Information management

CW Nordics: Copenhagen woos tech startups

Copenhagen offers all the advantages startups need to get off the ground and many are setting up with the intention of staying there for the long haul. Also read how shipping giant Maersk is employing a cloud-first strategy to disrupt competition and build innovation, and why three Finnish banks are sharing a core IT platform. Continue Reading

Almost 40% of UK tech talent resides in London bubble

Despite cities around the UK being home to a multitude of tech talent, the London bubble still prevails, with a majority of those with digital skills collecting in the capital Continue Reading

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• Clare McDonald, Business Editor

Enterprise data marketplace aims to ease self-service chaos

Self-service data preparation can duplicate work and slow down analytics. One possible fix: an internal marketplace where users can 'shop' for data assets. Continue Reading

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• Craig Stedman, Industry Editor

Myriota and Optus sign deal on IoT connectivity

Myriota and Optus Business will leverage each other’s connectivity and network footprint to help Australia’s industries connect up internet of things sensors in remote areas Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Australian firm to debut smart cricket ball

With the cloud-connected ball and machine learning, amateur cricket players will soon be able to analyse their bowls and improve their game Continue Reading

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• Beverley Head

How to unlock the true value of data

With a robust data architecture in place, a firm’s data science team can turn raw data into business insight Continue Reading

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• Christian Annesley

How to deploy NVMe flash storage for artificial intelligence

We run the rule over NVMe flash as a storage choice for AI applications and the key decision points in form factor and hardware specification Continue Reading

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• Eric Ebert

Cloud demand fuels 18% rise in colocation M&A activity in first half of 2019

Merger and acquisition activity in colocation market leaps as demand for cloud continues to reshape the enterprise and hyperscale datacentre landscape Continue Reading

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• Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK

Melbourne researchers uncover privacy lapses in transport dataset

A team of University of Melbourne researchers has been able to re-identify individuals from a public transport dataset, raising serious privacy, safety and security issues Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Podcast: The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload – Episode 28

In this week’s episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Brian McKenna, Caroline Donnelly and Clare McDonald talk about tech problems at BA, the US government’s JEDI cloud project, 3D printing and the death of MapR Continue Reading

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• Clare McDonald, Business Editor

Microsoft teams up with India’s Jio in cloud push

Microsoft and Indian telecoms giant Jio will deliver cloud infrastructure services through two new datacentres being built in Gujarat and Maharashtra Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Malaysian transport ministry calls for use of technology to solve traffic challenges

The Malaysian government wants to tap telematics, IoT and other nascent technologies to improve road safety and ease traffic congestion Continue Reading

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• Edwin Yapp

SailGP: bringing sailing to a new audience with technology

Oracle founder Larry Ellison is bankrolling SailGP, a new high-performance yacht racing series that aims to use data analytics to attract a global audience to the sport Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Liberty Steel forges future growth with Infor

Steelmaker is using cloud-delivered software from Infor to stoke its growth, replacing SAP systems provided by its former parent, Tata Steel Europe Continue Reading

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• Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications

What's behind the Domo machine learning tool Did You Know

Domo's Did You Know feature uses machine learning algorithms to automatically pull analytics information out of data sets for business users. Here's how it works. Continue Reading

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• Donald Farmer, TreeHive Strategy

MapR collapse into HPE harbinger of big data tech trough of despair?

The collapse of big data pioneer MapR into HPE could be the fate of an also-ran. But might it also be a sign of the crash of a Hadoop-related meteor shower that included Hortonworks and Cloudera? Continue Reading

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• Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications

Rolls-Royce uses IFS to provide real-time operational data

Aero engine maker is using IFS Maintenix to gather engine data and push out software updates Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

The Enterprise Data Fabric: an information architecture for our times

This is a guest blogpost by Sean Martin, CTO and co-founder, Cambridge Semantics The post-big data landscape has been shaped by two emergent, intrinsically related forces: the predominance of ... Continue Reading

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• Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications

Oracle Generation 2 cloud service to debut in Australia

The Sydney Generation 2 cloud region will be delivered from a new datacentre to meet demand for Oracle’s cloud infrastructure and autonomous database services in Australia Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

APAC buyer’s guide to human capital management software

More Asia-Pacific organisations are turning to HCM software to recruit, engage and retain a new breed of employees who increasingly expect personalised services from HR teams Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

First Bus blends Infor asset management with SAP core ERP

When First Bus decided to upgrade its asset management and maintenance systems, it avoided senior management’s first choice, SAP, which provides its main business systems, and plumped for Infor Continue Reading

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• Lindsay Clark

Enhancing business purpose with privacy compliance

Computer Weekly looks at the importance of building on basic GDPR compliance and making privacy a key foundation of business culture Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Data ethics issues create minefields for analytics teams

Organizations have to map out ethical boundaries for data mining and analytics applications, according to participants in a roundtable discussion on data and ethics. Continue Reading

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• Craig Stedman, Industry Editor

Developing innovative security analytics approaches in the digital age

With security threats growing in scale and complexity, security analytics provide a way for IT teams to stay one step ahead of cyber attackers. The challenge is to ensure this technology continues to be effective in the face of new security challenges Continue Reading

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• Nicholas Fearn

Malaysian state investment fund adopts Alibaba Cloud

Permodalan Nasional chooses Alibaba Cloud for hybrid cloud architecture to boost speed to market and gain scalability Continue Reading

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• Edwin Yapp

London Stock Exchange agrees to acquire Refinitiv for £22bn

The London Stock Exchange has agreed to a multi-billion pound takeover of data giant Refinitiv Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

How Singapore’s NTUC Enterprise is embracing digital transformation

NTUC Enterprise is starting to look more like a technology company, employing DevOps to speed up software development and developing new digital business models even as cultural barriers to transformation remain Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

A tale of two smart cities: Manchester and Australia’s Casey

How local government needs to focus on immediate returns, not pie in the sky, for a smart city agenda Continue Reading

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• Marc Ambasna-Jones

SQL Server database design best practices and tips for DBAs

Good database design is a must to meet processing needs in SQL Server systems. In a webinar, consultant Koen Verbeeck offered advice on how to make that happen. Continue Reading

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• Lindsay Moore

Digital takes the racing line in Formula One

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the CIO of Formula One racing team Haas F1 to find out how technology is helping to compete with better-funded rivals. We examine the latest best practice advice on disaster planning. And we look at what the troubles at Deutsche Bank tell us about the rise of fintech startups. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Chief data officers urged to master product management

Webscale businesses are data-driven. Data drives new application areas and fuels product development – and businesses will need a similar strategy, says analyst Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

London Stock Exchange eyes £22bn acquisition of Refinitiv to expand data capabilities

The London Stock Exchange is looking at a huge tech acquisition to provide customers access to a wealth of data services built using the latest technologies Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

SQL Server in Azure database choices and what they offer users

SQL Server databases can be moved to the Azure cloud in several different ways. Here's what you'll get from each of the options for migrating SQL Server to Azure. Continue Reading

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• Michael Otey

Better payroll automation is next frontier for HR software

Traditionally, companies have treated payroll as a cost centre, and so it has lagged behind the likes of talent management. But if you don’t pay the talent on time, you will pay a price Continue Reading

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• Cath Everett

Why empathy is key for Data Science initiatives

This is a guest blogpot by Kasia Kulma, a senior data scientist at Mango Solutions When we think of empathy in a career, we perhaps think of a nurse with a good bedside manner, or perhaps a ... Continue Reading

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• Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications

Zuckerberg responsible for Facebook privacy compliance after $5bn FTC fine

Facebook pays record fine after breaching users’ privacy, following settlements with Federal Trade Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin and Sebastian Klovig Skelton

HPE reiterates focus on edge computing

Enterprise technology bigwig HPE is trumpeting its ability to help companies better manage edge workloads, claiming that its purchase of Aruba has been its most successful acquisition Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Analytics and GDPR compliance: How to achieve it

Mathieu Gorge, CEO of Vigitrust, looks at technologies such as pseudonymisation that can help organisations stay GDPR-compliant while gaining value from analytics on customer data Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

CDEI publishes reports on online targeting and bias in algo decisions

Recommendations due in late 2019 and early 2020 from Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation’s work on online targeting and bias in algorithmic decision-making Continue Reading

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• Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications

How AntWorks is addressing the pitfalls of RPA

The Singapore-based startup hopes to lower the cost of deploying and maintaining robotic process automation technology with a platform that combines machine learning and data processing capabilities Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

How tech leads local government innovation in Vienna, Helsinki and Belfast

Digital leaders in the cities of Vienna, Helsinki and Belfast are innovating new services to help citizens and local economies Continue Reading

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• SA Mathieson

Singapore shores up data protection capabilities

The Singapore government has developed a skills framework for data protection officers and is looking to certify organisations under a regional cross-border privacy rules system Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Alan Turing to be face of new £50 note

Computing pioneer and code-breaker Alan Turing is to be featured on the new polymer £50 note Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Organisations turn to AI in race against cyber attackers

Businesses are racing to automate their defences as hackers and nation states launch increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

GPU analytics speeds up deep learning, other data insights

GPU-based systems have become a popular platform for deep learning applications, and they're now also being used to accelerate analysis of IoT and geospatial data. Continue Reading

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• David A. Teich

Cloud cost implications of the 5 V's of big data

Moving analytics to the cloud opens a lot of doors for users, but only if they keep costs in check and understand the 5 V's of big data -- volume, variety, velocity, veracity and value. Continue Reading

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• Will Kelly

APAC IoT adoption improves amid challenges

More enterprises across the region are using the internet of things to track fleet vehicles and improve operations, but technology integration and security concerns are still holding back widespread adoption Continue Reading

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• Edwin Yapp

CW Middle East: SAP drives digital transformation for Saudi Arabian auto company

The automotive division of Saudi Arabia’s Abdul Latif Jameel Company (ALJC) has completed one of the biggest SAP projects ever undertaken in the automotive distribution sector. Also in this issue, read about Dubai-based delivery app Fetchr’s bid to become one of the largest tech companies in the Middle East, and how a UAE startup is using digital technology to simplify medical appointment bookings. Continue Reading

How ASEAN firms are turning data into critical assets

From enabling consumers to track their energy consumption to improving business operations, businesses in ASEAN are starting to put their data to good use Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

AI and big data go perfectly together -- sometimes

The combination of big data and AI tools enables new forms of analytics and automation, but use of the technologies in enterprise applications is still evolving. Continue Reading

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• Anthony Scriffignano, Ph.D.

Universities use data analytics to tackle student mental health

UK universities turn to data analytics software to tackle student mental health. Are there duty of care lessons for other sectors? Continue Reading

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• SA Mathieson

TfL launches wireless device tracking to gather Tube data

Transport for London aims to use passenger movement data to make using the London Underground a more pleasant experience Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

CIO interview: Lee Wilmore, data intelligence director, TI Media

The media company formerly know as Time Inc. UK has put data at the heart of its business strategy, integrating silos of information to bring greater value to the business Continue Reading

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• Mark Samuels

Why PSD2 adoption in the Netherlands is lagging behind

The Netherlands appears to be falling behind in open banking, even though the Dutch are digitally proficient and are often early adopters of new technology. What is going on? Continue Reading

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• Kim Loohuis

APAC firms in developed markets warm up to cloud ERP

A majority of large enterprises in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore are planning to move their financial applications to the cloud within a year Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Tableau vs. Power BI vs. Qlik: Comparing BI software choices

Tableau, Power BI and Qlik Sense offer similar self-service BI functionality, consultant Rick Sherman says. But he points to some of their strengths and weaknesses. Continue Reading

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• Craig Stedman, Industry Editor

DWP data hub develops prototype skills recommendation engine

Machine learning algorithm on Microsoft Azure identifies associated skills, based on the skills specified in online job adverts Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Podcast: The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload – Episode 22

In this week’s episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Brian McKenna, Caroline Donnelly and Clare McDonald talk about digital transformation in the NHS, Sky’s efforts to get more women working in tech and how big businesses could be risking extinction by ignoring IT Continue Reading

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• Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK

Forward-thinking companies are listening to employees

Technologies and programmes amplifying employees’ voices gain interest among companies keen to keep staff loyal and motivated Continue Reading

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• Cath Everett

Facebook’s privacy game – how Zuckerberg backtracked on promises to protect personal data

Facebook promised its users privacy then quietly abandoned its promises in pursuit of profits. Now it faces antitrust regulation Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin and Sebastian Klovig Skelton

The Great Eastern way to digital transformation

Regional insurance company Great Eastern has rolled out a new digital platform to better serve customers while morphing its DNA from the inside out Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

PostgreSQL database specialist EnterpriseDB gets new backing

EnterpriseDB is looking to push its database further with help from new financial backers. The deal sees Postgres originator Michael Stonebraker coming onboard as technical adviser. Continue Reading

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• Jack Vaughan

Data modeling techniques to overcome common business challenges

In this interview, author and data modeling instructor Steve Hoberman discusses techniques for dealing with challenges that may arise in the data modeling process. Continue Reading

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• Hannah Pullen-Blasnik

How privacy could breathe new life into personalisation

As much of the advertising technology used by marketers to deliver personalised content online is deemed unlawful, there are signs regulation could actually be a win-win for both consumers and business – as long as the industry embraces change Continue Reading

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• Jim Mortleman

Oracle Analytics Cloud update unifies BI products, pricing

Oracle Analytics Cloud now offers a consistent UI and all-in-one pricing for Oracle's analytics tools. But an on-premises BI update is also on the way for cloud holdouts. Continue Reading

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• Craig Stedman, Industry Editor

Why database admins should embrace automation

There are certain functions in database administration, that are good candidates for automation. These are the nuts and bolts of the job - like how to partition the storage, what happens if a disk ... Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Moscow’s 2019 Startup Village rewards innovation

Moved to a bigger site, Moscow’s annual Startup Village continues to expand, with interest from large corporates growing Continue Reading

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• Vladimir Kozlov

Big companies face extinction unless they use IT better

Better use of IT could add £100bn to the British economy, says a CBI report into UK big business Continue Reading

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• Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications

DBS Bank goes big on open source

Besides using a slew of open source software, DBS Bank is looking to contribute some of its own projects to the open source community in future Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Unstructured data compliance: Obstacles and solutions

Stored unstructured data could be a black hole full of unknown risk. We look at the key dangers to compliance in unstructured data and some ways of mitigating the risks Continue Reading

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• Stephen Pritchard

ASEAN CIOs learn to navigate the data economy

A group of IT leaders in Southeast Asia will converge in Edinburgh this July to delve deeper into issues that have been holding back efforts to become better data-driven organisations Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

How APAC CIOs are driving AI projects

IT leaders at a Computer Weekly roundtable say they are grappling with compute bottlenecks and explainable artificial intelligence even as chatbots and other AI projects are being rolled out in full swing Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Oracle results: Revenue flat, cloud progress claimed

Full-year 2018-19 results show revenue flat to slight, but executives claim cloud headway and progress on autonomous database uptake Continue Reading

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• Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications

How to create Oracle Multitenant database user accounts

Database administrator Brian Peasland outlines the process of creating users in an Oracle Multitenant environment and details new views in the Oracle data dictionary. Continue Reading

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• Brian Peasland

UK government pushes data-driven agenda

A smart data report has been published with consultations under way, while an open call for evidence has been launched to help shape the national data plan Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

How Carsales cuts through the noise in incident response

The Australian firm is using PagerDuty to sieve through a sea of alerts from various alerting systems that notify operations staff of customer and IT issues Continue Reading

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• Stuart Kennedy

Tableau sticking to data mission under Salesforce

Tableau President and CEO Adam Selipsky told the company’s European user conference in Berlin that Salesforce acquisition will not affect its mission of “seeing and understanding data” Continue Reading

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• Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications

Data virtualization use cases cover more integration tasks

In a Q&A, Gartner analyst Mark Beyer discusses user adoption of data virtualization software and the wider data integration uses that the technology is now handling. Continue Reading

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• Craig Stedman, Industry Editor

AI storage: Machine learning, deep learning and storage needs

Artificial intelligence workloads impact storage, with NVMe flash needed for GPU processing at the highest levels of performance – and there are other choices right through the AI data lifecycle Continue Reading

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• Stephen Pritchard

CW Europe: Why are Dutch companies slow to take advantage of the IoT?

Many organisations in the Netherlands are missing out on the benefits of the internet of things because they lack awareness of its potential. Also read why construction of Apple's first non-US datacentre has halted in Denmark, and why some scientists have raised questions about the effects of 5G mobile phone radiation on public health. Continue Reading

Budgets for customer experience projects grow, but more are stalling

Organisations are spending on advanced analytics to improve customer experience Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Gartner: Blockchain lacks functionality needed by enterprise

Gartner has found there is generally a lack of understanding of how blockchain can be used in the enterprise Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Culture secretary Wright hails Tech Nation AI growth programme at CogX

Jeremy Wright, DCMS secretary of state, urges artificial intelligence tech firm founders to step forward for Tech Nation’s Applied AI growth programme, while McKinsey offers qualified endorsement of UK AI optimism Continue Reading

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• Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications

Oracle and The World Bee Project expand partnership following trials

Trials of ‘smart hive’ technology have enabled The World Bee Project to collect billions of data points about the health and activity of honey bees, for scientific research and conservation efforts Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Salesforce buys Tableau to add self-service analytics to CRM

Salesforce is set to buy business intelligence data visualisation pioneer Tableau as it seeks to amplify its customer analytics capability Continue Reading

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• Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications

CIO interview: John Finch, Refinitiv

Refinitiv CIO John Finch says finding people with the right level of data science skills is his biggest challenge Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Google buys Looker to deepen enterprise software arsenal

Google is set to buy business intelligence platform supplier Looker as it beefs up its cloud enterprise software stack Continue Reading

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• Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications

APAC to lead global IoT spending

Asia-Pacific is slated to become the top market for the internet of things as the region scales up the use of connected devices in key sectors such as manufacturing Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Komprise to add Deep Analytics to unstructured data management

New functionality will allow customers to create and interrogate virtual data set from potentially petabytes of unstructured data across multiple shares and physical storage Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Big tech chiefs boycott parliamentarians investigating citizens’ privacy

An International Grand Committee on Big Data, Privacy and Democracy considers whether failure to protect citizens’ privacy constitutes grounds for anti-trust regulation against Facebook and other big tech companies Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Emirates NBD builds bank of future with Amazon Web Services

UAE bank is accessing the latest technology through a close relationship with IT giant Amazon Web Services Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Why the real value of AI in business is in automating backend tasks

For all the hype around artificial intelligence (AI), and the excitement around some of its potential – personal assistants that develop a personality, robot-assisted micro surgery, etc. – it is ... Continue Reading

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• Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications

Sainsbury’s Bank moves data to AWS cloud with Teradata UDA

Bank decided on a fundamental shift to AWS cloud, using Teradata’s Unified Data Architecture, after it was divested from Lloyds in 2013. Here’s how it built from a new ground zero. Continue Reading

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• Lindsay Clark

How Alibaba Cloud plans to win over APAC enterprises

The Chinese cloud supplier is counting on data analytics, industry-specific offerings and its knowledge of the China market to gain a foothold in the Asia-Pacific region Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

MapR's future in jeopardy, layoffs loom

It's right there in a MapR letter to California's labor department: A leader in the Hadoop market is desperately seeking funding after poor sales of its promising data platform. Continue Reading

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• Jack Vaughan

Facebook loses bid to halt European court decision on EU-US data sharing

Irish Supreme Court dismisses attempt by Facebook to prevent the European Court of Justice considering the validity of US-EU data transfers, after Austrian lawyer Max Schrems argued that they put the privacy of EU citizens at risk Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

How AI helps protect Japan’s road system from subsidence

Tokyo-based Kawasaki Geological Engineering is using Fujitsu’s Zinrai artificial intelligence system to develop a solution to erosion causing subsidence and sinkholes on Japan’s road network Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

AI struggles with data silos and executive misconceptions

Bosses don’t seem to understand that artificial intelligence needs good data management and a different understanding of end goals compared with traditional IT Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Salesforce completes Pardot fix after 12 days’ disruption

Plug was pulled on 17 May after a data script went wrong. Most users have had full access since 18 May, but 10 services remained down Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Norway’s autonomous ships point to new horizons

Norway is a pioneer in the autonomisation of shipping, which conveys environmental benefits as well as efficiency gains – but human mariners are likely to stay on board for a while yet Continue Reading

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• SA Mathieson