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February 20, 2018
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4G IoT network may ease aviation sector fears over drone safety
Vodafone is testing mobile and internet of things network technology to protect commercial aircraft from badly flown drones
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February 20, 2018
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NHS Digital plots Office 365 and NHSmail integration to boost collaboration in healthcare
NHS Digital outlines delivery timeline for integrating NHSmail with Microsoft Office 365, as it strives to improve collaboration between health and social care stakeholders
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February 20, 2018
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CIO interview: Matthew Wallbridge, head of ICT, Croydon Council
Croydon’s ICT boss talks about why being “good” isn’t good enough and building a new ICT delivery model
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February 20, 2018
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UK finance regulator collaborates with US counterpart on fintech
The FCA is working with a US finance regulator to support financial technology companies on both sides of the Atlantic
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February 19, 2018
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Prepare for Y2K style Meltdown strategy
The days of fixing the date bug in legacy systems may be long gone, but IT now has as much of an effort mitigating the Spectre/Meltdown processor flaw
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February 19, 2018
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Lauri Love can stay in UK: prosecutors will not appeal extradition ruling
Crown Prosecution Service gives undertaking to Lauri Love that it will not appeal against a court decision not to extradite him to the US – but prosecutors are seeking leave to appeal over part of the court ruling on extradition procedure
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February 19, 2018
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Take-up of chatbots will accelerate over next two years
Chatbots and artificial intelligence are becoming an increasingly important part of customer services
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February 14, 2018
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Cohesity adds file and object to hyper-converged hybrid cloud
Cohesity broadens out from hyper-converged backup and restore to offer file and object storage on its physical and virtual hyper-converged appliances and in the cloud
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February 14, 2018
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Technology spend growing at expense of trader salaries
Investment firms are spending a larger proportion of their budgets on software as data and artificial intelligence technology is seen to provide a competitive advantage
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February 14, 2018
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UKCloud to open Microsoft Azure Stack region for public sector users
Public sector-focused cloud services provider UKCloud is in the throes of beta testing its Azure Stack setup, which will run in the same datacentres as the Cabinet Office's Crown Hosting Service
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February 14, 2018
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Blockchain to give global LGBT community a louder economic voice
Blockchain will underpin a global platform that aims to give the LGBT community a more powerful economic voice
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February 14, 2018
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Grocer Lidl rolls out natural language chatbot to improve customer experience
The German supermarket has unveiled a natural language chatbot to offer customers information about wines
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February 14, 2018
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Australia’s national payment system will ease peer-to-peer payments
New Payments Platform is expected to accelerate the decline of cash and cheques in Australia, as well as simplify invoicing for businesses through overlay services
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February 13, 2018
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Quarter of retailers say tech investment makes it harder to connect with consumers
Lack of return on investment in technology has left one in four retailers disappointed and unable to connect with their customers
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February 13, 2018
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London joins Citibank IT innovation network
Citibank has made London home to its latest IT innovation hub, which will focus on applying data science and high performance computing to the business
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February 12, 2018
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Everywoman forum 2018: The dangers of non-diverse artificial intelligence
Experts at the 2018 Everywoman forum spoke about the pros of role models and cons of an artificially intelligent future designed solely by men
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February 12, 2018
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Oracle pushes automation beyond database to cloud services
At Cloud World New York, Oracle announced the extension of its machine learning efforts to services in its cloud platform
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February 12, 2018
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Moscow puts municipal vehicles online to save fuel
The city of Moscow has deployed a unified IoT platform to monitor and control all of its municipal vehicles
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February 12, 2018
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APAC fintech market set to bloom
Government support, the rise of digital payments and a new breed of financial services will put the region’s financial technology market in overdrive over the next few years
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February 12, 2018
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French technology startups are forging ahead – but how?
France has sprung to the forefront of the international tech startup scene. How has this happened, and what's next for French tech firms?
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February 08, 2018
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How Auto Trader improved web design to support digital business
Digitisation requires an agile methodology and the ability to enhance products quickly. We look at how Auto Trader optimised traditional web design
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February 07, 2018
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Stay of execution for RBS branches and free devices for some customers
RBS is offering free training and devices to some customers in Scotland to help them eventually live without bank branches
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February 07, 2018
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Dubai transport authority maps city to support autonomous cars
Dubai’s RTA has enlisted Here Technologies to build a high-definition map of the city to support its goals around self-driving cars
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February 07, 2018
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HPE opens APAC innovation lab to tap IoT market
Facility in Singapore will rope in partners across the internet of things ecosystem to test new applications powered by HPE’s edge computing capabilities
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February 06, 2018
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AstraZeneca inks deals with Alibaba and Tencent in AI push
Pharmaceutical bigwig AstraZeneca hopes to deliver smart healthcare services and combat online sales of counterfeit drugs through tie-ups with Chinese tech giants
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February 06, 2018
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Zerto boosts cloud-to-cloud and hybrid cloud replication
Zerto Virtual Replication version 6 allows hybrid cloud data protection operations across on-premises datacentres and Amazon, Microsoft and IBM clouds, and 350-plus service providers
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February 06, 2018
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Lloyds Bank cuts CIO workforce
Lloyds Banking Group is changing the skills make-up of its IT team to support demand for digital services
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February 06, 2018
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UK risks unemployment rise unless people are reskilled for AI
The tech industry is optimistic that people will get jobs, but only if they have the right skills – and it looks like the UK is a long way from being artificial intelligence-savvy
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February 06, 2018
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Thousands of IT jobs being created in India by European and US companies
Global businesses focus on India as they seek the best ecosystems for digital transformation
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February 06, 2018
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BMW selects new startups for Innovation Lab 2018 accelerator
Five startups will pitch their projects to BMW executives for the chance to work with the car manufacturer’s commercial divisions
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February 05, 2018
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UK economy least likely to grow through AI
The UK's poor productivity record is unlikely to grow hugely from artificial intelligence helpers that augment human work
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February 05, 2018
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Traditional datacentres to host just 6% of workloads by 2021, predicts Cisco
The seventh annual Cisco Global Cloud Index highlights how the demand for workloads hosted in traditional private datacentres is continuing to wane in the face of cloud
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February 05, 2018
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Appeals court rules Lauri Love will not be extradited over US hacking charges
The lord chief justice, Lord Burnett, says 33-year-old engineering student Lauri Love will not be extradited to the US to face hacking charges, in a landmark legal decision, and the Crown Prosecution Service should bring proceedings against Love in ...
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February 04, 2018
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APAC business leaders divided on impact of AI
Around half of business leaders in the APAC region do not think they will have greater job satisfaction by offloading work to machines, or see a need for machines to decipher between good and bad commands
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February 02, 2018
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Appeal Court to give landmark verdict on Lauri Love extradition
The Appeal Court will decide whether Lauri Love, who has serious health issues, should be extradited to the US to face hacking charges, or face trial in the UK. The landmark case is the first test of legal protections introduced by Theresa May to ...
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February 02, 2018
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Google Q4 results show businesses are buying into its public cloud
The Google Cloud Platform is earning the search engine giant $1bn per quarter. Expect more cloud investment this year
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February 02, 2018
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CIO interview: Aaron Powell, CDO, NHS Blood and Transplant
NHS Blood and Transplant chief digital officer Aaron Powell explains why pushing a digital transformation agenda has a real impact on people’s lives
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February 02, 2018
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Faster data is a safer bet for risk exposure
Betting platform service supplier FSB Technology (UK) has used GridGain’s in-memory database to support its existing PostgreSQL transactional system
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February 01, 2018
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IT Priorities 2018: Where senior IT managers plan to spend their budget
It is the year when IT departments migrate to Windows 10, upgrade to Windows Server 2016, architect microservices and deploy cloud management
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February 01, 2018
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€7.1m EU Data Pitch accelerator recruits 18 startups
Startups from the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Estonia, Denmark, France, Spain, Portugal, Lithuania and the Netherlands join an EU-funded accelerator programme involving the Open Data Institute
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February 01, 2018
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European Commission eyes blockchain opportunity
The European Commission is aiming to get the most out of blockchain technology in a wide variety of sectors
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February 01, 2018
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Microsoft results show a distributed computing future
While it has paid a massive US tax bill, the company's results show Microsoft is making progress on its intelligent cloud hybrid strategy
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February 01, 2018
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Australia needs to invest more in R&D to move forward
Innovation and Science Australia has made 30 recommendations for the government to consider if the nation is not to become a global backwater
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January 31, 2018
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Digital Catapult begins accelerator programme to help AI startups overcome major hurdles
A business accelerator programme from Digital Catapult aims to help artificial intelligence-focused startups by giving them access to expertise and computational resources
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January 31, 2018
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Swedish banks embrace rapidly evolving chatbots
Artificial intelligence is playing an increasingly important business role for Sweden’s banks – and chatbots are the starting point for many
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January 31, 2018
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Dutch port readies itself for autonomous ships
The Port of Rotterdam is using IoT and AI technology from IBM to improve efficiency and become the model for ports of the future
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January 31, 2018
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IT Priorities 2018: Why IT must change its approach to Windows 10
Windows 10 is set to be a top priority for IT departments this year, but it should be seen as more than just a desktop operating system upgrade
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January 30, 2018
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For Cisco, intent-based networking heralds future tech demands
At Cisco Live Europe in Barcelona, Cisco has recommitted to its vision for intent-based networking, announcing new features as it builds a network it believes will be the enterprise platform of choice in years to come
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January 30, 2018
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SAP 2017 results: Cloud revenue nears €3.8bn, 7,900 S/4 Hana customers
SAP has declared full year 2017 revenue of €23.5bn, of which nearly €2.8bn was cloud, alongside acquisition of Callidus, a cloud-based “lead to money” service
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January 30, 2018
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ESG survey: Storage spending habits become ‘hybrid-cloud-defined’
Analyst survey finds cloud is used as a way to make storage more efficient, but organisations are also bringing cloud apps back into the datacentre and spending on in-house capacity
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January 30, 2018
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Davos: Cyber risks grow as countries turn towards protectionism
The cost of natural disasters is now at record levels, but the cost of cyber crime is far higher. The World Economic Forum hopes to persuade governments to work together on the problem, but with isolationist politics back in fashion, can it succeed?
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January 29, 2018
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Alibaba Cloud to tackle Malaysia’s traffic woes with AI
Chinese cloud service provider Alibaba will use its City Brain artificial intelligence platform to analyse data from camera feeds and traffic junctions in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur
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January 29, 2018
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Qumulo file access hybrid cloud QF2 file system launches in Europe
QF2 brings Posix/Windows-compatible scale-out NAS file storage to hybrid cloud with access via on-premise hardware appliance or Amazon compute and storage in the cloud
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January 29, 2018
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UK gas supplier outsources to the cloud with HCL
Cadent is modernising its IT operations through a five-year outsourcing deal with Indian IT services supplier
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January 29, 2018
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Government bulks up on AI personnel
The UK government is starting to put bodies behind its artificial intelligence commentary as two departments announce job roles
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January 28, 2018
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How blockchain can secure the IoT
By doing away with a central authority in internet of things (IoT) networks, blockchain technology can reduce the risk of IoT devices being compromised by a single point of security failure
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January 26, 2018
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NVidia aims to tackle UK’s AI skills gap by educating year nine students
Computer chip developer is providing a teaching kit to educate students on artificial intelligence
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January 26, 2018
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Leak confirms CEO dumped Intel shares after Meltdown and Spectre processor flaw
Leaked document show that Intel’s CEO sold his shares the very day the company told hardware makers of its processor flaw
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January 26, 2018
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Case study: Network Rail uses cloud to get its digital data preservation plans on track
Digital-by-default railway infrastructure operator, Network Rail, is building a cloud-based archive to protect the organisation’s data assets for future use
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January 26, 2018
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Theresa May announces boost to UK programming
A total of £40m in government and industry funding will be used to help bolster the UK’s programming skills gap
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January 25, 2018
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Theresa May wants UK to be world leader in ‘ethical AI’
In her World Economic Forum speech, the prime minister highlights the need to harness tech, flies the flag for “responsible AI development” and calls on tech companies to step up and fight paedophiles and terrorists using online platforms
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January 25, 2018
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Cloudian upgrade brings hybrid cloud file and object storage
Move to Cloudian Hyperstore 7 enables data storage operations across on-premise and Amazon, Google and Microsoft cloud environments with object and file access
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January 25, 2018
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Robots are needed to manage the automation robots
The next decade will see robots transform from invisible forces obeying our commands to lifelike objects interacting with humans on a daily basis
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January 25, 2018
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Forensic investigation into Post Office IT system at centre of legal case nears completion
The investigation into the fairness of court cases brought against sub-postmasters is close to finishing its forensic examination of the IT system at the heart of the controversy
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January 25, 2018
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Driverless buses hit the streets of Stockholm
Self-driving buses are being used in real traffic environments as part of a trial in Stockholm
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January 25, 2018
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Security spending not on most-effective controls, report reveals
While planned spending on IT security is up globally, so too are data breaches, with evidence mounting that hackers are hitting the bottom line, a global security survey reveals
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January 24, 2018
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GDPR worries hit cloud storage investments, says survey
NetApp-sponsored survey finds lack of customer confidence in cloud service providers’ retention of GDPR-affected data has led organisations to rethink and scale back cloud investments
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January 24, 2018
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AI is moving towards acceptance in cyber security, says Check Point
Artificial intelligence is well on its way to being a useful tool in the cyber security professional’s kit, but according to Check Point, there are still big challenges to overcome
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January 24, 2018
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Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank Group uses ServiceNow to support transformation
IT service management adapts to faster and faster time-to-market pressure with a new framework that aims to deliver continuous service improvement
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January 23, 2018
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AWS opens third availability zone in Singapore
Cloud service provider is upping the ante in a region that has been lapping up cloud infrastructure services to advance digitisation efforts
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January 23, 2018
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Mastercard sets biometric ID deadline for banks
Mastercard has committed to guaranteeing that every one of its customers will have access to biometric authentication services by April 2019
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January 23, 2018
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Modern methodology gives Sweden’s 100-year-old SKF a digital push
Long-established engineering company takes a leaf out of the startup guide to software development
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January 23, 2018
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Hyper-convergence and containers key storage-related deployments in 2018
Hyper-converged infrastructure and containers are key deployments planned by UK customers in 2018, with flash storage, virtual machine storage and disk backup also prominent
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January 23, 2018
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New controversies as Trump passes US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
The amended Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which seeks to legitimise US surveillance on foreigners, has been signed off by president Trump
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January 23, 2018
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Many councils admit they are not ready to upgrade from Windows 7
With less than two years to go before Microsoft stops supporting Windows 7, a study has found many councils may struggle to meet this deadline
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January 23, 2018
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China’s Yitu eyes ASEAN market with facial recognition know-how
Facial recognition software specialist Yitu, which recently won a face identification accuracy contest in the US, has already nabbed regional clients such as Singapore’s Certis Cisco
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January 22, 2018
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IBM results reveal plans to shift traditional analytics to SaaS
IBM boosts cognitive and blockchain businesses, but admits there is work needed on its traditional analytics products and some will move to software as a service
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January 22, 2018
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UK urged to up spending on cyber defence
Cyber attacks that target military and civilian operations are one of the biggest threats facing the UK, according to a top military officer, but security experts say cyber defence spending must be carefully considered
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January 22, 2018
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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
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January 22, 2018
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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
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January 22, 2018
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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
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January 22, 2018
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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
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January 22, 2018
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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
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January 22, 2018
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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
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January 22, 2018
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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
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January 22, 2018
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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
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January 18, 2018
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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
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January 18, 2018
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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
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January 18, 2018
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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
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January 18, 2018
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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
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January 17, 2018
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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
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January 17, 2018
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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
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January 17, 2018
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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
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January 17, 2018
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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
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January 17, 2018
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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
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January 17, 2018
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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
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January 17, 2018
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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
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January 16, 2018
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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
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January 16, 2018
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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
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January 16, 2018
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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