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Information management
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June 19, 2015
19
Jun'15
Google eyes Tesco’s customer analytics arm Dunnhumby
Google is reported to have joined the scramble to buy Dunnhumby, the customer analytics unit behind Tesco’s Clubcard
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June 17, 2015
17
Jun'15
Royal Bank of Scotland goes back to 1970s values with big data
RBS, once the world's largest bank, is using analytics technology to go back to the era of personal customer service
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May 21, 2015
21
May'15
Canonical's Mark Shuttleworth talks about space, drones and smartphones
Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, strives towards the vision of a converged handheld device
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May 21, 2015
21
May'15
CIO interview: Myron Hrycyk, CIO, Severn Trent Water
Severn Trent water company is working on technology initiatives to lower bills and improve customer service
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May 18, 2015
18
May'15
Executive interview: Google's big data journey
A programming concept developed in 1958 inspired the seminal Google whitepaper that introduced the world to MapReduce
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May 12, 2015
12
May'15
Former nurse’s career blighted after blowing whistle on IT problems
Southwark's continuing care database included names of patients who had been dead for several years, a tribunal is told
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May 11, 2015
11
May'15
PSNGB rebrands to drive information sharing across PSN
PSNGB, the trade association set up to promote the Public Services Network, rebrands itself as Innopsis and says its work is far from over
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May 11, 2015
11
May'15
Wearable technology to transform laggards in insurance industry
Wearable and other smart technologies set to transform the insurance industry in the next three to five years
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May 06, 2015
06
May'15
CIO interview: Darrell Stein, vice-president of information systems at Reckitt Benckiser
Seven months after taking charge of IT at Reckitt Benckiser, Darrell Stein is pushing ahead with a strategy to increase digital revenues
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May 05, 2015
05
May'15
Sapphire 2015: McDermott declares SAP natively digital
SAP CEO Bill McDermott declares the company “digital” at Sapphire 2015 and made “empathy” the watchword of his keynote
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April 22, 2015
22
Apr'15
Why self-service and automation will power mass adoption of BI
Tibco’s analytics head, Brian Gentile, believes business intelligence needs to adapt for mass-market adoption
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April 22, 2015
22
Apr'15
Zurich Insurance turns to augmented reality to train 10,000 managers
The £74bn turnover company aims to harness the capabilities of augmented reality to train 10,000 employees in 170 countries
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April 22, 2015
22
Apr'15
HSBC website mistake guides customers to porn
HSBC’s Hong Kong website accidentally featured an out-of-date link that directed people to a porn site
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April 14, 2015
14
Apr'15
Security risk potential linked to young, mobile users
A study conducted by wireless supplier Aruba Networks has identified a distinct cohort of high-risk, security-agnostic workers
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April 09, 2015
09
Apr'15
CIO interview: Fernando Birman, head of the digital office, Solvay
After years of IT work to support major M&A activity, global chemicals company Solvay is focusing on innovation to drive internal efficiency
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April 08, 2015
08
Apr'15
Exit checks system for UK borders finally goes live
The Home Office launches a system for making exit checks of travellers at UK borders, following the scrapped e-Borders programme
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April 08, 2015
08
Apr'15
Juniper Networks goes after finance market with switch-integrated compute
Juniper launches a compact compute-integrated network switch to boost performance of sensitive applications for financial institutions
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April 02, 2015
02
Apr'15
Foods manufacturer ConAgra expects to save $5m a year with data analytics
Food manufacturer ConAgra Foods is using data analytics technology to improve how it makes decisions about hiring and deploying its workforce
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March 27, 2015
27
Mar'15
NHS announces £78m technology fund for health and social care providers
The NHS will give £78m integrated digital care funding to health and social care providers in 2015 to help them invest in technology
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March 27, 2015
27
Mar'15
National Police ICT Company operational after four years of wrangling
The national Police ICT Company is operational and aims to save £465m a year – nearly four years after Theresa May proposed its creation
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March 24, 2015
24
Mar'15
Swarovski opts for cloud HR to move function to strategic level
Swarovski’s move to cloud HR system demonstrates its desire to move HR from an operational function to a strategic level
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March 09, 2015
09
Mar'15
Prepare for two modes of business intelligence, says Gartner
IT needs to open up business intelligence to the broader business to support its consumerisation
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March 05, 2015
05
Mar'15
Tinder cuts app crashes with Rackspace cloud database
Tinder matchmaking app turns to managed cloud provider for IT and database support
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March 05, 2015
05
Mar'15
Case study: How National Grid uses analytics to keeps the lights on
National Grid has started a project to supplement its existing asset maintenance system with predictive analytics
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February 24, 2015
24
Feb'15
ARM unleashes internet of things potential with starter kit
Chip-maker ARM has collaborated with IBM to launch the mbed IoT Starter Kit, pitched at SMEs and application developers
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February 24, 2015
24
Feb'15
London’s Air Ambulance swaps A-Z maps for mobile apps
London’s Air Ambulance has halved emergency dispatch times through an incident information and routing app from Mubaloo
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February 19, 2015
19
Feb'15
CIO interview: Paul Coby, IT director, John Lewis Partnership
Technology is an essential ingredient to the success of John Lewis, and the retailer is ploughing £100m into IT initiatives in 2015
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February 09, 2015
09
Feb'15
The more IT changes, the more technology issues remain the same
In the early 2000s Nigel Beighton was CTO at Lastminute.com. Yet, 15 years on, he says the technology issues he faced then have changed little
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February 06, 2015
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Feb'15
National Police ICT Company finally set to start operations
A national Police ICT Company is set to begin operations after finally being approved by the UK’s police and crime commissioners
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February 05, 2015
05
Feb'15
Newport to get resilient fibre ring for community safety projects
As part of a wide-reaching regeneration plan, Newport City Council deploys resilient fibre optic network to support community safety
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February 04, 2015
04
Feb'15
National Grid uses IBM to add predictive maintenance capabilities
National Grid is using cloud-based analytics powered by IBM SoftLayer to provide preventative maintenance
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February 02, 2015
02
Feb'15
Self-service BI, data integration top information management issues
Self-service business intelligence and data integration top information management challenges for IT and finance professionals
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February 02, 2015
02
Feb'15
Former Capital One data analysts charged with mining customer data
US financial services regulator SEC charges two former employees of financial services firm Capital One with insider trading
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January 28, 2015
28
Jan'15
Wellcome Trust builds 1,728-core grid for DNA analysis
The Wellcome Trust Centre has deployed a high-performance computing cluster based on Fujitsu servers
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January 22, 2015
22
Jan'15
Case study: Antwerp port boosts profits with activity-based management software
How the Antwerp Port Authority has improved its business processes with SAS software
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January 21, 2015
21
Jan'15
Case study: Hedge fund AHL Man Group uses MongoDB to feed quants with data
Hedge fund AHL Man Group replaces disparate relational databases with a single data platform built on NoSQL database MongoDB
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January 21, 2015
21
Jan'15
UK leads in global ranking of social open data sharing
The UK has been named the number one country to use open data for social and economic benefit
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January 20, 2015
20
Jan'15
SAP’s Cohen on 2014 results: Europe strong north and south
SAP’s Emea president Franck Cohen optimistic about the supplier’s growth prospects in southern and northern Europe
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January 09, 2015
09
Jan'15
User groups defend licensing, but should Oracle rethink remuneration?
Two Oracle user groups have defended Oracle's licensing policy following open letter by Campaign for Clear Licensing
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January 07, 2015
07
Jan'15
Oracle will lose out unless it changes its software licensing
In an open letter, Campaign for Clear Licensing highlights the risk to Oracle’s future earnings due to aggressive licensing
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January 07, 2015
07
Jan'15
Case study: UniCredit uses Fico to apply prescriptive analytics to risk management
Italian bank UniCredit is using Fico software to apply prescriptive analytics to risk management
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December 19, 2014
19
Dec'14
CIO interview: Mark Maddocks, Cambridge University Press
Technology has prompted unprecedented innovation and transformation in the media sector – Cambridge University Press is no exception
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December 17, 2014
17
Dec'14
Cabinet Office begins procurement for next stage of Gov.uk Verify
The Cabinet Office has submitted a tender notice for a £150m three-year framework for the provision of identity assurance services
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December 15, 2014
15
Dec'14
Lloyd’s Register Foundation grants £10m to Alan Turing Institute
The Lloyd’s Register Foundation has announced £10m in funding over five years to support research by the Alan Turing Institute
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December 12, 2014
12
Dec'14
Care.data faces more delays over concerns about patients
The NHS’s Care.data scheme may face more delays due to concerns over lack of publicity and clarity of the proposed programme
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December 08, 2014
08
Dec'14
M&S turns to predictive analytics to keep shelves stocked over Christmas
Marks & Spencer is using predictive analytics to keep shelves stocked with mince pies and turkeys over Christmas.
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November 27, 2014
27
Nov'14
CIO interview: Jon Rudoe, digital and technology director, Sainsbury’s
While supermarkets all over the UK are facing challenging times ahead of them, Sainsbury's is taking its technology and innovation into its own hands by developing digital products for its customers.
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November 24, 2014
24
Nov'14
Goldman Sachs invests in analytics startup
Investment bank Goldman Sachs has invested in a financial analytics startup as part of a $15m funding round
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November 17, 2014
17
Nov'14
CIO success is all about winning friends and influencing people
If Gartner’s predictions are true, CIO working practices have to change to keep IT relevant
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November 14, 2014
14
Nov'14
Johnson & Johnson turns to AWS for hybrid cloud and borderless datacentre
Johnson & Johnson adopted Amazon Web Services to develop its hybrid IT strategy, its CTO told the AWS re:Invent 2014 conference