Big data analytics
Big data analytics is the often complex process of examining big data to uncover information -- such as hidden patterns, correlations, market trends and customer preferences -- that can help organizations make informed business decisions.. See complete definition.
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News
20 Nov 2024
Government issues strategic priorities for online safety regulator Ofcom
Technology secretary Peter Kyle sets out the government’s strategic priorities for how Ofcom should approach regulating online safety, including embedding safety by design and supporting innovation in technologies to help protect people online Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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E-Zine
19 Nov 2024
Adventures in AI at Tripadvisor
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we find out how travel site Tripadvisor is embracing AI to offer new products and services to its users. Gartner says the chance of a successful digital project is like ‘flipping a coin’ – we went to its annual IT leadership symposium to ask why. And we examine what companies must do to comply with the EU’s new NIS2 cyber security rules. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
19 Oct 2020
How SATS is streamlining procurement
Singapore-based supplier of ground handling and food services is deploying what it calls ‘touchless procurement’ Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
16 Oct 2020
Serco and Sitel contact-tracing contracts agreed to be penalty-free for underperformance
Penalties for underperformance were not included in NHS contact-tracing contracts with Serco and Sitel, it has emerged from questions to the Department of Health by Conservative MP David Davis Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
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Feature
16 Oct 2020
BI not BS: how businesses are building futures with data analytics
Business intelligence software is finding an intensified mission as companies try to forecast beyond the global Covid-19 health pandemic Continue Reading
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News
15 Oct 2020
How Tokopedia is streamlining incident management
Indonesian e-commerce giant Tokopedia has improved incident management and developer productivity using a cloud-based incident management tool Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
14 Oct 2020
NHS England issues integrated cloud ERP procurement advice call
NHS England is calling on software suppliers for advice concerning the feasibility of moving and integrating its ERP systems in cloud infrastructure Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
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News
08 Oct 2020
CDO interview: Pets at Home uses data analytics to further petcare ‘ecosystem’
Robert Kent, chief data officer for Pets at Home, describes how he has built a data analytics team and technology stack to enhance the petcare company’s understanding of its customers Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
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News
06 Oct 2020
NetSuite CEO Goldberg: Growing in the house of Oracle
NetSuite CEO Evan Goldberg briefs analysts and press on the eve of the supplier’s annual, this year virtual, conference Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
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Feature
06 Oct 2020
UK government coronavirus data flawed and misleading
Government Covid-19 coronavirus data has been a miasma of inexactitude, often basically flawed and misleading Continue Reading
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Feature
06 Oct 2020
GPT3 could revolutionise how business can use AI
OpenAI’s language prediction model that produced an essay could be used to deploy cloud resources and improve the quality of chatbots, among other business use cases Continue Reading
By- Anthony Caruana
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News
05 Oct 2020
Employees overwhelmingly hostile to workplace monitoring tech
The use of workplace surveillance technologies to monitor and track staff working from home has increased hugely since the start of the pandemic, but most workers say it makes them feel uncomfortable Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
05 Oct 2020
Singapore firm rolls out robotic barista
Crown Group’s robotic coffee kiosk, powered by a slew of artificial intelligence capabilities, serves up coffee beverages round the clock without the need for human baristas Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
02 Oct 2020
How a Singapore startup is disrupting logistics management
Portcast’s cloud-based logistics management platform uses machine learning and big data to improve supply chain visibility for logistics companies, shipping lines and manufacturers Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
01 Oct 2020
Wipro and AWS open Sydney innovation centre
The Wipro-AWS Launch Pad will offer in-house technical expertise for Australian businesses as well as a physical studio to spearhead cloud adoption Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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Blog Post
29 Sep 2020
Location intelligence: Geospatial technology’s vital role in the UK’s housing crisis
This is a guest blogpost by Stuart Bonthrone, Chief Executive, Esri UK. The UK’s housing crisis has reached a crunch point over recent years - and it’s now estimated that a massive 345,000 new ... Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
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News
29 Sep 2020
Oracle OpenWorld 2020: Miranda – business model changes are driving turn to cloud
Steve Miranda, who leads Oracle applications development globally, spoke to Computer Weekly ahead of his keynote at the virtual version of OpenWorld. Supply chain management and customer experience are vectors where improvements are being made, he said Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
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News
28 Sep 2020
Government updates data ethics framework
The new data ethics framework was created to better reflect how projects are run in practice after finding there was “little awareness” of the previous framework across the public sector Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
28 Sep 2020
Tibco eyes growth in emerging APAC markets
Tibco’s regional head honcho, Erich Gerber, sees massive potential in Asia’s large population and thirst for technology, including advanced analytics tools that will help businesses glean actionable insights Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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Opinion
25 Sep 2020
Gartner: Balance safety, privacy and productivity when employees return to the workplace
Organisations may decide that data collection can help keep employees safe in a Covid-secure workplace – but employers must consider all the privacy and productivity implications Continue Reading
By- Bart Willemsen, Gartner
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Feature
25 Sep 2020
Business process automation expansion could founder on IT drift from business focus
Business process automation might find new territory to expand into as businesses have become bloated with excess processes since the 2008 crash. But has IT drifted out of business alignment again? Continue Reading
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Feature
24 Sep 2020
Digital safeguarding of physical workspaces can help employees return to 'normal'
Employees across all sectors are putting their trust in data – not just devices – upon their imminent return to physical workspaces Continue Reading
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News
24 Sep 2020
Can banks solve money laundering puzzle through technology?
Banks face a huge challenge in identifying and stopping money laundering without interfering with police investigations Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
24 Sep 2020
Data deluge grips enterprises amid digitisation
Two-thirds of respondents in a new Splunk study expect the quantity of data to grow by nearly five times by 2025 as they embrace more emerging technologies Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
22 Sep 2020
The inside story of Taiwan’s AI whizz
Not content with his stellar achievements in artificial intelligence, Chih-Han Yu wanted to create an impact with his work and formed one of Taiwan’s most important unicorns Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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Podcast
22 Sep 2020
Gender pay gap, undersea datacentre, digital mapping – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In this episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna discuss the gender pay gap, undersea datacentre experimentation and digital mapping Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
- Clare McDonald, Business Editor
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News
21 Sep 2020
CIO interview: Julie Berry of Saffery Champness advances business advisory role for IT
Julie Berry, IT director at accountancy firm Saffery Champness, describes how her team has enhanced its advisory role to the business, in part through the implementation of a cloud-based document management system Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
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News
21 Sep 2020
DBS taps AI and data analytics in intelligent banking move
Singaporean bank has started using artificial intelligence and analytics to provide customers with hyper-personalised insights and recommendations, to win more market share Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
21 Sep 2020
India’s storage market takes hit but hasn’t lost its shine
The slower growth in storage spending in India amid the Covid-19 pandemic is expected to be mitigated by digitisation efforts by financial services and manufacturing firms Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
18 Sep 2020
Open Data Institute explores diverse range of data governance structures
Unlocking the economic and social potential of data will require a diverse range of governance structures to meet the needs of different contexts, use cases and stakeholders Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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Opinion
18 Sep 2020
Data institutions play critical role in solving global social problems
Nigel Shadbolt, co-founder of the Open Data Institute, argues that a new breed of data institutions have a key role to play in unlocking the social and economic value of data Continue Reading
By- Nigel Shadbolt, The Open Data Institute
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News
17 Sep 2020
Government IT leaders on how Covid crisis will shape future delivery
At a TechUK Building the Smarter State event, government IT leaders shared their experience of the coronavirus crisis, and their thinking about how future service delivery will aim to be more joined-up for citizens Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
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Opinion
17 Sep 2020
How to build a smart city from the ruins of Covid-19
The London Data Commission is working to open up data about the capital to help regeneration and growth post-pandemic Continue Reading
By- John Romeo, Oliver Wyman Forum
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E-Zine
17 Sep 2020
CW APAC: Buyer’s guide to business intelligence and data analytics
Businesses today are seeking to discover, interpret, extract and communicate meaningful patterns in data to increase efficiency and better serve their customers. In this handbook, focused on the use of business intelligence and data analytics in the Asia-Pacific region, Computer Weekly looks at some examples of how making sense of data makes good business sense. Continue Reading
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Feature
17 Sep 2020
Covid crisis shifts supply chain management from efficiency to resilience
Supply chain management seems to be changing profoundly as the coronavirus pandemic unfolds, possibly shifting from an economy of efficiency to resilience, harnessing trading networks, machine learning and robotic process automation Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
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News
16 Sep 2020
Lorca security scaleups to get Splunk data expertise
Lorca inducts Splunk onto its co-marketing programme, giving security scaleups access to new data expertise Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
16 Sep 2020
Singapore partners Apple on LumiHealth
Singapore’s Health Promotion Board has developed a programme with Apple to encourage healthy living following a similar partnership with Fitbit last year Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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E-Zine
15 Sep 2020
How data has helped in the fight against coronavirus
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the Office for National Statistics about the important role data plays in the battle against Covid-19. We also look at the speedy deployment of the Scottish contact-tracing app and report on a discussion about the UK government’s delayed response to its digital identity consultation. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
14 Sep 2020
UK’s ‘historic’ trade deal with Japan promises advantages to tech industry, says TechUK
TechUK was among the organisations that have welcome the ‘historic’ trade deal between the UK and Japan that is expected to boost trade by £15bn a year Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
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News
14 Sep 2020
NTT taps data analytics and cloud for Tour de France
NTT’s analytics and cloud capabilities stood up to the test amid crashes and poor weather conditions during the first stage of this year’s Tour de France Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
09 Sep 2020
Coronavirus: APAC organisations speed up innovation
Innovation has become easier than before, with the most innovative organisations expecting to recover from the impact of the pandemic in less than six months, new Microsoft-commissioned study finds Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
09 Sep 2020
Government publishes long-promised national data strategy
The government has published a national data strategy aimed at fostering innovation and increasing economic growth. It will also appoint 10 data fellows each year to work in the orbit of Number 10, and create 500 analyst jobs by 2021 Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
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News
04 Sep 2020
HotelBeds uses API management platform to reduce cost
HotelBeds has switched from its legacy suppler to a licensed service in an effort to reduce API management costs after traffic doubles Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
02 Sep 2020
Weta Digital goes all-in on AWS
New Zealand visual effects studio plans to migrate most of its infrastructure to Amazon Web Services and tap machine learning and analytics to deliver projects more quickly Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
01 Sep 2020
How Bank Mandiri is driving the use of big data analytics
Indonesia’s largest bank has built a big data platform to track transactions and monitor the health of its workforce, among other big data analytics initiatives Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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Definition
31 Aug 2020
Apache Hadoop YARN
Apache Hadoop YARN is the resource management and job scheduling technology in the open source Hadoop distributed processing framework. Continue Reading
By- Craig Stedman, Industry Editor
- Jack Vaughan
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News
31 Aug 2020
How India’s Tata Capital is expanding its digital footprint
Tata Group’s financial services arm has been migrating branch walk-ins and voice calls to self-service digital channels staffed by chatbots as it expands its digital footprint Continue Reading
By- Pratima Harigunani
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News
28 Aug 2020
NHS gets £50m in AI funding for digital pathology
Government funding package focuses on earlier diagnosis of cancer in the West Midlands, north of England and London Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
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News
28 Aug 2020
Office for National Statistics defines better cross-government data linkage
ONS review of data-linking practices across government is consistent with Cummings and Johnson drive to put data in command of government Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
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News
28 Aug 2020
How Citi is democratising access to data
Global financial institution Citi puts people at the centre of its data analytics initiatives and collaborates with users to drive adoption and success Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
27 Aug 2020
Tour de France 2020 fans to get virtual experience delivered by NTT
This year’s Tour de France was delayed because of the Covid-19 pandemic. IT services company NTT has teamed up with event organiser ASO to offer a virtual experience to fans who cannot be at the roadside Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
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E-Zine
27 Aug 2020
CW Nordics: Bergen’s tech hub seeks global success
Norway’s second-largest city, Bergen, is building a tech ecosystem that is beginning its development with a focus on the city’s industrial heritage. Also in this issue, read why now might be the time for businesses to consider how they will invest in outsourcing IT once the Covid-19 pandemic wanes. And read how Norway’s government has had to backtrack on a law that removed tax relief on energy consumption at datacentres that process cryptocurrency mining. Continue Reading
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News
26 Aug 2020
Salesforce Q2 2020: Benioff says crisis will speed growth
Salesforce announces 29% year-on-year revenue growth for the second quarter, and grieves for Dreamforce 2020 Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
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News
26 Aug 2020
CIO interview: Steve Otto, chief technology officer, The R&A
When the coronavirus pandemic caused The Open to be cancelled, The R&A’s tech team took the UK’s flagship golf tournament online Continue Reading
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News
25 Aug 2020
Intel’s DAOS tops the IO500 speed challenge for HPC storage
Following on from Lustre, Intel’s DAOS is an object storage-based system with that is designed specifically for use with Optane for metadata and SSD for bulk storage in HPC environments Continue Reading
By- Yann Serra and Antony Adshead
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Podcast
25 Aug 2020
Gig economy, summer special look-back – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In this summer special episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna look back to pre-lockdown episodes, and reflect on the podcasting experience since. First, they discuss the gig economy through the prism of new bite-sized BBC comedy Mandy Continue Reading
By- Clare McDonald, Business Editor
- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
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E-Zine
25 Aug 2020
When algorithms don’t play fair
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we report on the auditing of algorithms to countervail bias. We examine what CISOs can learn from Covid-19. And in our buyer’s guide to modern software development, we assess how competent artificial intelligence is at building applications that deliver the best possible customer experience. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
24 Aug 2020
How big data is solving future health challenges
An Australian paediatric research institute has started a big data initiative to facilitate early intervention in childhood conditions that may pose problems to people later in life Continue Reading
By- Anthony Caruana
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News
20 Aug 2020
Social media data leak highlights murky world of data scraping
A data brokerage left its database of 235 million Instagram, TikTok and YouTube profiles exposed to anybody who cared to access it Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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News
19 Aug 2020
How Dell is leveraging data to reopen its offices
Dell Technologies has created a real-time dashboard to make sense of data about the Covid-19 coronavirus and safely guide its employees’ return to the workplace Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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Feature
19 Aug 2020
Digital experience management – web content management for the omnichannel age?
Digital experience management represents an evolution of web content management for a more omnichannel commercial world. We explore its definition and applicability Continue Reading
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News
19 Aug 2020
Vodafone builds smart enterprise on SAP S/4 Hana
Holger Grewe, group head of corporate transformation, and Ignacio Garcia, CIO corporate systems, at Vodafone, convey how SAP S/4 Hana has been purposely implemented as part of an ongoing smart enterprise transformation Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
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E-Zine
18 Aug 2020
How Covid-19 elevated the datacentre
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we examine how datacentres and their workers became part of our critical national infrastructure due to the pandemic. Firms considering upgrading to SAP S/4 Hana face hefty bills – we look at how to keep costs down. And we analyse the increasing rate of applications being migrated to the cloud. Continue Reading
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Feature
12 Aug 2020
APAC buyer’s guide to BI and analytics
In this buyer’s guide, we look at the state of adoption of business intelligence and analytics tools, common use cases and other technology and business considerations Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
06 Aug 2020
Footballers to take legal action over use of performance and tracking data
Planned lawsuit will argue that the use of players’ statistics by third-party companies is incompatible with footballers’ data rights Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
06 Aug 2020
Spurring digitalisation in Singapore’s tourism sector
The Singapore Tourism Board has developed a digital pass and an analytics service, among other initiatives, to digitalise the city-state’s embattled tourism industry Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
05 Aug 2020
Home Office drops ‘racist’ visa algorithm
The Home Secretary has pledged to stop using an algorithmic decision-making system to assess visa applications after migrant welfare and technology justice groups challenged the tool for helping to create a hostile environment for migrants Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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News
05 Aug 2020
Nokia to set up robotics lab at Indian Institute of Science
The Nokia Centre of Excellence for Networked Robotics will explore the use of drones, advanced communications and artificial intelligence in agriculture and industrial automation, among other applications Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
05 Aug 2020
Inside Juniper’s radical IT transformation
Western Australia’s aged care provider Juniper embarked on an aggressive strategy to completely transform its IT operations in just two years Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
31 Jul 2020
ICO launches guidance on AI and data protection
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published guidance aimed at rendering the application of machine learning to data compliant with data protection principles Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
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News
31 Jul 2020
IFS CEO Darren Roos: Customer investment in cloud and digital has held up during Covid
Business applications supplier’s chief executive tells Computer Weekly that business has been surprisingly good during the coronavirus crisis Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
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Feature
29 Jul 2020
Five on-premise and cloud options for network-attached storage
We look at five options for file access storage, from ‘traditional’ NAS in a standalone appliance to distributed hybrid cloud file storage and NAS cloud gateways Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Opinion
29 Jul 2020
Taking back control of government data mustn’t leave the public in the dark
Boris Johnson has quietly transferred control over government data to Number 10, without explaining why. The public deserves more involvement in how their personal data is being used, says Labour Continue Reading
By- Chi Onwurah, Labour
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News
28 Jul 2020
Why supply chain visibility is key to APAC retailers
Having complete visibility over the supply chain will enable retailers to tide over the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and transform their businesses Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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Blog Post
28 Jul 2020
Data-driven digital transformation: five technology initiatives for the age of Covid-19
This is a guest blogpost by Rich Pugh, co-founder and chief data scientist, Mango Solutions The things we do not know about Covid-19 seem almost endless. There are no clear answers yet to some of ... Continue Reading
By- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
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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
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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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
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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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
By- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
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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
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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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
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
- Clare McDonald, Business Editor
- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
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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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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
By- David Lutton
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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
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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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
By- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
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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
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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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
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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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
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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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
By- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
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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
By- Caroline Carruthers
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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
By- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
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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
By- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
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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
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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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
By- Oliver Dowden, HM Government
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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
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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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
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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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
By- Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly
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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
By- Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications
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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
By- Rob Bamforth, Timefort