Big data analytics
Big data analytics is the often complex process of examining big data to uncover information -- such as hidden patterns, correlations, market trends and customer preferences -- that can help organizations make informed business decisions.. See complete definition.
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News
07 Jun 2024
European data chief prepares bid to get UK to join EU digital single market
Data initiative Gaia-X is trying to plug the UK into a planned digital European single market, as the EU seeks to extend the reach of vast and controversial data laws over global supply chains Continue Reading
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E-Zine
09 Nov 2023
Heineken lets the data flow
In this month’s CW EMEA ezine, we find out about Heineken’s mission to make the most out of the data it holds through an enterprise-wide data ecosystem. We also look at how the UK has turned its back on the German government-funded Gaia-X data platform, why cyber experts are urging the EU to rethink vulnerability disclosure plans, and how the IT industry is responding to the software developer skills shortfall. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Opinion
21 Dec 2020
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
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News
17 Dec 2020
Guide Dogs data strategy navigates path to organisational view
Guide Dogs CIO Gerard McGovern is mapping out a data strategy that is aimed at taking the charity from an individual to an organisational view of data Continue Reading
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News
17 Dec 2020
UK police unlawfully processing over a million people’s data on Microsoft 365
The roll-out of Microsoft 365 to dozens of UK police forces may be unlawful, because many have failed to conduct data protection checks before deployment and hold no information on their contracts Continue Reading
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News
17 Dec 2020
AWS brings disaster recovery programme to Australia
Project Resilience will offer up to $5,000 worth of credits to public sector and community organisations to offset the cost of storing data on Amazon Web Services Continue Reading
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News
15 Dec 2020
Interview: Sudaman Thoppan Mohanchandralal, chief data and analytics officer, Allianz Benelux
The financial services firm is demonstrating the value of the chief data officer role Continue Reading
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Feature
15 Dec 2020
Learning on the job when working from home
Learning a new job and inducting hires when working from home has been tricky for employees and employers alike. We look at what workarounds have been adopted that could become the post-pandemic normal Continue Reading
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News
14 Dec 2020
Google services outage: Gmail, YouTube and Docs temporarily down
Google’s services suffered unexpected downtime on 14 December 2020. Gmail, YouTube, Google Drive, the Android Play Store and its maps service all affected Continue Reading
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News
13 Dec 2020
Singapore trials beacons to bolster police operations
Police beacons equipped with video cameras, sirens, floodlights and speakers are being deployed at two parks to improve public safety in a year-long trial Continue Reading
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News
11 Dec 2020
Agility key to pandemic recovery, say APAC CFOs
Chief financial officers in the Asia-Pacific region call for financial transformation to bring about the agility that their organisations need to tide over the pandemic Continue Reading
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News
10 Dec 2020
Alan Turing Institute appoints global advisory board to aid digital identity schemes project
The Alan Turing Institute announces an international advisory board for a project investigating digital identity schemes, with a view to building the technology and organisational infrastructure to sustain them as trustworthy Continue Reading
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News
10 Dec 2020
DCMS’s Whittingdale: National Data Strategy enters post-consultation phase
Minister for media and data tells TechUK’s Digital Ethics summit that the long-awaited national data strategy has entered a new, post-consultation phase, and that the UK is set to show international leadership on digital and data in 2021 Continue Reading
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09 Dec 2020
Tour de France 2020 fans to get virtual experience delivered by NTT
This year’s Tour de France was delayed because of the Covid-19 pandemic. IT services company NTT has teamed up with event organiser ASO to offer a virtual experience to fans who cannot be at the roadside Continue Reading
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News
09 Dec 2020
Top IT predictions in APAC in 2021
The Asia-Pacific region will continue to be a cradle for technology innovation in the new year, whether it is 5G services, artificial intelligence, cloud computing or cyber security Continue Reading
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News
08 Dec 2020
AWS to open Melbourne cloud region in 2022
Amazon Web Services’ second Australian cloud region is part of its growing infrastructure investments in the maturing cloud market Continue Reading
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News
06 Dec 2020
China lags US in computer vision
China trails the US in the field of computer vision despite making inroads in computing and research, new report finds Continue Reading
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News
04 Dec 2020
Government data quality framework geared to overcome poorly organised data
The Office for National Statistics has published guidelines aimed at improving “disorganised” public sector data Continue Reading
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News
03 Dec 2020
Dreamforce 2020: Hyperforce shifts Salesforce to public cloud
Salesforce COO Bret Taylor announced “Hyperforce” during Marc Benioff’s opening keynote at the virtual version of the supplier’s 2020 Dreamforce event in San Francisco Continue Reading
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News
03 Dec 2020
S/4 Hana projects come off back burner, but skills shortage impedes progress
UK and Ireland SAP User Group members set to ramp up S/4 ERP migration projects, but skills shortage and retirement of SAP managers in user organisations are a concern Continue Reading
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News
02 Dec 2020
How IoT keeps water flowing in rural communities
Non-profit organisation Charity: water has built an internet-of-things device packed with sensors to keep wells in remote parts of Africa and Asia flowing with clean water Continue Reading
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News
02 Dec 2020
Salesforce confirms rumoured Slack acquisition on eve of Dreamforce 2020
Salesforce has announced a $27.7bn stock and cash acquisition of Slack ahead of the virtual iteration of its Dreamforce 2020 event Continue Reading
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Feature
01 Dec 2020
Covid-19 crisis has speeded up contact centre digital transformation
Pandemic has accelerated digital transformation in many business sectors, including contact centres such as those of the University of Huddersfield and UK Power Networks Continue Reading
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Podcast
01 Dec 2020
The channel in the pandemic, datacentres for investors – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In this episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Simon Quicke joins Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna to discuss how the IT channel has fared in the pandemic, how datacentres have evolved as investment assets, STEM education for children, and data strategy at Guide Dogs Continue Reading
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Blog Post
01 Dec 2020
Tech in APAC - November 2020
Welcome to our last edition of Tech in APAC for the year. One of our key stories in November was a piece we did on Snowflake, which made its debut in September on Wall Street as the biggest ... Continue Reading
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E-Zine
01 Dec 2020
How retailers are using technology to survive
In this week’s Computer Weekly, with high street retailers struggling to survive, we look at how technology can keep stores relevant. Everyone is focusing on flash storage, but hard disk drives are still an essential part of the IT toolkit. And we examine the latest developments in the ongoing Post Office Horizon IT scandal. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
27 Nov 2020
Algorithmic transparency obligations needed in public sector
Public sector’s use of algorithms with social impacts needs to be more transparent to foster trust and hold organisations responsible for the negative outcomes their systems may produce, says report Continue Reading
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News
26 Nov 2020
Tony Blair Institute and Oracle combine to launch cloud-based vaccine management in Africa
The Tony Blair Institute (TBI) and Oracle have combined to launch a vaccine management programme in several African countries Continue Reading
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News
25 Nov 2020
Scottish government unveils strategy for digital planning
Scotland’s government has published a document that describes its strategy for the digitisation of the nation’s planning system Continue Reading
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News
25 Nov 2020
UK government Geospatial Commission stipulates actions to exploit location data
Report outlines some actions public bodies and companies can take to make better economic use of location data Continue Reading
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Feature
25 Nov 2020
Brain researchers get NVMe-over-RoCE for super-fast HPC storage
French neurological researchers deploy Western Digital OpenFlex NVMe array for super-fast HPC storage with Ethernet-based NVMe-over-Fabrics connectivity across several floors Continue Reading
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E-Zine
24 Nov 2020
How Covid-19 has accelerated tech innovation in the NHS
Of all the terrible things that Covid is, what it has done is accelerate the digital journey. In this issue of Computer Weekly, we look at the track and trace app, which was redeveloped and enhanced at breakneck speed, and explore how the pandemic has accelerated the roll-out of new technology such as artificial intelligence and video conferencing tools at NHS trusts. We also present some research into how Covid has affected IT spending. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Feature
23 Nov 2020
Big data vs. artificial intelligence: How they compare
Artificial intelligence can help synthesize and analyze the large volumes of information provided by big data initiatives. The two are different, but they work well together. Continue Reading
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Opinion
23 Nov 2020
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
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News
23 Nov 2020
Inside Huawei’s APAC cloud strategy
The Chinese technology giant is counting on its strengths in hardware infrastructure and focus on research and development to make a mark in Asia Pacific’s public cloud market Continue Reading
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News
20 Nov 2020
Claritas taps AI to enhance medical images
A Singapore startup has developed a cloud-based medical imaging platform to enhance the quality and accessibility of radiology images for doctors and patients Continue Reading
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News
20 Nov 2020
University of Melbourne to advance digital health
Australia’s University of Melbourne has established a research outfit to build and clinically validate healthcare technology solutions Continue Reading
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News
19 Nov 2020
Why databases are key to Alibaba’s Singles’ Day sales
With each order split into multiple database transactions, ensuring the scalability and elasticity of database systems was key to the success of Alibaba’s Singles’ Day sales Continue Reading
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News
18 Nov 2020
Konvoy Group to track keg fleet with IoT
Australian supplier of rental kegs to breweries is deploying beacons to monitor the location and temperature of 70,000 kegs in Australia and New Zealand Continue Reading
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Podcast
18 Nov 2020
The case of Julian Assange as he faces US extradition bid – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In this episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Bill Goodwin, investigations editor, joins Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna to discuss the case of Julian Assange, whose recent extradition hearing at the Old Bailey Bill reported on Continue Reading
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News
18 Nov 2020
How Aarogya Setu is addressing scale and security challenges
India’s contact-tracing platform leverages microservices, encryption techniques and cloud-based visibility tools to address scale and security requirements Continue Reading
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News
16 Nov 2020
Privacy advocates call for European probe into Palantir
Dutch group SOMI is trying to raise awareness of Palantir’s data privacy practices and how it works with European government agencies Continue Reading
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Blog Post
13 Nov 2020
Software: to build or not to build? That is the question
This is a guest blogpost by Kevin Hurd, Founder & CEO, Digital Hive. In 2015 Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella famously said: “every business will be a software business”. And it’s hard to argue ... Continue Reading
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News
12 Nov 2020
Winners of female-only data hackathon announced
Several firms banded together to run a virtual female-only hackathon to encourage data analysts to use Covid-19 data to solve pandemic-related problems Continue Reading
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News
11 Nov 2020
Amazon charged with breaching EU antitrust rules
Tech giant accused of using data it collects on smaller retailers to benefit its own e-commerce business Continue Reading
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News
10 Nov 2020
DCMS’s Whittingdale: National data strategy not tied to EU trade deal
Minister tells ODI Summit that national data strategy is nearly finished and will fuel UK economic growth post-Brexit and post-pandemic Continue Reading
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News
10 Nov 2020
Border technologies largely fail to respect human rights
AI-powered border technologies used to ‘manage’ migration frequently make the process more arbitrary, discriminatory and unjust, says human rights group Continue Reading
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News
09 Nov 2020
AWS expands footprint in India with Hyderabad region
Amazon Web Services is investing $2.8bn in a second cloud region in one of the fastest-growing public cloud markets in the Asia-Pacific region Continue Reading
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News
05 Nov 2020
Quarter of UKISUG members plan S/4 Hana migration by 2022
Research by UK and Ireland SAP User Group and analyst firm shows SAP customer base still moving slowly to S/4 Hana Continue Reading
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News
05 Nov 2020
BBVA creates market information infrastructure on AWS cloud
Spanish bank BBVA is using Amazon Web Services to give its traders better access to market data following a project which also involved data provider Bloomberg Continue Reading
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News
05 Nov 2020
Mastercard: Looks like a tech firm, acts like a tech firm, is a tech firm
Financial services giant finds itself in a prominent position as the volume of digital transactions increases Continue Reading
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Feature
04 Nov 2020
How crowd simulation modelling enables organisations to develop social distancing strategies
Crowd simulation modelling has a role to play in maximising the Covid security of offices and other buildings by facilitating social distancing to help get people back to workplaces Continue Reading
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03 Nov 2020
UK government coronavirus data flawed and misleading
Government Covid-19 coronavirus data has been a miasma of inexactitude, often basically flawed and misleading Continue Reading
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E-Zine
03 Nov 2020
The UK government’s ‘flawed and misleading’ Covid-19 data
In this week’s Computer Weekly, the coronavirus data relied upon by the UK government is ‘flawed and misleading’ say experts – we examine the implications. Ikea talks about how it turned to the cloud to deal with the impact of the pandemic. And we look at the digital transformation underway at credit card giant Capital One. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
01 Nov 2020
How Snowflake is charting its growth in APAC
The cloud data warehouse supplier set foot in Asia-Pacific just three years ago and has started to gain traction among large enterprises in Singapore, India and Southeast Asia Continue Reading
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E-Zine
27 Oct 2020
Pet project: How Pets at Home cares for customers with data analytics
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the chief data officer of Pets at Home, about using data analytics to care for customers. British Airways had its GDPR fine reduced to just £20m – we ask what this means for data protection regulation. And we look at GPT3, the language prediction tool that could revolutionise AI. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
27 Oct 2020
SAP Q3 2020 results: revenue down 4%, cloud silver lining hailed
SAP’s third quarter 2020 results stated a 4% year-on-year reduction in revenue, with an 11% increase in cloud revenue lightening the gloom Continue Reading
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News
19 Oct 2020
How SATS is streamlining procurement
Singapore-based supplier of ground handling and food services is deploying what it calls ‘touchless procurement’ Continue Reading
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News
16 Oct 2020
Serco and Sitel contact-tracing contracts agreed to be penalty-free for underperformance
Penalties for underperformance were not included in NHS contact-tracing contracts with Serco and Sitel, it has emerged from questions to the Department of Health by Conservative MP David Davis Continue Reading
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Feature
16 Oct 2020
BI not BS: how businesses are building futures with data analytics
Business intelligence software is finding an intensified mission as companies try to forecast beyond the global Covid-19 health pandemic Continue Reading
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News
15 Oct 2020
How Tokopedia is streamlining incident management
Indonesian e-commerce giant Tokopedia has improved incident management and developer productivity using a cloud-based incident management tool Continue Reading
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News
14 Oct 2020
NHS England issues integrated cloud ERP procurement advice call
NHS England is calling on software suppliers for advice concerning the feasibility of moving and integrating its ERP systems in cloud infrastructure Continue Reading
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News
08 Oct 2020
CDO interview: Pets at Home uses data analytics to further petcare ‘ecosystem’
Robert Kent, chief data officer for Pets at Home, describes how he has built a data analytics team and technology stack to enhance the petcare company’s understanding of its customers Continue Reading
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News
06 Oct 2020
NetSuite CEO Goldberg: Growing in the house of Oracle
NetSuite CEO Evan Goldberg briefs analysts and press on the eve of the supplier’s annual, this year virtual, conference Continue Reading
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Feature
06 Oct 2020
UK government coronavirus data flawed and misleading
Government Covid-19 coronavirus data has been a miasma of inexactitude, often basically flawed and misleading Continue Reading
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Feature
06 Oct 2020
GPT3 could revolutionise how business can use AI
OpenAI’s language prediction model that produced an essay could be used to deploy cloud resources and improve the quality of chatbots, among other business use cases Continue Reading
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News
05 Oct 2020
Employees overwhelmingly hostile to workplace monitoring tech
The use of workplace surveillance technologies to monitor and track staff working from home has increased hugely since the start of the pandemic, but most workers say it makes them feel uncomfortable Continue Reading
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News
05 Oct 2020
Singapore firm rolls out robotic barista
Crown Group’s robotic coffee kiosk, powered by a slew of artificial intelligence capabilities, serves up coffee beverages round the clock without the need for human baristas Continue Reading
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News
02 Oct 2020
How a Singapore startup is disrupting logistics management
Portcast’s cloud-based logistics management platform uses machine learning and big data to improve supply chain visibility for logistics companies, shipping lines and manufacturers Continue Reading
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News
01 Oct 2020
Wipro and AWS open Sydney innovation centre
The Wipro-AWS Launch Pad will offer in-house technical expertise for Australian businesses as well as a physical studio to spearhead cloud adoption Continue Reading
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Blog Post
29 Sep 2020
Location intelligence: Geospatial technology’s vital role in the UK’s housing crisis
This is a guest blogpost by Stuart Bonthrone, Chief Executive, Esri UK. The UK’s housing crisis has reached a crunch point over recent years - and it’s now estimated that a massive 345,000 new ... Continue Reading
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News
29 Sep 2020
Oracle OpenWorld 2020: Miranda – business model changes are driving turn to cloud
Steve Miranda, who leads Oracle applications development globally, spoke to Computer Weekly ahead of his keynote at the virtual version of OpenWorld. Supply chain management and customer experience are vectors where improvements are being made, he said Continue Reading
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News
28 Sep 2020
Government updates data ethics framework
The new data ethics framework was created to better reflect how projects are run in practice after finding there was “little awareness” of the previous framework across the public sector Continue Reading
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News
28 Sep 2020
Tibco eyes growth in emerging APAC markets
Tibco’s regional head honcho, Erich Gerber, sees massive potential in Asia’s large population and thirst for technology, including advanced analytics tools that will help businesses glean actionable insights Continue Reading
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Opinion
25 Sep 2020
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
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Feature
25 Sep 2020
Business process automation expansion could founder on IT drift from business focus
Business process automation might find new territory to expand into as businesses have become bloated with excess processes since the 2008 crash. But has IT drifted out of business alignment again? Continue Reading
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Feature
24 Sep 2020
Digital safeguarding of physical workspaces can help employees return to 'normal'
Employees across all sectors are putting their trust in data – not just devices – upon their imminent return to physical workspaces Continue Reading
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News
24 Sep 2020
Can banks solve money laundering puzzle through technology?
Banks face a huge challenge in identifying and stopping money laundering without interfering with police investigations Continue Reading
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News
24 Sep 2020
Data deluge grips enterprises amid digitisation
Two-thirds of respondents in a new Splunk study expect the quantity of data to grow by nearly five times by 2025 as they embrace more emerging technologies Continue Reading
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News
22 Sep 2020
The inside story of Taiwan’s AI whizz
Not content with his stellar achievements in artificial intelligence, Chih-Han Yu wanted to create an impact with his work and formed one of Taiwan’s most important unicorns Continue Reading
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Podcast
22 Sep 2020
Gender pay gap, undersea datacentre, digital mapping – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In this episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna discuss the gender pay gap, undersea datacentre experimentation and digital mapping Continue Reading
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News
21 Sep 2020
CIO interview: Julie Berry of Saffery Champness advances business advisory role for IT
Julie Berry, IT director at accountancy firm Saffery Champness, describes how her team has enhanced its advisory role to the business, in part through the implementation of a cloud-based document management system Continue Reading
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News
21 Sep 2020
DBS taps AI and data analytics in intelligent banking move
Singaporean bank has started using artificial intelligence and analytics to provide customers with hyper-personalised insights and recommendations, to win more market share Continue Reading
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News
21 Sep 2020
India’s storage market takes hit but hasn’t lost its shine
The slower growth in storage spending in India amid the Covid-19 pandemic is expected to be mitigated by digitisation efforts by financial services and manufacturing firms Continue Reading
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News
18 Sep 2020
Open Data Institute explores diverse range of data governance structures
Unlocking the economic and social potential of data will require a diverse range of governance structures to meet the needs of different contexts, use cases and stakeholders Continue Reading
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Opinion
18 Sep 2020
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
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News
17 Sep 2020
Government IT leaders on how Covid crisis will shape future delivery
At a TechUK Building the Smarter State event, government IT leaders shared their experience of the coronavirus crisis, and their thinking about how future service delivery will aim to be more joined-up for citizens Continue Reading
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Opinion
17 Sep 2020
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
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E-Zine
17 Sep 2020
CW APAC: Buyer’s guide to business intelligence and data analytics
Businesses today are seeking to discover, interpret, extract and communicate meaningful patterns in data to increase efficiency and better serve their customers. In this handbook, focused on the use of business intelligence and data analytics in the Asia-Pacific region, Computer Weekly looks at some examples of how making sense of data makes good business sense. Continue Reading
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Feature
17 Sep 2020
Covid crisis shifts supply chain management from efficiency to resilience
Supply chain management seems to be changing profoundly as the coronavirus pandemic unfolds, possibly shifting from an economy of efficiency to resilience, harnessing trading networks, machine learning and robotic process automation Continue Reading
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News
16 Sep 2020
Lorca security scaleups to get Splunk data expertise
Lorca inducts Splunk onto its co-marketing programme, giving security scaleups access to new data expertise Continue Reading
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News
16 Sep 2020
Singapore partners Apple on LumiHealth
Singapore’s Health Promotion Board has developed a programme with Apple to encourage healthy living following a similar partnership with Fitbit last year Continue Reading
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E-Zine
15 Sep 2020
How data has helped in the fight against coronavirus
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the Office for National Statistics about the important role data plays in the battle against Covid-19. We also look at the speedy deployment of the Scottish contact-tracing app and report on a discussion about the UK government’s delayed response to its digital identity consultation. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
14 Sep 2020
UK’s ‘historic’ trade deal with Japan promises advantages to tech industry, says TechUK
TechUK was among the organisations that have welcome the ‘historic’ trade deal between the UK and Japan that is expected to boost trade by £15bn a year Continue Reading
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News
14 Sep 2020
NTT taps data analytics and cloud for Tour de France
NTT’s analytics and cloud capabilities stood up to the test amid crashes and poor weather conditions during the first stage of this year’s Tour de France Continue Reading
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News
09 Sep 2020
Coronavirus: APAC organisations speed up innovation
Innovation has become easier than before, with the most innovative organisations expecting to recover from the impact of the pandemic in less than six months, new Microsoft-commissioned study finds Continue Reading
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News
09 Sep 2020
Government publishes long-promised national data strategy
The government has published a national data strategy aimed at fostering innovation and increasing economic growth. It will also appoint 10 data fellows each year to work in the orbit of Number 10, and create 500 analyst jobs by 2021 Continue Reading
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News
04 Sep 2020
HotelBeds uses API management platform to reduce cost
HotelBeds has switched from its legacy suppler to a licensed service in an effort to reduce API management costs after traffic doubles Continue Reading
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News
02 Sep 2020
Weta Digital goes all-in on AWS
New Zealand visual effects studio plans to migrate most of its infrastructure to Amazon Web Services and tap machine learning and analytics to deliver projects more quickly Continue Reading
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News
01 Sep 2020
How Bank Mandiri is driving the use of big data analytics
Indonesia’s largest bank has built a big data platform to track transactions and monitor the health of its workforce, among other big data analytics initiatives Continue Reading
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Definition
31 Aug 2020
Apache Hadoop YARN
Apache Hadoop YARN is the resource management and job scheduling technology in the open source Hadoop distributed processing framework. Continue Reading
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News
31 Aug 2020
How India’s Tata Capital is expanding its digital footprint
Tata Group’s financial services arm has been migrating branch walk-ins and voice calls to self-service digital channels staffed by chatbots as it expands its digital footprint Continue Reading