All articles by Refna Tharayil

Refna Tharayil

Kroger to roll out Ocado’s new automated technologies in fulfilment centres

Through the partnership, Kroger will deploy Ocado’s latest ‘Re:imagined’ technologies across multiple CFCs in its live network and future CFCs

Ofcom fines BT £17.5m over emergency call handling failure

In June last year, a network fault disrupted the British company’s ability to connect emergency calls for several hours, affecting nearly 14,000 call attempts from 12,392 callers

Wipro’s Q1 FY25 net income increases by 6% to $360m

The Indian IT major’s gross revenue for Q1 FY25 was down by 3.8% to INR219.6bn ($2.63bn), compared to INR228.3bn ($2.73bn) in Q1 FY24

OpenAI expands AI line-up with cost-efficient small model GPT-4o mini

The new model is priced at 15 cents per million input tokens and 60 cents per million output tokens, offering a more affordable option than the previous model, GPT-3.5 Turbo

Nokia’s Q2 2024 operating profit drops 32% to €423m

Nokia’s net sales in the reported second quarter of this year were €4.46bn, a decrease of 18%, compared to €5.43bn reported in Q2 2023

IBM wins USAID contract to enhance cybersecurity protection and response

Under the five-year contract, IBM’s multidisciplinary team will provide continuous assistance to USAID in bolstering the capabilities of host government agencies and critical infrastructure operators to identify, protect against, detect, respond to, and recover from cyberattacks

Singapore’s MAS announces new investment in quantum and AI capabilities

Granted under the Financial Sector Technology and Innovation Grant Scheme (FSTI 3.0), the new commitment will support financial institutions in building capabilities in quantum and AI technologies

Ackermans modernises merchandise financial planning with Oracle

By replacing the former enterprise planning (EP) system, Ackermans’ transition to Oracle Retail MFP will improve its operational efficiency as well as support planning teams

Accenture to acquire retail technology services firm Logic

Through the acquisition of Logic, Accenture aims to further enhance its ability to drive technology transformations for retail clients around the world with strong capabilities in merchandising, digital, stores, analytics, and cloud

HPE partners with CMC Markets to improve trading and investment capabilities in Australia

The adoption of HPE GreenLake cloud will help CMC Markets to facilitate a transition to a cloud service model that meets the high availability, security, and control required by its business