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Enterprise software
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April 19, 2017
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Apr'17
IBM sales and profits down, but future focus areas see growth
IBM experiences another fall in sales, but it continues to sell more in areas that will make up its future business
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April 19, 2017
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Apr'17
Telefónica rolls out AI-based network management
Mobile operator tests Huawei’s SmartCare service operation centre to manage customer connections to its networks
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April 19, 2017
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Apr'17
Majority of open source has security flaws
Software audit highlights major security weaknesses across all open source software
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April 19, 2017
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Apr'17
How Dutch university quickly connected thousands of students to new learning management system
Dutch university TU Delft is replacing its legacy learning management system after 17 years
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April 19, 2017
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Apr'17
How Oracle tackles licensing discrepancies
The recent publication of court filings from a licence dispute case shows a catalogue of 'damaging' techniques the supplier used following an audit
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April 19, 2017
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Apr'17
Robotic automation takes off in the Nordics
Software robots are rapidly automating traditionally manual tasks at enterprises across the Nordic region
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April 18, 2017
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Apr'17
Microsoft underlines importance of keeping software updated
Microsoft has underlined the importance of keeping software up to date by confirming that no supported versions of its software are vulnerable to leaked NSA hacking tools
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April 18, 2017
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Apr'17
FDM uses gamification to make graduate recruitment process more inclusive
IT services firm uses Yellow Hook Reef game to make its graduate recruitment process more inclusive and enjoyable for candidates
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April 18, 2017
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Apr'17
First MariaDB user conference hails renaissance of relational model
At its inaugural user conference in New York, MariaDB corporation leaders Michael Howard and Monty Widenius say the open source relational database model finds its moment beyond NoSQL phase
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April 18, 2017
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Apr'17
SAP S/4 Hana gains traction in APAC
While SAP now counts companies such as China’s Ameco Beijing as clients, it is also going all out to address hitches that stand in the way of wider adoption of its S/4 Hana software
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April 13, 2017
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Apr'17
Yelp deploys Splunk to improve data access
Yelp uses Splunk Enterprise in IT and across business services to help build revenue opportunities
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April 12, 2017
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Apr'17
New-format Patch Tuesday reveals Office and Hyper-V flaws
Microsoft has changed the way it alerts Windows admins and has issued critical patches for Office and Hyper-V
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April 12, 2017
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Apr'17
Chatbots, Fitbits and AI: IT suppliers identify the top trends in HR technology
Businesses are using Fitbits, artificial intelligence and chatbots to improve working life as competition increases to recruit talented ‘millennials’
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April 11, 2017
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Apr'17
Going mobile in Moscow: city digitisation the Russian way
Computer Weekly meets with Andrey Belozerov, strategy and innovations advisor to the CIO of Moscow, to learn how the city government is taking a joined-up approach to digitisation and smart city technology
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April 11, 2017
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Apr'17
‘Can do’ attitude of DevOps teams is driving cloud-first strategies
The cloud-first strategies of businesses across sectors are maturing, with DevOps teams playing a leading role
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April 11, 2017
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Apr'17
House of Fraser drops Oracle support to invest in multi-channel retail
IT departments need to cut costs to reinvest in new projects. House of Fraser has a multi-channel strategy and Oracle support wasn’t strategic
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April 10, 2017
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Apr'17
Cloud increasingly part of the job for storage professionals
451 Group research finds storage professionals are less concerned with data growth than last year but increasingly likely to have to manage storage capacity in the cloud
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April 07, 2017
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Apr'17
Cyber security fears are a barrier to fintech innovation
Survey shows most large financial services firms believe better visibility of cyber security controls within fintechs would improve prospects of partnering with them
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April 07, 2017
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Apr'17
How an MSSP scaled up its security analysts' capacity
Irish-managed security services provider Smarttech has increased its speed and capacity to analyse cyber attacks using IBM’s fledgling cognitive computing technology
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April 06, 2017
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Apr'17
CIO interview: Richard Sharp, CTO, Shazam
We speak to the new chief technology officer at music discovery service Shazam about how to foster an innovation culture
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April 06, 2017
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Apr'17
Anti-trust complaints target Microsoft in the European Union
Microsoft comes under pressure as software suppliers raise market abuse complaints with the European Commission over bundling of Defender security software with Windows
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April 06, 2017
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Apr'17
Research fires warning at banks over branch closures
Traditional retail banks cannot rely on customer loyalty if service levels drop as a result of branch closures and staff cuts
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April 05, 2017
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Apr'17
Technology investments core to JP Morgan Chase success
US investment bank is reaping the benefits of its $9.5bn annual technology spend
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April 05, 2017
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Apr'17
Dutch IT companies introduce unlimited staff holidays
IT firms in The Netherlands are leading the way with strategies to give employees control of how much time they take off work
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April 05, 2017
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Apr'17
Chocolate maker Barry Callebaut gets sweet on cloud
Chocolate maker Barry Callebaut is increasingly using cloud-based apps to improve productivity and reduce costs
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April 05, 2017
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Apr'17
Northern Ireland schools to continue with Capita IT services
Two-year, £60m contract extension covers ICT services for 1,100 schools
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April 05, 2017
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Apr'17
How to apply DevOps practices to legacy IT
The one constant in legacy systems is that they can’t just be switched off. We find out how Ticketmaster has adapted its legacy IT to DevOps
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April 05, 2017
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Apr'17
AWS cloud dominance under growing threat from Google and Microsoft, says 451 Research
Latest Voice of the Enterprise report from 451 Research suggests competition in the IaaS market is hotting up, with Microsoft and Google posing a growing threat to AWS
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April 05, 2017
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Apr'17
Australia’s Commonwealth Bank unveils data analytics platform
Free platform made available to bank’s customers at a time when only 34% of the country’s SMEs are making data-driven decisions
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April 04, 2017
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Apr'17
DataWorks 17: Hortonworks promotes maturity of HDP upgrade
Hadoop distributor leads on an upgrade to its Hortonworks Data Platform at the DataWorks 2017 Summit in Munich
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April 04, 2017
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Apr'17
VMware to sell vCloud Air service and datacentre infrastructure to OVH
French IaaS challenger to take over the reins of global vCloud Air hybrid cloud service
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April 04, 2017
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Apr'17
Outsourced water market IT system up and running
England’s competitive water and sewage market is now in operation, underpinned by an IT system from CGI
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April 04, 2017
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Apr'17
Open Networking Summit expands collaboration around SDN and NFV
Standards bodies, suppliers, telecoms operators and academics gather in California for the annual SDN and NFV Open Networking Summit
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April 04, 2017
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Apr'17
Workers at least mentally prepared for robots to take over some of their work
One-fifth of workers are mentally prepared for technology to take over some of their roles, but employers must do more to support them
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April 04, 2017
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Apr'17
Nearly one in five Singapore business leaders bypassing IT
Frustrated with IT departments, business leaders are now taking technology matters into their own hands
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April 03, 2017
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Apr'17
Australian banks’ move to boycott Apple Pay denied
Australia’s competition watchdog is concerned that the proposed conduct is likely to reduce or distort competition
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April 03, 2017
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Apr'17
Executive interview: Tolga Kurtoglu, CEO, Parc
Palo Alto Research Center – formerly Xerox Parc – is the home of the modern computer. We speak to its new CEO about innovation
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April 03, 2017
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Apr'17
Teradata Universe 17: IntelliFlex 2.0 vaunted as emblem of flexibility
At its Universe conference in Nice, Teradata announces an upgrade to its MPP IntelliFlex platform in line with what it says is a fresh flexibility towards customers
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March 31, 2017
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Mar'17
Expanding business intelligence firm uses technology to bring in recruits
Chester-based GBG has saved £300,000 in recruitment costs and seen its ‘Glassdoor’ ratings jump from 1.9 to 4.2 out of 5
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March 30, 2017
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Mar'17
Microsoft to shut Skype office in Sweden
Stockholm base sees 120 jobs put at risk as tech giant seeks to reduce its geographical spread
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March 30, 2017
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Mar'17
How to start building enterprise momentum for microservices
The maturity of containers has given the IT industry a new architectural approach to engineer applications using microservices. We look at whether it is ready for the enterprise.
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March 30, 2017
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Mar'17
Government announces autonomous vehicle contest
Business secretary Greg Clark launches a contest to access funding from the government’s £100m connected and autonomous vehicle funding pot
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March 30, 2017
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Mar'17
UK insurtech startups follow fintech example
UK startups focused on technology for insurance companies saw capital investments double last year
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March 29, 2017
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Mar'17
Thorn CEO on using machine learning and tech partnerships to tackle online child sex abuse
The CEO of US-based no-profit Thorn explains how cross-industry collaboration and machine learning is helping her organisation stay one step ahead of online child sex abusers
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March 29, 2017
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Mar'17
Russian Airline at home in the cloud
S7 Airlines in Russia looks set to move more of its IT to the cloud after successful infrastructure-as-a-service project
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March 29, 2017
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Mar'17
Are ethical questions holding back AI in France?
France has been slow to create a strategy around the use of artificial intelligence, partly due to questions around ethics
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March 29, 2017
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Mar'17
CNCF: Cloud Native Foundation drives portability forward
The Cloud Native Foundation conference in Berlin kicked off with a set of initiatives to take on board popular container engines from Kubernetes and Docker
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March 28, 2017
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Mar'17
Singapore to shutter 2G services by April 1
2G is making way for 3G and LTE networks in the city-state, but the legacy technology will remain in other markets with significant machine-to-machine investments
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March 28, 2017
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ONS data science campus opens with “public good” mission
Data science campus opens at Office for National Statistics in Newport, south Wales with “public good” mission
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March 28, 2017
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Mar'17
1,000 sub-postmasters apply to join IT-related group litigation against Post Office
Group legal action against Post Office relates to allegedly faulty Horizon computer system
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March 28, 2017
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Mar'17
Microsoft facing $5m class action over Windows 10 upgrades
Three Windows users are attempting to claim $5m in damages from Microsoft for problems caused by faulty Windows 10 upgrades
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March 27, 2017
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Mar'17
Emerging APAC markets more prone to malware
Indonesia, India and the Philippines are among the top 10 countries with the most number of malware infections, according to a Malwarebytes study
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March 26, 2017
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Mar'17
HPE, Tata Communications to build world’s largest IoT network
The Lora-based network will benefit around 400 million people in India who can expect improvements in water quality and public safety
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March 24, 2017
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Mar'17
Case study: How the Department for Education deployed flexible IT
The Department of Education has upgraded its ageing datacentre to the Azure cloud and Office 365, and rolled out Microsoft Surface devices
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March 24, 2017
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Mar'17
AI and robots will 'create political instability' until humans find new occupations
The belief that advances in technology will create more jobs than they replace may no longer hold true
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March 24, 2017
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Mar'17
UK labour costs are cheap but automation will erode jobs market
PwC has estimated that millions of people may be affected by robots and artificial intelligence replacing their jobs
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March 24, 2017
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Mar'17
Serco uses HR technology to cut recruitment bill
International outsourced services supplier Serco is investing in HR recruitment technology to help it hire 15,000 to 20,000 people a year
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March 24, 2017
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Mar'17
Cisco unveils new Spark collaboration platform in APAC
Spark will be the future platform for integrating all of Cisco’s collaboration technologies, according to a Cisco regional executive
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March 22, 2017
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Mar'17
Tech City UK report trumpets nation’s digital economy
In its third TechNation report, Tech City UK says the nation leads the way in digital innovation across Europe
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March 22, 2017
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Mar'17
PostNord cutting up to 4,000 Danish jobs in response to digitisation
Logistics firm PostNord is set to cut jobs in Denmark due to falling mail volumes in the country, with a new production model set to be introduced
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March 21, 2017
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Mar'17
Mashraq uses beacon technology to make financial life easier
In its latest fintech launch, the UAE’s Mashraq bank is deploying beacon technology to ensure its customers get the loyalty rewards they are entitled to
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March 21, 2017
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Mar'17
Heathrow Airport updates clunky loyalty scheme through cloud-based software and services
Streamlined loyalty programme doubles number of airport users and boosts average spend
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March 20, 2017
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Mar'17
Robots to support children in Middle East classrooms
Teachers and children in the UAE will soon be supported by robots in the classroom
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March 20, 2017
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Mar'17
Half of banks think more payments will be via fintechs by 2020
Fintechs have gone from being an emerging threat to banks to an opportunity for collaboration, according to an EIU report
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March 20, 2017
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Mar'17
Openreach trains apprentice engineers in virtual reality
Openreach inductees get to experience an immersive simulation of life as an engineer, taking them up telephone poles and into underground chambers
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March 20, 2017
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Mar'17
Cardiff man Samata Ullah admits terrorist charges after posting encryption details on Islamic blog
Samata Ullah, a resident of Cardiff, pleaded guilty to five terrorism charges, including developing an encrypted version of an Islamic website and posting videos explaining how to use encryption
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March 20, 2017
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Mar'17
IBM cognitive assistant to help manage and secure devices
IBM has announced a cognitive assistant powered by IBM Watson to help businesses manage and secure endpoints, including devices making up the internet of things
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March 19, 2017
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Mar'17
Robot tax not feasible for Australia
Data61 CEO Adrian Turner says Australia needs to reskill workers rather than implement a robot tax
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March 19, 2017
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Middle East fintech sector to accelerate this year with UAE leading the way
The financial technology industry could be at the start of a period of rapid growth in the Middle East
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March 19, 2017
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Mar'17
SAP to invest $200m in United Arab Emirates
European software maker plans investment to get near customers in the Middle East
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March 17, 2017
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Mar'17
Singapore startup partners IBM to pilot blockchain technology
Invictus’ distributed ledger prototype will offer financing options for small and medium-sized enterprises
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March 16, 2017
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HMRC urged to delay digital tax plan for businesses
Lords committee echoes previous criticism by MPs over timetable for Making Tax Digital programme and calls for further trials
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March 16, 2017
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Mar'17
Nordea goes beyond what is mandatory for PSD2
Nordic bank prepares for the introduction of the latest banking regulations through a platform that is open to third parties
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March 16, 2017
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Mar'17
CIO interview: Jon Cheyne, IT director, National Theatre
We speak to the IT head at the National Theatre about what it means to have a 99% cloud strategy
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March 16, 2017
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Mar'17
Oracle Q3 2016-17 results: cloud revenue up, overall growth 2%
Oracle’s third-quarter results for fiscal year 2017 show 2% growth in overall revenue, with cloud representing 13% of the total. Executives are bullish on cloud ERP growth prospects
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March 16, 2017
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Mar'17
Digital transformation shifts balance in IT departments
IT leaders are shifting the focus of the IT department, providing more staff to support digital business initiatives
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March 16, 2017
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Mar'17
Cloudability acquires Australian cloud automation firm
The acquisition will expand the supplier’s footprint in the ANZ market through new automation capabilities
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March 15, 2017
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Mar'17
Unicef uses data science to track refugees
United Nations agency for humanitarian aid for children and mothers in developing countries is turning to data science, marshalling expertise from companies and other corporates
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March 15, 2017
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Mar'17
Tablets on the decline in Middle East as big smartphones take over
A total of 13.8 million tablets were sold in the region in 2016 – 14.7% less than in 2015
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March 15, 2017
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Mar'17
Nordic airline averts business disaster with application performance monitoring
Following an emergency decision to move to Amazon Web Services, Iceland’s Wow Air has wholeheartedly bought into the cloud
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March 15, 2017
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Mar'17
Microsoft delivers enterprise chat through Office 365 and Teams
Teams is Microsoft’s latest step to put Office 365 at the heart of collaboration, cementing Office as the business workspace
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March 15, 2017
15
Mar'17
National Theatre moves to Office 365
The National Theatre is increasingly using cloud technology, with the implementation of cloud-based productivity tools its latest move
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March 14, 2017
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Mar'17
Middle East healthcare on cusp of IT innovation era
Healthcare in the Middle East looks set for a revolution, according to the first surgeon to use Google Glass during an operation
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March 14, 2017
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Mar'17
Derbyshire NHS Trust takes simple BI approach to secure patient safety
Derbyshire NHS Foundation Trust opts for a simple, clinician and business-led approach to business intelligence to secure patient safety, using MicroStrategy
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March 14, 2017
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Mar'17
Scale Computing to bring NVMe flash to hyper-converged
Hyper-converged infrastructure maker Scale Computing is set to introduce NVMe connectivity to its products in 2017 with tiers of all flash also on the roadmap
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March 14, 2017
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Mar'17
CIO interview: Simon McCalla, Nominet
Nominet, the registry for more than 10 million of the UK’s internet domains, is expanding into the internet of things and internet security services
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March 14, 2017
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Mar'17
Portakabin’s biggest-ever IT investment unifies CRM
Modular construction firm is moving to a single source of business information through cloud technology and services
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March 13, 2017
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Mar'17
Royal Dutch Touring Club stimulates innovation and renewal of ICT
Dutch motoring club has shaped its business in a way that enables the business and IT department to innovate together
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March 13, 2017
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Mar'17
Analytics sell Tegile hybrid flash as college replaces iSCSI
Bolton College replaces six-year-old Dell EqualLogic iSCSI block arrays and is won over to Tegile hybrid flash by ease of troubleshooting troublesome VM I/O spike issues
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March 13, 2017
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Mar'17
NCC Group launches bounty for open source security flaw fixes
Firm hopes bounty scheme will inspire others to do the same to encourage security specialists to make open source software more secure
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March 13, 2017
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Mar'17
Danish shipping company uses blockchain in IBM partnership
Maersk and IBM test out the application of blockchain technology to track and manage the paper trail of shipping containers around the world
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March 12, 2017
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Mar'17
Open source adoption in APAC no longer just about cost-cutting
Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst calls for enterprises to tap open source technologies to build new capabilities and solve business problems
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March 10, 2017
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Mar'17
Executive interview: Gideon Mann, head of data science, Bloomberg
We find out how Bloomberg’s Gideon Mann balances the certainty of analytics with the alchemy of machine learning
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March 10, 2017
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Mar'17
Outsourcing gives Scottish charity’s IT team time to think ahead
Carr Gomm outsources IT support to allow internal IT team to think beyond keeping the lights on
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March 10, 2017
10
Mar'17
Tech firms to get first look at CIA hacking tools
WikiLeaks has promised to show tech firms details of what it claims is a leaked arsenal of CIA hacking tools to enable them to prepare fixes before any more are made public
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March 10, 2017
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Mar'17
Singapore’s maritime sector facing talent shortages in big data
The skills gap in Singapore is putting big data analytics out of reach for port and logistics companies
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March 09, 2017
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Mar'17
Open Rights Group calls for control of spies’ use of zero-days
Wikileaks’ publication of documents detailing CIA hacking tools has prompted calls for government to control spy agencies’ use of vulnerabilities in widely used hardware and software
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March 09, 2017
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Mar'17
Nordea brings social aspect to saving with fintech startup Spiff
Nordea launches a mobile savings app from Norwegian finanical technology company Spiff
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March 09, 2017
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Mar'17
Google: Democratisation of AI tech to ‘greatly improve’ quality of life
Fei-Fei Li, Google's chief scientist of artificial intelligence and machine learning, talks up societal benefits of making artificial intelligence tools and technologies accessible to all
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March 09, 2017
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Mar'17
Domino’s Australia says hello to chatbots
The pizza chain has launched a chatbot that takes orders via its Australian website and mobile app