Jan 16, 2017
Swift has launched a proof of concept (PoC) to explore whether distributed ledger technology (DLT) can be used by banks to improve the reconciliation of their nostro databases in realtime, optimising their global liquidity. Under the current correspondent banking...
Jan 16, 2017
More than 40% of data science tasks will be automated by 2020, resulting in increased productivity and broader usage of data and analytics by citizen data scientists, according to Gartner. Gartner defines a citizen data scientist as a person who creates or generates...
Jan 16, 2017
Vendor revenue from sales of infrastructure products (server, storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud IT, including public and private cloud, grew by 8,1% year over year to $8,4-billion in the third quarter of 2016 (3Q16). According to the International Data...
Jan 16, 2017
European online retail sales will increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11% over the next five years to reach €378-billion by 2021. This is according to Forrester’s Western Europe online retail growth forecast, which the research grou released...
Jan 16, 2017
Online security is becoming a bigger issue than ever, with 2016 seemingly one of the worst years ever when it comes to staying secure and private online – and 2017 doesn’t promise to be any better, as restrictive surveillance laws are being passed around...
Jan 13, 2017
Despite expectations that the first “digitally native” generation would want to shop online, a new study released today by IBM and the National Retail Federation found that almost all members of Generation Z prefer to shop in bricks-and-mortar stores. With...
