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Oracle Promises Arrival Of More Blockchain Products
May will see arrival of more Oracle products utilising Blockchain digital-ledger tech
Majority Of British Businesses Unprepared for GDPR
Less than a month before GDPR, majority of UK businesses remain unaware of data processing law
TSB Boss Apologises For Online Banking Meltdown
IT upgrade chaos as data transfer of millions of customer records, results in customers locked out of their accounts
AI Needs Ethics Code, Says House Of Lords
UK is uniquely positioned to shape the development of artificial intelligence, but code of ethics is needed so it benefits mankind
Groups Hit YouTube With Complaint Over Data Gathering On Kids
Groups allege that YouTube violates child protection laws by collection personal data of minors
Facebook’s Sandberg Admits ‘A Few’ Advertisers Have Paused Spending
Social network is ‘systematically’ looking at how people’s data is used by others, and aims to be ‘more restrictive’
Zuckerberg Admits Mistakes As Data Harvesting Rises To 87 Million
My mistake says Zuckerberg after Cambridge Analytica data sharing scandal rises to 87 million people
Apple Hires Google’s Former AI Boss
Boost for Siri as Apple poaches the former head of Google’s artificial intelligence efforts John Giannandrea
Quarter Of IT Leaders Unsure Of Regulatory Compliance Needs
Managing compliance is above the pay-grade of humble IT management, Pulsant survey finds
SAP Admits ‘Misconduct’ In South African Deals
An internal investigation of the German software giant’s South African public sector deals has uncovered ‘indications of misconduct’
Facebook Says No Russian Interference In UK Brexit Vote
No evidence the Russians used social media to influence British vote to exit European Union, says Facebook
WhatsApp Yet To Resolve EU Data Sharing Concerns
Irish data regulator confirms WhatsApp has still not proposed measures to settle European data sharing concerns
HP-Autonomy Fraud Trial Begins In US
US prosecutors allege ‘accountancy tricks’ by former Autonomy CFO, but he points to disastrous HP management
Samsung Targets Enterprise Storage With 30TB SSD
Solid state disk with whopping 30TB capacity begins production run at Samsung factories
MongoDB 4.0 To Offer Multi-Document ACID Transactions
No need to choose relational databases anymore, says MongoDB, with upcoming addition of ACID transactions
Government Urges Businesses To Prep For Tougher Data Protection Law
Lock down that data! Charities and businesses warned to prepare for implement of Data Protection Bill
IT LIFE: Matt Starr, Spectra Logic CTO
Matt Starr talks about the future of storage, the IoT and why he would be making wine if he wasn’t in IT
Samsung Starts Mass Production Of 512GB Flash Chip
That is a lot of photos. Samsung begins mass production of 512GB storage chip for mobile devices
IBM Touts AI Credentials Of New POWER9 Server
Developers can build AI applications quicker thanks to new and more powerful big iron from IBM
IT LIFE: Simon Williams, NTT Data
NTT DATA UK CEO Simon Williams talks us through his career, including the integration of Orange and T-Mobile, and why wine would be an alternative career
HPE Teams Up With ABB To Create Industrial IT
HPE DISCOVER: HPE’s enterprise technology and ABB’s industrial smarts will be combined to help businesses make more of their data
Why Object Storage Can Be Optimal For AI, Machine Learning Workloads
Here is why AI and ML applications demand the data management capabilities supplied by enterprise object storage solutions
Report Praises British Data Expertise But Warns Of Brexit Challenges
New report from data businesses praises British data expertise and government, and also predicts post-Brexit productivity boost
Microsoft Power BI Desktop Now More Accommodating Of Big Data Sources
In the November 2017 update to Power BI Desktop, the company adds more options to help users gain insights faster from massive or slow sources of data.
Microsoft’s Digital Transformation Missive Is A Slow-Burn Evolutionary Strategy
OPINION: Microsoft’s keeps providing the tools for genuinely useful digital transformation rather than touting tired disruption rhetoric.
On & Off The Pitch: How Fan Data Is Keeping Real Madrid The Kings Of Europe
IN-DEPTH: Real Madrid understands each of its fans more than at any other time in its history. Here’s how this can help it dominate European football
Teradata Adds Sophisticated New Capabilities To Its Analytics
Teradata is providing a package that solves the problem enterprises have of stitching together all the required software to manage an analytical ecosystem from multiple sources and vendors
Native American Tribe Sues Microsoft For Patent Violation
Are ‘patent trolls’ now exploiting sovereign immunity for native Americans with latest lawsuits?
Google DeepMind AI No Longer Needs Humans To Learn
Skynet anyone? DeepMind’s Go-playing artificial intelligence system can now learn without human assistance