Information management
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News
25 Jul 2024
India bolsters digital agriculture and space tech in Budget 2024
India will extend its digital public infrastructure to the agriculture sector and set up a venture capital fund for space start-ups, among other tech initiatives in its latest Budget Continue Reading
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Tip
24 Jul 2024
Compare 10 headless CMS offerings and their key differences
Many vendors offer headless CMS capabilities to help organizations manage omnichannel web content in a central repository. The top vendors include Acquia, Adobe and Contentful. Continue Reading
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News
28 Jul 2020
Vector and AWS team up on ‘new energy platform’
New Zealand-based energy supplier Vector partners AWS to develop an IoT and analytics platform to speed up processing of smart meter data and to tailor products and pricing for customers Continue Reading
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News
27 Jul 2020
CIO interview: Hany Choueiri, chief data officer, Aldermore Bank
Digital transformation, cloud and data science are central to the specialist bank's response to the coronavirus pandemic Continue Reading
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News
24 Jul 2020
China doubles up on ‘new infrastructure’ investments
China is shoring up investments in cloud computing, datacentres and the internet of things, among other areas, to ready itself for the post-Covid-19 world Continue Reading
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Opinion
23 Jul 2020
How Schrems II will impact data sharing between the UK and the US
At the end of this year, the UK will no longer be subject to the EU’s treaties, opening the way for it and the US to finalise a new trade relationship. Could the UK leave EU data protection standards behind? Continue Reading
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News
22 Jul 2020
DCMS loses government data policy to the Cabinet Office
Prime minister Boris Johnson has taken away responsibility for the government use of data from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and given it to the Cabinet Office Continue Reading
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News
22 Jul 2020
Inside Intel’s transition into an enterprise tech company
Computing giant Intel is pushing deeper into the enterprise with investments in data-centric and emerging technologies along with partnerships with local firms to develop new solutions Continue Reading
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Blog Post
21 Jul 2020
Making efficiency the new normal: end-to-end automation in financial services
This is a guest blogpost by James Loft, COO, Rainbird. If 2020 has been anything so far, ‘unpredictable’ is as good a descriptor as any. The financial services sector has suffered disrupted supply ... Continue Reading
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Podcast
21 Jul 2020
Huawei’s expulsion from the UK’s 5G networks explained – The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload Podcast
In this week’s episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna discuss the implications of the decision to shut Huawei out of UK telecoms, women in software development, new visa rules for IT workers post-Brexit, and the government’s elevation of data analytics Continue Reading
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News
21 Jul 2020
CDEI calls for ‘step change’ in public sector data sharing
Public sector needs to change the way data is shared, clarify governance arrangements and work on building public trust and awareness, according to a Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation report Continue Reading
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Blog Post
21 Jul 2020
The automation revolution is happening now
This is a guest blogpost by Jason Kingdon, Chairman & CEO of Blue Prism And it's raining RPA [Robotic Process Automation]… IBM's announcement that they are acquiring a Brazilian Robotic Process ... Continue Reading
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E-Zine
21 Jul 2020
Avon calling: what happens when lockdown eliminates your business model?
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to global beauty brand Avon, to find out how it coped with a huge lockdown dilemma – how to adapt its door-to-door sales model when its reps couldn’t leave home. Our latest buyer’s guide examines the use of artificial intelligence in IT security. And we analyse the government’s decision to strip Huawei from the UK’s 5G network. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Opinion
17 Jul 2020
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
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News
17 Jul 2020
How Australia is leading the charge in the Covid-19 fight
Researchers at the University of Queensland worked with IBM to develop a dashboard with machine-learning capabilities to analyse data for a global study on Covid-19 patients in intensive care Continue Reading
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News
17 Jul 2020
Government gives £24m boost to agricultural tech
Nine agricultural technology projects are receiving government funding to create more efficient food production and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Continue Reading
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News
16 Jul 2020
NHS to use forecasting tool to manage post-crisis Covid-19 spread
A forecasting tool based on machine learning is to be used by the NHS to identify Covid-19 hot spots and manage post-crisis spread Continue Reading
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News
16 Jul 2020
Banks face fairness challenges as they commit to AI technology
Banks working with artificial intelligence technology face governance challenges to ensure AI-based decisions are fair and ethical Continue Reading
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News
16 Jul 2020
Open Data Institute releases funding for ethical data sharing projects
Seven projects that explore different approaches to ethical and trustworthy data sharing are being funded by the Open Data Institute to help citizens and businesses make better decisions Continue Reading
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News
15 Jul 2020
NUS develops e-skin system in neuromorphic computing breakthrough
The National University of Singapore has developed an electronic skin system that could give robots and prosthetic devices a sense of touch Continue Reading
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Blog Post
14 Jul 2020
The UK government’s weaponization of data analytics
Data analytics seems to have emerged as a cure-all for the current Conservative government. Indeed, it is being positioned as a critical element in the wider revolution of Whitehall that Dominic ... Continue Reading
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Answer
14 Jul 2020
What are the key BI team roles and responsibilities?
A business intelligence team helps an organization deploy, manage and use BI tools. Here are the primary roles on a BI team and an overview of their responsibilities and duties. Continue Reading
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Opinion
13 Jul 2020
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
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News
13 Jul 2020
Majority of NHS trusts used analytics to track patient infection status during Covid-19 pandemic
Qlik research shows 84% of NHS trusts used data analytics to support patient care during the Covid-19 pandemic crisis, and suggests they could use that expertise to improve public health in the round Continue Reading
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Feature
09 Jul 2020
How business software can stay clear of digital addiction
Consumer software is notoriously and deliberately addictive. Should companies and B2B IT emulate that or take the high ground of avoiding the spread of user digital addiction? Continue Reading
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News
09 Jul 2020
Oracle fleshes out Cloud@Customer with public cloud services for use in customer datacentres
Oracle has enhanced its Cloud@Customer service with capabilities derived from its recent raft of public cloud datacentres Continue Reading
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News
09 Jul 2020
Clearview AI faces ICO investigation over facial recognition
Controversial company that scraped data from the public internet to build its facial recognition algorithm faces a joint UK-Australian investigation into its practices Continue Reading
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Opinion
09 Jul 2020
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
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News
09 Jul 2020
Tencent Cloud teams up with ADBC on banking services
Singapore’s Asia Digital Bank Corporation could leverage Tencent Cloud’s financial cloud platform to provide banking services to small businesses Continue Reading
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News
08 Jul 2020
Pavilion adds object storage to NVMe Hyperparallel Flash Array
Pavilion responds to customer demand for object storage to support AI/ML, big data analytics workloads with multi-controller NMVe flash storage architecture Continue Reading
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Feature
08 Jul 2020
Decision points in storage for artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data
Artificial intelligence and machine learning storage is not one-size-fits-all. Analytics work differs, and has varied storage requirements for capacity, latency, throughput and IOPS. We look at key decision points Continue Reading
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News
08 Jul 2020
Swisscom taps Hitachi to improve network-based customer service
Pentaho product helps business customer service reps of Switzerland’s largest telecommunications company and leading IT services provider provide better, faster service through centralised hub Continue Reading
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Blog Post
07 Jul 2020
Achieving supply chain resiliency: how to adapt to long-term global disruption
This is a guest blogpost by Mark Morley, Director, Strategic Product Marketing, OpenText Disruption to global supply chains, particularly in the manufacturing sector, has taken many different forms ... Continue Reading
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Opinion
07 Jul 2020
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
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E-Zine
07 Jul 2020
The privacy challenges of easing lockdown
In this week’s Computer Weekly, as pubs in the UK re-open after lockdown, we examine the privacy issues around collecting customer data for contact tracing. We look at how interconnected devices are revolutionising the manufacturing and engineering sectors. And we assess GDPR progress two years after its introduction. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Tip
06 Jul 2020
Top data visualization techniques and how to best use them
BI and analytics teams and self-service BI users can choose from various types of data visualizations. Here are examples of 12, with advice on when to use them. Continue Reading
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Tip
06 Jul 2020
8 self-service BI best practices for larger organizations
Self-service BI programs can streamline the analytics process, but scaling one out to thousands of business users requires proper planning and project management. Continue Reading
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Opinion
06 Jul 2020
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
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News
06 Jul 2020
How Infor Nexus is helping to digitalise Asia’s supply chain
Infor’s Nexus unit has been supporting digitalisation efforts in Asia’s supply chain industry before the Covid-19 pandemic, which has accelerated adoption of cloud-based offerings in the region Continue Reading
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News
03 Jul 2020
Is digital art coming of age under Covid?
Israeli startup Niio is advancing a digital art platform comparable with Spotify. Is the digital medium for high art coming of age in these Covid times? Continue Reading
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News
02 Jul 2020
Telco edge to accompany 5G roll-outs in APAC
Pilot projects are underway in the Asia-Pacific to deploy telco edge infrastructure to support high-bandwidth, low-latency applications Continue Reading
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Feature
01 Jul 2020
Black Lives Matter, but do bots know that?
The volume of content generated each day necessitates automated moderation to curate everything as it is published, ensuring offensive and objectionable material is blocked. But this only works if systems are adequately configured and reviewed Continue Reading
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News
01 Jul 2020
Lenovo, top-of-the-world Chinese supercomputer supplier, sweeps all markets
Supercomputers are not just about computing power, they are a symbol of political ambition. Chinese supercomputer supplier Lenovo is now the dominant supplier across the world Continue Reading
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News
01 Jul 2020
How Propre eases its database management woes
Japanese supplier of global real estate data switched to Oracle’s autonomous database to reduce database management costs as it expands its global footprint Continue Reading
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News
30 Jun 2020
Australia to invest a record A$1.35bn in cyber security
The Australian government is making its largest ever investment in cyber security over the next decade to identify cyber threats, disrupt foreign cyber criminals and build new capabilities Continue Reading
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Tip
30 Jun 2020
7 steps to create a modern business intelligence strategy
Business intelligence can boost performance and create competitive advantages for companies. Here are seven steps to take in implementing an effective BI strategy. Continue Reading
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E-Zine
30 Jun 2020
Unlocking value in the railway network’s data
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we find out how the rail industry is working to improve its use of data to deliver better services to passengers. Is flash the saviour of the storage universe? Our buyer’s guide assesses the choices for IT managers. And we examine the failure of the government’s Covid-19 contact-tracing app. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Feature
29 Jun 2020
How Malaysia’s industries are tapping IoT
Computer Weekly speaks to four industries that claim to have benefited from various IoT deployments and how it has changed their businesses Continue Reading
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News
24 Jun 2020
Political parties harvest personal data to create profiles on voters, most of it wrong
The UK’s three main political parties are collecting personal data on voters, but much of it is wrong and its use may fall foul of data protection laws Continue Reading
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Feature
24 Jun 2020
What does a business intelligence analyst do?
Business intelligence analysts are key members of BI teams who analyze data, create dashboards and handle other duties. Here's a look at the job and the skills it requires. Continue Reading
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News
24 Jun 2020
Google opens Jakarta cloud region amid Indonesia’s booming digital economy
Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai lends weight to online launch event, underscoring cloud supplier’s resolve to carve out a bigger slice of the country’s fast-growing public cloud market Continue Reading
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News
23 Jun 2020
Huawei to invest S$5m in Singapore to boost tech ecosystem
Huawei is pumping in S$5m this year to develop joint partner offerings in Singapore with a focus on artificial intelligence Continue Reading
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E-Zine
23 Jun 2020
How the Chelsea Flower Show blossomed as an online-only event
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the digital team at the Royal Horticultural Society about delivering the first online-only Chelsea Flower Show after the physical event was cancelled due to coronavirus. With all the talk about the consumer uses of 5G, we look at how next-generation mobile technology could benefit enterprise IT. And we examine the best practice in managing SAP systems during lockdown. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Feature
22 Jun 2020
5 valuable business intelligence use cases for organizations
BI tools and applications can help improve decision-making, strategic planning and other business functions. Here's a look at five top BI use cases for organizations. Continue Reading
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News
22 Jun 2020
Immigrants’ rights campaigners take Home Office to court over visa algorithm
Campaigners claim built-in algorithmic bias makes processing of visa applications ‘discriminatory’ Continue Reading
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Blog Post
22 Jun 2020
Modelling the world of Covid-19
This is a guest blogpost by Matt Jones, Lead Analytics Strategist at Tessella. From drug design to supply chains, predictive algorithms built using yesterday’s data no longer work in our strange ... Continue Reading
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News
19 Jun 2020
Eurostar to roll out facial recognition for ‘passport-free’ travel to Europe
Facial recognition will make passports on the Eurotunnel an option rather than a necessity, but privacy campaigners have questioned whether gathering biometric data on passengers is necessary Continue Reading
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News
19 Jun 2020
Inside Lenovo’s transition to a solutions provider
Lenovo’s long-term transformation from a primarily hardware supplier to an IT solutions provider is progressing, but the journey isn’t over yet Continue Reading
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News
19 Jun 2020
Facebook allows US users to disable political ads
Users of the social media platform will soon be able to opt out of seeing politically motivated posts Continue Reading
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News
17 Jun 2020
NTT Data and LeapThought eye Singapore’s construction sector
Japan’s NTT Data and New Zealand’s LeapThought have come together to support the digitalisation efforts of Singapore’s construction industry Continue Reading
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News
17 Jun 2020
Oracle full-year results: 1% revenue decline as Covid-19 bites
Oracle sees 1% decline in full year-on-year 2019-20 revenue, and a 6% drop in its fourth quarter, but takes comfort from OCI Zoom win in pandemic crisis Continue Reading
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News
16 Jun 2020
Government publishes geospatial data strategy to capitalise on location data
National Geospatial Strategy will develop the country’s location data framework over the next five years Continue Reading
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News
16 Jun 2020
Norway’s contact-tracing app suspended over privacy concerns
Norway has been given until 23 June to justify the location tracking of citizens who download its contract-tracing app Continue Reading
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News
16 Jun 2020
Sapphire 2020: Christian Klein steps back from products to push ‘intelligent enterprise’ resilience
Christian Klein used his first Sapphire keynote as CEO of SAP to underline the supplier’s support for supply chain resiliency and automation against Covid-19 pandemic and climate change backcloths Continue Reading
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Opinion
15 Jun 2020
Why UK needs independent oversight body for contact-tracing app
The public needs and deserves clarity, and not just assurances, over the UK’s Covid-19 contact-tracing app Continue Reading
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Feature
15 Jun 2020
Dealing in data
Lessons learned from pandemic data reporting will help forge new analytics techniques to improve data quality Continue Reading
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Opinion
12 Jun 2020
Too many data sources and too little consistency
One of the biggest concerns that businesses have about their data is its quality, and quality of data is a governance issue Continue Reading
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News
11 Jun 2020
How Informa Markets cohered customer data as it absorbed UBM merger
Trade show organiser Informa Markets turned to Collibra software as it sought to improve data quality while making marketing communications more targeted and precise Continue Reading
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News
11 Jun 2020
Data insights will define post-coronavirus city planning
Who would have imagined that in 2020, the majority of people would work remotely and buy online? Cities are going to have to change how they are set up Continue Reading
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E-Zine
11 Jun 2020
CW Europe: 5G rush in Russia
Russian mobile operators are pooling their resources to help them overcome the technical challenges of creating 5G networks. Also read why Swedbank is rebuilding its anti-money laundering systems, and how a public-private partnership in the Netherlands is combating business email compromise fraud. Continue Reading
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Opinion
11 Jun 2020
The importance of data accuracy in the fight against Covid-19
With the right data, individuals and organisations can make the most informed decisions to keep people safer through the coronavirus pandemic and restart the economy at the right time and place Continue Reading
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News
11 Jun 2020
How Tableau is riding on its Salesforce synergy
Tableau has bolstered its presence in Asia-Pacific following its acquisition by Salesforce and is combining its analytics capabilities with Einstein Analytics to deliver AI-powered insights Continue Reading
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News
10 Jun 2020
Dowden: AI and data science conversion path open and diverse
DCMS says 2,500 places on university artificial intelligence and data science conversion courses – 1,000 targeted to produce more diversity in tech – are now open for application Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 Jun 2020
Not all open source is created equal
This is a guest blogpost by Marc Linster, SVP, EnterpriseDB Open Source, Free and Open Source Software, Code Available, GNU General Public License (GPL), Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), ... Continue Reading
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News
09 Jun 2020
Covid-19 global co-ordination is off the mark, Tony Blair tells CogX
Former UK prime minister, now head of a global institute that advises governments, tells CogX attendees that global co-ordination to combat Covid-19 is far from where it needs to be Continue Reading
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News
09 Jun 2020
AS Roma to develop video tracking with Acronis AI expertise
Italian football club will get variable-price ticketing using artificial intelligence expertise to develop systems. It has also deployed Acronis cloud backup Continue Reading
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09 Jun 2020
The software innovation impact of coronavirus
Software developers can work remotely, but if workers are expected to work remotely in the long term, can organisations maintain a software innovation cycle? Continue Reading
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09 Jun 2020
Accurate data in, better insights out
The coronavirus pandemic has propelled data into the headlines, but it has also shown the challenges of dealing with incomplete datasets Continue Reading
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E-Zine
09 Jun 2020
How retailers are staying connected during their coronavirus shutdown
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we look at how the hard-hit retail sector has turned to technology to stay connected with staff during the coronavirus lockdown. Our latest buyer’s guide examines best practice in data quality and how to avoid “garbage in garbage out” syndrome. And we look at how remote working affects software development teams. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
09 Jun 2020
Australia’s AGL to move most systems to Azure cloud
Energy supplier is moving more than 200 applications and most systems to Azure in a three-year deal with Microsoft Continue Reading
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Feature
08 Jun 2020
Accurate data in, better insights out
The coronavirus pandemic has propelled data into the headlines, but it has also shown the challenges of dealing with incomplete datasets Continue Reading
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News
05 Jun 2020
NHS Covid-19 datastore contracts published under pressure from privacy groups
The government has published the contracts with Palantir, Faculty, Microsoft and Google for the controversial NHS datastore ahead of court proceedings initiated by civil liberties organisation OpenDemocracy Continue Reading
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News
05 Jun 2020
Businesses develop apps quickly to manage disruption of Covid-19
Healthcare companies, insurers, government agencies and big tech companies have used technology from Pegasystems to develop apps to manage the disruption caused by coronavirus Continue Reading
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News
04 Jun 2020
Why GovTech is building its own robotics stack
Singapore’s Government Technology Agency has developed a robotics technology stack that will power robots using capabilities from commercial suppliers and the open source community Continue Reading
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Feature
03 Jun 2020
Collaboration technology is breeding burnout – keep it real
The Covid-19 pandemic has inevitably caused the use of collaboration platforms to spike. But as fatigue sets in, organisations try to keep their use cases focused Continue Reading
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News
02 Jun 2020
Hull supercomputer helps fight Covid-19
University’s Viper supercomputer team join forces with Sheffield-based HPC specialist in global distributed computing project focused on the coronavirus Continue Reading
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E-Zine
02 Jun 2020
What will be the IT security priorities of the post-coronavirus world?
In this week’s Computer Weekly, with the working world after the pandemic set to be very different, we assess the IT security priorities for the ‘new normal’. Facial recognition firms are racing to identify people wearing face masks. And how did Europe’s telecoms networks cope with the switch to remote working? Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
01 Jun 2020
Employees must be consulted on technologies monitoring the return to work
Experts say the workforce must be ‘in the room’ and given a meaningful say about technologies introduced to monitor their return to work following the Covid-19 pandemic Continue Reading
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News
01 Jun 2020
HSBC platform uses AI to analyse trading data thousands of times faster
HSBC is offering its US share trading customers artificial intelligence-powered insights into public information about listed companies Continue Reading
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News
29 May 2020
Salesforce Q1 2020: 30% growth, Benioff sees ‘new normal’ by 2021
Salesforce announces 30% year-on-year revenue growth for the first quarter, and displays Covid-19 crisis alleviation activities Continue Reading
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News
28 May 2020
How AI can improve food safety
Fujitsu has developed a computer vision model that recognises hand washing gestures to ease the enforcement of stricter food handling rules in Japan Continue Reading
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News
27 May 2020
BCS calls for computer coding in scientific research to be more professional
BCS position paper finds the software coding practices of non-computer-science scientists to be insufficiently professional Continue Reading
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News
27 May 2020
PropertyGuru touts 3D virtual viewings with StoryTeller
Southeast Asian property portal PropertyGuru rolls out new capability in its FastKey platform that lets developers showcase properties to prospective buyers through 3D visualisation Continue Reading
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News
26 May 2020
Max Schrems accuses Ireland of ‘Kafkaesque’ delay in Facebook GDPR investigation
Privacy campaigner Max Schrems has urged the European Commission to intervene after the Irish Data Protection Commission allegedly used ‘Kafkaesque’ tactics to delay investigations into Facebook’s compliance with GDPR Continue Reading
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E-Zine
22 May 2020
CW Nordics: Startups face tough decisions as coronavirus hits
Tech startups based in the Nordic region face difficult decisions as the Covid-19 pandemic leads to falling sales and investment. Also read why Swedbank is rebuilding its anti-money laundering systems, and how Nordic fintechs are developing apps to prevent more adults getting into financial difficulty. Continue Reading
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News
20 May 2020
SAS seizes World Bee Day to promote analytics
Data analytics supplier SAS took the opportunity of World Bee Day to say it is decoding bee communication through machine learning, and generally promoting bee health Continue Reading
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News
19 May 2020
Doubts mount over effectiveness of UK contact-tracing app
Studies from BCS and Anomali reveal that a significant proportion of the UK population is not prepared to download the Covid-19 contact-tracing app Continue Reading
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News
18 May 2020
Flagship digital investment at Abu Dhabi’s Adnoc pays off
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company sees flagship digital project in high demand after proving its value in responding to the Covid-19 crisis Continue Reading
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News
18 May 2020
NHS Scotland begins contact-tracing tech pilot
Three Scottish health boards are trialling coronavirus contact-tracing software which will be rolled out across the country at the end of this month Continue Reading
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Blog Post
17 May 2020
Protecting Data or “Saving Lives; Saving Livelihoods”: Which comes first in a post Covid World?
Almost every nation except for those which already had them as a legacy of SARS (e.g. Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan) has had to move fast to produce computer systems that will help support a ... Continue Reading
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E-Zine
14 May 2020
CW APAC: Trend Watch – business response to coronavirus
With countries the world over reeling from the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak, which has meant sweeping changes both economically and socially, Computer Weekly looks at how firms in the Asia-Pacific region have adapted to what has so quickly become the new normal. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
13 May 2020
Data for good: building a culture of data analytics
This is a guest blogpost by Dean Stoecker, CEO, Alteryx Major global events force companies to think differently. The Covid-19 pandemic is no exception. In the first few weeks of the crisis, I ... Continue Reading