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• July 24, 2017 24 Jul'17

  Daimler and Bosch show off autonomous valet parking

  A test of an app-based autonomous valet service is to take place at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart over the next few months

• July 19, 2017 19 Jul'17

  IBM results show slow transition to new business model

  Cognitive is one of the cornerstones of IBM’s ‘strategic imperatives’, yet building out a portfolio of products and services will take time, IBM’s CFO admits

• July 18, 2017 18 Jul'17

  Stamford Bridge to offer stadium connectivity in partnership with Ericsson

  Ericsson has begun its partnership with Chelsea to offer home fans a “seamless” connected experience

• July 14, 2017 14 Jul'17

  How Formula 1 plans to digitise fan experience

  For a sport built on advanced technology, Formula 1 has lacked a truly digitally enabled fan experience – but that could be about to change

• July 13, 2017 13 Jul'17

  Visa encourages US businesses to go cashless with £500,000 in hard cash

  Card giant offers small US businesses financial support to upgrade their payments technology if they agree to abandon cash

• July 12, 2017 12 Jul'17

  Cisco to build O2’s public Wi-Fi network for City of London

  O2 enlists Cisco to help build out the multi-million pound public Wi-Fi network currently taking shape in London’s Square Mile

• July 12, 2017 12 Jul'17

  Australia’s Whispir dials into global market

  Fast-growing cloud-based communications service provider expects to more than double its workforce within a year, and grow its business in the double-digit range

• July 11, 2017 11 Jul'17

  Legal & General picks HomeServe’s IoT LeakBot to protect homeowners

  Insurance firm partners with HomeServe to deploy its internet of things LeakBot technology and lower customer premiums

• July 10, 2017 10 Jul'17

  Mobile operators must act soon as 5G business models emerge

  Full deployment of a commercial 5G mobile network is still at least two years away, but new business models are already beginning to crystallise around the technology, and operators would be wise to start preparations soon, a new report claims

• July 07, 2017 07 Jul'17

  Europe takes measured approach to 5G, driven by ROI concerns

  European operators may be more concerned with getting the maximum value for money from their 3G and 4G networks than rushing to roll out 5G

• July 06, 2017 06 Jul'17

  Sainsbury’s Group sales grow as Argos boosts performance

  Group reports 8% increase in online grocery business and 10% rise in online Argos sales as total like-for-like sales jump 2.3% in first quarter

• June 29, 2017 29 Jun'17

  App-based banking continues its ascent in the UK

  The number of people banking from their mobile phones is increasing as more services are made available through the channel

• June 23, 2017 23 Jun'17

  Swedish fintech Klarna gains full banking licence

  Swedish online payments provider Klarna becomes one of “the largest banks in Europe” after being granted an EU-wide banking licence by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority

• June 19, 2017 19 Jun'17

  South African game reserve goes digital to save the rhino

  Dimension Data and Cisco have teamed up to protect rhinos living on a private game reserve in South Africa with the latest networking and IoT sensor technology

• June 15, 2017 15 Jun'17

  Finnish mobile operators opt-out from free EU roaming

  Finnish mobile operators have been exempted from new European Union data roaming rules for now

• June 14, 2017 14 Jun'17

  Microchips implanted in hands could be in use for payments in 20 years

  UK consumers are becoming more accepting that biometric authentication will become the norm for payments

• June 14, 2017 14 Jun'17

  HR technology essential to cutting-edge customer service, say big businesses

  If you can’t get your internal HR systems right, the business will suffer – Jaguar Land Rover, Lufthansa and Russia’s Sberbank explain why

• June 14, 2017 14 Jun'17

  Mobile data traffic in ASEAN, Oceania to grow 11-fold by 2022

  The expansion of 4G and IoT networks in ASEAN and Oceania will lead to a data deluge and drive cellular subscriptions to new levels

• June 09, 2017 09 Jun'17

  Patent group prepares for tough data protection laws by moving HR to the cloud

  CPA Global to replace ERP-based HR system as it gears up to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation

• June 08, 2017 08 Jun'17

  Islamic State supporters shun Tails and Tor encryption for Telegram

  Confidential communications show terror group’s supporters are turning to simple mobile phone messaging apps to exchange messages and distribute propaganda

• June 08, 2017 08 Jun'17

  Smart farming, IoT only way to feed growing population, says Beecham report

  A report from IoT sector analyst Beecham says the agricultural industry will need to embrace smart farming methodologies to support the growing human population

• June 02, 2017 02 Jun'17

  Telefónica increases use of renewable energy to fight climate change

  Telecoms operator behind UK’s O2 mobile network doubles down on existing commitments to renewable energy sources in the fight against climate change

• May 31, 2017 31 May'17

  Norwegian bakery chain gets the taste of mobile reporting

  Baker Brun, a bakery company in Norway, is modernising its business processes through the latest technologies

• May 25, 2017 25 May'17

  Gatwick launches augmented reality airport navigation

  Gatwick has installed 2,000 beacons to help passengers find their way around the airport using augmented reality maps

• May 24, 2017 24 May'17

  Dubai financial services regulator launches temporary licence aimed at fintechs

  Dubai is making it easier for financial technology companies to test out their ideas through a temporary licence

• May 22, 2017 22 May'17

  Dutch railway uses IoT to reduce people jams

  Railway stations in The Netherlands are monitoring the movement of travellers to manage traffic flow and reduce people jams

• May 22, 2017 22 May'17

  HSBC voice authentication tricked by twins

  Twin brothers managed to trick HSBC’s voice recognition security system into giving account access to the wrong person

• May 19, 2017 19 May'17

  Manx Telecom streamlines its business with VMware NFV

  After deploying an NFV platform to replace its IMS service, Isle of Man-based telco has seen substantial improvements to its business agility and processes

• May 16, 2017 16 May'17

  Customer experience transformation at Macquarie bank brings legacy system retirement as a bonus

  Australia’s Macquarie bank builds a data layer on top of legacy IT systems to transform customer experience

• May 15, 2017 15 May'17

  Manchester trams halted by communications failure

  A communications systems fault at Transport for Greater Manchester halted Metrolink tram services across the city on Sunday 14 May

• May 15, 2017 15 May'17

  Toys R Us introduces tablets for store staff

  Toy and games retailer Toys R Us is trialling the use of tablets for store assistance to provide a better customer service experience

• May 11, 2017 11 May'17

  BBC signs five-year enterprise ICT deal with Atos

  As part of the broadcaster’s Aurora programme, it has signed up to five years of Atos as its technology services provider

• May 11, 2017 11 May'17

  Made.com trialling real-time chat for customer advice

  Online retailer Made.com has partnered with Hero so showroom staff can chat live with online shoppers to help with queries and shopping decisions

• May 09, 2017 09 May'17

  Aruba Atmosphere: Machine learning to transform networking

  At Aruba Atmosphere EMEA in France, delegates learned how the network will incorporate machine learning features in the near future

• May 04, 2017 04 May'17

  Facebook revenues, profits and users up in first quarter

  Despite a strong first quarter, investors are nervous about the future profitability and growth of Facebook as it indicates it is starting to hit advertising revenue limits

• May 03, 2017 03 May'17

  Mayor of London seeks chief digital officer

  Capital’s first-ever chief digital officer will oversee the digital transformation of public services across London

• April 28, 2017 28 Apr'17

  Nordea strikes partnership with Swedish mobile payment startup

  Nordic bank links up with payments startup in its latest fintech project

• April 27, 2017 27 Apr'17

  Case study: Specsavers furthers digital transformation with single customer view

  UK retailer Specsavers has been in the process of digital transformation for several years, and has now partnered with Fujitsu to eliminate disparate systems and create a single customer view

• April 24, 2017 24 Apr'17

  Motorola brings big data digital evidence service to UK police forces

  Motorola is launching a digital evidence management service to UK police forces, backed off into AWS cloud infrastructure

• April 24, 2017 24 Apr'17

  Consortium hopes to drive autonomous car from London to Oxford

  The Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles has awarded an £8.6m grant to back a consortium attempting the UK’s first Level 4 autonomous vehicle test run, to take place within the next two-and-a-half years

• April 12, 2017 12 Apr'17

  Chatbots, Fitbits and AI: IT suppliers identify the top trends in HR technology

  Businesses are using Fitbits, artificial intelligence and chatbots to improve working life as competition increases to recruit talented ‘millennials’

• April 10, 2017 10 Apr'17

  Customer expectation is biggest problem for retail, says panel

  As retailers increasingly try to serve consumers across online, in-store and mobile, the main challenge they face is consumer expectation, according to a panel of experts

• April 06, 2017 06 Apr'17

  CIO interview: Richard Sharp, CTO, Shazam

  We speak to the new chief technology officer at music discovery service Shazam about how to foster an innovation culture

• April 06, 2017 06 Apr'17

  Telenor launches IoT pilot in Norway

  Telenor is opening up its IoT infrastructure in Norway to encourage students and entrepreneurs to develop IoT products and services

• April 05, 2017 05 Apr'17

  Technology investments core to JP Morgan Chase success

  US investment bank is reaping the benefits of its $9.5bn annual technology spend

• March 28, 2017 28 Mar'17

  Singapore to shutter 2G services by April 1

  2G is making way for 3G and LTE networks in the city-state, but the legacy technology will remain in other markets with significant machine-to-machine investments

• March 24, 2017 24 Mar'17

  Serco uses HR technology to cut recruitment bill

  International outsourced services supplier Serco is investing in HR recruitment technology to help it hire 15,000 to 20,000 people a year

• March 13, 2017 13 Mar'17

  Vodafone brings offshore contact centre work to UK

  Mobile operator Vodafone is creating 2,100 jobs in the UK by reducing the amount of call centre work done offshore

• March 09, 2017 09 Mar'17

  Birmingham Airport uses sensor tracking to reduce queue times

  Birmingham Airport has installed Wi-FI and Bluetooth sensors to gather valuable information on how long travellers are taking to move through the immigration process at the UK Border

• March 09, 2017 09 Mar'17

  Nordea brings social aspect to saving with fintech startup Spiff

  Nordea launches a mobile savings app from Norwegian finanical technology company Spiff