German software giant SAP’s S/4HANA data migration and management is a huge challenge. Organisations in the midst of transitioning to the platform lack comprehensive data strategies, find responsibilities split between departments, lack skills, can’t access data and report slow progress to use of artificial intelligence (AI) because of problems with data management. Those are the… Continue reading SAP S/4HANA data migration beset by poor and fragmented strategy
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AWS Public Sector Summit: AI-enabled care homes and using big data to ease biodiversity crisis
A hospice in South Devon is working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to create an artificial intelligence-enabled (AI) residential care home for people with dementia. Speaking at the AWS Public Sector Summit in London on Tuesday 19 March, Gill Horne, programme director for care services at Rowcroft Hospice, said the UK is in the midst… Continue reading AWS Public Sector Summit: AI-enabled care homes and using big data to ease biodiversity crisis
Women In Data panel: NHS needs to get data basics right before rushing into AI
The NHS is broken. After years of chronic underfunding, the waiting list stands at more than 7.5 million, and over 40% of those people have been waiting for longer than the target of 18 weeks. The public healthcare sector is also struggling with recruitment. As of December 2023, there were over 110,000 vacancies in secondary… Continue reading Women In Data panel: NHS needs to get data basics right before rushing into AI
Open Data Institute launches digital policy manifesto
The Open Data Institute (ODI) is calling on UK political parties to adopt a number of manifesto commitments around data, digital and technology issues ahead of the upcoming general election. Launched at a cross-party event in the House of Commons on 21 March 2024, the ODI’s “policy manifesto” sets out what it believes is needed… Continue reading Open Data Institute launches digital policy manifesto
A Computer Weekly buyer’s guide to auditing and testing data models
Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. August 2023 A Computer Weekly buyer’s guide to auditing and testing data models Generative AI has arrived on the scene with a multitude of ethical issues. In this 13-page buyer’s guide, Computer Weekly explores those considerations, assesses data classification tools and looks at how to improve… Continue reading A Computer Weekly buyer’s guide to auditing and testing data models
Met Police data platform £64m over budget
The Metropolitan Police Service’s integrated record management system is nearly £60m over budget, and still facing major teething problems, with officers and staff raising more than 25,000 support requests in its first four months of operation, according to a freedom of information (FOI) disclosure. The Connect system – contracted to software supplier NEC Software… Continue reading Met Police data platform £64m over budget
Gun deaths among U.S. children rose again in 2021, CDC data shows
Gun-related deaths among children in the United States reached a distressing peak in 2021, claiming 4,752 young lives and surpassing the record total seen during the first year of the pandemic, a new analysis of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found. The alarming statistic clearly indicated that America’s gun violence epidemic… Continue reading Gun deaths among U.S. children rose again in 2021, CDC data shows
NatWest customer calls bank’s handling of breach of his data ‘disgusting’
A NatWest customer has praised a whistleblower for informing him that his personal data had been breached, describing the bank’s handling of the issue as “disgusting”. In the same way another former customer who contacted Computer Weekly earlier, the second NatWest customer to make contact with Computer Weekly was also offered £200 compensation by… Continue reading NatWest customer calls bank’s handling of breach of his data ‘disgusting’
Number of women in tech dipped last quarter, ONS data shows
The number of women in the UK’s technology sector declined between the first and second quarters of the year, according to figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS). Stats from the ONS suggest that the number of women in the industry has seen a decline of 3,000 between January and March of 2023,… Continue reading Number of women in tech dipped last quarter, ONS data shows
Norfolk and Suffolk police hit by FoI-linked data breach
Norfolk and Suffolk Constabularies have reported a data breach resulting from a freedom of information (FoI) disclosure, the second such incident involving the apparent accidental mishandling of police data in the space of a week. The two forces – which have been collaborating on multiple aspects of police work in East Anglia since 2010… Continue reading Norfolk and Suffolk police hit by FoI-linked data breach