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December 08, 2021
08
Dec'21
AWS re:Invent 2021: Four key takeaways for ASEAN firms
AWS’s third-generation Graviton processor and other offerings in edge computing, machine learning and digital twin technologies are of relevance to organisations in Southeast Asia
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December 07, 2021
07
Dec'21
IT Priorities 2022: ERP gets back on the horse
Automation and going cloud-first have gained significant interest for enterprise software and data management investment in the UK, according to the annual TechTarget/Computer Weekly IT Priorities 2022 survey
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December 07, 2021
07
Dec'21
Zopa to focus on banking after closing peer-to-peer lending
Peer-to-peer lending pioneer Zopa to focus on its banking operation after the closure of its original business
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December 07, 2021
07
Dec'21
Former TSB CEO joins money-sharing fintech
Paul Pester teams up with fintech heavyweights to target multibillion-pound money-sharing market
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December 07, 2021
07
Dec'21
AI assistant Bürokratt to reduce bureaucracy in Estonian government
Estonia to launch a Siri-like digital assistant that will automate the completion of government service requests
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December 07, 2021
07
Dec'21
APAC banks gear up on cloud, but challenges remain
Public cloud spending by financial institutions in the region is rising even as they grapple with legacy IT challenges and cost concerns
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December 06, 2021
06
Dec'21
European finance firms increase open banking spend
Financial services firms are increasing investment in open banking capabilities, with improvements to payment initiation and onboarding capabilities expected
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December 05, 2021
05
Dec'21
Australia’s NSW to build A$40m digital twin
The spatial digital twin brings together government data sources to provide insights for urban planners and residents to support decision-making and see into the future
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December 03, 2021
03
Dec'21
NUHS to tap edge supercomputing to crunch AI workloads
Singapore’s National University Health System will tap edge supercomputing resources to train AI models in a range of healthcare-related AI applications by mid-2022
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December 02, 2021
02
Dec'21
Pandora Papers: How journalists mined terabytes of offshore data to expose the world’s elites
Six hundred journalists spent over a year mining 2.94 terabytes of data that revealed offshore companies and the politicians, world leaders and celebrities who secretly owned them
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December 02, 2021
02
Dec'21
India’s IT spending to cross $100bn mark in 2022
Led by software investments, the growth in IT spending comes as organisations in the subcontinent look to modernise their IT infrastructure and support a hybrid workforce
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December 01, 2021
01
Dec'21
Unesco member states adopt AI ethics recommendation
The non-binding recommendation seeks to define a common set of values and principles to guide the development of ethical AI globally
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December 01, 2021
01
Dec'21
Cloud-based Redwood becomes latest challenger bank to make a profit
Cloud-based business bank becomes the latest of the new wave of challengers to achieve profit
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December 01, 2021
01
Dec'21
IT Priorities 2022: IT a focus for business recovery
The pandemic has accelerated IT initiatives – we look at what impact this will have on the CIO agenda for 2022
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November 30, 2021
30
Nov'21
UK MSP set to use Nebulon cloud-defined storage IaaS
UK service provider Inca to use “cloud-defined storage” to support managed service provider offer in move which shunned hyper-converged infrastructure because of cited costly overheads
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November 30, 2021
30
Nov'21
MI6 will ‘open up’ to tech firms to innovate faster than adversaries, says chief Richard Moore
MI6 will use investment fund to back tech companies to develop long-term technologies that will help it to keep pace with China and Russia
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November 30, 2021
30
Nov'21
UK bank branch cull continues as TSB condemns 70 more
TSB’s branch closure programme gathers pace as dozens more high street premises are shuttered
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November 30, 2021
30
Nov'21
Financial Ombudsman Service takes step towards digital transformation with Workday
Ombudsman uses human resource and financial management software in the cloud
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November 30, 2021
30
Nov'21
Rapidly changing hybrid workforce sees IT departments struggle to keep up
Research finds faulty technology is leaving businesses ill-equipped to support the future of working, warning that tech-savvy workers will expect more from their employers
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November 30, 2021
30
Nov'21
Over 100 civil society groups call for changes to EU AI Act
Civil, human and digital rights organisations sign open letter calling on European policymakers to put fundamental rights at the heart of the proposed Artificial Intelligence Act
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November 30, 2021
30
Nov'21
Accenture to create 3,000 UK tech jobs
Accenture’s recruitment plan in the UK is a response to businesses to the release of pent-up demand for digital transformations
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November 30, 2021
30
Nov'21
How Maxim’s Group is using Oracle Cloud
The Hong Kong-based F&B operator is using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to run its VMware workloads and datawarehouse to improve resilience and productivity
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November 29, 2021
29
Nov'21
UKISUG 2021: S/4 Hana skills deficit and legacy custom code hamper migration
On the opening day of its 2021 conference, the UK and Ireland SAP User Group unveils member research showing concerns that an S/4 Hana skills deficit and a surfeit of legacy customisation is retarding migration to the Hana-based ERP
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November 29, 2021
29
Nov'21
UK announces standard for algorithmic transparency
Public sector organisations will pilot artificial intelligence governance framework and evolve it based on feedback
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November 29, 2021
29
Nov'21
UK ‘impact startups’ raise £2bn in 2021
Impact startups in the UK have raised record levels of investment this year, with most of the capital raised going to climate tech firms
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November 29, 2021
29
Nov'21
NetSuite CEO Goldberg: Growth companies nimble for post-Covid normality
Evan Goldberg, executive vice president of Oracle NetSuite, reflects on the post-Covid-19 pandemic economy through the prism of the Oracle-owned SaaS company
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November 26, 2021
26
Nov'21
Post Office inquiry clears up opaque stance on subpostmaster compensation
The chair of the Post Office scandal public inquiry has confirmed the compensation of a group of subpostmasters will be revisited
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November 25, 2021
25
Nov'21
Post Office supported 1999 law change that eased prosecutions using computer evidence
The Post Office made clear its support for a change in UK law regarding computer evidence that was making prosecution 'onerous' - a change which later helped to wrongfully convict subpostmasters
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November 24, 2021
24
Nov'21
One in three Norwegian unicorns created in 2021 alone
Norway’s tech sector has undergone rapid growth in the past year, consolidating the Nordic country’s position as an emerging European tech hub
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November 24, 2021
24
Nov'21
Regulation of AI needed to avoid the mistakes of social media
Government is urged to work with industry on a flexible regulatory framework to ensure the explainability, reliability and robustness of artificial intelligence
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November 24, 2021
24
Nov'21
IT Priorities 2022: Software development
As organisations rebuild after the Covid-19 pandemic, strategic software projects will help them become more effective
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November 24, 2021
24
Nov'21
Zoom boom rolls on over to Q3 2021
Partial return to the office fails to stop momentum of breakout collaboration technology giant in the third quarter of 2021
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November 24, 2021
24
Nov'21
Societe Generale accelerates data and artificial intelligence strategy
French investment banking giant increases its focus on data and artificial intelligence as digital transformation matures
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November 24, 2021
24
Nov'21
Police tech introduced with little scrutiny or training
A Lords inquiry into the adoption of advanced algorithmic technologies by police in England and Wales has been told that new tools are being introduced without proper training and with little scrutiny of their impacts
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November 23, 2021
23
Nov'21
Ericsson boosts business play with $6.2bn Vonage acquisition
Acquisition of IP communications provider expands Ericsson’s presence in wireless enterprise and broadens its global offerings, creating a global network and communication platform for open innovation
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November 19, 2021
19
Nov'21
Subpostmasters asked to withdraw support for Post Office scandal inquiry
Subpostmaster campaign group founder calls for members to withdraw support for public inquiry into Horizon IT scandal over lack of adequate compensation
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November 19, 2021
19
Nov'21
UK government announces safety tech challenge fund winners
The Safety Tech Challenge Fund winners will now develop technologies to limit the spread of child abuse material in encrypted environments, which the government has claimed will not be repurposed for other uses
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November 18, 2021
18
Nov'21
How Axa drives digitisation forward
Digital transformation is not a one-shot project – it’s a continuous and evolving process that requires a mindset change in IT management
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November 18, 2021
18
Nov'21
Six more former subpostmasters have convictions overturned
A total number of 65 subpostmasters have now had criminal convictions overturned in Post Office Horizon scandal
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November 18, 2021
18
Nov'21
AstraZeneca looks at the bigger picture in enterprise social media
How do you work with people in different time zones and from different cultures and what happens when people leave the company?
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November 17, 2021
17
Nov'21
Post Office agrees to share privileged legal information with Horizon scandal inquiry
The Post Office will waive professional legal privilege for documents relating to legal advice it received regarding subpostmaster prosecutions
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November 17, 2021
17
Nov'21
GovTech to enhance Government on Commercial Cloud
GCC 2.0 will include improvements in user onboarding and provide single credential access to public cloud services and engineering tools, among other areas
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November 16, 2021
16
Nov'21
Unit4 research finds divergence between decision-makers and employees in SMEs
Sponsored research among mid-sized enterprises finds decision-makers and employees to be radically at odds in reading what makes a successful organisation
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November 16, 2021
16
Nov'21
Nvidia/Arm: Competitions and Markets Authority to drill down further in Phase 2 investigation
The merger between Arm and Nvidia is to be investigated further following publication of the CMA’s Phase 1 report into the deal
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November 16, 2021
16
Nov'21
Blueprint for future high street shows tech’s role in creating thriving communities
Technology will play an important role in creating thriving communities after Covid-19 lockdowns renew interest in local high streets
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November 16, 2021
16
Nov'21
Can UAE become a world leader in AI?
The UAE has launched multiple programmes as it bids to be a world-leading location for artificial intelligence innovation
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November 16, 2021
16
Nov'21
Medtronic ups ante in digital health
Medtronic wants a slice of the burgeoning digital health market and is teaming up with startups and other organisations in Asia-Pacific’s healthcare ecosystem to raise its game
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November 15, 2021
15
Nov'21
Video firm gets Qumulo scale-out NAS and super-fine metrics
Cognacq-Jay Image shunned Scality and Isilon to get Qumulo scale-out NAS for extremely elastic video workloads and built fine-grained metrics to troubleshoot complex processes
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November 15, 2021
15
Nov'21
General Motors restructures IT to develop $25bn software business
Carmaker has divided its IT function, one part focusing on the back office, the other on its software-defined business opportunity
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November 15, 2021
15
Nov'21
Government bodies refuse FOI requests on basis of misleading database search times, says academic
The Information Commissioner’s Office tells tribunal it would need to bring in external experts to search data using an Excel spreadsheet