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April 27, 2018
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GDPR: Put your data in Azure cloud, says Microsoft chief
Tech giant reports strong growth in its cloud business in third-quarter 2018 fiscal results
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April 27, 2018
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Apr'18
Jeremy Hunt launches review into training NHS staff to use new tech
Jeremy Hunt announces a review that will look at how to train NHS staff to use new technologies such as artificial intelligence, genomics, digital medicine and robotics
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April 27, 2018
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Apr'18
Data analytics is about culture, not technology
Enterprises need to figure out the business problems they are trying to solve and foster a data-driven culture to benefit from data analytics
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April 26, 2018
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Apr'18
ServiceNow buys into SaaS licensing to drive digitisation
The cloud-based service management company has extended its reach in IT asset management to help businesses optimise cloud subscriptions
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April 26, 2018
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Apr'18
Expert interview: Dave Moschella, author of Seeing Digital
Dave Moschella speaks to Computer Weekly about his new book, Seeing Digital, which looks at how the “d” in digital stands for disruption
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April 26, 2018
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Apr'18
British banks target Israeli security technology
British banks are turning to Israel’s high-tech sector to protect against cyber attacks
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April 26, 2018
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Apr'18
Almost all London law firms are using or plan to use artificial intelligence
Law firms are harnessing artificial intelligence to reduce the manual creation and checking of legal documents
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April 26, 2018
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Apr'18
TSB banking service tech problems continue
TSB customers are still experiencing problems using online and mobile banking services after almost a week of disruption
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April 26, 2018
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Apr'18
Argos announces 150 new tech roles in the UK
Argos is recruiting an extra 150 IT professionals as part of its strategy to offer a better digital services to customers
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April 26, 2018
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European Commission unveils €1.5bn AI funding
Given the UK's new artificial intelligence sector deal, the European Commission is unveiling its own initiative to make Europe a world leader in AI
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April 26, 2018
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Apr'18
SuiteWorld 2018: Businesses more likely to learn from failures than successes, says NetSuite EVP
Failure is the best way for firms to learn and succeed when it comes to business transformation, NetSuite’s executive vice-president Jim McGeever tells the audience at SuiteWorld 2018
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April 26, 2018
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Apr'18
Malaysia’s Supahands finds agility with the cloud
Regional workforce crowdsourcing startup relies on the cloud to keep its infrastructure agile enough to scale up and down, according to customer demand
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April 25, 2018
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Apr'18
Government promises £300m extra funding as part of £1bn AI sector deal
To become the number one destination for artificial intelligence, the UK needs more specialist skills, and a new injection of funding is aimed at boosting the country’s AI skills pool
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April 25, 2018
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Apr'18
Police forces use Motorola mobile apps to digitise frontline ops
The States of Jersey Police force plans to phase out inefficient paper-based activities with mobile applications, while other forces around the UK report improvements to their overall processes
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April 25, 2018
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Gartner predicts AI will add $1.2tn to companies’ earnings in 2018
Gartner has forecast that artificial intelligence will create $1.2 trillion in economic value in 2018, up 70% on 2017
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April 25, 2018
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Apr'18
Google claims it is GDPR ready
Alphabet, the parent company of Google, says that since its advertising business relies on keyword searches, the impact of GDPR is limited
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April 25, 2018
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Apr'18
Interview: Amazon Web Services Sweden
Eric Morales leads the AWS business development team for startups and gaming companies in the Nordics. Computer Weekly caught up with him at AWS’s Nordic headquarters in Stockholm
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April 25, 2018
25
Apr'18
TSB IT meltdown has the makings of an epic
TSB’s very public IT problems will send shivers down the spine of IT teams at large banks that are yet to migrate to new core banking systems
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April 24, 2018
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Apr'18
Google hails positive economic impact of US datacentre growth
Google claims the expansion of its datacentre portfolio in recent years has generated thousands of jobs and seen it contribute billions of dollars to the US economy
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April 24, 2018
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Apr'18
Criminal Courts Review Commission findings in Post Office computer case raise further enquiries
The Criminal Courts Review Commission forensic examination of the IT system at the centre of a legal case against the Post Office has raised further questions
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April 24, 2018
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Apr'18
SuperNova growth programme offers European tech scale-ups chance to pitch for investment
Scale-Up.eu says initiative will enable scale-up companies to grow their business without relying on overseas investment
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April 24, 2018
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Apr'18
SAP Q1 2018: Cloud revenue breaks €1bn, 400 more S/4 customers
SAP’s overall first-quarter revenue was flat, but cloud revenue and profitability were up, while its S/4 Hana customer base stands at 8,300
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April 24, 2018
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Telcos see multiple paths to internet of things revenue
A report from Ericsson has revealed that telecoms operators are testing out multiple routes to monetising the IoT
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April 24, 2018
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Apr'18
How application container technology is helping YMCA open up access to education
Youth charity YMCA is in the midst of a push to reduce its reliance on paper-based education aids, with the help of Droplet Computing’s application container technology
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April 23, 2018
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Apr'18
The dawn of open banking in Australia
Financial services firms will need to embrace DevOps and modernise their IT infrastructure to compete with more nimble fintech companies in an open banking regime
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April 23, 2018
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Apr'18
Executive interview: Werner Knoblich, Red Hat
Red Hat is 25 years old. We speak to its European chief about how open source, containers and hybrid cloud computing represent the foundation for IT
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April 23, 2018
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Apr'18
Next generation of SCADA industrial controls will protect against cyber attack
Oil, energy and chemical companies are rethinking how to control big manufacturing plants, replacing expensive control technology with cheaper, more secure systems, taking their cue from biology
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April 23, 2018
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Apr'18
AI is renewing interest in high-performance computing
Growing adoption of artificial intelligence is spurring interest in high-performance computing beyond research institutions
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April 20, 2018
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Alibaba to set up digital hub in Thailand
Chinese e-commerce and technology giant Alibaba is expanding its Southeast Asian footprint with a new digital hub east of Bangkok that is expected to boost Thailand’s digital credentials
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April 19, 2018
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CNCF wants to make Kubernetes ‘boring’
CNCF is about to kick off its its Copenhagen conference. The organisation wants to make containers less exciting and more straightforward
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April 18, 2018
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Australian supermarket chain hit by IT outage
Thirty-minute glitch knocked out checkout systems at half of Woolworths’ stores in Australia
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April 18, 2018
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Business will make money from their data, says IDC
Data scientists may soon find that their skills will be more directly linked to generating a revenue stream within their organisations
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April 18, 2018
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Apr'18
DataWorks 18: Hortonworks styles itself 3.0 with a ‘DataPlane’ service
Hortonworks has used its DataWorks Summit in Berlin to announce a data governance “studio” plug in to its DataPlane service
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April 18, 2018
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Apr'18
Huawei debuts its first intent-based networking proposition
At its Shenzhen Analyst Summit, Huawei unveiled its intent-based networking concept, promising to address enterprise customer pain points around network management
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April 18, 2018
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Apr'18
IBM admits poor storage results but promises to do better
IBM’s first-quarter 2018 results shows failings in its storage business, while cognitive computing via Watson remains its main growth engine
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April 17, 2018
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Apr'18
Nginx debuts in Australia amid growing demand for microservices
The supplier of an open-source application platform is counting on the growing usage of microservices in the perennial search for agility and responsiveness among enterprises
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April 17, 2018
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Apr'18
Russian energy giant makes digital tech adoption a priority
Russian oil and gas giant Gazprom Neft is exploring the use of the latest digital technologies across its entire business
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April 17, 2018
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Apr'18
Elastifile adds NAS file access storage to Google Cloud Launcher
Israeli startup Elastifile launches NFS file access service in the Google cloud to provide hybrid cloud distributed file system functionality with the speed of flash
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April 17, 2018
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Apr'18
Targeted cyber attacks doubled in past year, study shows
The number of targeted attacks has doubled in the past year compared with the previous 12 months, despite improvements in detecting and blocking them, a cyber resilience study shows
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April 17, 2018
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Apr'18
Artificial intelligence will help Metro Bank customers manage their money
Service will use AI and predictive analytics to provide personalised prompts to help customers control their spending
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April 17, 2018
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Apr'18
Why AI skills, broadband and machine liability must be addressed
The House of Lords select committee on artificial intelligence has urged the government to adapt policies to bolster AI and protect the public
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April 17, 2018
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Apr'18
Norway’s tax administration combats economic crime through IT
Authority has updated its IT system to step up the fight against tax evasion
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April 17, 2018
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Apr'18
Huawei wants to unlock ASEAN’s digital potential
The Chinese technology supplier is working with communications service providers such as Converge in the Philippines to bolster their networks to support new digital services
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April 16, 2018
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Apr'18
Santander uses Ripple technology to offer international payments
Santander has launched an international fund transfer service for retail customers in the UK about two years after it started testing the blockchain-based application
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April 16, 2018
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Investments in skills, infrastructure and SMEs needed to help UK data economy hit new heights
The UK data economy may struggle to reach its full growth potential between now and 2025 unless action is taken, suggests research commissioned by datacentre operator Digital Realty
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April 16, 2018
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Dutch railway operator to experiment with self-driving trains
Dutch railways are on a journey towards fully automated trains, with early tests under way
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April 16, 2018
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Apr'18
Singtel, VMware to set up hybrid cloud sandbox
The hybrid cloud sandbox environment will let companies test their cloud workloads and software-defined networks
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April 15, 2018
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Apr'18
Ethics key to AI development, says Lords committee
House of Lords Select Committee calls for government to draw up an ethical code of conduct, which organisations developing AI can sign up to
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April 13, 2018
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Apr'18
Companies must take a share of cloud security responsibility
The cloud is seen as highly secure and more and more critical data is being held in public clouds, but organisations need to adapt their internal security processes
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April 13, 2018
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Apr'18
AI fears abating among UK consumers, suggests OpenText survey
UK citizens seem to be curbing their fears of artificial intelligence technology, according to survey research by OpenText
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April 12, 2018
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Apr'18
Machine learning is the new normal: AWS
Cloud supplier AWS wants to put machine learning capabilities into the hands of more people in the nascent market for cloud-based AI services
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April 12, 2018
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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
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April 12, 2018
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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
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April 12, 2018
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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
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April 12, 2018
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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
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April 11, 2018
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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
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April 11, 2018
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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
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April 11, 2018
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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
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April 11, 2018
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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
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April 10, 2018
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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
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April 10, 2018
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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
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April 10, 2018
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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
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April 09, 2018
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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
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April 09, 2018
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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
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April 09, 2018
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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
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April 09, 2018
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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
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April 09, 2018
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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
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April 09, 2018
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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
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April 09, 2018
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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
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April 06, 2018
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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
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April 06, 2018
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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
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April 05, 2018
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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
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April 05, 2018
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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
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April 05, 2018
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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
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April 04, 2018
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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
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April 04, 2018
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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
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April 03, 2018
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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
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April 03, 2018
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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
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April 03, 2018
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Oracle expands availability of cloud services from UK datacentre region
Database giant claims expansion of UK datacentre region shows its commitment to customers
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April 03, 2018
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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
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March 29, 2018
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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
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March 28, 2018
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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
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March 28, 2018
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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
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March 28, 2018
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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
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March 27, 2018
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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
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March 27, 2018
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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”
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March 27, 2018
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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
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March 27, 2018
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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
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March 26, 2018
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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
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March 26, 2018
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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
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March 26, 2018
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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
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March 23, 2018
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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
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March 23, 2018
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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
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March 22, 2018
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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
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March 22, 2018
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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
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March 22, 2018
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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
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March 22, 2018
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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
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March 22, 2018
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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
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March 22, 2018
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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
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March 22, 2018
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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