Big data

Using big data to prevent brain injuries during childbirth

Over a thousand babies born in the UK each year suffer brain injuries during birth, often resulting in death or…

Hyper-personalisation will change the role insurance plays in our lives

Connected sensors and other datasets allow insurance providers to tailor their policies to individual customers. Now, they are using insights…

IBM UK CEO: Post-Covid agility to drive IT investment in 2021

The need for agility in the post-pandemic economy, not cost cutting, will drive IT investment this year, IBM CEO in…

In the digital economy, big data remains king

As Covid-19 accelerates a worldwide digital revolution, data is increasingly becoming the most important currency in business. Enterprises that harness data…

FCA innovation director: Lack of regtech standards poses ‘profound expense risk’

[caption id="attachment_1337" align="alignnone" width="658"] The FCA's director of innovation Nick Cook has warned of 'profound expense risk' stemming from a…

Forget ‘big data’: It’s the small data that delivers value

Big data is often cited as fundamental to building an effective artificial intelligence (AI) program. Yet an alternative, complementary approach…

Severn Trent Water Launches £4.8 Million RFP for Big Data Platform

Severn Trent Water, a utility that serves some eight million people in the Midlands region, has gone to market with…

Ordnance Survey Aims to Take on Google, Apple Maps with New Free Data Hub, APIs

For businesses looking to make use of a comprehensive geospatial data set -- updated 20,000 times daily and offering over…

Police Scotland: Our Datasets Are a Sprawling Mess, Send Help

Scotland's policing authority says it needs help organising, securing and analysing a sprawling 100TB of unstructured data -- and is…

NHS Data Controversy: Gov’t Forced to Release Big Tech’s Contract Terms

The UK Government has been forced to release the terms of contracts it signed with big tech companies Amazon, Google, Microsoft,…