Organisations that make use of data analytics will improve their decision making as well as their chances of making the acquisition a success.

The audit process, one of the most vertically integrated professional services left in today’s market, is being broken down into separate parts by audit clients, creating a huge opportunity for technology firms to enter the market, a new report finds today.

Infosys helped build India`s booming tech industry.This large company in Bangalore employs 200,000 people and codes for companies as diverse as Nordstrom and Harley-Davidson. American protectionism is reducing the amount of offshoring that goes on in tech. Trump has made it harder for Indian tech workers to get H-1B work visas, and automation in India threatens to eliminate even more jobs..

By the end of 2017, offshore wind had only been deployed commercially across seven markets, with UK and Germany accounting for 68 percent of the grid-connected capacity. However, according to a recent report from Wood Mackenzie Power and Renewables, global offshore wind power demand will increase almost sixfold over the coming 10 years with projects deployed commercially across 18 countries by 2027..

More organisations than ever are conducting business online. An expanding digital footprint and increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks have created a growing urgency to secure that data and the resources organisations are deploying..

Gartner projects 3.2% growth in IT spending even as broader trends point to a slowing economy.

Braced for a possible logistical nightmare when Britain leaves the European Union in March, Honda Motor Co Ltd said on Friday it was preparing to front-load some production at its plant in the country to ship overseas or build up inventories..

Major British businesses’ appetite to take on financial risk has fallen to its lowest level in nearly a decade due to fears of “the hardest of Brexits” and rising U.S. protectionism, a survey by accountancy firm Deloitte showed on Monday..

Executives from Infosys Ltd’s consulting practice will now work jointly with sales and delivery heads to garner more business by offering a wider array of services to its top clients..

Wipro Ventures has deployed $65 million, or two-thirds of its corpus, in 18 startups since it was set up in 2015 and has helped its parent, Wipro Ltd, win more than 100 deals, underscoring the early success of the software services company in tapping into the disruptive startup ecosystem..

IT services and consulting firm Wipro Ltd plans to set an innovation centre in Australia to conduct research in AI and machine learning with specific applications for digital health and smart cities.

A tension has surfaced in Europe between a fear of China effectively buying up whole industries and local companies becoming too large: Public officials are uncertain which dynamic is more pernicious..

For the second year running, The Financial Times has included Moorhouse as one of the best UK management consultancies in a special report published today (30 January 2019).

Mason Advisory, independent IT consultancy, has been named as one of the leading management consultancies in the UK for Digital Transformation and IT Strategy.

Cognizant has been named a Leader in the Gartner “Magic Quadrant for Application Testing Services, Worldwide” report. In addition, Cognizant scored highest in Digital Business Assurance and Test Advisory Use Cases in Gartner’s companion report, “Critical Capabilities for Application Testing Services, Worldwide.”
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Whether for traffic congestion management, automated payments, or protected data access, customers are prepared to pay for innovative car-related solutions, according to a recent study. The database technology blockchain holds enormous monetisation potential for the automotive industry with numerous areas of application.

Accenture has launched SynOps,an innovative human-machine operating “engine” that optimises the synergy of data,applied intelligence, digital technologies and talent to help organisations transform business operations, create exceptional user experiences and deliver results previously unimaginable.

With Britain at risk of leaving the European Union without a divorce deal, many of its biggest companies have lost patience and started to restructure their operations to prepare for the chaotic fallout that could ensue..

Business intelligence, machine learning, artificial intelligence and big data are the most popular application of the cloud.

Artificial intelligence continues to be increasingly used throughout the general public and businesses to enhance consumer experiences. Research from Gartner predicts AI will generate a business value of $2.9 trillion by 2022. It`s making doing business easier because it offers entrepreneurs several benefits that can help them grow their businesses....

Few industries or business functions are experiencing as much disruption as logistics, supply chain and transportation. In fact, according to a recent Forbes Insights survey of more than 400 senior transportation-focused executives, 65% say tectonic shifts in these areas are driving an era of profound transformation..

Information Services Group (ISG), a leading global technology research and advisory firm, said today it is focusing its digital capabilities on Europe’s insurance sector to meet the growing need for cloud computing, automation, advanced analytics and other digital technologies among insurers.

IT services major Wipro plans to double hiring from campuses this year as it ramps up talent to meet surge in orders from customers and address shortage seen with high attrition..

British firms are “praying for an extension to article 50” rather than face a no-deal Brexit as it emerged that foreign investment has fallen steeply and the outlook for growth has slumped to a six-year low..

The earnings season is about to get a lot more interesting with about a quarter of the S&P 500, nearly half of the Dow Jones Industrials and three of the four biggest companies in the world reporting in the week ahead..

As the competition to attract and retain talent intensifies, today’s employers must rise to the daunting, daily challenge of engaging five generations working side-by-side.

What does the future of getting a job in the tech industry look like? According to the CEO of IBM, Ginni Rometty, it’s important that tech companies focus on hiring people with valuable skills, not just people with college degrees..

• Global tax advisory revenues grow US$5bn in just three years
• UK market is set to grow faster than any other European country in 2019
• Big Four’s market share of global revenues stands at 87%
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Cognizant today marks 25 years of innovation, growth and success as a trusted partner and guide to clients around the world as they’ve moved from the mainframe-era to building end-to-end digital businesses.

As the global digital transformation market for consultants grew by a staggering 70.8% to US$48.5bn in 2017, Deloitte, the leading global consulting firm in this market in 2016, saw itself get knocked off the top spot by Accenture.

The Chief Data Officer is one of the newest executive roles. Here`s what it does and why it matters..

The World Economic Forum’s panels begin in earnest today with a wide array of topics on healthcare, finance, digital transformations, and critical infrastructure in general, and of course, cyber security....

It’s the beginning of a new year — the time for CIOs to take stock of their personal development goals for 2019. This year, the focus is on the culture shift required to build digital business plans, as most organisations are on their way toward digital transformation but are finding it difficult to scale..

Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) today announced that Vice Chairman and CEO Francisco D’Souza was named Chairman of the IT and Electronics Governors community at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting this week in Davos, Switzerland.

Neil Coutts of KPMG in Scotland explains why firms need to be on top of their security online more than ever this new year.

Insurers fight an increasingly complex range of financial crime. Technology alone can’t solve the problem.

Machine learning- we often focus on the machine part of it, but let`s think about the learning. Who do machines learn from? Here are five ways humans bias machine learning....

With the rapid rise on the consumer side of digital voice assistants such as Google Home and Alexa — Zion Market Research predicts the speech and voice recognition market will top $22.3 billion by 2024 — government agencies are exploring voice technology to improve citizen interactions and ease the customer service burden.

Deloitte has announced a new partnership with Australian software development company, Well Placed Cactus (WPC), in the hope of expanding digital reality experiences as we know them today..

India may surpass the United Kingdom in the world`s largest economy rankings in 2019, according to a report by global consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. As per the report, while the U.K. and France have regularly switched places owing to similar levels of development and roughly equal populations, India`s climb up the rankings is likely to be permanent....

The MCA, the Management Consultancies Association, is delighted to announce that 40 of the UK’s leading consulting firms have been shortlisted in the MCA Awards.

A.T. Kearney, a leading global management consulting firm, has acquired Cervello, an elite business analytics and data management consultancy.

Social impact investment, which aims to improve well-being as well as earn a financial return, could be more effective if it were more clearly defined internationally with more measurable outcomes, according to a new OECD report.

VAKT is a new organisation, funded by nine leading energy companies and banks, with the aim of transforming the global commodities trading industry. Traditionally, the post-trade process would involve both parties checking paperwork and changing records on separate, manual systems, which is time-consuming and error-prone. ThoughtWorks leveraged blockchain technology to build a digital platform, allowing all parties to manage that process in the same place for the very first time..

In 2018 the final barriers to widespread cloud adoption fell. Finally convinced that concerns about security and stability were more perception than reality, chief information officers flocked to cloud platforms with the rapid adoption of software containers paving the way. Containers make it simple to run software on any computing environment, and some experts predict adoption rates in the enterprise will reach 90 percent by next year. So what’s next?.

Chatbots, virtual assistants, conversational AI … even the names are confusing. But these text- and voice-powered software options offer very real promise to improve the customer experience. It`s not a quick process, however, as BofA`s Erica journey has shown. Two experts help sort through the myths and realities and suggest best ways to implement this important retail banking channel.

Plenty of enterprises have run pilots or small-scale projects that leverage machine learning and AI. Scaling those to high-value, large-scale data projects can get complicated.

The world`s largest and most successful companies are pouring investment into Big Data, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI), but fear -- rather than the opportunity to profitably leverage data -- is the driving factor.

Artefact, Europe’s largest independent data-driven marketing group, listed on the French Euronext Stock Exchange, has appointed Sarah De Martin as UK managing director.

Sarah was previously managing partner at OMD EMEA, and before that was at IPG Mediabrands’ Initiative and Starcom Mediavest Group. She brings more than 15 years of global and local UK experience in media and marketing to Artefact, with a focus on digital transformation.
She has worked with major clients such as PepsiCo, Amazon, Proctor & Gamble, Tesco, Unilever and many more. Sarah also has a strong background working with consulting firms, and previously worked on extensive projects with Boston Consulting Group and PWC.
Artefact has grown the headcount for the UK office to 120 staff since it opened in October last year, to develop its provision in data and consultancy.
Sarah De Martin comments: “What excites me about Artefact is that we have an entrepreneurial spirit at heart, with the agility required in order to really drive growth. Successfully integrating consulting and digital marketing is something the industry is talking about constantly. However, Artefact is actually doing it.”
Tom Cijffers, Artefact’s UK CEO, adds: “We use the expression ‘marketing engineers’ because Artefact begins with technology underpinned by data and AI. It’s about bringing an engineering mindset combined with a management consultancy approach to digital marketing.
“Sarah has the skills and drive to help us build on our digital transformation offering and future ambitions. We deliberately take a very different approach to the traditional marketing groups, and she offers a unique take that our clients will find invaluable.”.

Deborah O’Neill has today been appointed UK Head of Digital at Oliver Wyman, the global management consultancy.