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Big data analytics
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July 10, 2017
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Jul'17
Experian admits mobile and online issues after system upgrade
Some customers of credit referencing company are having problems accessing a service they pay for following an IT upgrade and large customer migration to a new system
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June 29, 2017
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Jun'17
How Vegas is using IoT and Cisco to improve the city experience
Las Vegas’s chief innovation officer explains how the city has partnered with Cisco to deliver internet of things technologies that will help improve visitor experiences
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June 22, 2017
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Jun'17
Oracle 2016-17 results: cloud revenue up 60%, overall growth 2%
Oracle’s full-year and fourth quarter results for fiscal year 2016-17 indicate 2% growth in overall revenue, with cloud representing 12% of total. Executives are once again bullish on cloud ERP growth prospects
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June 20, 2017
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Jun'17
NTT Docomo turns to SAP Hana to boost customer experience
Japanese telco NTT Docomo rolls out in-memory database in eight months to analyse data from retail outlets and customer call centres in a bid to improve service levels
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June 13, 2017
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Jun'17
University of Edinburgh and Huawei collaborate on joint data lab
University is setting up a research and development lab dedicated to distributed data management and processing, with help from Chinese company
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June 08, 2017
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Jun'17
Smart farming, IoT only way to feed growing population, says Beecham report
A report from IoT sector analyst Beecham says the agricultural industry will need to embrace smart farming methodologies to support the growing human population
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June 08, 2017
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Jun'17
Dubai Airports automates resource planning
Airports in Dubai are using automation software to co-ordinate resources such as check-in gates and aircraft stands
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June 02, 2017
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Jun'17
Doug Cutting, ‘father’ of Hadoop, talks about big data tech evolution
In a Q&A interview, the “father” of Hadoop, Doug Cutting, talks about the cyber-security applications of the stack, as well as Hadoop’s evolution
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June 01, 2017
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Jun'17
Australia’s Icon Group taps IBM Watson to boost cancer care
Watson for Oncology will provide oncologists with medical information and treatment options to support clinical decision making
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May 30, 2017
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May'17
ICC brings drones, smart bats and virtual reality to international cricket
International Cricket Council teams up with Intel to transform the cricketing experience for fans and players with drones, smart connected bats and virtual reality
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May 24, 2017
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May'17
Singapore government to spend S$2.4bn on technology initiatives
Funding will go towards building a national sensor platform, boosting the government’s cyber security capabilities and driving the use of robots
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May 24, 2017
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May'17
Interview: Nick Bleech, head of information security, Travis Perkins
Last year, Travis Perkins implemented Splunk to help it to respond more quickly to security threats. Now, the business is looking into machine learning and a single customer view
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May 23, 2017
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May'17
Economic and political uncertainty drives organisations to rethink IT strategies
CIO job satisfaction reaches a three-year high as organisations hire more IT staff and invest in innovative digital technology
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May 22, 2017
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May'17
Dutch railway uses IoT to reduce people jams
Railway stations in The Netherlands are monitoring the movement of travellers to manage traffic flow and reduce people jams
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May 18, 2017
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May'17
Analytics, automation and AI critical to Cisco’s growth
Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins has been talking about the criticality of analytics and automation technology to the enterprise network
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May 16, 2017
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May'17
Customer experience transformation at Macquarie bank brings legacy system retirement as a bonus
Australia’s Macquarie bank builds a data layer on top of legacy IT systems to transform customer experience
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May 16, 2017
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May'17
Lack of skills preventing digital transformation, says 65% of decision makers
Research has found skills gaps in data science, AI and infrastructure management are standing in the way of digital transformation
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May 09, 2017
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May'17
Aruba Atmosphere: Machine learning to transform networking
At Aruba Atmosphere EMEA in France, delegates learned how the network will incorporate machine learning features in the near future
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May 08, 2017
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May'17
HPE ramps up investments in Singapore
Enterprise tech giant HPE will invest $140m over five years in its new regional headquarters and a startup incubator programme
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May 03, 2017
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May'17
Singapore to form data science consortium
Led by the National Research Foundation, the academic and research group will spearhead adoption of data analytics among Singaporean companies
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April 25, 2017
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Apr'17
UK trade department in New York to promote fintech firms
Group of financial technology firms taken to New York to show off their knowledge of regulatory compliance software
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April 24, 2017
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Apr'17
Cancer researcher gets Nodeum LTFS tape NAS
Belgium-based OncoDNA replaces IBM tape library with flash-powered Nodeum LTFS to provide file access to backup and archive tapes at approaching nearline timescales
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April 24, 2017
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Apr'17
Motorola brings big data digital evidence service to UK police forces
Motorola is launching a digital evidence management service to UK police forces, backed off into AWS cloud infrastructure
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April 07, 2017
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Apr'17
How Game used data to transform store experience and drive personalisation
Group insight director at video games retailer explains how customer interaction data has been used to create a personalised experience in-store
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April 05, 2017
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Apr'17
Technology investments core to JP Morgan Chase success
US investment bank is reaping the benefits of its $9.5bn annual technology spend
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April 05, 2017
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Apr'17
Australia’s Commonwealth Bank unveils data analytics platform
Free platform made available to bank’s customers at a time when only 34% of the country’s SMEs are making data-driven decisions
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April 04, 2017
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Apr'17
Analytics, internet of things to drive data volumes to 163ZB by 2025
IDC study predicts consumers as creators of data will decline as the enterprise, analytics and “life critical” scenarios push total volumes to a tenfold increase by 2025
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March 26, 2017
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Mar'17
HPE, Tata Communications to build world’s largest IoT network
The Lora-based network will benefit around 400 million people in India who can expect improvements in water quality and public safety
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March 14, 2017
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Mar'17
Derbyshire NHS Trust takes simple BI approach to secure patient safety
Derbyshire NHS Foundation Trust opts for a simple, clinician and business-led approach to business intelligence to secure patient safety, using MicroStrategy
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March 10, 2017
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Mar'17
Singapore’s maritime sector facing talent shortages in big data
The skills gap in Singapore is putting big data analytics out of reach for port and logistics companies
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March 02, 2017
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Mar'17
MWC 2017: Barcelona trial uses IoT and big data to manage tourists
Barcelona, the host city for Mobile World Congress, has been demonstrating its use of the internet of things and big data to help manage visitors to Antoni Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia
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February 24, 2017
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Feb'17
ASEAN’s first nationwide IoT network debuts in Singapore
Sigfox-based IoT network now covers 95% of Singapore, meaning enterprises can connect devices to the network nationwide
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February 20, 2017
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Feb'17
Sweden uses Minecraft for urban planning
Swedish National Land survey has put its maps on Minecraft to promote its work
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February 16, 2017
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Feb'17
Oracle executives claim more comprehensive reach for cloud business
At a recent customer conference in London, US-based Oracle executives gave accounts of the supplier’s cloud business as becoming at once more enterprise and more mid-market
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February 15, 2017
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Feb'17
UAE bank builds predictive marketing models
Rakbank is using SAS analytics software to better understand its customers following a successful implementation of the supplier’s anti-money laundering software
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February 13, 2017
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Feb'17
Autodata turns to big data to predict vehicle failures
Vehicle data company sees 30% jump in revenue after moving to open source software and opening its data to garages, insurers and parts companies
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February 09, 2017
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Feb'17
SAP connects S/4 Hana in the cloud with ‘intelligent’ ERP
SAP has announced an intensification of S/4 Hana cloud delivery, together with an infusion of its enterprise resource planning with artificial intelligence
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January 31, 2017
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Jan'17
SAP aims to clarify S/4 Hana, cloud apps roadmaps for customers
The SAP board has launched an initiative to publish and clarify roadmaps, especially in respect of S/4 Hana and its cloud applications, and one product of this is a new technology choice tool
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January 18, 2017
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Jan'17
Better use of data can improve government delivery of services, says John Manzoni
Civil service chief John Manzoni highlights the potential and need for the government’s use of data to improve public services
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January 13, 2017
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Jan'17
Davos: Technology poses new risks to jobs, economies and society
Politicians and business leaders will discuss the risks posed by technology to jobs, political stability and cyber security at the World Economic Forum in Davos
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January 11, 2017
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Jan'17
McKinsey finds hard work to do in Big Data Revisited report
The McKinsey Global Institute has revisited its path-breaking 2011 big data report, finding a new salience for machine learning, and most companies under-capitalising their data
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December 22, 2016
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Dec'16
Almost 90% of customers say social media availability affects brand loyalty
Customers expect to be able to contact brands via social media, with nine out of 10 claiming availability of a brand through their preferred social channel has an impact on their retailer loyalty
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December 21, 2016
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Dec'16
How Shazam handles its data reserves
Chris Kammermann, senior infrastructure engineer at Shazam, explains how adopting the Splunk platform has helped the firm deal with legacy systems and data analysis
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December 16, 2016
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Dec'16
Amadeus turns to NoSQL to answer complex travel questions
Travel software and services company Amadeus has employed a NoSQL database technology to help travellers find answers to complex travel queries
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December 07, 2016
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Dec'16
The United Arab Emirates enterprise IT trends for 2017
The UAE is already a leader in areas such as smart city developments, and 2017 looks set to see organisations in the country increase its adoption of other transformational IT
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November 25, 2016
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Nov'16
Boots SAP centre of expertise helps take back control
Walgreens Boots Alliance has built an SAP centre of expertise to take back control of the strategic direction of its IT organisation from its previously outsourced structure
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November 24, 2016
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Nov'16
How InterContinental Hotels connects with real-time marketing
InterContinental Hotel Group’s European marketing manager, Charlie Aspey, tells Computer Weekly how the firm has deployed dynamic email marketing across all its hotel brands
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November 23, 2016
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Nov'16
Case study: How the RAC is digitising roadside assistance
The RAC, an organisation steeped in tradition, is on a modernisation drive. We look at how Microsoft Azure is helping it digitise older cars
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November 18, 2016
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Nov'16
Nestlé picks Telefónica to build IoT for coffee machines
Nestlé’s professional business services unit will incorporate internet of things technology into its coffee machines in pursuit of greater efficiency and customer satisfaction
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November 18, 2016
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Nov'16
Ordnance Survey to lay groundwork for UK 5G networks
The government has asked Ordnance Survey to develop a planning and mapping tool to help determine the future locations of 5G mobile network infrastructure