The robots are coming? Not enough of them in some cases...
A UK Government report on automation and the future of work has some very British calls to action, but wider learnings for global consideration.
Archive: IoT robotics and AI
Has AI really caused a massive retraining need? Then we need a retraining roadmap
It's Friday afternoon, and caffeine is running low. It's time for a fresh critique of the AI skills gap. My foil? A fresh report from IBM, predicting a retraining need for 120 million workers. Grab a cup and join me.
How Kroger is learning e-commerce lessons from Ocado with some big expectations to deliver on
Kroger's tie-up with Ocado has some big ambitions to meet in an increasingly competitive US online retail sector.
FedEx's 'King Canute' stance can't hold back the Amazon tide of delivery demands in an e-commerce age
FedEx doesn't need Amazon, it says. It might need to face up to its fears about the e-commerce giant however.
To understand AI advancements in health care, there are two storylines we must follow
Yes, health care needs AI - but maybe not in the ways we think. A new book on AI's medical potential needs a critical eye. With AI, there is always a human consequence beyond the tech storyline.
Data for good and AI ethics - a movement or just a conversation?
The issue of AI ethics has sharpened - ideas for governing AI and ethical oversight are gaining a foothold. But will they have any teeth? And what about the possibility that AI can oversee itself?
IBM’s mainframe thinking - something old, something new, something borrowed, something Big Blue
A story with the word `mainframe’ in it, so look away now. But then you might miss something that, for any business throwing high volumes of sensitive data around their networks, could prove to be worth at least a bit of investigation.
Oracle OpenWorld 2019 - Larry Ellison makes compelling autonomous pitch for buyers grappling with complexity
Oracle CTO Larry Ellison took to the stage for the first of his two keynotes to talk up all things autonomous. And, of course, do a bit of AWS-bashing.
JDA CEO says supply chain focus is needed to tackle The Three 'A's - Aldi, Amazon and Alibaba
JDA CEO Girish Rishi on supply chain management's rise to become a CEO-level agenda item.
Oracle OpenWorld 2019 - Autonomous Database finds traction with SMEs, developers and those struggling with security complexity
We speak to Juan Loaiza, EVP of Systems Technology at Oracle, about how buyers are responding do the company’s Autonomous Database pitch, on the eve of Oracle OpenWorld 2019.
Oracle OpenWorld 2019 - glimpsing the world beyond the Autonomous Database
Larry Ellison's vision for autonomous cloud stretches beyond the database world as OpenWorld delegates will hear this week.
Huawei’s Android aggravations - a sideshow to the potential of its new HarmonyOS?
Smartphones are an ultimate incarnation of the network edge in action, and that could the target for HarmonyOS, a device and platform agnostic, distributed operating system that could be the start of device collaborations that grow into `entities’ of global scale and functionality.
Regulating digital markets - do we tame the big beasts or set them free?
Digital economic policy is a global concern that came into focus at a London-based conference this week with lots to think about.