IBM announced that it will begin to provide, what the industry would call, quantum-safe cryptography services on the IBM public cloud in 2020 and is now offering a Quantum Risk Assessment from IBM Security to help customers assess their risk in the quantum world....

There‘s a lot of excitement about business automation these days and for good reason. Developments including artificial intelligence, machine learning and robotic process automation bring the promise of transforming work as we know it.

Artificial intelligence-enabled travel platform Travelport, IBM and travel management company BCD Travel are jointly developing a blockchain platform to streamline hotel commission reconciliation..

The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (ipcc) fires another warning shot about the state of the planet and the way people are transforming virtually every corner of every continent. Human activities affect roughly three-quarters of Earth’s ice-free land, with huge consequences for the climate....

There is no shortage of optimism about AI in the medical community. But many also caution the hype surrounding AI has yet to be realised in real clinical settings. There are also different visions for how AI services could make the biggest impact. And it’s still unclear whether AI will improve the lives of patients or just the bottom line for companies, health care organisations, and insurers..

There has been at least one health data breach a day since 2016, with the clear majority in the first half of this year (59%) due to hacking. Insider error or wrongdoing contributed to 21% of the breaches, loss or theft to 9% and the remainder`s causes were unknown.

People from black, asian and ethnic minority backgrounds account for just 4% of the UK tech workforce, but degree apprenticeship programmes have the power and reach to increase diversity across the sector.

Microsoft announced this morning that it was acquiring jClarity, a service designed to tune the performance of Java applications. It will be doing that on Azure from now on. In addition, the company has been offering a flavor of Java called AdoptOpenJDK, which they bill as a free alternative to Oracle Java....

Infosys is witnessing a jump in cloud-based services as it has partnered with large cloud providers such as Google Cloud, Amazon web services and Microsoft Azure to help clients move their applications from traditional IT infrastructure to the cloud..

Imagine the challenge of owning warehouses of books and only a small fraction of them had titles. Yet, they all needed to be cataloged and stored correctly by content. This is the type of challenge confronting many chief data officers today and is not unlike a real-life dilemma that one CDO had to face....

The Artificial Intelligence market is climbing towards its apex, with an estimated industry value of $3.7 billion by 2025. AI dominance will arrive before that; by 2020 AI will be found in almost all new software products and services. However, progress comes with challenges. Specifically, it is difficult to integrate AI in a way that helps the business become more profitable..

A new patent application from IBM describes a blockchain-based web browser. Published on August 6 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, IBM’s patent is for a web browser backed by a peer-to-peer network..

Where’s My Flying Car? The Lowdown on Personal Flight.

Global Client Principal The financial services industry has been undergoing a significant shift globally, and now in Australia following (among other things) the recent Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry, and the introduction of a Consumer Data Right (CDR) in late 2017..

Artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed the way we do business and our everyday lives. Virtual assistants, computer-aided diagnosis and clinical decision support are just a few examples of how artificial intelligence in healthcare has transformed the sector..

With speeds two to three times faster than high-speed rail and an on-demand experience, hyperloop can reduce a 300 km commute to under 20 minutes — smashing today’s traditional transportation boundaries..

In previous blogs, I’ve looked at why voice assistants are set to replace mobile touchscreens as the prime user interface within financial services (FS) and how this could transform the customer relationship model within the industry. So, what capabilities does your business need to make a success of the voice revolution? By Antti Niku, Senior Manager, Digital Transformation, PwC.

PwC`s head of AR and VR, Jeremy Dalton, says that the augmented reality market will be larger in the long run than virtual reality.

London | KPMG has forced out the head of one of its core businesses in Britain after an investigation into his conduct involving messages sent on WhatsApp..

- Hayne Royal Commission’s investigation drives risk & regulatory work for consultants
- Digital work now accounts for nearly 40% of all revenues...
Australia’s consulting market grew at its fastest rate in seven years in 2018, expanding 8.1% to US$5.4bn—a growth rate similar to the mighty US and DACH markets last year. The Australia consulting market has now grown by almost US$1bn in just three years. This strong market growth in 2018 owed a lot to growing interest in digitisation, with the share of Australia’s consulting work that can be described as digital rising to account for almost 40% of revenues in 2018. This data is published today (24th July 2019) in a new report, The Australia Consulting Market in 2019, from Source Global Research, the leading research and strategy firm for the global professional services industry. The report also reveals that Australia’s consultants enjoyed revenue growth across every sector in 2018, with the healthcare consulting market growing the fastest. There was also strong growth in the financial services sector as clients undertook regulatory reforms in the wake of the Hayne Royal Commission’s investigation. Commenting on the strong growth in financial services, the largest sector for consultants in Australia, Zoë Stumpf, Head of Market Trends at Source Global Research, said:, “The Hayne Royal Commission has led to a huge amount of work among financial services clients who, faced with considerable criticism of their business practices, have been keen to work with consultants to put in place a more robust risk & regulatory framework. As well as compliance work, this is leading to widespread demand around governance and strengthened risk management approaches.” Public sector consulting market Despite all the election-related disruption and controversy, the Source report found that the Australia public sector consulting market grew 8.2%. Source says that now that the dust has settled on the election result, public sector consulting work is likely to continue to increase; perennial areas of need continue to drive demand, and the sector is seeing an uptick in digitisation and cybersecurity work. However, with spend on consulting now under the microscope, it’s likely that growth rates won’t be quite so high as in the last couple of years. Karthik Padmanabhan, ANZ Leader at Cognizant, said: “Government spending is pretty significant in Australia, and I think this will be a key influencing factor on the market in the near future.” The fastest-growing service lines were technology and risk & regulatory, though consultants in Australia saw a boost in demand across the board. Type A firms, dominated by the Big Four, represent the largest and fastest-growing firm type in Australia’s consulting market, thanks to client appreciation of their multi-specialist and end-to-end offerings. Technology firms continue to grow strongly, though encroachment by Type A and strategy firms means they’re not growing as fast as the technology service line. Despite 2018’s strong performance, Source says that Australia’s consultants report a creeping sense of anxiety, as a number of factors—including slowing GDP growth, a projected global economic slowdown, a contentious domestic political environment, and an increasingly uneasy relationship with China—mean that the market is a good deal more volatile than in years past. Zoë Stumpf from Source added: “The growth curve could start to slow a little, as clients balance the need to deal with new types of competition and embrace technology change against concerns about economic growth; indeed, clients are likely to proceed more cautiously with their change plans as a result. However, consultants need not despair, as there will still be plenty of good opportunities in this market; we expect to see growth of around 7% for 2019, with slightly slower growth forecast in 2020.” For more information on Source reports contact ella-sian.jolley@sourceglobalresearch.com, telephone +44 (0)20 3478 1204, or visit www.sourceglobalresearch.com..

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is now carrying out hundreds more operations per year with the help of an innovative new scheduling tool we’ve developed to optimise the use of operating theatre time..

Big names dominate ratings but specialist consultancies also shine....

Business advisory firm KPMG has partnered with tech companies Tomia, Microsoft and R3 to create a blockchain-based settlements solution for the telecom industry, in anticipation of 5G network services.

The majority of US workers (70%) said they hold a positive outlook on artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, including chatbots, augmented reality (AR), and robots, according to Genesys`s Workplace Attitudes to Artificial Intelligence report, released Wednesday.

AI and machine learning may not be a silver bullet, but they can still play an important part in cloud security strategies.

IBM Corp. has open-sourced three artificial intelligence projects focused on cancer research..

It’s not uncommon for business teams to become settled with their current tools and platforms. It’s easy to get a little too comfortable with how an organization usually works, and when a new tool, technology, and platform is introduced, it can be an uphill battle.

• Management consultancy grows by 7% by being at the forefront of digital opportunities, with sector worth est. £10.6 bn, according to new research
• Digital and Technology consulting is most in demand across UK (28% of total) as consultants drive digital and technology transformation across public and private sector
• Consulting in infrastructure sector jumps 190% since 2016 as consultants are brought in to work on major complex infrastructure projects to drive efficiency...

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has emphasised on leveraging on opportunities in the United Kingdom, particularly post-BREXIT scenario. He was confident that UK-India Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO) will be a powerful forum through which both the countries will identify areas of mutual cooperation ....

As the technological progress codified as Moore’s Law slows down, computer scientists are turning to alternative methods of computing, such as superconducting quantum processors to deliver computing gains in the future....

In the midst of the capital-allocation process, it’s often a struggle for CFOs to find common ground between all of the projects competing for funding and the stakeholders with their conflicting objectives.

Consecutive interest rate cuts and fiscal stimulus have left Australia little “wriggle room” to revive the economy in the event of a further downturn, Deloitte Access Economics has warned..

Ten years ago, we thought of productivity purely in terms of inputs and outputs. However, as information becomes even cheaper to store, businesses are inevitably moving from lakes to oceans of data. Data science is the key here to helping them understand productivity by unlocking the detail in their data..

Elliott Management Corp. has built a position in Altran Technologies SA, the French software company that agreed last month to be acquired by Capgemini SE for 3.6 billion euros.

Data analytics is one of the hottest areas in business these days. Companies are increasingly adopting it to transform human resources, sales and marketing, business development, operations and other areas, across a wide spectrum of industries. The approach holds the promise of more objective decision-making and a stronger bottom line..

Global Information Security Consulting Market research report is a painstaking investigation of the current scenario of the market and future estimations which covers several market dynamics.

CEOs see cybersecurity as the number one threat to the global economy over the next five to ten years, a new report has claimed..

IBM today completed its acquisition of the open-source software giant Red Hat for $190 a share in cash. The $34 billion deal is IBM’s largest deal ever—and one of the largest tech acquisitions in history..

Digital transformation is undoubtedly crucial for organisations. Here`s how CEOs are using evolving tech to stay relevant in today`s tech market..

There are so many people that just do not get climate change and though there are less who do not understand the benefits of renewables, there are lots and lots of those. There is the fossil fuel brigade who just want to confuse everyone and tell you the world can’t live without them, while other’s still say things like “renewables can’t do it all on its own, we need nuclear.”.

What’s your biggest motivation for digital transformation? Your company—or your customer?.

Connected appliances and devices have transformed the way we live. From smartphones to autonomous vehicles, 5G-enabled technology has captured the public imagination and dominated media headlines. A global 5G race is on, with 138 trials recorded and 10 “digital cross-border corridors” established in Europe alone.

The global strategy and marketing consultancy Simon-Kucher & Partners has elected Mark Billige and Dr. Andreas von der Gathen as new Chief Executive Officers with effect from January 1, 2020.

Digital disruption, the rise of artificial intelligence and the entry of millennials and Gen-Z into the workplace are some of the trends shaping the practice of human resources management in 2019, according to KPMG’s Wale Abioye..

Robert Schmid, chief IoT technologist at Deloitte Digital, explains Deloitte`s attitude to the Internet of Things – and it`s importance moving forward.

The first half of 2019 has seen radical trend-setting in the world of business – the younger generation is putting sustainability in the limelight, we’ve heard about imminent commercial quantum computers and 5G mobile networks are rolling out. Organisations can’t ignore such disruptive trends. And central to responding will be their people, finding the right ways to bring humans and technology together to maximise opportunities..

Budapest, Hungary, 9 July 2019 – The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) presents the 19 nominees competing in the EIT Awards 2019, including one from the UK. Top innovators from the EIT Community are making their mark across Europe, delivering innovative solutions to the most pressing challenges facing our society.

Hype—tons if it—has long infiltrated the blockchain and cryptocurrency space, and IBM blockchain general manager Marie Wieck, for one, would like it to end....

KPMG alumni Anthony Stevens and Louis Strauss have launched 6clicks, a software-as-a-service product designed to help businesses streamline and automate risk assessment and regulatory compliance. The first product of its kind, 6clicks combines compliance obligations, risk assessment and risk management into a single collaboration platform..

Audit firm PwC UK has promoted 69 to its equity partnership and shaken up its top management team, it said today. The number of promotions mark a 27 per cent increase on the previous year when the firm elevated 54 to its equity ranks.The firm also hired 13 partners during the course of the year, taking its partnership to 944..