Global container carriers CMA CGM and MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company today announced they will join TradeLens, a blockchain-enabled digital shipping platform, jointly developed by A.P. Moller - Maersk and IBM. Data for nearly half of the world`s ocean container cargo will be available on TradeLens.

International Business Machines Corp. executive Arvind Krishna said data-related challenges are a top reason IBM clients have halted or canceled artificial-intelligence projects.

Read an extensive analysis of the Global Quantum Computers market strategy of the leading companies in the precision of import/export consumption, supply and demand figures, cost, price, revenue and gross margins..

Microsoft would like to loosen its grip on your login. The company’s credentials are used all around the internet, especially by companies and developers who use its cloud service, Azure. But on Monday, the company unveiled a project that, using the technology that underpins bitcoin, would give you control of your own credentials, independent of any company. The question is whether you’ll want to take on the responsibility....

In recent years, there have been a wave of articles professing that digital transformation is about people, not technology. The argument typically runs along the lines that it takes people to execute the strategy and without the right skills, culture and change management, any digital transformation initiative will likely miss the mark. While this is accurate, the same could be said of most major initiatives..

At a time when the hype around emerging technologies such as autonomous cars and augmented reality seems to be sky-high, C-suite executives are keeping their feet firmly on the ground when it comes to investing in a core area: cloud computing.

Infosys’ former chief executive Vishal Sikka has raised $50 million for its California-based artificial intelligence startup Vian Systems..

There is no question that digitisation and technology have completely changed nearly every aspect of businesses over the past century. Today, many companies are heavily focused on digital adoption and doing all they can to utilise new technology to improve their results. By definition, digital adoption means that the entire business has “achieved a state in which digital tools are being used as intended and to the fullest extent.”.

A UK-based specialist lender was looking to treble its balance sheet while delivering sector-leading cost-to-income ratio as part of its five year plan. OEE Consulting was asked to build an operating model to achieve the bank’s targets, with a focus on creating an operations function to support business growth..

ExtraHop, provider of enterprise cyber analytics from the inside out, launched the ExtraHop for IBM QRadar app, which integrates with IBM Security Intelligence technology to stream accurate, contextual network behavioral detections into the QRadar SIEM..

• Retailers such as Carrefour turn to consultants to help address disruption from online competition
• Cybersecurity work rises after high-profile breaches such as the Airbus hack...

New office building in central London is at a three-year high, with 13.2 million square feet of space under construction, up 12% on the figure six months ago, Deloitte Real Estate`s London Office Crane Survey said on Monday.

Digital economies are affecting long-standing trends and rules in various industries as traditional boundaries and defining parameters disappear. In the financial services sector, the heat is on as a once tightly-closed industry faces disruption on many fronts..

Rare is the company that doesn’t have some sort of cloud initiative underway. Cloud is rapidly becoming the standard in how technology solutions are developed and delivered, bringing benefits such as reduced time-to-market, scalability, and a pathway to innovation. But that doesn’t mean cloud is easy to implement and manage..

Source Global Research report finds huge growth in digital-related work in DACH’s HR and change management consulting service line.

When does free technology become worth $10 trillion? When the company is Red Hat Inc. and its open-source software and applications running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux contribute to $10 trillion worth of global business revenues this year..

The German industrial giant will separate its energy division, while betting the future on its Digital Industries and Smart Infrastructure businesses..

The report on the Global Neuroscience Market offers complete data on the Neuroscience market. Components, for example, main players, analysis, size, situation of the business, SWOT analysis, and best patterns in the market are included in the report. In addition to this, the report sports numbers, tables, and charts that offer a clear viewpoint of the Neuroscience market..

Today Deloitte released findings from its 2019 blockchain survey. Compared to other studies, Deloitte’s is one of the most optimistic in both 2018 and 2019. It found that 53% (2018: 43%) of enterprise respondents cite blockchain as a top-five strategic priority and 56% (2018: 59%) believe blockchain will disrupt their industry. Only 6% are unsure or don’t see the need to use blockchain..

Is the world too chaotic for any technology to control? Is technology revealing that things are even more chaotic and uncontrollable than first thought? Artificial intelligence, machine learning and related technologies may be underscoring a realisation Albert Einstein had many decades ago: “The more I learn, the more I realise how much I don`t know.”.

BENGALURU: HCL Technologies plans to take on board nearly 2,000 IBM employees as part of its $1.8-billion deal to acquire some of the latter’s software assets, as the Noida-based tech services exporter adopts a strategy to shore up its IP-led business faster than traditional software services..

The second annual joint survey of supply chain executives from JDA Software, Inc. and KPMG LLP details the key innovation investments across retail, manufacturing and logistics in 2019....

Despite all of the hype around digital transformation, the majority of digital initiatives launched by midsize and large organisations will fail to create new ways of working through 2021, according to a Gartner report released on Wednesday. In 80% of digital initiatives, only one quarter of companies will actually create new ways of working, the report found..

We all know that blockchain has some massive bouts of potential in it. It is said that blockchain could solve a lot of the world`s issues but it hasn’t got to the stage of mainstream adoption. Now, the revolutionary technology has the capability to change the role of accountants which means they will become, according to industry speaker and author Ian Khan, “the digital detectives of tomorrow.”.

Yet another Elon Musk plan to shake up an entire industry gets off the ground Wednesday night when a SpaceX Falcon 9 launches the first batch of satellites for the company`s Starlink broadband network.

Personal analytics is just the latest software to make the transition from the consumer world into the workplace..

Cities that adopt IoT tech could reap big benefits. A network of connected sensors and devices can reduce the severity of accidents or eliminate them entirely, like smart cars that intelligently avoid impacting one another..

As businesses continue to digitize data and operations and consumers add more and more tech to their homes, encryption and cybersecurity are hotter topics now than they’ve ever been..

We believe cyber security and data privacy are issues that need support at board level and are not to be outsourced solely to IT teams..

Fintech firms with female founders are better investments. That’s the conclusion from KPMG, which surveyed 91 financial-technology companies in the U.K., including nine where at least one founder was a woman..

In our annual survey of clients, we asked them to tell us how much of their job is about digitising their function or organisation to see if there are any differences between those with digital responsibilities and those without, writes Alison Huntington of Source Global Research.

Wipro Limited in partnership with New York’s R3, the enterprise blockchain software firm, has developed a blockchain-based solution prototype to enable digital currency for interbank settlements for a consortium consisting of the Bank of Thailand and eight commercial banks in Thailand..

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Hugo Raaijmakers has joined global innovation and transformation consultancy PA Consulting (PA) as a partner based in Utrecht, The Netherlands. He joins the firm’s Innovation Services Group and will focus on further developing PA’s world class expertise in innovation and transformation.

What trending technologies should you adopt and what should you avoid? The bi-annual Technology Radar reveals what the experts in their field think is on the climb and what they caution against. What techniques, tools, platforms, languages and frameworks are on the list?.

A Capgemini report reveals AI’s 340 billion-dollar-saving potential for retail operations..

Is storage the Holy Grail of the energy transition? Maybe. Certainly, a critical missing link in the quest for decarbonization. If intermittent solar and wind generation can be complemented by competitively priced storage, the power sector can rid itself of its dependency on fossil fuels..

3D ads and a host of ad extensions are among the features Microsoft Advertising is testing..

German conglomerate Siemens has announced the signing of agreement with the Iraq Ministry of Electricity for implementation of the roadmap to rebuild the Iraq`s power sector..

Microsoft is one of the most-attacked companies in the world. But Arsenault said the lessons he’s learned from NotPetya and the other 6.5 trillion incidents the company sees each year can be used by businesses with much smaller profiles, and even by individuals. The biggest one: Get beyond passwords..

(Reuters) - Britain risks slipping from being the world`s fifth-biggest economy to its seventh-largest next year, when it is due to leave the European Union, with France and India on course to overtake it, accountancy firm PwC said..

Bosses need to engage and train their staff better to help to solve the nation’s chronic productivity problems and prepare their companies for the future, research has suggested..

Glassbox, the leading enterprise Digital Customer Management solution, has recently announced its new strategic partnership with specialist resourcing and consultancy firm, Huntswood..

I was recently at a great AI workshop put on by IBM. IBM went over their AI strategy, directions and futures, as well as gave us hands-on labs to run the key products in the IBM AI portfolio writes Ron Gordon - Director of Power Systems for Mainline Information Systems..

PwC has opened a global Cyber Security Experience Centre in Be’er Sheva, Israel, dedicated to Industrial Control Systems (ICS) & Operations Technology Security..

PA Consulting worked with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust to develop a new scheduling tool which helps carry out hundreds more operations per year..

1Strategy, a Premier Consulting Partner in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN), announces today that it has achieved AWS Machine Learning (ML) Competency status. This designation recognizes 1Strategy`s comprehensive experience and expertise with ML solutions on AWS..

PwC’s legal arm is mounting a major push into financial services in the U.K., with a target to recruit at least 50 lawyers during the next 18 months and continue to grow the practice in the next three years..

A new international survey of 200 utility providers found that 65 percent lack timely, accurate information from their service providers that impacts outage management and customer service..

Swiss food giant Nestle and French retailer Carrefour are now letting consumers access product data via IBM’s Food Trust platform..