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How smart can a smart city be?

How smart can a smart city be?

Distributed acoustic sensing technology is the invisible backbone of smart cities, making them even better August 2021, Hampshire, En..

France’s Vivendi sells 2.9% of Universal to Pershing Square for $1.15 billion

France’s Vivendi sells 2.9% of Universal to Pershing Square for $1.15 billion

PARIS (Reuters) – Billionaire hedge fund manager William Ackman’s Pershing Square fund has committed to acquire an additio..

Rising cloud misconfigurations putting businesses at risk of breaches

Rising cloud misconfigurations putting businesses at risk of breaches

By: Story Tweedie-Yates, Senior Director of Product, Aqua Security Cloud adoption has accelerated exponentially over the p..

Hybrid IT: Three pillars that underpin success

Hybrid IT: Three pillars that underpin success

By: Leon Godwin, Principal Cloud Evangelist for EMEA at Sungard Availability Services There have been a range of responses..

Millbry Hill Saddles Up For Unbridled Growth With Brightpearl

Millbry Hill Saddles Up For Unbridled Growth With Brightpearl

The UK’s leading independent country store, Millbry Hill, has become the latest top brand to harness the power of automating post-purc..

Shoppers Are Flocking to a New Digital ‘Hood. What Does This Mean For Retail?

Shoppers Are Flocking to a New Digital ‘Hood. What Does This Mean For Retail?

By Derek O’Carroll, CEO, Brightpearl.  During the pandemic, much like our working lives and our socialising, retail had to..

Smart Tech for Small Business

Smart Tech for Small Business

By Ben Sorensen– Voice Artist, Writer, Producer, Presenter & Event Host I’m going to say this a bit… Lockdown S..

EIG Global Energy Partners submits offer for Petrobras pipelines in Brazil, source says

EIG Global Energy Partners submits offer for Petrobras pipelines in Brazil, source says

By Gram Slattery RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – U.S. private equity firm EIG Global Energy Partners submitted a binding offer worth ..

MAINTAINING STANDARDS IN AGILE WORKING

MAINTAINING STANDARDS IN AGILE WORKING

By Tony Wills, Country Director, Document Solutions, Canon UK & Ireland Over the past 18 months, people have transform..

The Active Directory Health Check 90% of Businesses Need to Take

The Active Directory Health Check 90% of Businesses Need to Take

By Carolyn Crandall, chief security advocate at Attivo Networks   Nine out of ten businesses in the Global Fortune 1000 us..

3 Benefits of a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

3 Benefits of a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

By Dominik Birgelen, CEO of oneclick AG A Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is not a new concept. The term was first coined in 2006..

Monoliths vs Microservices: For E-Commerce Brands It’s Decision Time

Monoliths vs Microservices: For E-Commerce Brands It’s Decision Time

By: Derek O’Carroll, CEO, Brightpearl.  Modern e-commerce brands are operating in an environment unlike any we’ve ever seen.  As new t..

Do all employees now need to be data scientists?

Do all employees now need to be data scientists?

By: Chris D’Agostino, Global Principal Technologist Databricks  Data is now in the driving seat for the majority of roles ..

How to use social media to increase sales and footfall

How to use social media to increase sales and footfall

Toby Britton, co-founder of Miappi If I asked you to think of an example of good social media marketing, what would come to mind? Woul..

The future of the connected business

The future of the connected business

By Richard Simmons, Logicalis Group VP of Technology – IoT  Before the pandemic, the arguments for digital-first, hybrid workplaces we..

Solving the growing enterprise data dilemma

Solving the growing enterprise data dilemma

By Danny Sandwell, data governance strategist at Quest  Danny Sandwell, data governance strategist at Quest Organisations ..

Help for Heroes: Changing Lives and Retail Platforms

Help for Heroes: Changing Lives and Retail Platforms

In 2007, Bryn and Emma Parry co-founded the British charity Help for Heroes.  They set themselves one objective, to help those who ha..

S.Korea parliament committee votes to curb Google, Apple commission dominance

S.Korea parliament committee votes to curb Google, Apple commission dominance

SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean parliamentary committee voted early on Wednesday to recommend amending a law, a key step toward..

S.Korea parliament committee votes to curb Google, Apple commission dominance

S.Korea parliament committee votes to curb Google, Apple commission dominance

SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean parliamentary committee voted early on Wednesday to recommend amending a law, a key step toward..

Instagram rolls out ads on Shop tab globally

Instagram rolls out ads on Shop tab globally

By Sheila Dang (Reuters) – Instagram will launch advertising on its Shop feature globally, the Facebook Inc-owned app said on ..

McDonald’s milkshakes off the British menu after supply chain issues

McDonald’s milkshakes off the British menu after supply chain issues

LONDON (Reuters) – McDonald’s said it had taken milkshakes and bottled drinks off the menu at all of its British restauran..

UK economic growth slowed again in August as post-lockdown shortages bite – PMI

UK economic growth slowed again in August as post-lockdown shortages bite – PMI

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s post-lockdown economic bounce-back slowed sharply in August as companies struggled with unpre..

Shares in UK chain Sainsbury’s jump 11% on report of buyout interest

Shares in UK chain Sainsbury’s jump 11% on report of buyout interest

(Reuters) – Shares in Sainsbury’s jumped 11% to a three-year high on Monday after a report over the weekend said private e..

Factbox-How Big Tech is faring against U.S. lawsuits and probes

Factbox-How Big Tech is faring against U.S. lawsuits and probes

(Reuters) – Big Tech platforms Facebook Inc and Google have been hit with a series of antitrust lawsuits by the U.S. federal gov..

Musk says Tesla will launch prototype of humanoid robot next year

Musk says Tesla will launch prototype of humanoid robot next year

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk on Thursday said it will probably launch the prototype of a humanoid robot cal..

DoubleVerify and MoPub Launch Expanded Partnership, Bringing DV’s Comprehensive Fraud Protection Capabilities to MoPub Marketplace

DoubleVerify and MoPub Launch Expanded Partnership, Bringing DV’s Comprehensive Fraud Protection Capabilities to MoPub Marketplace

DV will provide sophisticated in-app fraud protection to combat invalid traffic across MoPub’s exchange, supporting quality and perfor..

Coursera for Business Launches Leadership Academy to Deliver World-Class Management Training at Scale

Coursera for Business Launches Leadership Academy to Deliver World-Class Management Training at Scale

Helps develop strategy, change management, and human skills needed to thrive in a hybrid work environment LONDON, UK – Coursera,..

Why Latin America Chose Biometric Authentication for Payment Cards

Why Latin America Chose Biometric Authentication for Payment Cards

By Gilles P. Roux, Head of Payments Business Americas at Fingerprints Profile photo of Gilles P. RouxIn June 2021, BBVA Me..

For wide scale automation adoption, organisations must build employee trust in technology

For wide scale automation adoption, organisations must build employee trust in technology

By Sherif Choudhry, Managing Director, BCG Platinion For some time now, automation has been shaking up how we operate in the workplace..

Robinhood sees retail traders taking a breather in third quarter

Robinhood sees retail traders taking a breather in third quarter

By Sohini Podder, John McCrank and Sinéad Carew (Reuters) – Robinhood Markets Inc expects retail investors to become less active..

MOST ISSUES IN VIRTUAL MEETINGS COULD BE SOLVED BY HIGH-QUALITY AUDIO

MOST ISSUES IN VIRTUAL MEETINGS COULD BE SOLVED BY HIGH-QUALITY AUDIO

Study finds high-quality audio key to conducting successful virtual meetings, and Shure offers the solutions needed Having the right e..

How paper track and trace systems could be putting your data at risk

How paper track and trace systems could be putting your data at risk

Experts reveal how paper track and trace systems in hospitality venues could be putting customers at risk, and the importance of hospi..

Automobile shortages, spending shift to services hurt U.S. retail sales

Automobile shortages, spending shift to services hurt U.S. retail sales

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. retail sales fell more than expected in July as shortages depressed motor vehicle ..

Accounts Payable best practice for business success

Accounts Payable best practice for business success

By Prasit Sengupta, VP AP Automation Product at Medius Over the past twelve months, we’ve seen many organisations making tricky decisi..

British Airways not currently using Afghanistan airspace

British Airways not currently using Afghanistan airspace

LONDON (Reuters) – British Airways is not currently using Afghanistan’s airspace, the airline said on Sunday as Taliban in..

BHP in talks to sell global oil, gas business to Australia’s Woodside

BHP in talks to sell global oil, gas business to Australia’s Woodside

By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) – BHP Group Ltd is in talks to sell its petroleum business to Australia’s top independe..

Break in case of emergency – plan early, plan now, for effective crisis comms

Break in case of emergency – plan early, plan now, for effective crisis comms

Kat Jackson, Associate Director, The Media Foundry  Want to know the best way to make a complete drama out of a crisis? Not being prep..