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Enterprise software
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October 27, 2017
27
Oct'17
Diversify security controls to maximise protection, says McAfee
Organisations should ensure that in layering various security controls, the degree of alignment is not too great, warns McAfee CTO
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October 27, 2017
27
Oct'17
Microsoft propels Dynamics and Azure growth in Q1 2018 earnings
The company reports revenue increase in cloud, Azure and Dynamics, with LinkedIn integration starting to show why Microsoft paid $23bn for the professional network
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October 27, 2017
27
Oct'17
Carglass France feels benefit of employee knowledge sharing
Automobile glass repair company Carglass France is using knowledge-sharing technology to distribute expertise among 3,000 employees
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October 27, 2017
27
Oct'17
Airbus saves millions after building a digital learning library
Airbus has created a digital learning library that is helping more than 100,000 staff in 35 countries keep their skills updated
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October 26, 2017
26
Oct'17
Over 80% of UK retail banks value AI as part of digital transformation
The vast majority of retail bank professionals in the UK realise the importance of AI as a tool in their digital transformation efforts
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October 26, 2017
26
Oct'17
How UCAS uses Splunk to protect students’ sensitive data
Universities and Colleges Admissions Service’s enterprise security architect describes how the organisation uses Splunk to keep user data secure, and how it copes with its yearly spike in traffic
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October 26, 2017
26
Oct'17
Transformation agenda in HR tech ‘is gathering pace’
Digital technology is changing the way companies manage their workforce at an accelerating rate
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October 26, 2017
26
Oct'17
Kaspersky ban: The risks to global software
While Kaspersky defends allegations of collusion with Russian spooks, what are the wider implications to software globalisation?
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October 26, 2017
26
Oct'17
Most businesses misguided on responsibility for cloud data protection
Survey shows more than 80% of organisations have the mistaken belief that their cloud service provider is accountable for data protection
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October 25, 2017
25
Oct'17
Google ties up with Cisco on hybrid containers for business
Google is making a big push with hybrid cloud, but the full architecture will not be available until the second half of 2018
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October 25, 2017
25
Oct'17
Spark Summit 17: Databricks launches Delta as purified data lake
At Spark Summit Europe 2017 in Dublin, organising supplier and Spark inventor and distributor Databricks announced the Delta system, which will combine data lakes and data warehouses
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October 25, 2017
25
Oct'17
Oversight of intelligence agencies’ data sharing has ‘failed’, court hears
UK’s intelligence services lack adequate oversight and written guidelines when sharing databases of sensitive information, Privacy International argues in secret court
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October 25, 2017
25
Oct'17
Microsoft previews pay-for-use Kubernetes on Azure
Microsoft regards containerisation as the next phase in enterprise architectures, and is now offering Kubernetes on Azure
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October 25, 2017
25
Oct'17
Containers will oust VMs and storage arrays, says Red Hat
Red Hat launches storage delivered via containers and predicts a future in which costly and inflexible storage hardware and pricey hypervisors will be a thing of the past
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October 24, 2017
24
Oct'17
UK workers not worried about artificial intelligence’s impact on their careers
Professionals accept that software robots will take over some of the work tasks they do, but they increasingly see this as a good thing
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October 24, 2017
24
Oct'17
Scottish Water extends ServiceNow following HR success
Having pioneered optimising the joiners and leavers process, the IT service management team at Scottish Water can now show other areas of the business the benefits of ServiceNow
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October 24, 2017
24
Oct'17
McAfee aims to out-innovate adversaries
Security firm intends to break the cycle of playing cat and mouse with cyber attackers, according to its technology head
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October 24, 2017
24
Oct'17
Apple Pay launches in Nordic region with Nordea, Jyske Bank and St1 partnerships
Nordic banks take on Apple Pay to give the mobile payments service a regional boost
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October 24, 2017
24
Oct'17
University of Manchester launches city fitness application
University’s health research centre is using gamification to get people active as part of the Manchester CityVerve smart city demonstrator
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October 24, 2017
24
Oct'17
Almost 70% of customers willing to use fingerprint biometrics to shop
Consumers are becoming more comfortable using biometrics to pay when shopping, with fingerprint payments proving the most popular biometric identification method
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October 24, 2017
24
Oct'17
Inside Australia’s supercomputing journey
The country’s Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organisation has upgraded its high performance computing infrastructure to keep pace with global research
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October 24, 2017
24
Oct'17
Appliance maker Bosch to run voice and communications in the cloud
German industrial giant will spend $60m on Avaya’s private cloud communications service over the next five years
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October 24, 2017
24
Oct'17
Nordic finance watchdogs losing patience over anti-money laundering systems at banks
The financial services watchdogs have informed banks that they have to do more to improve anti-money laundering systems
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October 23, 2017
23
Oct'17
Microsoft to offer Cray supercomputing on Azure
Both Microsoft and Amazon are building up their HPC capabilities. The partnership with Cray could help to bolster Azure’s footprint
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October 23, 2017
23
Oct'17
Royal London Hospital uses virtual reality to operate on patient
Remotely located surgeons use Microsoft Hololens headsets to “virtually appear” in operating theatre to help with cancer surgery
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October 23, 2017
23
Oct'17
Microservices are about organisational change
Microservices technology can pave the way for companies to decentralise the way they build software to deliver innovation and reduce the cost of failure
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October 20, 2017
20
Oct'17
Transport Research Lab to run £13m autonomous vehicle trials in London
A consortium led by the Transport Research Lab has been awarded government funding to run connected and autonomous vehicle tests in the capital
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October 20, 2017
20
Oct'17
Two-thirds of businesses do not have skills to adopt AI
Despite the growth of artificial intelligence (AI), only a third of businesses say they have the necessary skills to adopt the technology
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October 20, 2017
20
Oct'17
HPE bets on hybrid IT to combat public cloud
HPE is re-engineering its business to focus on hybrid clouds powered by its recent ProLiant Azure Stack server. We assess the strategy
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October 20, 2017
20
Oct'17
Ransomware decryption framework now available
McAfee has released a decryption framework to boost the production of decryption tools to help victims of ranswomware attacks
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October 19, 2017
19
Oct'17
Safeguards permit GCHQ to share huge databases on public, court hears
Intelligence commissioners did not need technical expertise or support staff to check whether GCHQ and MI5 were lawfully sharing huge databases, court told
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October 19, 2017
19
Oct'17
SAP Q3 2017 results show steady growth in cloud revenue to €937m
SAP’s third quarter 2017 results show steady growth in cloud revenue, S/4 Hana adoption, and some uptake for its “digital transformation” spearhead SAP Leonardo
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October 19, 2017
19
Oct'17
Lack of transparency obscures public cloud costs
IT administrators admit they are not making the most of their cloud storage and computing resources. Costs can escalate quickly if virtual machines are not managed properly
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October 19, 2017
19
Oct'17
Millions being lost due to downtime in industrial systems
Industrial companies are losing $260,000 per hour due to unplanned downtime, but predicting failure using digital twins can help overcome the problem
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October 19, 2017
19
Oct'17
Post Office computer system legal case reaches important procedural juncture
Sub-postmasters group action against the Post Office reaches an important milestone
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October 19, 2017
19
Oct'17
Ulster bank first to use full-scale Salesforce Einstein CRM
Ulster Bank has completed its roll-out of Salesforce Einstein CRM to arm its staff with insights and recommend actions
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October 18, 2017
18
Oct'17
McAfee forges ahead with analytics, deep learning and AI
McAfee is forging ahead with its innovation efforts in advanced analytics, deep learning and artificial intelligence
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October 18, 2017
18
Oct'17
Cloud service spending almost matches traditional IT outsourcing
Traditional outsourcing spending has plummeted in the latest three-month period, but spending on cloud-based IT services is going some way to filling the void
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October 18, 2017
18
Oct'17
How Eurosport is using real-time data to create a second-screen experience
Broadcaster Eurosport talks about some of the digital technology advances improving the viewing experience for cycling enthusiasts
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October 18, 2017
18
Oct'17
Commvault joins the hyper-converged backup wave with Hyperscale
Hyperscale Software and Hyperscale Appliance bring Commvault backup software in a reference architecture/software product or as a pre-configured server/storage box
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October 17, 2017
17
Oct'17
Apple Irish datacentre objectors to seek fresh High Court appeal against project
The remaining objectors to Apple’s plans to build a datacentre in Athenry, Ireland, are preparing to launch another appeal against the project, which has now been delayed by more than two and a half years
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October 17, 2017
17
Oct'17
SAP Hybris paints the future of commerce
Technological advancements and swathes of data have made machine learning and mass personalisation of products possible, but companies are still sailing on the edge
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October 17, 2017
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Oct'17
Government gives ODI £6m to improve data knowledge
The Open Data Institute has been awarded £6m in funding from InnovateUK for a series of projects aiming to improve the UK’s data expertise
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October 17, 2017
17
Oct'17
UK intelligence agencies ‘unlawfully’ sharing sensitive personal data, court hears
A secret court will decide whether Intelligence agencies are “unlawfully” sharing huge datasets containing sensitive information about the population with industry, government departments and overseas intelligence services.
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October 17, 2017
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Oct'17
AI adoption still nascent, says SAS survey
At its 2017 conference in Amsterdam, analytics software supplier discloses research into enterprise readiness for artificial intelligence, and identifies blockages
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October 17, 2017
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Oct'17
CIO interview: Peder Sjölander, Swedish Pensions Agency
The CIO of the Swedish Pensions Agency tells Computer Weekly about the organisation's DevOps journey
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October 17, 2017
17
Oct'17
Colliers dumps Flexpods for Nutanix and Cohesity hyper-converged
Property firm Colliers replaces NetApp converged stacks with hyper-converged infrastructure. Secondary storage and backup from Cohesity replaces tape and supports Nutanix performance tier
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October 17, 2017
17
Oct'17
Gartner survey shows PC boost as businesses upgrade to Windows 10
Businesses are finally shifting from Windows 7 to Windows 10, which is driving a major desktop PC refresh
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October 16, 2017
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Oct'17
Singapore will soon house the world’s biggest AI hub
Private investment firm Marvelstone Group plans to build an artificial intelligence hub in Singapore, which is just beginning to lay the foundation for an AI ecosystem
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October 16, 2017
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Oct'17
Puppet on why people, process and technology are mission critical to DevOps success
At the PuppetConf user and partner summit in San Francisco, Puppet and its customers shared insights on how best to address the people, process and technology sides of the DevOps success equation
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October 16, 2017
16
Oct'17
The Met Office automates functional testing of weather warnings sites
The UK’s national weather service automates testing using eggPlant to ensure integrity of weather warnings system
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October 16, 2017
16
Oct'17
Employees will book time off using Alexa-style devices
Voice recognition and artificial intelligence will take the drudgery out of HR, but CIOs need to help their HR team develop a long-term strategy
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October 14, 2017
14
Oct'17
Artificial intelligence industry should get strategic government boost
The UK’s artificial intelligence sector will squander a historic lead unless government, industry and academia come together to give it cohesive support, says a government-sponsored report
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October 13, 2017
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Oct'17
WEF gets to grips with risks posed by transformative technologies
World Economic Forum is bringing technology, insurance and government sectors together to better understand the risks posed by technology failures
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October 13, 2017
13
Oct'17
Cloud services sales to hit $260bn this year, says Gartner
Global sales of cloud services expected to increase by 18.5% in 2017, with big rises in IaaS and SaaS revenue
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October 13, 2017
13
Oct'17
Don't use cost savings to secure senior management DevOps buy-in, CIOs advised
IT leaders may find themselves unlikely to succeed by promising senior management DevOps-induced cost savings, according to PuppetConf panel
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October 12, 2017
12
Oct'17
Why agile teams prefer to bring their own development tools to projects
Why restrict a developer’s creativity and productivity with corporate standards? We explore the benefits of open source tools freedom
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October 12, 2017
12
Oct'17
Syneto aims Hyperseries 2100 at hyper-converged for SMEs
European startup targets customers with two-node hyper-converged appliance, with built-in disaster recovery and capacity for up to 15 VMware virtual machines
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October 12, 2017
12
Oct'17
AI set to be cloud computing’s killer app
Major cloud suppliers are already offering artificial intelligence capabilities that are expected to account for a greater share of the cloud computing market in years to come
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October 11, 2017
11
Oct'17
US says its views must be heard in legal challenge to EU-US data sharing
The US government says it ‘has issues’ with an Irish High Court ruling, which will test the legality of EU-US data transfers as Facebook considers an appeal to Supreme Court
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October 11, 2017
11
Oct'17
Nvidia unveils ‘world’s first’ AI computer chip for fully autonomous vehicles
Chip maker Nvidia announces an artificial intelligence system designed to support the greater computing workloads of future driverless cars
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October 11, 2017
11
Oct'17
House of Lords committee hosts clash between AI enthusiasts and sceptics
In the first session of its enquiry into artificial intelligence and the UK economy, a House of Lords select committee takes contrasting testimony from academic enthusiasts and press sceptics
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October 11, 2017
11
Oct'17
CIO interview: Lee Edwards, IT director, NHS Shared Business Services
Technologies such as artificial intelligence and robotic process automation is key to NHS Shared Business Services' digital transformation, according to IT director Lee Edwards
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October 11, 2017
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Oct'17
Teva Pharmaceuticals turns to cloud HR as it weathers difficult trading conditions
One of Israel’s largest manufacturing companies has invested more than $10m in cloud HR. The technology is helping Teva Pharmaceuticals turn its fortunes around.
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October 11, 2017
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Oct'17
Automation ‘will put 28% of young workers’ jobs at risk’
Research suggests the next 15 years will see young workers’ jobs at risk from automation, putting pressure on the UK to ensure the future generation has appropriate skills
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October 10, 2017
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Oct'17
Consumers' personalised banking needs are not being met
Banks are failing to give customers the personal services they crave, leaving the door open to tech-savvy competitors
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October 10, 2017
10
Oct'17
Cyber heist hits banks in Russia and eastern Europe
Criminals hired mules to open rogue bank accounts and manipulated risk ratings and overdraft limits, paving the way for millions of dollars to be stolen
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October 09, 2017
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Oct'17
TSB reschedules final roll-out of new banking platform because of expected interest rate rise
Bank decides to delay the full customer roll-out of its new banking platform until early next year
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October 09, 2017
09
Oct'17
UAE’s Mashreq launches digital-only bank
The UAE’s oldest bank has launched a digital-only offering, designed to appeal to the tech-savvy generation
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October 06, 2017
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Oct'17
Brother moves core internal applications to Amazon cloud
Manufacturer Brother has moved its back-office and customer-facing systems to the Amazon cloud using public and hybrid models
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October 05, 2017
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Oct'17
Security experts air concerns over hackers using AI and machine learning for phishing attacks
Security experts share views on risk of artificial intelligence being re-purposed by hackers for phishing attacks
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October 05, 2017
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Oct'17
Executive interview: Karno Tenovuo, senior vice-president, ship intelligence, Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce is developing autonomous ships, and the company’s senior vice-president of ship intelligence discusses how shipping will change
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October 05, 2017
05
Oct'17
UK at risk of AI skills crisis
The UK is at risk of being left behind when it comes to artificial intelligence advances, with the current shortage of AI skills likely to get a lot worse
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October 05, 2017
05
Oct'17
Singapore’s public sector finds agility and speed in AWS
City-state’s government has been able to meet peak demands and address security issues through a cloud-based web-hosting platform powered by Amazon Web Services
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October 04, 2017
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Oct'17
What is the future of Windows Server?
At its annual Ignite event, Microsoft presented a number of features that give an insight into its strategy
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October 04, 2017
04
Oct'17
Artificial brains are no-brainers for business, but societal challenges inevitable
The benefits of artificial intelligence to businesses are already being reaped by early adopters.
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October 04, 2017
04
Oct'17
Global IT spending to hit $3.7tn next year, says Gartner
IT spending is taking on a different shape as organisations embark on, and accelerate, digital transformation projects
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October 04, 2017
04
Oct'17
Manufacturers face skills and internal collaboration hurdles to digital transformation
Skills shortage is biggest challenge to digital strategies of 40% of senior IT decision-makers in North America and Western Europe, survey shows
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October 04, 2017
04
Oct'17
Russia’s state-owned bank backs blockchain
Vneshekonombank puts its weight behind blockchain technology as the country’s public sector looks on
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October 03, 2017
03
Oct'17
Dubai Land Department launches interactive app
Mashrooi app will track real estate project progress and allow users to compare construction against developers’ plans
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October 03, 2017
03
Oct'17
Investigatory Powers Tribunal faces challenge in appeal court over mass hacking
Appeal court will decide whether UK citizens have the right to challenge controversial decisions made by Britain’s most secret court, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal
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October 03, 2017
03
Oct'17
TSB moves to Microsoft cloud applications
TSB bank is moving more of its productivity business software to the cloud, with Microsoft 365 products next in line
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October 03, 2017
03
Oct'17
Irish High Court asks European court to rule on legality of EU-US data transfers
Latest round in Max Schrems’s legal battle with Facebook could have major implications for EU-US trade and the privacy of millions of European residents
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October 03, 2017
03
Oct'17
GITEX 2017: Technology innovation empowers Middle East healthcare sector
Technology is empowering doctors and patients, accelerating innovation and pushing the healthcare industry to the point of massive change, according to digital health expert John Nosta, who is set to speak at GITEX 2017 in Dubai
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October 02, 2017
02
Oct'17
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on why empathy is essential for technology innovation
Speaking at the London launch of his Hit Refresh book, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella revealed how a shortfall in empathy nearly cost him a job at the firm in the 1990s
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October 02, 2017
02
Oct'17
OpenWorld 2017: Ellison declares autonomous database 'revolutionary'
Oracle’s Larry Ellison claims revolutionary cast for autonomous 18c database at the supplier’s 2017 OpenWorld conference in San Francisco
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September 29, 2017
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Sep'17
Sweden investigates introducing its own e-currency
Nordic country’s central bank is planning for a future e-currency as cash becomes less relevant
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September 28, 2017
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Sep'17
Hertfordshire pilots NHS Digital’s Raspberry Pi telehealth kit
Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust becomes first healthcare provider to trial open source telehealth system originally developed by NHS Digital using Raspberry Pi devices
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September 28, 2017
28
Sep'17
Maxta adds Red Hat in plan to help customers dodge ‘VMware tax’
Maxta allows migration from VMware to Red Hat Virtualization on its hyper-converged infrastructure nodes and looks forward to PCIe upgrades to help unleash NVMe
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September 28, 2017
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Sep'17
UK spending on subscription services triples in a year
Almost all UK adults subscribe to services for products they would traditionally pay for up front
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September 27, 2017
27
Sep'17
RHB Bank rolls out chatbot for loan applications
The Malaysian lender hopes to improve the loan application experience and grow its personal loan business by 60% through a new chatbot
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September 27, 2017
27
Sep'17
Gartner: Alibaba outperforms AWS, Microsoft and Google in public cloud revenue growth
While Amazon remains leader of the IaaS and public cloud market, Gartner’s figures highlight emerging competitive pressure from Alibaba on the other runners and riders in the market
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September 27, 2017
27
Sep'17
ATM cyber attack a growing threat, warns Europol
Cyber attacks on bank cash machines are a growing problem despite strong law enforcement cooperation, warns Europol
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September 26, 2017
26
Sep'17
Tips to bridge the gap between DevOps and legacy IT
DevOps is key to successful digital transformation programmes. But IT leaders need to work out how their legacy systems fit in
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September 26, 2017
26
Sep'17
Tech sector advisory network expands to Spain
The 5,000-strong Global Tech Advocates network of IT industry experts that supports technology companies is expanding its service to Spain
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September 26, 2017
26
Sep'17
Mac OS passwords at risk of theft, researcher warns
Some Apple Mac users are at risk of password theft due to a zero-day vulnerability discovered in some versions of the operating system
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September 26, 2017
26
Sep'17
Australians need to develop digital competencies
With nearly 40% of jobs expected to be automated, Australians need to develop additional skills to take on roles like robot teachers and empathy trainers
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September 25, 2017
25
Sep'17
Middle East banker urges region's banks to prepare for robotic automation
Middle East banker will use Gitex stage to encourage banks to automate processes
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September 25, 2017
25
Sep'17
Red Hat opens innovation lab in Singapore
Besides getting a taste of Red Hat’s open culture, APAC organisations can develop applications to solve business problems through a residency programme at the new lab
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September 25, 2017
25
Sep'17
Microsoft Ignite kicks off with cross-platform SQL and on-premise Azure
Microsoft announces completion of cross-platform SQL Server, GDPR compliance for Office 365, plus Azure Stack