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September 22, 2022 22 Sep'22
CCS £2bn big data and analytics framework goes live

The Crown Commercial Service has launched a big data and analytics framework worth up to £2bn over the course of the agreement
September 21, 2022 21 Sep'22
Dreamforce 2022: Benioff and Taylor uncork real-time Genie to toast ‘new day’

Salesforce co-CEOs Marc Benioff and Bret Taylor vaunt their Genie customer data platform as real-time harbinger of eventual post-pandemic new normal at Dreamforce 2022
September 19, 2022 19 Sep'22
How Mondelez is driving change with tech

From empowering citizen developers to deploying drones to monitor the health of cocoa trees, Mondelez has been firing on all cylinders to disrupt the old ways of doing things
September 12, 2022 12 Sep'22
How graph technology is making a dent in the database market

Graph databases are making a splash in the database market, with specialist, multimodal and cloud database suppliers jostling for a slice of the pie

Bfloat16: What it is and how it impacts storage

Bfloat16 is an emerging way to handle very large numbers, developed by Google for its machine and neural learning and prediction. We look at what it means for IT and storage Continue Reading
Unstructured data storage – on-prem vs cloud vs hybrid

We look at storage for unstructured data on-premise, in the cloud and across multiple locations. There are advantages to a hybrid approach, but there can be hidden costs, too Continue Reading
Employee experience joins CX for total enterprise view

Total experience is emerging to join up employee and customer experience for organisations intent on being holistic and progressive Continue Reading

Explainable BI: eliminating the black box of human decision-making

This is guest blog post by James Fisher, Chief Product Officer, Qlik No, it’s not a typo – Explainable BI. Not to be mixed up with its close relative, Explainable AI. It is rapidly becoming ... Continue Reading
Beware the 1% view of data science

This is a guest blogpost by Shaun McGirr, AI Evangelist, Dataiku As data science and AI become more widely used, two separate avenues of innovation are becoming clear. One avenue, written about and ... Continue Reading
Is it time football teams rebranded as technology businesses?

This is a guest blogpost by James Petter, VP International, Pure Storage. All eyes at this year’s UEFA European Football Championship have been on the performances of the players and managers. The ... Continue Reading

Data-driven government needs practical steps

We should build data platforms for government with the same techniques used in creating anything digital, argues Jim Stamp, head of data at Made Tech Continue Reading
ODI: Smart data promise could founder against paywalls

The Open Data Institute’s Mahlet Zimeta examines the government’s smart data plan, which could boost competition and empower the public, but needs to be set up to allow rapid creation of new markets without barriers Continue Reading
Reimagining ethical digital technology

With ever-increasing digitisation leading to greater dependence on a range of digital technologies, enterprises need to urgently look at how they can incorporate ethical and social considerations into the tech they develop Continue Reading

Eckerson: BI team needs mix of IT and business skills to succeed

In a video Q&A, analyst Wayne Eckerson details key skills for business intelligence teams and shares his thoughts on future BI software developments.
How uplift modeling helped Obama's campaign -- and can aid marketers

Data analyst Daniel Porter details how uplift modeling techniques were proven in a very high-stakes marketing war -- the 2012 presidential election.
McKnight: Business intelligence ROI or TCO data a must in most cases

In a video interview, BI consultant William McKnight outlines the differences between ROI and TCO and how to apply them in advocating for BI projects.