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January 18, 2018
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Jan'18
NRF 2018: Companies should take “lab approach” to innovation, says former GE exec
Organisations should use a lab-type approach to test ideas and drive innovation, according to the former vice-chair of GE, Beth Comstock, speaking at At NRF 2018
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January 17, 2018
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Jan'18
Australia’s Citic Pacific Mining uses IoT to track vehicles
Perth-based iron-ore mining giant has implemented an analytics and internet of things system from SAP to track its assets and shore up operational efficiency
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January 17, 2018
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Jan'18
Dream machines: how IT is changing the world of neuroscience
We talk to computer scientist and entrepreneur Jamil El Imad about the cutting-edge intersection of neuroscience and IT
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January 16, 2018
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Jan'18
Cisco collaborates with startup for AI health and safety trial
Cisco is to work with artificial intelligence startup Cortexica in an Innovate UK-funded project to improve physical safety in the workplace
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January 15, 2018
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Jan'18
IT Priorities 2018: Growing interest in hybrid IT in ASEAN
CIOs and IT professionals in Southeast Asia have earmarked hybrid infrastructure as a top priority in 2018, in spite of waning interest across the wider Asia-Pacific region
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January 15, 2018
15
Jan'18
Advanced Asian countries well positioned for Industry 4.0
The industrialised economies of Asia are well-poised to benefit from advanced manufacturing and emerging technologies, but true industrial transformation remains nascent
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January 12, 2018
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Jan'18
Call for statutory regulation of police number plate cameras amid concerns over accuracy
The UK’s automatic number plate recognition database – one the largest non-military data-gathering systems – records up to 1.2 million false readings of number plates every day. It should be subject to statutory regulation, says an independent ...
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January 12, 2018
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Jan'18
HMRC’s transformation programme beset by extra Brexit workload
The Public Accounts Committee has found HMRC to be dangerously overstretched, partly as a consequence of Brexit, and puts the department’s 2020 transformation programme into question
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January 12, 2018
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Jan'18
Alan Turing Institute to add universities of Birmingham and Exeter to data science network
The Alan Turing Institute has announced the latest two universities to join its data science research network
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January 12, 2018
12
Jan'18
Telecoms industry at major tipping point
Communications service providers should gear up for a software-driven operations model and embrace microservices and DevOps to thrive in the digital economy
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January 11, 2018
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Jan'18
Health sector digitisation vital to combat mental health crisis
Collaboration and digitisation within the health industry is critical to deal with the growing mental health crisis, but more support is needed from policymakers
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January 09, 2018
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Jan'18
Spanish authorities ready roads for autonomous vehicles
Spain’s Directorate General of Traffic has selected Mobileye technology to develop vision and data analysis for driver assistance and autonomous vehicles
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January 09, 2018
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Jan'18
China to open $2.1bn AI tech park in Beijing
An area in the western part of Chinese capital Beijing has been designated as the launchpad for China to hone its capabilities in artificial intelligence
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January 05, 2018
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Jan'18
University of Northampton launches app-based prospectus
University is using software to create an app-based prospectus and improve internal communications
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January 05, 2018
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Jan'18
London attracted record tech investment in 2017
London-based tech firms received record levels of venture capital funding last year
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January 03, 2018
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Jan'18
Top IT priorities for Nordic CIOs in 2018
Nordic CIOs tell Computer Weekly about their intentions for the year ahead
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December 20, 2017
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Dec'17
Yoox Net-A-Porter Group appoints first chief data and analytics officer
Online fashion retailer Yoox Net-A-Porter Group has confirmed the appointment of its chief data and analytics officer, a new role for the firm
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December 20, 2017
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Dec'17
Fourth industrial revolution AI scepticism rife at Lords committee
In the final session of its enquiry into artificial intelligence and the UK economy, a House of Lords select committee played host to scepticism about the so-called fourth industrial revolution
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December 19, 2017
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Dec'17
Australia’s Kogan.com breaks IT silos
E-commerce company used to run separate systems across different business functions, but has implemented an SAP system to streamline operations
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December 18, 2017
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Dec'17
How machine learning is applied in industrial IoT
GE Digital calls for the need to build industrial machine learning systems that are cognizant of the effects of a good and bad answer
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December 13, 2017
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Dec'17
HP is running its global print supplies production from Singapore
The personal computing and printer giant has opened a facility in Singapore to oversee over 50 print supplies manufacturing lines and test the use of robots, data analytics and 3D printing to improve production efficiency
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December 10, 2017
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Dec'17
Australian genome researchers solving big data problems
Researchers at the Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organisation have developed a cloud-based tool to look for the needle in a haystack in what they have described as the "datafication of everything"
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December 06, 2017
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Dec'17
Chief data officer role is key to business success, says Gartner
There’s a new chief in business, set to take on stewardship of the company’s data assets, research shows
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November 28, 2017
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Nov'17
IoT and artificial intelligence dominate APAC tech landscape in 2017
Businesses across the APAC region have started to dip their toes into AI and the internet of things to improve operations and stay competitive
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November 22, 2017
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Nov'17
DataRobot to boost AI in Singapore with new APAC headquarters
Boston-based supplier of artificial intelligence tools DataRobot is investing around $11m in a regional office and research outfit in Singapore
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November 16, 2017
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Nov'17
Private Swiss bank Julius Baer to save $1m a year with cloud HR
Julius Baer banks on higher returns after replacing on-premise systems with cloud HR services
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October 31, 2017
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Oct'17
Shell makes $200m saving with virtual learning environment
Royal Dutch Shell has saved hundreds of millions by replacing field trips with interactive training that allows employees to interact with geological formations from their computer screen
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October 31, 2017
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Oct'17
TomTom navigates move onto global HR platform
TomTom went live with HR platform in all 37 countries, serving 5,000 staff, in March 2017
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October 27, 2017
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Oct'17
Carglass France feels benefit of employee knowledge sharing
Automobile glass repair company Carglass France is using knowledge-sharing technology to distribute expertise among 3,000 employees
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October 25, 2017
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Oct'17
Oversight of intelligence agencies’ data sharing has ‘failed’, court hears
UK’s intelligence services lack adequate oversight and written guidelines when sharing databases of sensitive information, Privacy International argues in secret court
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October 19, 2017
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Oct'17
SAP Q3 2017 results show steady growth in cloud revenue to €937m
SAP’s third quarter 2017 results show steady growth in cloud revenue, S/4 Hana adoption, and some uptake for its “digital transformation” spearhead SAP Leonardo
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October 17, 2017
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Oct'17
UK intelligence agencies ‘unlawfully’ sharing sensitive personal data, court hears
A secret court will decide whether Intelligence agencies are “unlawfully” sharing huge datasets containing sensitive information about the population with industry, government departments and overseas intelligence services.
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October 16, 2017
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Oct'17
How technology is transforming healthcare delivery in Gulf region
IT will transform the healthcare sector in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries over the coming years
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October 11, 2017
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Oct'17
Teva Pharmaceuticals turns to cloud HR as it weathers difficult trading conditions
One of Israel’s largest manufacturing companies has invested more than $10m in cloud HR. The technology is helping Teva Pharmaceuticals turn its fortunes around.
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October 10, 2017
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Oct'17
Abu Dhabi transport department uses drones to improve traffic flows
Data collected by live video stream from drones is analysed at control centre to help alleviate traffic jams and other issues
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October 02, 2017
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Oct'17
OpenWorld 2017: Ellison declares autonomous database 'revolutionary'
Oracle’s Larry Ellison claims revolutionary cast for autonomous 18c database at the supplier’s 2017 OpenWorld conference in San Francisco
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September 22, 2017
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Sep'17
CIO interview: Russell Harte, group technology director, DFS
The furniture store’s group head of IT speaks to Computer Weekly about how customer experience can be used internally
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September 20, 2017
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Sep'17
Oracle announces simplified pricing model for cloud computing
Ahead of Oracle’s OpenWorld 2017 event, Larry Ellison announces simplification of cloud pricing, attached to increased automation in database and middleware
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September 19, 2017
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Sep'17
Veritas takes stock of data management play
Software supplier Veritas says it has delivered on its promises but there is still work to do in realising its data management vision
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September 15, 2017
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Sep'17
Oracle 2017-18 Q1 results: Cloud revenue jumps by 51%
Oracle’s first quarter 2017-18 results show jump in cloud revenue of 51%, boosted by NetSuite acquisition. Executives continue to be bullish on cloud growth, and the AI makeover of core database is flagged
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September 13, 2017
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Sep'17
British Army enhances data-driven decision making to staunch churn
The British Army is continuing to use SAS analytics software to improve its data management, with a particular focus on reducing high-value personnel churn
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September 12, 2017
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Sep'17
Government wants to remain in EU cyber security club after Brexit
The UK government wants to maintain deep links with the European Union’s cyber security working groups following Britain’s exit from the bloc in 2019
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September 12, 2017
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Sep'17
Riak NoSQL snapped up by Bet365
Betting firm Bet365 aims to give away enterprise version of Riak NoSQL to the open source community and continue the development of the product
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September 08, 2017
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Sep'17
Trainline uses predictive analytics to help rail passengers save money
Travellers using Trainline’s app can save money on tickets after the introduction of an in-app feature called Price Prediction
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September 06, 2017
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Sep'17
European Union states question copyright law proposal
European states are questioning legality of a new copyright law proposed by the EU
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September 01, 2017
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Sep'17
Content delivery innovation improves user experience for e-tailer
WorldStores Group, the owner of a number of online home and lifestyle retail brands, has transformed its customer experience with enhanced content delivery capabilities from Instart Logic
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August 31, 2017
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Aug'17
App-based challenger bank Starling enters next stage of its journey
Thousands of people are downloading Starling’s app every week as the bank builds its customer base
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August 22, 2017
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Aug'17
Barclays installs devices to monitor office use
Barclays bank has installed sensors connected to a cloud-based analytics platform to monitor and analyse office use
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August 18, 2017
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Aug'17
Box uses Google’s AI to support image recognition in the enterprise
Optical character recognition and automated generation of image metadata is now possible, thanks to Google Cloud AI
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August 10, 2017
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Aug'17
CIO interview: Daniel Gebler, chief technology officer, Picnic
The Netherlands has the highest supermarket density in the world, yet a technology company has been able to gain market share from the established order