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Big data analytics

• September 20, 2017 20 Sep'17

  Oracle announces simplified pricing model for cloud computing

  Ahead of Oracle’s OpenWorld 2017 event, Larry Ellison announces simplification of cloud pricing, attached to increased automation in database and middleware

• September 15, 2017 15 Sep'17

  Oracle 2017-18 Q1 results: Cloud revenue jumps by 51%

  Oracle’s first quarter 2017-18 results show jump in cloud revenue of 51%, boosted by NetSuite acquisition. Executives continue to be bullish on cloud growth, and the AI makeover of core database is flagged

• September 12, 2017 12 Sep'17

  Riak NoSQL snapped up by Bet365

  Betting firm Bet365 aims to give away enterprise version of Riak NoSQL to the open source community and continue the development of the product

• September 08, 2017 08 Sep'17

  Trainline uses predictive analytics to help rail passengers save money

  Travellers using Trainline’s app can save money on tickets after the introduction of an in-app feature called Price Prediction

• August 31, 2017 31 Aug'17

  App-based challenger bank Starling enters next stage of its journey

  Thousands of people are downloading Starling’s app every week as the bank builds its customer base

• August 10, 2017 10 Aug'17

  CIO interview: Daniel Gebler, chief technology officer, Picnic

  The Netherlands has the highest supermarket density in the world, yet a technology company has been able to gain market share from the established order

• August 07, 2017 07 Aug'17

  TSG 1899 Hoffenheim gets 'faster in the head' with SAP analytics

  TSG 1899 Hoffenheim has been using SAP’s Hana database and applications to speed up players mentally, as well as using SAP Hybris to sell shirts

• July 19, 2017 19 Jul'17

  IBM results show slow transition to new business model

  Cognitive is one of the cornerstones of IBM’s ‘strategic imperatives’, yet building out a portfolio of products and services will take time, IBM’s CFO admits

• July 12, 2017 12 Jul'17

  UK ranked as top 10 digital economy

  The UK has been ranked among the top 10 nations in terms of digital capabilities

• July 10, 2017 10 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

• June 29, 2017 29 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

• June 22, 2017 22 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

• June 20, 2017 20 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

• June 13, 2017 13 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

• June 08, 2017 08 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

• June 08, 2017 08 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

• June 02, 2017 02 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

• June 01, 2017 01 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

• May 30, 2017 30 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

• May 24, 2017 24 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

• May 24, 2017 24 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

• May 23, 2017 23 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

• May 22, 2017 22 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

• May 18, 2017 18 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

• May 16, 2017 16 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

• May 16, 2017 16 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

• May 09, 2017 09 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

• May 08, 2017 08 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

• May 03, 2017 03 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

• April 25, 2017 25 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

• April 24, 2017 24 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

• April 24, 2017 24 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

• April 07, 2017 07 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

• April 05, 2017 05 Apr'17

  Technology investments core to JP Morgan Chase success

  US investment bank is reaping the benefits of its $9.5bn annual technology spend

• April 05, 2017 05 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

• April 04, 2017 04 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

• March 26, 2017 26 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

• March 14, 2017 14 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

• March 10, 2017 10 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

• March 02, 2017 02 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

• February 24, 2017 24 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

• February 20, 2017 20 Feb'17

  Sweden uses Minecraft for urban planning

  Swedish National Land survey has put its maps on Minecraft to promote its work

• February 16, 2017 16 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

• February 15, 2017 15 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

• February 13, 2017 13 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

• February 09, 2017 09 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

• January 31, 2017 31 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

• January 18, 2017 18 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

• January 13, 2017 13 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

• January 11, 2017 11 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