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October 20, 2020
20
Oct'20
Study finds AI can teach humans new tricks
Artificial intelligence tends to rely on supervised learning, but making the most of AI requires people to take on board what these systems learn autonomously
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October 19, 2020
19
Oct'20
London’s fintechs continue to attract investment
The capital’s fintechs continue to attract large volumes of venture capital funds despite the global economic slowdown
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October 16, 2020
16
Oct'20
Serco and Sitel contact-tracing contracts agreed to be penalty-free for underperformance
Penalties for underperformance were not included in NHS contact-tracing contracts with Serco and Sitel, it has emerged from questions to the Department of Health by Conservative MP David Davis
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October 16, 2020
16
Oct'20
CIO interview: Generali’s Yanna Winter on the power of data integration
Yanna Winter, CIO and head of IT at insurance firm Generali, discusses how to slice up the legacy IT elephant in the room to enable data-driven applications
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October 16, 2020
16
Oct'20
Small businesses’ remote working frustrations threaten exodus of best talent
While large firms mull massive investment to return to offices, over a quarter of European small business workers would switch jobs to somewhere better equipped for remote working
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October 16, 2020
16
Oct'20
Services Australia taps AI in document processing
Services Australia and Capgemini have developed an AI engine to classify and extract information from claim documents in a pilot project
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October 15, 2020
15
Oct'20
Emerging tech can improve regulatory processes, says BEIS report
Regulators should take a best-practice approach to the use of emerging technologies but need to be aware of the challenges, according to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
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October 15, 2020
15
Oct'20
Employees demand greater ownership and choice in the ‘new normal’ of work
Cisco survey shows flexible future for work, with three-quarters of UK office workers wanting to choose whether to work from home or office, and manage their hours
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October 15, 2020
15
Oct'20
Post Office races to solve IT error under gaze of public and banks
The Post Office is focusing urgently on fixing an IT error suffered by a subpostmaster amid the ongoing IT scandal
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October 14, 2020
14
Oct'20
Employees demand office redesign for new hybrid work environment
Global study by visualisation and collaboration technology provider says employees worldwide are desperate to get back to the office and want their employers to invest in a tech-driven environment
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October 14, 2020
14
Oct'20
NHS England issues integrated cloud ERP procurement advice call
NHS England is calling on software suppliers for advice concerning the feasibility of moving and integrating its ERP systems in cloud infrastructure
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October 14, 2020
14
Oct'20
Public data should not be held by US tech giants
One-off evidence sessions to follow up on the recommendations of the House of Lords AI Committee revisit the data and ethics debate
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October 14, 2020
14
Oct'20
Microsoft fixes 87 bugs in October 2020 Patch Tuesday
Smaller October Patch Tuesday update includes fixes for critical bugs in Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019
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October 14, 2020
14
Oct'20
ServiceNow to roll out Now platform on Azure
ServiceNow introduces Azure-linked offering to cater to the needs of organisations in regulated industries that have strict data sovereignty and security requirements
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October 14, 2020
14
Oct'20
Rémy Cointreau migrates SAP to S/4 Hana on Google Cloud
Cloud-based deployment speeds up scalability and provides integration with Salesforce and e-commerce systems
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October 13, 2020
13
Oct'20
Government minister’s plea for subpostmasters to take part in review of IT scandal rejected
Government minister met with former subpostmaster online in an attempt to get victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal involved in government review
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October 13, 2020
13
Oct'20
DBS to deploy IBM z15 mainframes
Singapore’s DBS Bank has signed a seven-year deal with IBM to run and modernise mission-critical applications on z15 mainframes
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October 12, 2020
12
Oct'20
UK economy could see blockchain boost worth £57bn by 2030
Blockchain could provide major economic benefits by being used to track and trace products and services
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October 12, 2020
12
Oct'20
BT expands digital workplace portfolio with Zoom
New carrier agreement with conferencing provider Zoom designed to allow BT to offer a managed service with integrated networking to ensure optimal user experiences
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October 12, 2020
12
Oct'20
Software AG caught in double extortion ransomware hit
Data stolen from prominent German software company by Clop ransomware gang appears on the dark web
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October 09, 2020
09
Oct'20
Inside VMware’s Kubernetes playbook
Kubernetes co-creator Joe Beda talks up the evolution of the container orchestration platform and efforts by VMware to help enterprises get the most out of the technology
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October 09, 2020
09
Oct'20
Cisco, Qwilt and Digital Alpha launch open caching CDN for service providers
Consortium of tech providers introduce new model for media delivery using open caching architecture, claiming ‘unprecedented’ levels of quality with open, global APIs
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October 08, 2020
08
Oct'20
Quarter of remote workers fail to engage with tech teams
Research reveals a burgeoning IT-employee divide among the growing ranks of remote workers, but the root causes have yet to be examined fully
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October 08, 2020
08
Oct'20
5G to fore as Vodafone, Immense join Midlands Future Mobility
UK telco and simulation platform provider join project to accelerate the development of cutting-edge transport technologies
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October 08, 2020
08
Oct'20
Care Quality Commission enquiries into IT scandal CEO continue
NHS regulator continues enquiries about the appointment of former Post Office CEO at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust as more damning details emerge
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October 08, 2020
08
Oct'20
CDO interview: Pets at Home uses data analytics to further petcare ‘ecosystem’
Robert Kent, chief data officer for Pets at Home, describes how he has built a data analytics team and technology stack to enhance the petcare company’s understanding of its customers
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October 08, 2020
08
Oct'20
Accenture acquires NZ firm to bolster SAP practice
Accenture’s acquisition of Zag comes amid growing demand for expertise in S/4 Hana migrations in Australia and New Zealand
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October 07, 2020
07
Oct'20
Carhartt shifts old data to the cloud with Komprise
US-based workwear manufacturer cuts storage costs from $1 to $0.25 per gigabyte as it deploys data management software and shifts old files to Microsoft Azure Blob and Cold storage
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October 07, 2020
07
Oct'20
Nvidia reveals its plans for Arm
Nvidia intends to acquire Arm for £31bn, as part of its plan to “create the computing company for the age of AI”
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October 07, 2020
07
Oct'20
More than four-fifths of global workforce rule out return to office full-time
With workforces demanding increased – if not permanent – home networking, research reveals CIOs’ top priorities in planning for new everywhere enterprise, specifically securing mobile devices, apps and users
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October 06, 2020
06
Oct'20
Government deaf to loud calls for statutory public inquiry into Post Office scandal
MPs are demanding the government holds a full statutory public inquiry into the Post Office IT scandal
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October 06, 2020
06
Oct'20
Coronavirus raises the software audit stakes
IT asset managers say they are receiving more requests from software publishers to check for licence discrepancies
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October 06, 2020
06
Oct'20
NetSuite CEO Goldberg: Growing in the house of Oracle
NetSuite CEO Evan Goldberg briefs analysts and press on the eve of the supplier’s annual, this year virtual, conference
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October 06, 2020
06
Oct'20
John McAfee arrested over cryptocurrency fraud
Erratic tech baron allegedly promoted initial coin offerings without disclosing he was being paid to do so
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October 06, 2020
06
Oct'20
Firms expect nearly half of employees to be working from home by 2025
Global firms are increasingly putting their money where their mouths are when it comes to supporting remote working, as research shows firm evidence of a continued new normal
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October 06, 2020
06
Oct'20
Cambridge to host UK’s most powerful supercomputer
The Cambridge-1 supercomputer, based on technology from Nvidia, will be used for AI-powered drug discovery and analysis of NHS datasets
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October 05, 2020
05
Oct'20
Veeam buys Kasten to get a boost in Kubernetes backup
Virtual machine backup pioneer sees $150m purchase of Kasten and the addition of Kubernetes backup to its portfolio as key to becoming a ‘$2bn company’
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October 05, 2020
05
Oct'20
Business leaders call on G20 to drive affordable and responsible tech
A new report from the Business Twenty has urged G20 members to use digitisation to support economic recovery
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October 05, 2020
05
Oct'20
Collaboration tools must support the wellbeing of home workers
Latest forecast from CCS Insight suggests that people will be working remotely more than two days a week, so IT will need to address this shift
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October 05, 2020
05
Oct'20
Singapore firm rolls out robotic barista
Crown Group’s robotic coffee kiosk, powered by a slew of artificial intelligence capabilities, serves up coffee beverages round the clock without the need for human baristas
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October 02, 2020
02
Oct'20
Benelux ports use blockchain in major efficiency drive
Belgian startup T-Mining develops application based on blockchain technology to make container handling safer and more efficient
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October 02, 2020
02
Oct'20
Justice for subpostmasters as wrongful criminal convictions are set to be quashed
The Post Office has chosen not to contest 44 out of 47 appeals, meaning most are likely to have their names cleared, but others still face a Court of Appeal battle for justice
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October 01, 2020
01
Oct'20
Wipro and AWS open Sydney innovation centre
The Wipro-AWS Launch Pad will offer in-house technical expertise for Australian businesses as well as a physical studio to spearhead cloud adoption
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September 30, 2020
30
Sep'20
GitHub makes code vulnerability scanning feature public
Code-scanning service is now out of beta and generally available, helping teams to bake security into their code at the development stage
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September 30, 2020
30
Sep'20
Ericsson deploys 3DExperience to boost product design as Elisa inks 5G core tech deal
Leading Swedish comms tech provider Ericsson begins deployment of 3D design engineering software platform for specific functional areas, taking a stepwise approach to its product lifecycle management transformation, just as Finnish telecoms operator...
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September 30, 2020
30
Sep'20
VMworld 2020: VMware partners to accelerate enterprise applications
A partnership with Nvidia promises to expand AI acceleration to other business apps. It also aims to make Kubernetes enterprise-ready
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September 30, 2020
30
Sep'20
Quantum is years away, but business case can be made today
Business leaders are being urged to start thinking about how their organisations could solve complex problems with quantum technology
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September 29, 2020
29
Sep'20
Red Hat rivals VMware and Nutanix with hyper-converged OCS 4.5
Red Hat’s OpenShift 4.5 extended container orchestration to virtual machines. The arrival of OCS 4.5 moves the solution into the realm of hyper-converged systems
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September 29, 2020
29
Sep'20
Microsoft aims to sharpen edge, 5G deployment with Azure for Operators
IT and cloud giant announces partnership programme with telecommunications industry to more effectively enable the roll-out of next-generation networks
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September 29, 2020
29
Sep'20
AI set to lead business decision-making
Research suggests more and more business decisions will be automated by artificial intelligence, making employees and executives less relevant