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Information management
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May 02, 2018
02
May'18
GDPR is key to driving other transformational strategies in business
With GDPR compliance in place, there are several technologies organisations can use to transform their data analytics
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May 02, 2018
02
May'18
IFS 18 Atlanta: CEO Roos asserts customer focus with upgraded ERP suite
IFS uses 2018 world conference in Atlanta to launch upgrade of its enterprise resource planning suite, shepherded by new CEO Darren Roos
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May 01, 2018
01
May'18
Imperial College taps volunteer smartphones for cancer research
Imperial College London is working with the Vodafone Foundation to co-opt smartphone processing power for use in cancer research
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April 27, 2018
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Apr'18
Government given six months to rewrite snoopers’ charter
The government has until 1 November 2018 to rewrite a key section of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016, after the high court declared them unlawful in a judicial review brought by human rights group Liberty
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April 27, 2018
27
Apr'18
Data analytics is about culture, not technology
Enterprises need to figure out the business problems they are trying to solve and foster a data-driven culture to benefit from data analytics
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April 26, 2018
26
Apr'18
Doing analytics the Disney way
The Walt Disney Company’s head of solution integration tells how analytics helps to personalise the customer’s Disney experience, and how tech plays a leading role in The Lion King’s Broadway success
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April 26, 2018
26
Apr'18
Argos announces 150 new tech roles in the UK
Argos is recruiting an extra 150 IT professionals as part of its strategy to offer a better digital services to customers
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April 25, 2018
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Apr'18
Gartner predicts AI will add $1.2tn to companies’ earnings in 2018
Gartner has forecast that artificial intelligence will create $1.2 trillion in economic value in 2018, up 70% on 2017
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April 25, 2018
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Apr'18
EC sets out plans for sharing health data across borders
The European Commission wants to introduce EU-wide standards for health records, and allow EU citizens to access and share their patient information securely across member states
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April 24, 2018
24
Apr'18
NHS shared care records: progress, projects and privacy
Sharing health records across health and social care has been something the NHS has worked towards for a long time. As the NHS ramps up its plans, has it finally got the right balance between patient care, privacy and feasibility?
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April 24, 2018
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Apr'18
CenturyLink takes aim at APAC market post-Level 3 merger
The US telecoms giant is expanding its footprint in Asia through its merger with Level 3, and hopes to bring its offerings on par with that of rivals in the region
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April 24, 2018
24
Apr'18
SuperNova growth programme offers European tech scale-ups chance to pitch for investment
Scale-Up.eu says initiative will enable scale-up companies to grow their business without relying on overseas investment
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April 24, 2018
24
Apr'18
SAP Q1 2018: Cloud revenue breaks €1bn, 400 more S/4 customers
SAP’s overall first-quarter revenue was flat, but cloud revenue and profitability were up, while its S/4 Hana customer base stands at 8,300
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April 23, 2018
23
Apr'18
Data and digital infrastructure key to genomic sequencing success, say MPs
Science and Technology Committee says genomics had potential to revolutionise the NHS, but is worried delays to NHS digital projects and data sharing concerns could threaten progress
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April 23, 2018
23
Apr'18
Next generation of SCADA industrial controls will protect against cyber attack
Oil, energy and chemical companies are rethinking how to control big manufacturing plants, replacing expensive control technology with cheaper, more secure systems, taking their cue from biology
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April 23, 2018
23
Apr'18
Estonia’s digital residency programme faces first headwind
The Baltic country’s programme to offer anyone, anywhere a chance to run a company online is facing its first crisis
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April 20, 2018
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Apr'18
Alibaba to set up digital hub in Thailand
Chinese e-commerce and technology giant Alibaba is expanding its Southeast Asian footprint with a new digital hub east of Bangkok that is expected to boost Thailand’s digital credentials
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April 18, 2018
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Apr'18
Business will make money from their data, says IDC
Data scientists may soon find that their skills will be more directly linked to generating a revenue stream within their organisations
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April 18, 2018
18
Apr'18
DataWorks 18: Hortonworks styles itself 3.0 with a ‘DataPlane’ service
Hortonworks has used its DataWorks Summit in Berlin to announce a data governance “studio” plug in to its DataPlane service
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April 18, 2018
18
Apr'18
Huawei debuts its first intent-based networking proposition
At its Shenzhen Analyst Summit, Huawei unveiled its intent-based networking concept, promising to address enterprise customer pain points around network management
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April 17, 2018
17
Apr'18
Russian energy giant makes digital tech adoption a priority
Russian oil and gas giant Gazprom Neft is exploring the use of the latest digital technologies across its entire business
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April 13, 2018
13
Apr'18
AI fears abating among UK consumers, suggests OpenText survey
UK citizens seem to be curbing their fears of artificial intelligence technology, according to survey research by OpenText
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April 12, 2018
12
Apr'18
Machine learning is the new normal: AWS
Cloud supplier AWS wants to put machine learning capabilities into the hands of more people in the nascent market for cloud-based AI services
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April 11, 2018
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Apr'18
Finnish government backs national AI development strategy
Government is harnessing Finland’s tech base to help make the country a leading location for the artificial intelligence industry
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April 10, 2018
10
Apr'18
SAP bids to modernise indirect licensing with new pricing model
SAP has announced a new pricing model for indirect licensing scenarios that has been welcomed by user groups, who are still pressing for reassurance that they won’t pay more
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April 09, 2018
09
Apr'18
Autonomous drones will fly into danger zones for emergency services
Automated drones will use sophisticated visual systems and machine learning techniques to carry out search and rescue missions where humans fear to tread
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April 09, 2018
09
Apr'18
Microsoft teams up with Japan’s JRCS on mixed reality
Software giant Microsoft has partnered with a Japanese supplier of maritime systems to test the use of HoloLens headsets for training and maintenance work
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April 06, 2018
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Apr'18
Why Lufthansa went back to the drawing board with its HR IT project
Aviation group says it is confident of landing a company-wide IT project following a sometimes turbulent journey
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April 05, 2018
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Apr'18
The Hackett Group predicts rise of robotic process automation
RPA promises to make certain back-office business processes vastly more efficient by taking over manual tasks
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April 04, 2018
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Apr'18
UN adopts Tableau as global standard to augment decision support
The United Nations has struck a deal with data visualisation software supplier Tableau to extend its use as an organisation-wide standard
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April 03, 2018
03
Apr'18
Data policy move to DCMS causes mixed reactions
Some believe Theresa May handing over government data policy responsibility to DCMS is “downgrading digital government” while others see it as a positive move
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March 30, 2018
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Mar'18
GDS loses government data policy to DCMS
Prime minister confirms long-rumoured move in written statement to Parliament as MPs left for Easter recess
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March 28, 2018
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Mar'18
£5m Ada Lovelace Institute launched to look into data ethics
Nuffield Foundation announces institute to examine ethical and social issues arising from the use of data, algorithms and artificial intelligence
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March 28, 2018
28
Mar'18
The Cambridge Analytica case: What’s a data scientist to do?
The Cambridge Analytica controversy has highlighted data ethics issues especially dear to early career stage data scientists
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March 27, 2018
27
Mar'18
Arsenal uses Innovation Lab accelerator to improve worldwide fan experience
Arsenal’s Innovation Lab programme has enabled collaboration with “world-class” startups to offer the best experience for fans in the future, says the club’s IT director
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March 27, 2018
27
Mar'18
Capgemini turns to tech startup to identify ‘most engaged’ teams
Technology and consulting services firm Capgemini is using technology from a startup company to poll its employees’ views and provide feedback from managers every week. It is discovering what it takes to create “engaged teams”
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March 27, 2018
27
Mar'18
HPE calls for bottom-up approach to AI
A bottom-up approach towards data modelling is needed to address the shortcomings of physical and theoretical models in artificial intelligence
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March 23, 2018
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Mar'18
Telefonica cuts HR running costs by 40% as it replaces hundreds of ageing IT systems
Multinational telecoms group Telefonica is on the verge of completing a project to replace 175 incompatible HR IT systems with a cloud service covering more than 40 countries
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March 22, 2018
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Mar'18
Legacy IT hampers digital strategy at banks and insurers
A highly regulated environment, a risk-averse culture and a reliance on core legacy technology are holding back banks and insurance companies from modernisation
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March 21, 2018
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Mar'18
HPE pushes prescriptive AI for industrial applications
Predicting when a machine will fail is one thing, but HPE hopes its artificial intelligence service will help businesses augment their maintenance programmes
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March 20, 2018
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Mar'18
Oracle Q3 2017-18 results see cloud revenue grow to $1.6bn
Oracle’s third-quarter results for fiscal year 2018 show an increase of almost 7% of overall revenue to $9.8bn, of which 18% was cloud
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March 20, 2018
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Mar'18
Researchers use AI, big data and machine learning to find best place in the world to live
West Perth in Australia and Hebden Bridge in the UK are among the top locations ranked by machine learning tool in SAS project
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March 16, 2018
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Mar'18
Employers face hiring crisis as AI replaces mid-skilled jobs
Artificial intelligence could replace two-thirds of existing jobs within 20 years, and employers will face growing difficulties recruiting skilled staff
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March 16, 2018
16
Mar'18
IT contractors not a risk despite Snowden leaks, GCHQ tells court
The government argues in the Investigatory Powers Tribunal that contractors with systems administration rights to computers holding GCHQ’s most sensitive intelligence pose no more of a security risk than the agency’s employees
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March 16, 2018
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Mar'18
Capgemini arm bags European Commission data infrastructure project
The European Commission has extended the contract of prime contractor Capgemini on its open data project
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March 16, 2018
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Mar'18
IBM sets up no-fee Data Science Elite team to speed up AI adoption
IBM uses Think conference in Las Vegas to launch a no-fee data science consultancy and a platform for artificial intelligence app development
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March 15, 2018
15
Mar'18
Online data can be used to create better housing for all, says Resi’s Depledge
Alex Depledge, CEO of Resi, will speak at Datafest on how online data can open up architecture to more people – but she warns against over-hyping data science
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March 14, 2018
14
Mar'18
Microsoft's Chinese-English translation system achieves human parity
A China-US research team at software powerhouse Microsoft has developed an AI-powered system that can translate Chinese news articles into English as well as humans do.
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March 13, 2018
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Mar'18
Government ‘unlawfully delegated’ bulk data powers to GCHQ, court hears
Privacy International urges Britain’s most secret court, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, to rule that the government illegally collected surveillance data from internet and phone companies until at least September 2017
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March 13, 2018
13
Mar'18
Retailers need to prepare properly before AI adoption, say experts
Artificial intelligence can help many areas of the retail landscape, but retailers should make sure they prepare before taking on AI adoption, says an expert panel