytics to manage its travel spend

  Swiss bank is getting a better insight into its business travel costs through an automated software platform

• January 16, 2018 16 Jan'18

  Google to open five more datacentre regions across the globe in 2018

  Cloud giant Google is on a mission to boost the capacity and performance of its services, through investments in new datacentres and subsea cables

• January 16, 2018 16 Jan'18

  Financial savings just the beginning for CIOs who understand code quality

  Businesses need to understand the quality of the code in their applications if they are to avoid unnecessary costs and glitches

• January 16, 2018 16 Jan'18

  Abu Dhabi continues fintech agenda in 2018

  Abu Dhabi is open to developing its fintech ecosystem, with the next 12 months expected to see more focus on the sector

• January 16, 2018 16 Jan'18

  Laing O’Rourke unifies on-site and cloud backup on Commvault

  Construction firm sweeps away tape and multiple backup products for single Commvault environment to cut admin time, slash backup windows and boost legal and regulatory compliance

• January 16, 2018 16 Jan'18

  Enterprise software spending set to grow thanks to AI and digital boost

  Gartner forecasts businesses will buy more software, with spending shifting to AI and digital initiatives

• January 16, 2018 16 Jan'18

  Cisco collaborates with startup for AI health and safety trial

  Cisco is to work with artificial intelligence startup Cortexica in an Innovate UK-funded project to improve physical safety in the workplace

• January 15, 2018 15 Jan'18

  IT Priorities 2018: Growing interest in hybrid IT in ASEAN

  CIOs and IT professionals in Southeast Asia have earmarked hybrid infrastructure as a top priority in 2018, in spite of waning interest across the wider Asia-Pacific region

• January 15, 2018 15 Jan'18

  Advanced Asian countries well positioned for Industry 4.0

  The industrialised economies of Asia are well-poised to benefit from advanced manufacturing and emerging technologies, but true industrial transformation remains nascent

• January 12, 2018 12 Jan'18

  Call for statutory regulation of police number plate cameras amid concerns over accuracy

  The UK’s automatic number plate recognition database – one the largest non-military data-gathering systems – records up to 1.2 million false readings of number plates every day. It should be subject to statutory regulation, says an independent ...

• January 12, 2018 12 Jan'18

  Alan Turing Institute to add universities of Birmingham and Exeter to data science network

  The Alan Turing Institute has announced the latest two universities to join its data science research network

• January 12, 2018 12 Jan'18

  Telecoms industry at major tipping point

  Communications service providers should gear up for a software-driven operations model and embrace microservices and DevOps to thrive in the digital economy

• January 11, 2018 11 Jan'18

  Retail banking regulations hit UK with the potential of a ‘Big Bang’ moment

  The UK retail banking sector is at the beginning of a journey towards to a more competitive future as new regulation hits them

• January 11, 2018 11 Jan'18

  Sample datasets key to successful AI at NHS

  IT providers will need access to datasets from NHS Digital to create artificial intelligence algorithms, but they should be held accountable for the systems they develop, says report

• January 11, 2018 11 Jan'18

  CES 2018: Hyundai and Cisco bring SDN to the automobile

  Hyundai will debut a new generation of hyperconnected software-defined car in 2019, incorporating a Cisco-designed network platform

• January 11, 2018 11 Jan'18

  Health sector digitisation vital to combat mental health crisis

  Collaboration and digitisation within the health industry is critical to deal with the growing mental health crisis, but more support is needed from policymakers

• January 11, 2018 11 Jan'18

  Cabinet Office unveils renewed shared IT services programme for government

  The Cabinet Office reveals details of its latest push to make the shared services model take off in government

• January 10, 2018 10 Jan'18

  Cyber criminals exploit Oracle WebLogic flaw

  Researchers are urging companies to apply a security update to patch a flaw in Oracle’s WebLogic Server component that is being exploited to mine cryptocurrency

• January 10, 2018 10 Jan'18

  Voice assistance technology gets emotional

  Many people who use Alexa get frustrated by her lack of understanding. But by 2022, voice technology will have evolved to understand emotion

• January 10, 2018 10 Jan'18

  Germany’s Lemoncat disrupts business catering through cloud computing

  Startup is shaking up Germany’s business catering sector with a platform that harnesses Amazon and Salesforce clouds

• January 10, 2018 10 Jan'18

  Marks and Spencer eyes £30m annual cost savings from digital-first retail push

  High-street retailer has fleshed out plans to put digital at the heart of its business to boost operational efficiency in response to changing consumer demands

• January 09, 2018 09 Jan'18

  Cloud firm scales Cloudian object storage to 2.5PB for GDPR

  Calligo expands Cloudian Hyperstore from three nodes to 30 at worldwide datacentres, with object storage deployed for file-level and metadata capabilities suited to GDPR

• January 09, 2018 09 Jan'18

  Spanish authorities ready roads for autonomous vehicles

  Spain’s Directorate General of Traffic has selected Mobileye technology to develop vision and data analysis for driver assistance and autonomous vehicles

• January 09, 2018 09 Jan'18

  CES 2018: Pizza Hut to test autonomous delivery vehicle

  At CES 2018, underway in Las Vegas, Pizza Hut and Toyota announce a partnership to develop an autonomous pizza delivery service

• January 09, 2018 09 Jan'18

  CES 2018: Jaguar Land Rover picks Qualcomm to power in-car connectivity

  British carmaker Jaguar Land Rover will incorporate Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820Am automotive platform to power in-vehicle connectivity

• January 09, 2018 09 Jan'18

  Google puts its payment services under one roof

  Internet giant is bringing all its payment services under the Google Pay brand, making them “simpler, safer and more consistent”

• January 09, 2018 09 Jan'18

  China to open $2.1bn AI tech park in Beijing

  An area in the western part of Chinese capital Beijing has been designated as the launchpad for China to hone its capabilities in artificial intelligence

• January 08, 2018 08 Jan'18

  Telco outsources digital transformation to Infosys

  Belgium's biggest telco will cut legacy systems as part of a digital transformation project

• January 08, 2018 08 Jan'18

  IT Priorities 2018: ANZ ups ante on cloud services and software

  Organisations in Australia and New Zealand are bullish on IT spending, particularly in cloud infrastructure services, cloud applications and all-flash storage arrays

• January 05, 2018 05 Jan'18

  Case study: Doing digital the Stockport way

  Stockport Council’s digital programme is working to transform services for both citizens and staff, saving chunks of money and driving efficiency at the same time

• January 05, 2018 05 Jan'18

  2017 cemented cloud as the ‘new normal’ for enterprise IT, claims Synergy Research Group

  According to Synergy Research Group, 2017 marked another important milestone in enterprise adoption and acceptance of cloud

• January 05, 2018 05 Jan'18

  University of Northampton launches app-based prospectus

  University is using software to create an app-based prospectus and improve internal communications