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Can AI promote inequality in the workplace?
Application Performance Monitoring

Can AI promote inequality in the workplace?

AI can reinforce gender bias in the workplace. Accenture aims to have a gender-balanced workforce by 2025. #GenderEquality #AI #WorkplaceEquality.

By Justin Gray • 3 min read • Fri, 2nd Nov 2018
What does a risk-free cloud migration look like?
Migration

What does a risk-free cloud migration look like?

When it comes time to move your business into the cloud, you have be sure you are doing it right - but how will you know what that means?.

By Ben Moore • 4 min read • Mon, 8th Oct 2018

Global Stories

Gmail turns 15 and celebrates by unveiling new features
Hyperscale

Gmail turns 15 and celebrates by unveiling new features

After being introduced as part of Google's G Suite back in 2004, Gmail has now progressed to become one of the most dominant email platforms on the market.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 3rd Apr 2019
Dropbox brings in-country document hosting to ANZ & Japan
Document Management

Dropbox brings in-country document hosting to ANZ & Japan

Dropbox Business users in New Zealand, Australia, and Japan will be able to store their Dropbox files in-country, beginning in the second half of 2019.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Mon, 25th Mar 2019
Unencrypted Gearbest database leaves over 1.5mil shoppers' records exposed
Data Analytics

Unencrypted Gearbest database leaves over 1.5mil shoppers' records exposed

A breach at Gearbest has left over 1.5 million shoppers' records exposed, including payment details and national IDs, due to an unencrypted database.

By Kai Ping Lew • 5 min read • Tue, 19th Mar 2019
Fitbit launches four new wearables, new paid service
Fitbit

Fitbit launches four new wearables, new paid service

The wearables category continues to evolve and grow, with global shipments of wearable devices forecasted to reach 189 million units by 2022.

By Staff Writer • 5 min read • Thu, 7th Mar 2019
Victoria Uni students speak up for film dubbing
Biometrics

Victoria Uni students speak up for film dubbing

Victoria Uni students gain hands-on experience in film dubbing and subtitling with new VoiceQ software, heralding a revolution in language and media training.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Fri, 1st Mar 2019
Ping Identity Platform updated with new CX and IT automation
Customer Relationship Management

Ping Identity Platform updated with new CX and IT automation

The new versions improve the user and administrative experience, while also aiming to meet enterprise needs to operate quickly and purposefully.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 20th Feb 2019
SAS a machine learning Leader in 2019 Magic Quadrant
Data Science

SAS a machine learning Leader in 2019 Magic Quadrant

For the sixth year in a row, SAS has been named a leader in the Magic Quadrant for Data Science and Machine learning.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Mon, 4th Feb 2019
Marriott sets up call centres to answer questions on data breach
Unified Communications

Marriott sets up call centres to answer questions on data breach

Marriott has released an update on the breach of the Starwood guest reservation data breach which affected 500 million guests.

By Kai Ping Lew • 2 min read • Mon, 17th Dec 2018
How AWS Lambda enables sharing common code between functions
Hyperscale

How AWS Lambda enables sharing common code between functions

Lambda supposedly makes it easy for developers to run code for virtually any type of application or back-end service.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Mon, 3rd Dec 2018
GitHub tallies most popular programming languages in 2018
Marketing Technologies

GitHub tallies most popular programming languages in 2018

JavaScript is still a winner when it comes to programming languages but Kotlin, HCL, TypeScript and PowerShell are quickly climbing the ranks.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Mon, 26th Nov 2018
Callaghan Innovation places bets in local crypto startup
Crypto

Callaghan Innovation places bets in local crypto startup

Callaghan Innovation has placed $330,000 into a local cryptocurrency savings and trading startup now called Vimba.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Wed, 31st Oct 2018
The perfect place to attend a coding bootcamp
Coding

The perfect place to attend a coding bootcamp

Learn to code at NEXT Academy's coding bootcamp in Kuala Lumpur. Low cost of living, amazing food, and a chance to explore Southeast Asia.

By Jeannette Goon • 4 min read • Tue, 23rd Oct 2018
Redefining the customer experience with AI-powered chatbots
Unified Communications

Redefining the customer experience with AI-powered chatbots

Amid rising customer expectations, AI-powered chatbots are revolutionising the service landscape, promising 24/7 support and operational efficiency.

By Mark Troester • 4 min read • Tue, 23rd Oct 2018
Why would a business owner want to learn coding?
Coding

Why would a business owner want to learn coding?

Business owner and entrepreneur, Sean Mitchell, explains why he decided to learn coding to take control of his business.

By Jeannette Goon • 4 min read • Thu, 18th Oct 2018
The potential impact of AR on the creative industry
Marketing Technologies

The potential impact of AR on the creative industry

Adobe has announced the launch of Project Aero, an integrated platform for augmented reality (AR), that aims to transform customer experiences.

By Abhay Parasnis • 3 min read • Wed, 17th Oct 2018

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