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• Using geospatial data to unlock innovation in the property sector

  Louise Weale from Ordnance Survey argues that geospatial data is key to unlocking business innovation in the property sector  Continue Reading

• How CIOs can help their organisations accelerate digital transformation

  Companies need to win the trust of their customers to gather the data they need to transform their businesses  Continue Reading

• Why a data-driven world should consider an oath of ethics

  The Hippocratic Oath is perhaps the most widely known of Greek medical texts – and such an oath is needed in data science  Continue Reading

• Can we rely on AI?

  As artificial intelligence comes increasingly to bear on human lives, how ought we to address social and ethical concerns? Is a tighter symbiosis between human systems and AI systems the way forward?  Continue Reading

• Digital bootcamp initiative could kickstart new thinking about technology skills

  The government’s digital bootcamps initiative could help begin to shift the way we think about the roles of technology professionals  Continue Reading

• How to tackle intellectual property crime

  Crimes against intellectual property are big business for organised crime groups, commercial competitors and foreign states alike. In the first of a series of legal columns, David Cowan offers a practical approach  Continue Reading

• Employees must be given the right to disconnect

  As enterprises increasingly turn to workplace monitoring technologies and more of the workforce moves to remote or hybrid working, unions are campaigning for workers’ ‘right to disconnect’ and not engage in digitally enabled work after hours  Continue Reading

• Why the London Data Charter could be a foundation stone in the city’s recovery

  London First’s director of connectivity and competitiveness, David Lutton, explains why data is at the core of the capital’s recovery plan  Continue Reading

• Data-driven innovation needs trustworthy governance

  The pandemic has given us a glimpse of what data-driven technology can do for society – and we cannot go back to the status quo  Continue Reading

• Healthcare digitisation at point financial services was in 1990s

  For all the talk about digitised healthcare, the sector is only where banking was in the 1990s. How can it catch up? Can the Covid-19 pandemic crisis be a catalyst?  Continue Reading

• Let’s build on the innovation shown by UK tech during pandemic

  The UK’s technology sector has innovated and shown leadership through the Covid-19 crisis, particularly with developments in AI. It is now time to maintain and build on that progress, so the UK remains a global force in tech innovation  Continue Reading

• Data has never been more important for London

  As London looks to 2021 and a hoped-for recovery after Covid-19, responsible data sharing and data-driven decision-making become ever more important to the future for all the capital’s businesses  Continue Reading

• Love (and impact sourcing) in the time of Covid

  Amanda Lewis, a lawyer specialising in IT outsourcing, describes the diversity and inclusion work of Digital Divide Data  Continue Reading

• Gartner: Balance safety, privacy and productivity when employees return to the workplace

  Organisations may decide that data collection can help keep employees safe in a Covid-secure workplace – but employers must consider all the privacy and productivity implications  Continue Reading

• Data institutions play critical role in solving global social problems

  Nigel Shadbolt, co-founder of the Open Data Institute, argues that a new breed of data institutions have a key role to play in unlocking the social and economic value of data  Continue Reading

• How to build a smart city from the ruins of Covid-19

  The London Data Commission is working to open up data about the capital to help regeneration and growth post-pandemic  Continue Reading

• Taking back control of government data mustn’t leave the public in the dark

  Boris Johnson has quietly transferred control over government data to Number 10, without explaining why. The public deserves more involvement in how their personal data is being used, says Labour  Continue Reading

• Building trust in the future of London’s data

  Sharing data by default could turbocharge London’s potential for radical improvements across the ecosystem, according to London First’s director of connectivity and competitiveness, David Lutton  Continue Reading

• Is our drinking data-driven?

  Caroline Carruthers, CEO of Carruthers and Jackson, cogitates on the balance between gut and data in making personal risk decisions, ahead of a CDO summer school  Continue Reading

• The pandemic has made UK government rethink its relationship with data

  Data has been essential to fighting the coronavirus outbreak, and the forthcoming National Data Strategy promises to place data at the heart of the UK's economic recovery  Continue Reading

• Is data interoperability the key to unlocking IoT value?

  Much of the hype around the internet of things focuses on smart devices, but the best IoT initiatives will be those led by business need and data  Continue Reading

• What women can do for data and what data can do for women

  For her work during wartime, Florence Nightingale is remembered as a founding giant of British statistics. Those who follow in her footsteps are using data to tackle the greatest health challenge of our time  Continue Reading

• Coronavirus and privacy – finding the middle ground

  Data collection has a role to play in fighting the deadly Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak, but governments need to be accountable for how it is used  Continue Reading

• Our data is making us ‘richer’ – even if it’s the tech companies getting rich

  How much do we value our personal data, and how does that compare to the value we think we get from companies like Facebook and Google exploiting that data?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Optimise data-centric strategies with AI

  The belief that effective perimeter security is the best way to protect data is a fallacy that is being repeatedly exposed. We must recognise the need for a data-centric security model to protect data from both internal and external threats, but ...  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Focus on metrics to manage risk

  How can security professionals help their organisations move from traditional governance, risk and compliance to integrated risk management that integrates risk activities from across an organisation to enable better strategic decision making?  Continue Reading

• If data really is the new oil, the raw materials need a different economic approach

  The International Monetary Fund is the latest to say that data is the new oil – the change agent in the economy – but striking it rich is a complicated matter  Continue Reading

• Regulators globally are shaping up to rein in Facebook

  We need to move fast and fix Facebook, before it breaks us  Continue Reading

• The winter of AI discontent – thoughts on trends in tech ethics

  All organisations need to consider the ethics of their technology use, especially as artificial intelligence tools become more mainstream  Continue Reading

• Building Britain’s national digital twin

  The tech sector and wider industry are coming together to create a “digital twin” of Britain to help improve the nation’s physical infrastructure – and you can help  Continue Reading

• Putting the UK at the forefront of ethics and innovation in AI and data

  The announcement of high-profile members of the UK's Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation is another step for the government's commitment to be a global leader in AI, says secretary of state  Continue Reading

• UK winners and losers in digital tech

  The UK's retail and telecoms companies are among the best in the world at digital technology, but a survey of digital leaders shows there is still room for improvement for many UK firms  Continue Reading

• Why the government should rethink the UK’s surveillance laws

  The European Court of Human Rights has made clear that the Snoopers’ Charter is an unlawful violation of people’s rights and freedoms  Continue Reading

• How design thinking will affect today’s analysts

  A user research manager at Tableau Software explains the import of an eye-tracking survey, focused on understanding how humans consume dashboards  Continue Reading

• Beyond GDPR: ePrivacy could have an even greater impact on mobile

  From how we monitor air pollution and manage our public transport systems, to how we enable connected cars and the next generation of 5G mobile services, the forthcoming ePR could have a lasting impact on European society  Continue Reading

• Digital transformation is just business change

  Don't always start with the technology if you're driving transformation, but always start with the business  Continue Reading

• Big data skills shortages – and how to work around them

  Businesses are finding it hard to recruit enough people with big data and analytics skills, but for CIOs there are alternative strategies to consider  Continue Reading

• Open data, democracy and public service reform

  Discussion around reforming public services is as important as better information sharing rules if government is to make the most of public data  Continue Reading

• How will the UK supercharge its digital economy?

  The country needs to focus on the key issues it faces to make the most of the opportunities presented by the digital revolution  Continue Reading

• More hospitals in APAC adopting IT to bolster patient care

  Healthcare providers in the APAC region are looking to the cloud and big data analytics to enhance services and lower cost  Continue Reading

• The children of the digital revolution

  Digital professionals are emerging as the source of expertise within the agile enterprise. They understand how to use digital technologies, starting small then building big  Continue Reading

• Let’s have some more straight talking on AI and robotics

  How do you ensure artificial intelligence grows with your business and does not turn into an assortment of technologies that may be fantastic but don’t integrate or scale well?  Continue Reading

• Understanding the economic value of your personal data

  Your personal data is worthless – it's only when it's processed by the Facebooks or Googles of this world that it has business value  Continue Reading

• Emerging technologies: How can you cut through the noise?

  Technology leaders need to focus the raw potential of emerging technology into a set of priorities with measurable, tangible business impacts  Continue Reading

• What would Mr Tulkinghorn think?

  Law firms have begun to use AI in the review and analysis of data, which has profound implications for way law firms deliver services to their clients  Continue Reading

• Telcos need real-time analytics strategies to capitalise on big data

  In order to capitalise on the value from big data and operate as intelligent businesses, telcos must develop real-time analytics strategies, advises Accenture  Continue Reading

• The digital opportunity for CIOs

  CIOs have a unique opportunity to lead the digital strategy in their organisations, but they have to move quickly to make sure they have the right skills and infrastructure in place  Continue Reading

• The UK needs a data infrastructure

  Public data needs to be open and protected, and should be treated as part of our critical national infrastructure  Continue Reading

• Investigatory Powers Bill – the case for mass surveillance

  As the Investigatory Powers Bill goes through its final stages in Parliament, a former GCHQ intelligence officer puts the case for the bulk surveillance powers contained in the legislation  Continue Reading

• A Good American: a personal take on mass surveillance

  Director Friedrich Moser draws some conclusions on mass surveillance from his groundbreaking documentary on the work of NSA whistleblower, Bill Binney  Continue Reading

• KYC: a financial services business enabler

  In the financial services arena, know your customer (KYC) is set to emerge as a key strategic element of organisations’ business models  Continue Reading

• It’s not too late to turn the tide on Investigatory Powers Bill

  The government has set David Anderson QC an almost impossible task in his review of the sweeping bulk powers proposed in the Investigatory Powers Bill – but it is not too late to make a difference  Continue Reading

• A day in the life of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal

  Britain's most secretive court combined the surreal with the deadly serious, as it debated the legality of bulk data collection by MI5, MI6 and GCHQ  Continue Reading

• Brexit offers chance for UK to become a ‘data haven’

  Could the UK become a a safe place for both cloud and big data after it leaves the EU?  Continue Reading

• Graph databases: What are the benefits for CIOs?

  With enterprise interest in graph databases on the rise, Clive Longbottom explains why some businesses are favouring them over relational setups  Continue Reading

• The consumerisation of machine intelligence

  Machine intelligence is improving fast – as demonstrated by Google’s DeepMind AlphaGo success – and IT leaders need to plan for its effect on enterprise IT  Continue Reading

• How to transition to a cloud-based analytics environment

  Accenture Digital consultants say businesses can be more agile by way of cloud-based analytics  Continue Reading

• How insight-driven enterprises use data to strategic advantage

  Accenture managing directors Nick Millman and Ray Eitel-Porter distil steps for enterprises to turn data into business insight from the firm’s consultancy  Continue Reading

• Will people be at the heart of your business transformation?

  Areas of the business that hold workforce data face a huge opportunity to help their organisations accelerate end-to-end transformation and increase their odds of success  Continue Reading

• If government wants city devolution to succeed, cities need to use data

  Developing smart data-driven cities needs to be a priority if the government's devolution policy is to succeed  Continue Reading

• When a slowdown in IT budgets is a good thing

  IT budgets will grow at their slowest rate for four years in 2016, yet companies are spending more on digital technology  Continue Reading

• Digital platform more than taxi service: Uber as app economy paradigm?

  Uber’s significance may lie more in its being a data-rich platform that taps into unused human economic resources than in its role as a passenger pickup service  Continue Reading

• Why it pays to get messy with big data

  Big data does not have to be perfect to give useful insights. The ability to make messy data usable quickly could become business critical  Continue Reading

• Democratise internet of things data analytics with virtualisation

  Accenture Labs authors contend that data virtualisation can unlock business value from the IoT  Continue Reading

• How innovation happens – outliers in the game of progress

  Technologies designed for extreme environments such as space or Formula 1 racing are increasingly driving innovation in everyday working life  Continue Reading

• Essential business tool content analytics is held back by a lack of skills

  The emerging area of content analytics is fast becoming a desired business tool – but is being hampered by a growing skills gap  Continue Reading

• Building a cloud of clouds to balance flexibility and control

  CIOs need to plan for using a multitude of cloud providers and prepare for how best to manage such a situation  Continue Reading

• Three things you may not know that DNS data can tell you

  Big data tools can help network administrators gather new insights into security and performance from DNS data  Continue Reading

• The Matrix is here – leveraging digital ecosystem strategies

  You don't have to take a red pill to discover the modern-day matrix, but executives need to understand the digital economic ecosystem  Continue Reading

• Apply data governance to maximise data insights

  How IT can apply data governance to help the business trust analytics insights and gain the most value from big data  Continue Reading

• Making sense of the internet of things

  Welcome to Thingalytics, the use of real-time analytics and algorithms to guide you through the maze of fast big data  Continue Reading

• Investment banks recruit for rise of big data analytics

  Investment banks have been slower to embrace big data analytics than many consumer retailers, technology businesses, even retail banking  Continue Reading

• Big data to unlock value from the industrial internet of things

  The industrial internet of things (IIoT) is changing the way we live and work, and extracting maximum value requires a big data approach  Continue Reading

• Driving Innovation with big data

  Rather than refusing the wider use of data outside the organisation, only by opening it up to third parties can we realise its true value  Continue Reading

• What businesses can learn from Buzzfeed’s success

  Buzzfeed has raised $50 million and is planning to use it to offer more content, expand its video production unit and open more offices  Continue Reading

• Big data put to work in digital transformation strategies

  Accenture’s Mike Sutcliff and Narendra Mulani argue that the fuel energising the digital transformation of business is big data  Continue Reading

• The business benefits of the third platform

  Ron Tolido explains the benefits of the Open Group Open Platform 3.0  Continue Reading

• Opinion: Why small steps in big data count

  Don’t get bogged down and fearful that big data means big steps – get started and learn as you go  Continue Reading

• The business case for big data

  Should you build a business case to invest time and effort into understanding what big data can do for your company?  Continue Reading

• Is big data changing the fundamental way we think?

  Big data is transforming organisations but, to have real impact, it also requires a change in the way business leaders, analysts and IT teams think  Continue Reading

• Dark data could halt big data’s path to success

  Dark data – data that lacks any control or classification, but is all too prevalent in many organisations – could halt big data's path to success  Continue Reading

• Big data storage – what went wrong?

  Big data storage seemed a prime opportunity for storage suppliers, but most users run DAS, shunning dedicated systems. Is that set to change?  Continue Reading

• Big data, big legal trouble?

  Big data has a range of practical and commercial benefits to businesses but can be fraught with privacy and legal issues  Continue Reading

• Intel x86 and IBM Power CPUs: Which, when, why?

  There are only three processors left in the market for mission-critical applications. Which should you chose ?  Continue Reading

• Take an issues-driven approach to business intelligence

  Accenture advises CIOs to put business issues ahead of data, know the users, look beyond ERP data, and embed analytics in BI  Continue Reading

• Design applications to get the right data

  The right data helps enterprises make better decisions. Getting it, however, requires a fundamental shift in how applications are built  Continue Reading

• How wearable gadgets will impact the IT department

  The Chancellor George Osborne was spotted recently wearing a bio-monitoring wristband, suggesting wearable tech really has gone mainstream. Despite it being a useful and efficient product, it is limited when compared to the capabilities that such ...  Continue Reading

• Forrester: Three Best Practice Tips For Business Intelligence Success

  Martha Bennett gives three essential tips to help you ensure your BI project is a success.  Continue Reading

• Whiteboard it – the power of graph databases

  Graph databases map relationships between entities in a network. They won’t replace conventional relational databases, but for harnessing the value of interconnectedness they mark a breakthrough  Continue Reading

• Forrester: Best practice tips for business intelligence success

  Recognising the importance of data and analytics is one thing; putting in place the right processes and tools is a different matter  Continue Reading

• Cut big data down to size

  Big data value comes from interactive discovery not possible with standard business intelligence implementations, says HCL EAS  Continue Reading

• Ordnance Survey: Insurance industry can harness big data analytics

  Harnessing the power of big data presents insurers with a business opportunity. But is this industry ready for it?  Continue Reading

• Making sense of SAP HANA and in-memory computing – a user view

  For SAP users, in-memory computing tools such as SAP HANA promise to deliver a step change when it comes to data processing and analysis  Continue Reading

• The future of application development

  As cloud adoption continues to increase , most organisations are making important decisions in executing their cloud strategies  Continue Reading

• Putting the 'I' back into IT with data strategies big and small

  The "next big thing" is information itself. Whether big data, unstructured data or open data, the emphasis is shifting to the 'I' in IT  Continue Reading

• Visualisation and big data: new tools, same rules

  A new breed of data visualisation tools can work with big data. But they need governance to avoid Excel on steroids, and require greater agility of IT  Continue Reading

• How to create business value from social intelligence

  Social media gives access to huge amounts of data about markets, customers and competitors. The challenge is to turn this into intelligence  Continue Reading

• Ordnance Survey gets to grips with geospatial big data

  Ordnance Survey has pulled 17 databases into one Oracle geospatial database management platform  Continue Reading

• Getting the right processes in place to benefit from big data

  Most executives recognise that the vast amounts of data coming into their organisation can be used to make the business better, but few are taking full advantage  Continue Reading

• Unleash the value of consumer data

  Companies' ability to capture, mine and analyse consumer information has the potential to deliver economic value  Continue Reading