It’s almost become a cliché to say that data is the lifeblood of the modern enterprise. However, Claire Thompson, group chief data and analytics officer (CDAO) at financial services firm L&G, says data has always been crucial to big firms. What’s changed during the past few years, particularly in her sector, is a recognition of…
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Following the sinking of his luxury yacht on Monday, Reuters has reported that the body of tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch has been recovered.Lynch was among six people who have been confirmed to have died when the yacht sank after being hit by a sea tornado, known as a waterspout, in the early hours of Monday…
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The way organisations store, manage and analyse data will always be a challenging issue given the constant assault of data on corporate IT systems. It’s as though IT teams are always playing catch-up. According to Veritas, the average company stores around 10PB (petabytes) of data – equating to around 23 billion files – 52% of…
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The Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) has upped its data personnel budget to £5.37m over the course of the past 12 months, according to data obtained by a Freedom of Information (FOI) request. The information, acquired and analysed by artificial intelligence (AI)-powered data management provider Ataccama, confirmed a total of 97 personnel, working…
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When Lewis Hamilton crossed the finish line for his emotional win in the 2024 British Grand Prix at Silverstone, there would have been a good few fist pumps from the IT team at his Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One team. While fans focus on the race engineers that helped get the Mercedes car back to the…
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Tech companies across Europe are suffering from a worrying lack of skills in artificial intelligence (AI) and cyber, according to research by Computer Weekly. The annual Computer Weekly/TechTarget IT salary surveyasked IT workers the areas of their organisations where skills are lacking to a problematic degree, with cyber and AI topping the list. Almost 40%…
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For Lyndsay Weir, the key to success with data analytics is getting to the “so what?”, beyond the charts and spreadsheets. “You need to understand what business question is and you need to get to the action. I say this to my teams, but whenever they produce anything, a report, a tool, a dashboard, my…
With artificial intelligence (AI) the recurring theme of the Domino Data RevX 2024 London event that took place on 13 June, training with real users and separating AI from IT infrastructure were revealed as areas IT leaders recognise as best practices. IT leaders have plenty of choices when implementing AI to improve business processes. They…
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Sophie Gallay, global data and client IT director at Etam, has been busy since joining the French retailer at the start of 2023. From establishing the foundations for data-led change to investigating the potential of artificial intelligence (AI), Gallay grabbed the opportunity to join a business exploring information and insight. “There was pretty much everything…
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HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has significantly increased its spending on data science expertise, according to figures revealed by a Freedom of Information (FoI) request. The FoI findings have been analysed by the Parliament Street think tank, who have been investigating the data capabilities of the department over the past three financial years. The FoI request…
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