ERP Today • 15th April 2022

All work and all play: Do young professionals really want an office metaverse?

Imagine you’re three weeks into the new job, and an email lands in your inbox. It’s the HR team, reminding you to take the mandatory cybersecurity training course you’ve completely forgotten about.

ERP Today • 28th March 2022

Cloud healthcare and the data state of play

Big Tech is muscling in on health big time: look no further than recent acquisitions such as the Microsoft-Nuance and Oracle-Cerner mega-deals.

ERP Today • 18th March 2022

AI in healthcare: What now after Watson?

The start of the year saw the end of the road for IBM’s healthcare ambitions when Big Blue essentially sold off its Watson Health operation for reportedly more than $1bn.

ERP Today • 10th March 2022

Legacy tech lingers in healthcare after Covid. What’s the fix? –

Covid-19 is already known as the great disruptor, with the pandemic having changed the way the world works, socializes and travels for the foreseeable future. And with it being a medical crisis, Covid has obviously brought disruption to healthcare, both digital and on the ground, and in ways both major and minor.

ERP Today • 25th February 2022

SAP Hackathon 2022 winners reveal sustainable blueprints for future smart cities

The winners of UK&I Innovation Labs’ SAP Hackathon 2022 have been announced, with Atos, Deloitte and IBM given plaudits for innovative solutions in city planning, distribution and waste management.

ERP Today Magazine • 25th February 2022

Enterprises better strap in for a journey to the metaverse

When social media giant Facebook changed the name of its holding company to Meta in late 2021, both the internet and enterprise world were abuzz with confusion over what it all meant. After all, here was CEO Mark Zuckerberg talking about something called the ‘metaverse’, both to us and a digital image of himself in a rather pretentious promo video.

Verdict • 10th February 2022

Google sues South Korea regulators in Android anti-trust wrangle

Google is suing South Korea’s competition regulator in an attempt to reverse the fine it received last year for forcing Korean phone manufacturers to use its Android operating system.

Verdict • 9th February 2022

Ocado shares fall as robot uprising fails in ROI terms

UK grocery and technology company Ocado saw its shares fall to their lowest point since the start of the pandemic after financial results revealed pre-tax losses stemming from its robotics and smart platform investments.

Electronic Payments International • 8th February 2022

Digital currencies: How to be more China, less El Salvador

February has been a busy month for digital currencies. In China, the Winter 2022 Olympics has led to a wider rollout for China’s official digital currency, the digital yuan. Last week also saw India announce plans to launch a central bank-run blockchain version of the rupee in 2023.

Verdict • 27th January 2022

How the 2022 Olympics will flaunt the Great Technology Wall of China

The 2022 Winter Olympic Games taking place in February in Beijing are already a hot potato for host nation China. Countries such as the US and Australia are diplomatically boycotting the event, whilst the official app for the event has been dogged by reports of technology flaws and political censorship.

Verdict • 25th January 2022

China metaverse trademarks knocked back as Beijing looks to grip the virtual world

The Chinese state is rejecting trademark applications relating to the metaverse, rebuffing companies big and small as hype ratchets up.

Verdict • 19th January 2022

Mega-disruptor Kakao sees stocks tank as controversy grows in South Korea

South Korea internet giant Kakao has seen its stock price slump to its lowest point in almost a year, as corruption rumours surround the company CEO and the CEO of its fintech subsidiary KakaoBank. All of Kakao’s subsidiaries on the KOSPI market felt the pain during a particularly brutal day of trading.

Energy Monitor • 17th January 2022

Meet the tech CEO who survived a flood and built a digital twin of Earth

Before building a digital twin of the Earth, One Concern co-founder and CEO Ahmad Wani was a Master’s student in civil and environmental engineering at Stanford, US, specialising in earthquake engineering.

Verdict • 14th January 2022

China government says virtual idols are just as bad as real human ones

The Chinese government has issued a state-sanctioned report warning internet companies to be cautious when seeking to deploy so-called “virtual idols” – synthetic celebrities intended to gain large human fan bases – in the possibly-forthcoming digital metaverse.

Verdict • 24th December 2021

‘Tis the fight before Christmas: Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk pour scorn on “Web3” dreams

If you thought 2021 had seen enough technology hype and froth from NFTs and the metaverse, you’d probably forgotten about Web3, or not heard of it yet. But this week Web3 became a lot better known, thanks to Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk – the well-known founders of Twitter and Tesla – pouring scorn on the whole idea.

Verdict • 23rd December 2021

Fast Fail: McDonald’s sells off AI operation

McDonalds’ loss is Mastercard’s gain, as it’s been announced that the fast food stalwart will sell off its AI operation Dynamic Yield to the card giant for an undisclosed sum.

Verdict • 17th December 2021

Sidewalk Labs folds back into Google. Have “smart cities” had their day?

Sidewalk Labs, the embattled urban planning subsidiary of Alphabet, is officially folding back into Google as its CEO steps down with health concerns. The news follows a history of bad press for the company over data privacy in the smart city space, which had led Sidewalk to attempt to distance itself from the search giant.

Medical Technology • 10th December 2021

The future of 3D printing in healthcare - Medical Technology | Issue 46 | December 2021

Chaudhuri doesn’t specifically compare success rates, noting that even earlier surgeries had been successful but could have led to post-surgical complications and longer recover time. “But, there are certain surgeries which were not attempted before, especially for smaller children, which could now be conducted with much more confidence,” he reveals.

Retail Insight Network • 7th December 2021

If the UK is to escape cheap labour using automation, it’ll need more than just Ocado robots

According to research from analytics firm GlobalData, the robotics industry was worth $45.3bn in 2020. Researchers forecast a compound annual growth rate of 29% and expansion to $568bn in the year 2030. But where does UK automation fit into this picture? And how important to it is grocery tech company Ocado, rated by GlobalData as the leading British brand for robotics in a recent report on robotics?

Pharma Technology Focus • 22nd November 2021

Psychedelics and mental health: the next big thing?

Virtual therapy got a big boost last year from meditation apps like Headspace and Calm, luring the user into a meditative state using words and music. In the midst of a global mental health crisis, it should be no surprise many of us are seeking such digital tonics. A report by GlobalData on mobile health apps estimates a combined total of 90 million users for meditation apps Headspace and Calm as of June 2020.