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IT strategy

• November 27, 2018 27 Nov'18

  Treasury Committee launches inquiry into bank IT failures

  With IT outages in the financial sector a regular occurrence, the Treasury Committee is investigating the causes and consequences of these failures, and what industry and regulators are doing to promote resilience

• November 27, 2018 27 Nov'18

  Data volumes set to hit 175ZB with a tectonic shift to the cloud

  There will be more data in the public cloud than enterprise datacentres or consumer devices by 2025 as data shifts location, according to a study by IDC and Seagate

• November 23, 2018 23 Nov'18

  Interview: Roger Taylor, chair, Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation

  Chair of the new Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation says collaboration is vital for developing effective frameworks to manage the proliferation of AI and data-driven technologies

• November 21, 2018 21 Nov'18

  Why CIOs must start offloading work

  Taking on more responsibilities is having a detrimental effect on digital transformation and customer experience initiatives

• November 21, 2018 21 Nov'18

  Interview: Comms sector ripe for disruption as climate change takes hold

  Humanity has just 12 years left to keep global warming to a maximum of 1.5⁰C and prevent climate meltdown. Paul Dickinson from the Carbon Disclosure Project discusses how CIOs can help take steps to avert disaster by changing their attitude to ...

• November 20, 2018 20 Nov'18

  Survey: Data very fragmented, and that’s a worry for most

  Cohesity-sponsored survey finds most organisations store multiple copies of secondary data and worry about the cost and the effect on their competitiveness

• November 20, 2018 20 Nov'18

  How Singapore Airlines is flying the digital skies

  Top Asian carrier Singapore Airlines has been building a digital foundation to fend off potential disruption, but it is not just the IT team that is leading the charge

• November 19, 2018 19 Nov'18

  Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management turn to Workday to complete merger

  Standard Life Aberdeen, created in August 2017 when two of Scotland’s largest financial services companies merged, is transferring 3,000 former Standard Life staff to Aberdeen Asset Management’s Workday HR system as it integrates the two businesses

• November 19, 2018 19 Nov'18

  Top IT predictions in APAC in 2019

  Edge computing, data management and microservices will play a bigger role in the Asia-Pacific region in 2019 as enterprises reshape their technology architectures to become ‘digitally determined’ organisations

• November 15, 2018 15 Nov'18

  Why Kubernetes is driving a groundswell in containerisation

  Kubernetes is fast becoming a de facto standard, but CIOs may be unaware of its footprint in their businesses

• November 15, 2018 15 Nov'18

  The Gym Group flexes its muscles with data analytics

  No-frills fitness company The Gym Group is using analytics technology to find insights from its financial, HR and membership data, as it limbers up for rapid expansion in the UK

• November 14, 2018 14 Nov'18

  An overview of deep learning tools

  As AI and deep learning matures, we look at advanced tools that enable developers to start building sophisticated, intelligent applications

• November 14, 2018 14 Nov'18

  Challenger bank ready to get its banking licence back

  CivilisedBank is reapplying for a banking licence after giving it up to focus on its technology

• November 12, 2018 12 Nov'18

  Agfa’s move to cloud HR paves the way for healthcare IT spin-off

  Agfa-Gevaert is moving HR systems from 40 countries into the cloud as the company prepares to turn its health IT operations into a standalone business

• November 09, 2018 09 Nov'18

  Businesses can no longer neglect IT if they want to remain competitive

  Businesses lack IT leaders with the skills and resources needed to promote innovation and change in the context of technological upheaval