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April 12, 2018 12 Apr'18
SFO expands use of AI after successful trial in Rolls-Royce investigation

Serious Fraud Office builds on trials of artificial intelligence in criminal investigations by rolling out a new data management platform
April 12, 2018 12 Apr'18
22 European countries sign up to blockchain partnership

The UK and 21 other countries have signed a declaration aiming to share blockchain experience and expertise across Europe, as well as preparing to launch EU-wide blockchain applications
April 12, 2018 12 Apr'18
PepsiCo hires robots to interview job candidates

The food and drinks multinational is using artificial intelligence software, known as Robot Vera, to phone and interview candidates as it seeks to fill vacancies for factory, sales workers and drivers in Russia
April 12, 2018 12 Apr'18
IaaS emerges as fastest-growing sector of the global public cloud market

Gartner's public cloud spending forecast suggests enterprise demand for IaaS and SaaS deployments will continue to intensify between now and 2021

April 11, 2018 11 Apr'18
IT transformation seen as essential for digital business projects

Businesses that have modernised their IT are in a far better position to make the most of digital transformation initiatives
April 11, 2018 11 Apr'18
NSA calls for cyber security community collaboration

A US National Security Agency (NSA) representative has called for cyber security community collaboration at the National Cyber Security Centre’s conference in Manchester
April 11, 2018 11 Apr'18
Finnish government backs national AI development strategy

Government is harnessing Finland’s tech base to help make the country a leading location for the artificial intelligence industry
April 11, 2018 11 Apr'18
Australia needs to plug innovation gap

Being at the crossroads of technological change, Australia should decide if it wants to be a producer of cutting-edge applications or be contented with just being a user of technology
April 10, 2018 10 Apr'18
SAP bids to modernise indirect licensing with new pricing model

SAP has announced a new pricing model for indirect licensing scenarios that has been welcomed by user groups, who are still pressing for reassurance that they won’t pay more
April 10, 2018 10 Apr'18
PayPal is latest tech giant to eye traditional banking

PayPal set to launch launch traditional retail banking services in the first half of this year

April 10, 2018 10 Apr'18
What Amazon’s ideal robot looks like

Robots should be available at the fingertips and work in tandem with humans and other machines to improve task efficiency, says the chief technologist of Amazon Robotics
April 09, 2018 09 Apr'18
Healthcare services will be built around IoT by 2030, according to report

The next five to 10 years will see massive disruptions in the healthcare space, with artificial intelligence playing an increasing role in diagnosis and treatment by 2030, a report predicts
April 09, 2018 09 Apr'18
Security professionals admit patching is getting harder

Vulnerable systems need patching to avoid being attacked by security exploits, yet many businesses find it hard to apply patches quick enough
April 09, 2018 09 Apr'18
HSBC adopts fintech to fight money laundering

HSBC is using technology from a fintech startup to help it monitor transactions for potential money laundering
April 09, 2018 09 Apr'18
Autonomous drones will fly into danger zones for emergency services

Automated drones will use sophisticated visual systems and machine learning techniques to carry out search and rescue missions where humans fear to tread
April 09, 2018 09 Apr'18
US tax cuts and dollar’s decline propel datacentre spending

Gartner’s latest spending forecast shows the strongest growth in IT spending, which it expects to total $3.7tn in 2018, up 6.2% from 2017
April 09, 2018 09 Apr'18
Dubai's gamble on bitcoin property sales

Dubai is pioneering the use of bitcoin in the real world, with the property sector leading the way
April 09, 2018 09 Apr'18
Microsoft teams up with Japan’s JRCS on mixed reality

Software giant Microsoft has partnered with a Japanese supplier of maritime systems to test the use of HoloLens headsets for training and maintenance work
April 06, 2018 06 Apr'18
UK challenger bank gives up banking licence to focus on fintech

CivilisedBank plans to serve small and medium-sized enterprises with savings and investment products
April 06, 2018 06 Apr'18
Why Lufthansa went back to the drawing board with its HR IT project

Aviation group says it is confident of landing a company-wide IT project following a sometimes turbulent journey
April 05, 2018 05 Apr'18
Deutsche Bank system replacement already paying back

Deutsche bank is replacing a complex IT infrastructure that helps its traders operate and automates regulatory compliance processes
April 05, 2018 05 Apr'18
The Hackett Group predicts rise of robotic process automation

RPA promises to make certain back-office business processes vastly more efficient by taking over manual tasks
April 05, 2018 05 Apr'18
Microsoft plans to invest $5bn to boost IoT business

Its vision involves sensor data from IoT devices being processed across a distributed computing infrastructure from the edge to Azure
April 04, 2018 04 Apr'18
UN adopts Tableau as global standard to augment decision support

The United Nations has struck a deal with data visualisation software supplier Tableau to extend its use as an organisation-wide standard
April 04, 2018 04 Apr'18
AWS expands edge computing service to Singapore

Amazon’s Snowball Edge strengthens its support for hybrid use cases in a fast-growing market for the internet of things and hybrid IT
April 03, 2018 03 Apr'18
IT set to gain the most from AI and automation

IT administrators anticipate that artificial intelligence and automation will only affect mundane tasks, freeing up 19% of their workload
April 03, 2018 03 Apr'18
How to rightsize your digital strategy

Don’t wait for a light-bulb moment. Small ideas are best, but businesses must also assess whether their IT is a speed bump, slowing down innovation
April 03, 2018 03 Apr'18
Oracle expands availability of cloud services from UK datacentre region

Database giant claims expansion of UK datacentre region shows its commitment to customers
April 03, 2018 03 Apr'18
Automation and gamification key to cyber security

The use of automation and gamification are key to winning the fight against cyber criminals in the face of the skills’ shortage, a study investigating challenges facing IT security teams reveals
March 29, 2018 29 Mar'18
UK government secures public sector discounts on Microsoft cloud products to April 2021

Government procurement chiefs have secured ongoing preferential pricing on Microsoft cloud products for the public sector through Digital Transformation Agreement
March 28, 2018 28 Mar'18
£5m Ada Lovelace Institute launched to look into data ethics

Nuffield Foundation announces institute to examine ethical and social issues arising from the use of data, algorithms and artificial intelligence
March 28, 2018 28 Mar'18
Arm and Nvidia collaborate on internet of things intelligence

A collaboration between Arm and Nvidia looks to provide deep learning and artificial intelligence on internet-connected devices
March 28, 2018 28 Mar'18
The Cambridge Analytica case: What’s a data scientist to do?

The Cambridge Analytica controversy has highlighted data ethics issues especially dear to early career stage data scientists
March 27, 2018 27 Mar'18
Arsenal uses Innovation Lab accelerator to improve worldwide fan experience

Arsenal’s Innovation Lab programme has enabled collaboration with “world-class” startups to offer the best experience for fans in the future, says the club’s IT director
March 27, 2018 27 Mar'18
Capgemini turns to tech startup to identify ‘most engaged’ teams

Technology and consulting services firm Capgemini is using technology from a startup company to poll its employees’ views and provide feedback from managers every week. It is discovering what it takes to create “engaged teams”
March 27, 2018 27 Mar'18
IT staff will need to retrain when automation deskills their jobs

Intelligent agents and automation will be needed to support digitisation efforts in business, but to succeed, IT will need to apply these techniques internally
March 27, 2018 27 Mar'18
HPE calls for bottom-up approach to AI

A bottom-up approach towards data modelling is needed to address the shortcomings of physical and theoretical models in artificial intelligence
March 26, 2018 26 Mar'18
ShopDirect set to use AI to detect fraud on phone calls

The online retailer has signed a contract to use voice authentication technology from Pindrop to tackle fraud and improve customer experience
March 26, 2018 26 Mar'18
Blockchain not ready for cross-border bank payments

The use of blockchain in certain parts of the financial services industry is limited at present due to the additional IT work required around its use
March 26, 2018 26 Mar'18
Swedish study talks up benefits of artificial intelligence

A major report has reassured Swedish society that artificial intelligence will be a positive force for change despite fears of job losses
March 23, 2018 23 Mar'18
CIO interview: Damian Smith, head of IT, England and Wales Cricket Board

Embracing change at an institution more than 200 years old can be a sticky wicket, but England and Wales Cricket Board’s head of IT is batting for a digitally enabled future
March 23, 2018 23 Mar'18
Telefonica cuts HR running costs by 40% as it replaces hundreds of ageing IT systems

Multinational telecoms group Telefonica is on the verge of completing a project to replace 175 incompatible HR IT systems with a cloud service covering more than 40 countries
March 22, 2018 22 Mar'18
Salesforce buys into API economy with $6bn Mulesoft deal

Cloud CRM giant’s acquisition will give it a step up in the API management space, enabling internal users and external partners to connect to applications
March 22, 2018 22 Mar'18
Colt pioneers blockchain in telco voice wholesaling

Colt Technology Services and Hong Kong Telecom’s international unit PCCW Global teamed up to trial the use of blockchain in wholesale voice settlements
March 22, 2018 22 Mar'18
Mayor of London kick-starts drive to make city top for AI

London mayor Sadiq Khan commissions a study to look at improving the capital’s readiness for artificial intelligence
March 22, 2018 22 Mar'18
Fintechs weigh up their partnership options

Fintechs need to consider what type of companies they should work with to make the most of open banking regulations
March 22, 2018 22 Mar'18
HMRC sets August launch date for customs IT system

HMRC plans to begin a phased deployment of its Customs Declaration Service this August, with completion expected by early 2019
March 22, 2018 22 Mar'18
UK local councils favour hybrid cloud as legacy IT management needs persist

Research into the IT buying habits of more than 300 local authorities in the UK reveals a growing appetite for using cloud, as councils continue to grapple with managing and maintaining legacy IT
March 22, 2018 22 Mar'18
BlackBerry QNX to power Jaguar Land Rover electronic controls

BlackBerry’s embedded operating system and cryptography platform will be used to power the carmaker’s next-generation connected and autonomous cars
March 22, 2018 22 Mar'18
What would coders do in ethical grey areas?

Software developers are writing code that affects the lives of millions of people and how businesses are run, but what do coders think about some of the ethical questions they face?
March 22, 2018 22 Mar'18
Uber autonomous vehicle death raises questions for UK law review

Uber suspended testing of autonomous vehicles in North America after one of its cars struck and killed a pedestrian this week, and the tragic accident raises big questions in the light of the UK’s ongoing legal review of self-driving cars
March 21, 2018 21 Mar'18
Shared services project is about user needs, not tech, says strategy director

If you’re hoping for the government’s shared services strategy to “break revolutionary ground” in terms of tech, you’ll be disappointed. It’s about serving user needs – not tech – says its strategy director Andy Helliwell
March 21, 2018 21 Mar'18
HPE pushes prescriptive AI for industrial applications

Predicting when a machine will fail is one thing, but HPE hopes its artificial intelligence service will help businesses augment their maintenance programmes
March 21, 2018 21 Mar'18
Microsoft readies Windows Server 2019

As it pushes Azure for the cloud and Azure Stack as an on-premise bridge, Microsoft still believes there is life in Windows Server
March 21, 2018 21 Mar'18
AB InBev settles out of court in $600m SAP licensing dispute

SEC filing reveals that brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev has come to an agreement with SAP over the ERP provider's under-licensing claim
March 21, 2018 21 Mar'18
Nodeum adds clouds to boost tape-to-hybrid-cloud platform

Belgian startup’s Linux-based storage environment now stretches from on-premise disk, LTFS tape and NAS to hybrid cloud working via AWS and Azure public clouds, with more planned
March 21, 2018 21 Mar'18
RBS said to be setting up its own digital bank

Royal Bank of Scotland is reportedly setting up a standalone digital bank to take advantage of changing customer habits
March 20, 2018 20 Mar'18
Case study: Stationery firm gets things moving with FTTP broadband voucher

Nuco, a Midlands-based supplier of paper and stationery products, has improved its business agility and is moving its IT into the cloud thanks to the government’s full-fibre broadband connection voucher scheme
March 20, 2018 20 Mar'18
Ireland eyes Brexit-triggered tech investments

The organisation that champions Ireland to foreign investors has seen an increase in IT companies moving to its shores
March 20, 2018 20 Mar'18
IBM delivers Watson-powered voice assistant for consumer brands

Alexa and Google Assistant have taken residence in people's homes. IBM aims to give companies a way to deliver their own branded AI voice assistants
March 20, 2018 20 Mar'18
Oracle Q3 2017-18 results see cloud revenue grow to $1.6bn

Oracle’s third-quarter results for fiscal year 2018 show an increase of almost 7% of overall revenue to $9.8bn, of which 18% was cloud
March 20, 2018 20 Mar'18
Brexit is an opportunity to transform, says HMRC digital transformation director

HMRC’s digital transformation director Brigid McBride on Brexit opportunities, using AI and robotics to improve services, and growing the API ecosystem
March 20, 2018 20 Mar'18
Researchers use AI, big data and machine learning to find best place in the world to live

West Perth in Australia and Hebden Bridge in the UK are among the top locations ranked by machine learning tool in SAS project
March 20, 2018 20 Mar'18
SAP at the core of S Group’s €100m IT renewal

Finnish retailer S Group is putting SAP at the core of its IT transformation, which will be complete by 2021
March 19, 2018 19 Mar'18
Heartbleed and Shellshock thriving in Docker community

DevOps has revolutionised IT, but security best practices are being skimmed over, which means old vulnerabilities are finding a new lease of life in Docker
March 19, 2018 19 Mar'18
Big 10 open source companies give users a licence reprieve

With the roll-out of GNU GPL 3.0 open source licensing, the industry is expecting discrepancies, and hopes an open discussion will help to debug it
March 19, 2018 19 Mar'18
Gatwick Airport turns to driverless tech to keep staff moving

Gatwick Airport plans to trial driverless technology to move staff around the airfield, in the hope of creating an Uber-like service to cut costs and emissions
March 19, 2018 19 Mar'18
Hybrid cloud mainstream, but seamless operations hard to achieve

Survey by 451 Research finds most organisations use a mix of on-premise and cloud locations, but truly seamless hybrid cloud operations are very difficult to achieve
March 19, 2018 19 Mar'18
First Direct enables customers to pay by Siri

Customers of online bank First Direct can now use voice commands to transfer money through Apple’s digital assistant
March 19, 2018 19 Mar'18
How airlines are gearing up for the digital shift

Asian carriers are counting on personalised services, blockchain-enabled loyalty programmes, automation and predictive maintenance to lower costs and improve passenger experience
March 16, 2018 16 Mar'18
Employers face hiring crisis as AI replaces mid-skilled jobs

Artificial intelligence could replace two-thirds of existing jobs within 20 years, and employers will face growing difficulties recruiting skilled staff
March 16, 2018 16 Mar'18
IT contractors not a risk despite Snowden leaks, GCHQ tells court

The government argues in the Investigatory Powers Tribunal that contractors with systems administration rights to computers holding GCHQ’s most sensitive intelligence pose no more of a security risk than the agency’s employees
March 16, 2018 16 Mar'18
Capgemini arm bags European Commission data infrastructure project

The European Commission has extended the contract of prime contractor Capgemini on its open data project
March 16, 2018 16 Mar'18
IBM sets up no-fee Data Science Elite team to speed up AI adoption

IBM uses Think conference in Las Vegas to launch a no-fee data science consultancy and a platform for artificial intelligence app development
March 16, 2018 16 Mar'18
Nordic CIO interview: Jussi Sorvali, HMD Global

The head of IT at Finland-based smartphone maker HMD Global turned to the cloud to get the entire IT department up and running quickly
March 16, 2018 16 Mar'18
Defence industry urges government to relax controls on crypto exports

Trade body representing defence, aerospace and security companies calls on government to make it easier to export “non-contentious” cryptography to secure organisations against cyber crime
March 16, 2018 16 Mar'18
UK demand for AI professionals has almost tripled in three years

As the technology landscape changes, so do the skills organisations need, and research by jobsite Indeed has revealed a big rise in demand for people with artificial intelligence skills
March 15, 2018 15 Mar'18
Coders feel responsible for impact of artificial intelligence on society

The technologists building artificial intelligence algorithms should take responsibility for the technology’s impact on society, a survey finds
March 15, 2018 15 Mar'18
With auditability, deep learning could revolutionise insurance industry

The likes of Google may be pushing deep learning in artificial intelligence, but it may not be the best approach for regulated industries
March 15, 2018 15 Mar'18
Online data can be used to create better housing for all, says Resi’s Depledge

Alex Depledge, CEO of Resi, will speak at Datafest on how online data can open up architecture to more people – but she warns against over-hyping data science
March 14, 2018 14 Mar'18
Microsoft's Chinese-English translation system achieves human parity

A China-US research team at software powerhouse Microsoft has developed an AI-powered system that can translate Chinese news articles into English as well as humans do.
March 14, 2018 14 Mar'18
Cost and compliance deter users from public clouds

Hyper-converged server provider Nutanix argues that Azure and AWS are not the best option for running predictable workloads
March 14, 2018 14 Mar'18
Survey reveals what the coders building the future desire

Global survey reveals some of the attitudes of the world's software developers
March 14, 2018 14 Mar'18
Most people think cryptocurrency will be accepted on buses by 2025

Cryptocurrency is a mystery to many people, yet 55% of respondents to a survey expect shops and buses to accept digital money in seven years’ time
March 14, 2018 14 Mar'18
Amazon Rekognition goes live in AWS Sydney region

The cloud-based AI service from Amazon Web Services has already drawn a diverse set of Australian businesses, paving the way for greater adoption of AI in Australia
March 13, 2018 13 Mar'18
Government ‘unlawfully delegated’ bulk data powers to GCHQ, court hears

Privacy International urges Britain’s most secret court, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, to rule that the government illegally collected surveillance data from internet and phone companies until at least September 2017
March 13, 2018 13 Mar'18
Retailers need to prepare properly before AI adoption, say experts

Artificial intelligence can help many areas of the retail landscape, but retailers should make sure they prepare before taking on AI adoption, says an expert panel
March 13, 2018 13 Mar'18
Finnish government backs tech-city development in Oulu

Finland's government wants the city of Oulu to become a world leading destination for IT startups
March 13, 2018 13 Mar'18
Accountants look to artificial intelligence as clients get more demanding

Accountancy firms are planning to invest in artificial intelligence and automation technologies to free up staff from repetitive administrative tasks
March 13, 2018 13 Mar'18
Industrial robots set to cut out human workforce

Greater operational efficiency and a reduction in errors are among the benefits of industrial robots – but the biggest savings are in staffing
March 13, 2018 13 Mar'18
Government pumps £300m into tech and innovation for ageing society

Business secretary Greg Clark announces plans to use £300m from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund for new technology and research, such as artificial intelligence and genome sequencing
March 13, 2018 13 Mar'18
Russian augmented reality startups break into enterprise space

Augmented, virtual and mixed reality technologies edge closer to enterprise adoption in Russia as a strong local developer network grows
March 13, 2018 13 Mar'18
Watch out for digital legacy in manufacturing

Digital twins are the next innovation in manufacturing, but will the file formats and hardware be around for as long as the assets being modelled?
March 12, 2018 12 Mar'18
Digital for rural areas worth up to £26bn to UK economy

A study commissioned by Amazon has posited that greater use of digital tools and services could be worth between £12bn and £26bn per annum to the UK economy
March 12, 2018 12 Mar'18
Proof of concept shows blockchain could save lives in pharmaceutical logistics

DHL and Accenture pilot tracks pharmaceutical products from manufacture to prescription, showing potential to clamp down on counterfeit medicines
March 12, 2018 12 Mar'18
Fileless attacks surge as hackers exploit PowerShell scripts

Malicious scripting through Microsoft’s PowerShell IT admin tool is being used to take control of Windows machines and Apple Macs
March 09, 2018 09 Mar'18
Security researchers demonstrate ransomware attack on robots

Researchers have carried out a ransomware attack on robots to show that such attacks are possible and should be guarded against
March 09, 2018 09 Mar'18
Amazon bank could have 70 million customers in five years

Amazon could have more banking customers in the US than the UK has citizens within five years
March 08, 2018 08 Mar'18
EC reveals plan to make Europe global fintech hub

The European Commission has unveiled proposals to boost the EU’s financial technology sector
March 08, 2018 08 Mar'18
Tech experts want government to help workers prepare for AI disruption

The tech brains working with artificial intelligence think governments have an important role to play in preparing workers for change