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								CrowdStrike: Europe second only to North America for cyber attacks
Europe faces rising cyber threats from criminals and nation-states, according to CrowdStrike. Ransomware attacks now take just 24 hours, with 22% of global victims being European Continue Reading
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								Why asset visibility matters in industrial cyber security
Industrial organisations face rising operational security cyber threats. Asset visibility is vital for defence - without knowing what’s connected, organisations are risk blind Continue Reading
 
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                06 Aug 2021
                
                                    
                                Apple unveils plans to scan US iPhones for child sex abuse images
Apple will introduce child sexual abuse material detection for US users later this year, but some experts are worried that the technology could be repurposed to scan phones for other kinds of content Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
 
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                05 Aug 2021
                
                                    
                                SAP customers more alert to internal than external threats
SAP customers are more concerned by insider threats than by external attacks, according to a report. And yet the average SAP customer has around 2,500 vulnerabilities within their customised SAP code Continue Reading
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                05 Aug 2021
                
                                    
                                BCS: more diverse workforce key to UK AI ethics global leadership
BCS report says the UK can take an international lead in AI ethics if it cultivates a more diverse workforce, including people from non-STEM backgrounds Continue Reading
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                04 Aug 2021
                
                                    
                                Civil Service Data Challenge announces longlist of ideas to improve data use
Dragons’ Den-style Civil Service competition to elicit ideas to improve data use in government has whittled a list of 200 down to eight. Four will be chosen in December for delivery Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
 
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                04 Aug 2021
                
                                    
                                Fred IT replaces paper prescriptions with QR codes
Fred IT’s eRX Script Exchange is now used by 21,000 doctors and 95% of Australian pharmacies, delivering more than 11 million digital prescriptions by July 2021 Continue Reading
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                03 Aug 2021
                
                                    
                                Panasas’s 10x saving bumps NetApp from HPC storage deployment
University of Wollongong got 1.2PB for the cost of 100TB for HPC storage in its cryo-imaging institute. Scale-out NAS maker Panasas also brought life sciences expertise to bear Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Computer Weekly
 
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                03 Aug 2021
                
                                    
                                Intel hails data analytics-powered GB Olympics swimming success
Intel has claimed its part in the GB swimming team’s Olympics success, with the analysis of ‘data pools’ and the use of its servers and workstations Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
 
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                29 Jul 2021
                
                                    
                                Investigatory Powers Tribunal finds UK spy agencies unlawfully collected personal data
Campaign groups Privacy International and Liberty are gearing up to bring further legal action after a court found that UK spy agencies unlawfully collected phone and internet records Continue Reading
By- Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor
 
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                28 Jul 2021
                
                                    
                                Almost half unaware of GP data-sharing plans
Around half of adults in England – approximately 20 million people – remain unaware of the scope of the NHS GPDPR programme, prompting calls for a public education campaign Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
 
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                28 Jul 2021
                
                                    
                                BEIS replaces Excel-based grant system with data management portal
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is replacing an Excel-based system for grant applications with a data management system built by Aiimi Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
 
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                27 Jul 2021
                
                                    
                                Digital manufacturing industry gets £53m government funding boost
Money will be used to create five digital manufacturing research centres, a digital supply chain innovation hub and to fund 37 industry projects Continue Reading
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                23 Jul 2021
                
                                    
                                SAS steps up free data skills programme for job seekers
SAS has expanded its free data skills for jobseekers’ programme, aiming it at people who have been adversely affected by the economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
 
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                23 Jul 2021
                
                                    
                                BCS, Royal Statistical Society, Alan Turing Institute combine to cement data science professionalism
BCS, the Royal Statistical Society and the Alan Turing Institute are combining to form an alliance to promote professional and ethical standards in data science Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
 
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                22 Jul 2021
                
                                    
                                UK government publishes full Innovation Strategy
Strategy aims to put the UK at the global forefront of science, research and innovation Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
 
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                21 Jul 2021
                
                                    
                                SAP Q2 2021: revenue down 1%, 600 new S/4 Hana signups
SAP has reported second-quarter 2021 revenue of €6.669bn, down 1% on the same year-ago quarter. Cloud revenue has increased by 11% to €2.276bn, just over one-third of the total, and 250 customers claimed for new Rise with SAP package in the quarter Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
 
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                21 Jul 2021
                
                                    
                                Interview: Chano Fernandez, co-CEO of Workday – a European co-helming a Californian enterprise
Chano Fernandez, co-CEO of Workday, explains how the company’s storied and humane employee culture needs constant tending, and looks forward to a post-Covid acceleration Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
 
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                21 Jul 2021
                
                                    
                                How IoT and machine learning are automating agriculture
A new generation of farmers is tapping the internet of things and machine learning to operate self-sustaining urban farms with minimal supervision Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
 
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                Blog Post
                20 Jul 2021
                
                            
                            Will databases be the kingmakers in the cloud wars?
This is a guest blogpost by Mike Waas, CEO of Datometry The days where Hyperscalers competed primarily for their customers’ compute and storage needs are numbered. Over the past years, enterprises ... Continue Reading
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                20 Jul 2021
                
                            
                            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
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
 
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                Tip
                19 Jul 2021
                
                                    
                                An introduction to big data in the cloud
As enterprises add big data projects in the cloud, IT admins need to adjust their skills accordingly. Dive into this comprehensive guide to see what makes a cloud shift so attractive. Continue Reading
By- Stephen J. Bigelow, Senior Technology Editor
 
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                19 Jul 2021
                
                                    
                                SAP invests €250m in UK economy
Investment includes a new, UK-based cloud service, two new offices, and a beefing up of SAP’s apprenticeship and internship programmes Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
 
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                19 Jul 2021
                
                                    
                                Privacy Shield: One year on and companies are still grappling for answers
Activist lawyer Max Schrems and Eduardo Ustaran, partner at Hogan Lovells, look for common ground in a problem with no easy answers Continue Reading
By- Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor
 
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                13 Jul 2021
                
                                    
                                Oracle’s Miranda advances customer wins against SAP for cloud applications suite
Steve Miranda, executive vice-president of applications development for Oracle globally, is showcasing three US customer wins against SAP at the supplier’s quarterly Oracle Live event Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
 
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                Definition
                12 Jul 2021
                
                            
                            metadata
Often referred to as data that describes other data, metadata is structured reference data that helps to sort and identify attributes of the information it describes. Continue Reading
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                09 Jul 2021
                
                                    
                                Met Police should release information on British WikiLeaks journalists passed to US, tribunal told
The Metropolitan Police should release correspondence with the US Department of Justice about three UK based WikiLeaks journalists, despite national security claims, a tribunal heard Continue Reading
By- Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly
 
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                08 Jul 2021
                
                                    
                                Developers have a moral duty to create ethical AI
Corsight AI publishes report on how organisations can develop more human-centric AI and biometric technologies Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
 
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                Blog Post
                08 Jul 2021
                
                            
                            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
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
 
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                08 Jul 2021
                
                                    
                                CIO interview: Ian Cohen, CPIO, Acacium Group
Acacium’s chief product and information officer joined the healthcare specialist in the midst of the pandemic, and is responsible for data, product, business process and automation Continue Reading
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                08 Jul 2021
                
                            
                            CW Middle East: Pandemic speeds up edtech revolution in Gulf
One of the lessons the Covid-19 pandemic has taught governments across the world is that education providers can still teach when their premises are inaccessible. Read how organisations in the Gulf region’s education sector have been quick to adopt the latest education technology, known as edtech, to help in this endeavour. Also read in this issue how Indian IT services company TCS is bringing together universities, businesses, tech startups and government to work on sustainability challenges. Continue Reading
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                Feature
                07 Jul 2021
                
                                    
                                Oracle Fusion cloud applications pathways tend towards pragmatic
Oracle’s full suite of cloud applications can be a pragmatic step-by-step journey for customers – we look at some examples Continue Reading
By- Madeline Bennett, Mowser Media
 
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                07 Jul 2021
                
                                    
                                Clara Shih, CEO, Salesforce Service Cloud on the shape of post-pandemic service work
Salesforce Service Cloud CEO Clara Shih has returned to the supplier after a period as a founder CEO and sees the future of contact centre and field service with relatively fresh eyes Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
 
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                07 Jul 2021
                
                                    
                                Forrester finds companies confounded by data deluge
A Dell-commissioned study by analyst firm Forrester finds organisations overwhelmed by mounds of data Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
 
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                06 Jul 2021
                
                            
                            Businesses need to show data science isn’t dull, it can be fun and rewarding
This is a guest blogpost by Libby Duane Adams, chief advocacy officer at Alteryx. In today’s business environment, data is key to success. With over 2.5 quintillion bytes of data created each day, ... Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
 
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                06 Jul 2021
                
                                    
                                Gulf hospitals flock to digital health to manage lifestyle diseases
The Middle East is accelerating its take-up of digital healthcare technologies following lessons learned in the Covid-19 pandemic Continue Reading
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                06 Jul 2021
                
                                    
                                Nordic fintech could lead the world
Will the Nordics become the fintech and open banking innovation capital of the world? Continue Reading
By- Alex Cruickshank
 
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                05 Jul 2021
                
                                    
                                Ordnance Survey Data Hub marks first anniversary with developer highlights
A year after its launch, the Ordnance Survey Data Hub is claiming a 50% increase in like-for-like downloads. The resource has proved its mettle during the Covid-19 pandemic for the London Ambulance Service and has benefited the National Library of Scotland Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
 
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                05 Jul 2021
                
                                    
                                How Transport for West Midlands works with geospatial data
Covid-19 showed why greater data granularity is key, with Transport for West Midlands turning to geospatial data to understand demand for services Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
 
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                02 Jul 2021
                
                            
                            Why and how RPA differentiation must advance beyond hype
This is a guest blogpost by Jason Kingdon, chairman and CEO, Blue Prism Robotic Process Automation’s potential to transform the way we work means every technology vendor under the sun is now ... Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
 
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                Feature
                30 Jun 2021
                
                                    
                                Lakehouse concept aims to merge data lake and data warehouse
Data lakes are big, amorphous and difficult to access, while data warehouses are costly and aimed at structured data. The data lakehouse aims at analytics in an age of unstructured data Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Computer Weekly
 
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                Blog Post
                29 Jun 2021
                
                            
                            The era of continuous actionable intelligence
This is a guest blogpost by Seamus Keating, CEO KX The frontiers of data management technologies are being extended as organisations across every industry sector seek to extract greater insights ... Continue Reading
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                29 Jun 2021
                
                            
                            NHSX policy document focuses on patients and data sharing
Patient privacy and data and code reuse are three of the pillars outlined in the NHSX’s new data strategy for sharing patient data Continue Reading
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                E-Zine
                29 Jun 2021
                
                            
                            Is the UK government planning to rewrite GDPR?
In this week’s Computer Weekly, a government taskforce on post-Brexit regulations has recommended changes to GDPR in the UK – we examine the implications. The NHS has launched a new data strategy - we look at what it means for your medical records. And we ask how to avoid the performance problems that affect private cloud. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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                Opinion
                28 Jun 2021
                
                                    
                                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
By- Dan Higgins, EY
 
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                24 Jun 2021
                
                                    
                                Online Safety Bill unfit for purpose, says new campaign group
Campaign group set up to oppose Online Safety Bill says the duty of care is too simplistic, cedes too much power to US corporations and will, in practice, privilege the speech of journalists or politicians Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
 
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                24 Jun 2021
                
                                    
                                Gousto uses Sisense Fusion to broaden analytics across business
AWS-based Sisense platform enables meal-kit company to provide more of its employees with data and create custom dashboards Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
 
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                24 Jun 2021
                
                                    
                                Salesforce declares AWS partnership to enable intelligent applications
Salesforce and Amazon Web Services have declared a ‘strategic partnership’ that is claimed to enable the easier creation of artificial intelligence-infused applications Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
 
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                23 Jun 2021
                
                                    
                                IBM serves more AI power at Wimbledon 2021
The annual Wimbledon tennis championship is an event IBM uses to showcase the insights possible using Watson-based artificial intelligence applications Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
 
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                Feature
                23 Jun 2021
                
                                    
                                Real-time analytics begins to find business vocation
Continuous real-time analytics, operating at sub-second speed, are finding real-world applicability across industry sectors, such as retail, transport and banking. Their value crux: can businesses act on the signals provided? Continue Reading
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                23 Jun 2021
                
                                    
                                DataStax eyes growth in APAC
DataStax opens regional headquarters in Singapore to tap the growth opportunities in Asia-Pacific where more organisations are modernising legacy systems and building cloud-native apps Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
 
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                Definition
                22 Jun 2021
                
                            
                            Db2
Db2 is a family of database management system (DBMS) products from IBM that serve a number of different operating system (OS) platforms. Continue Reading
By- Craig S. Mullins, Mullins Consulting
 
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                22 Jun 2021
                
                                    
                                EU regulators call for ban on biometrics in public spaces
European Union’s data protection regulators say facial recognition and other biometric identification technologies present too great a risk to fundamental human rights to be allowed in public spaces Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
 
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                22 Jun 2021
                
                                    
                                CDEI: UK public wants clear algorithmic transparency policies
A research exercise by the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation has found the UK public wants clear, easy-to-understand information about algorithms in use by the public sector Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
 
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                22 Jun 2021
                
                                    
                                NHSX policy document focuses on patients and data sharing
Patient privacy and data and code reuse are three of the pillars outlined in the NHSX’s new data strategy for sharing patient data Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
 
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                22 Jun 2021
                
                                    
                                Inside Macquarie Bank’s data transformation journey
Australia’s Macquarie Bank has moved all its data and analytics to the cloud and is applying machine learning to detect fraud and improve customer experience Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
 
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                21 Jun 2021
                
                                    
                                Exor International showcases Industry 4.0 smart factory
Intel and Telecom Italia have worked with Exor to look at how 5G and AI can help build Industry 4.0 applications for manufacturing Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
 
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                21 Jun 2021
                
                                    
                                NHSX set to unveil post-Covid data strategy
The smart use of patient data could power new AI-based healthcare systems and speed up the discovery of new treatments Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
 
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                21 Jun 2021
                
                                    
                                New lab to bolster Singapore’s Industry 4.0 capabilities
Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research teams up with local manufacturing software company to make Industry 4.0 capabilities more accessible to manufacturers Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
 
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                18 Jun 2021
                
                                    
                                ICO issues guidance on facial recognition in public spaces
Information commissioner’s concern over the problematic use of facial recognition in public spaces has prompted her to publish official guidance on its deployment, while civil society calls for an outright ban Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
 
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                18 Jun 2021
                
                                    
                                UK taskforce calls for cutting GDPR protections
The UK’s Taskforce on Innovation, Growth and Regulatory Reform has recommended scrapping safeguards against automated decision-making contained in the General Data Protection Regulation Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
 
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                17 Jun 2021
                
                                    
                                CIO interview: Warren Breakstone, S&P Global Market Intelligence
S&P’s managing director and chief product officer for data management solutions talks about using data to make better decisions and how to continue innovating in a fast-moving market Continue Reading
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                16 Jun 2021
                
                                    
                                Tech features high on McKinsey’s disruption list
The management consulting firm has published a list of innovations that could disrupt business models, with many related to IT Continue Reading
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                16 Jun 2021
                
                                    
                                Matt Hancock at CogX: ‘Huge opportunities’ ahead to exploit health data
Health secretary tells CogX 2021 conference in London that huge opportunities lie ahead in the application of analytics to pseudonymised patient data Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
 
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                16 Jun 2021
                
                                    
                                Databricks taps groundswell in lakehouse adoption
Databricks has been expanding its footprint across the Asia-Pacific region amid growing interest among traditional enterprises and digital native companies in the data lakehouse architecture Continue Reading
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                15 Jun 2021
                
                            
                            Emerging trend expands data science capabilities to more people using AI
This is a guest blogpost by Andrew Beers, CTO, Tableau. Ideally, every business decision today would be based on a thorough understanding of all relevant data available. But there’s simply too much ... Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
 
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                15 Jun 2021
                
                                    
                                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
By- Iain Brown
 
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                15 Jun 2021
                
                                    
                                Oliver Dowden hails Tech Zero Taskforce at CogX
Government backs a group of UK tech companies and associations to combat the climate emergency, drive green investment and help consumers make greener choices Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
 
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                15 Jun 2021
                
                                    
                                Amazon Web Services launches space tech accelerator
Accelerator will see a cohort of 10 space startups use AWS to accelerate their research, development and growth Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
 
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                E-Zine
                15 Jun 2021
                
                            
                            Discovering great ideas – innovation at the Discovery Channel
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the owner of the Discovery Channel about how collaboration software enabled a culture of innovation. Our latest buyer’s guide looks at developments in cloud printing technology. And we hear from the technology chief at Rightmove about the online property site’s digital transformation. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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                15 Jun 2021
                
                                    
                                How healthcare organisations are tapping data analytics
Healthcare providers are harnessing data analytics to improve clinical and operational outcomes even as they continue to face challenges in data aggregation and data protection Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
 
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                14 Jun 2021
                
                                    
                                Europe’s proposed AI regulation falls short on protecting rights
The European Commission’s proposal for artificial intelligence regulation focuses on creating a risk-based, market-led approach replete with self-assessments, transparency procedures and technical standards, but critics warn it falls short of being able to protect people’s fundamental rights and mitigating the technology’s worst abuses Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
 
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                11 Jun 2021
                
                                    
                                FBI planned a sting against An0m cryptophone users over drinks with Australian investigators
Australian Federal Police and the FBI came up with the idea over drinks: build a cryptophone network with a built-in backdoor and sell it to crime gangs around the world Continue Reading
By- Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor
 
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                11 Jun 2021
                
                                    
                                CIO interview: John Hunter of Council of Europe takes cloud route to document management
John Hunter, CIO of the Council of Europe, describes how his team has modernised the human rights organisation’s document management in the cloud Continue Reading
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                10 Jun 2021
                
                            
                            Why modern BI is a necessity in a post-pandemic world
This is a guest blogpost by Jay Heglar, Chief Business Officer, Domo. Contagion rate. Hospitalisation rate. Case fatality rate. We are now seeing the start of a new era where data takes a central ... Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
 
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                10 Jun 2021
                
                            
                            Throwback Thursday: The business change agenda
It might come as a shock to some people in marketing to find that business transformation, or "business change" as I prefer to call it, is neither new nor driven solely by digital transformation ... Continue Reading
By- Tony Lock, Freeform Dynamics
 
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                E-Zine
                10 Jun 2021
                
                            
                            CW Europe: Amsterdam reins back datacentre developments over environmental concern
The construction of datacentres in the Netherlands’ Amsterdam region has accelerated at such a pace that their demands for electricity are causing concern, prompting city authorities and datacentre operators to open a dialogue about sustainable datacentre industry expansion. Also in this issue, find out the state of play in the adoption of open banking across Europe. Continue Reading
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                09 Jun 2021
                
                                    
                                Covid-accelerated recruitment digitisation to gain sophistication with hybrid models
Recruitment has had to go remote and digital during the Covid-19 pandemic crisis and looks set to fill out and become more sophisticated as hybrid models of working emerge Continue Reading
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                08 Jun 2021
                
                            
                            With the National Data Strategy, execution is everything
This is a guest blogpost by Peter Campbell, Data & AI practice director at Kainos The latest stage in the National Data Strategy – the Government’s response to consultation – shows the UK has a ... Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
 
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                08 Jun 2021
                
                                    
                                Oracle and Crown Commercial Service renew MoU to continue cloud use
Oracle and the UK government’s Crown Commercial Service have renewed a memorandum of understanding for the continued use of the supplier’s cloud infrastructure and applications Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
 
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                07 Jun 2021
                
                                    
                                Campaigners plan legal action over NHS data sharing
Privacy coalition aims to force NHS Digital to push back its plans to scrape medical information on millions of patients into a central database Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
 
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                07 Jun 2021
                
                                    
                                BT claims £2m in savings with Qlik data analytics
BT claims it has secured £2m in cost savings by putting Qlik data analytics in the hands of 1,200 members of staff in its Consumer business Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
 
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                04 Jun 2021
                
                                    
                                BCS: Lack of communication over NHS GPDPR ‘astonishing’
The Chartered Institute for IT has warned that millions of people are not being properly informed of NHS Digital plans to harvest their data Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
 
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                03 Jun 2021
                
                                    
                                Sapphire 2021: Klein vaunts rebooted Ariba business network as sustainability driver
At the virtual Sapphire 2021 conference, SAP CEO Christian Klein trumpeted the supplier’s procurement network, Ariba, as the core of a revamped global engine for promoting sustainable economic growth Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
 
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                Opinion
                02 Jun 2021
                
                                    
                                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
By- Fred Werner, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
 
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                02 Jun 2021
                
                                    
                                Mulberry bags Google Cloud support for data-driven sales push during Covid-19
Public cloud giant adds Mulberry to its roll-call of retail customers Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
 
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                01 Jun 2021
                
                                    
                                NHS trust’s Pioneer data platform joins up care delivery and improves outcomes
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust aims to improve patient care by bringing together anonymised health data from different care settings to better understand the patient journey Continue Reading
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                31 May 2021
                
                                    
                                How computational storage delivers datacentre benefits
Computational storage is an emerging field of IT that features compute processing power closely coupled with storage. We look at what it can be used for Continue Reading
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                31 May 2021
                
                                    
                                Great Eastern doubles down on data analytics
Singapore insurer Great Eastern has started a centre of excellence to drive adoption of data analytics and hone its capabilities in data governance and data engineering Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
 
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                28 May 2021
                
                            
                            Essential Guide: How APAC firms can ride out the pandemic
In this Essential Guide, we examine the impact of Covid-19 on Asia-Pacific businesses, how they have responded and important lessons that can be learned as they ready themselves for the post-pandemic world. Continue Reading
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                27 May 2021
                
                            
                            How the Covid-19 Genomics UK Consortium sequenced Sars-Cov-2
Consortium of universities and other institutions has harnessed datasets, analytics and cloud computing to sequence Sars-Cov-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, in a blisteringly short time Continue Reading
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                27 May 2021
                
                                    
                                Loss of 150,000 police records made worse by management failures
The loss of 150,000 records from a number of national policing systems was caused by a human coding error, but made worse by process and management failures Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
 
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                27 May 2021
                
                            
                            How graph technology is helping enterprises to harness the complex skill sets of employees
This is a guest blogpost by Amy Holder from Neo4j. She examines recent interest in graph databases as the basis for the next wave of human capital management technology. For global HR influencer ... Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
 
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                27 May 2021
                
                                    
                                Singapore deploys drones to monitor reservoir water quality
Singapore’s national water agency PUB is deploying autonomous drones at six reservoirs to monitor water quality and other activities to improve operational efficiency Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
 
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                26 May 2021
                
                                    
                                Databricks unveils data sharing protocol as part of data lakehouse
Databricks announces launch of open source project called Delta Sharing at Data + AI Summit, with backing of data providers and business intelligence tool suppliers Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
 
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                26 May 2021
                
                                    
                                Disabled travellers promised better train journeys by Passenger Assistance app
An app developed by UK startup Transreport for the Rail Delivery Group aims to improve train travel for disabled passengers Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
 
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                24 May 2021
                
                                    
                                Melbourne taps AI to ease traffic congestion
University of Melbourne has teamed up with public and private sector organisations to build an AI application that can predict traffic congestion up to three hours ahead Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget
 
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                24 May 2021
                
                            
                            Government response to data strategy consultation depicts data as an ‘asset’
Government responds to consultation with a promise of delivery, putting an emphasis on data as an asset, not a threat, and finding respondents keen on levelling up Continue Reading
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                24 May 2021
                
                            
                            Making data an asset, not a threat
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we examine the latest developments in the UK government’s National Data Strategy and what it means for the economy. Our latest buyer’s guide explains the emerging technologies around computational storage. And we look at the advances in customer experience management during the pandemic. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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                Podcast
                21 May 2021
                
                            
                            CyberUK, bees and datacentres, Red Cross digital mapping – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In this episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Caroline Donnelly and Brian McKenna are joined by Alex Scroxton, security editor, to discuss CyberUK, bees and datacentres, and the British Red Cross’ use of digital mapping to combat Covid-19 Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
 - Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
 - Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
 
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                21 May 2021
                
                            
                            Where is the strategy in the National Data Strategy?
Who is the presiding genius behind the National Data Strategy? Who is its architect? What are its goals? And what will it have achieved in five years’ time? That the government has responded to the ... Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor
 
 - 20 May 2021
 
