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As a reporter with Information Age, Andrew Ross writes articles for technology leaders; helping them manage business critical issues both for today and in the future

Diversity

Google’s diversity efforts yield little progress

Data Analytics & Data Science

The key to harnessing unstructured data? Visualisation

Immersive Technology

VR vs AR – the battle of the realities

Peter Bergstrom, Chief Strategy Officer at Terra Virtua, discusses virtual reality and augmented reality while arguing that before considering how they can be used to drive business opportunities and expansion, it is crucial that organisations understand the fundamentals of how they work.

Digital Transformation

How intelligent tech is solving the challenges of urbanisation

Ram Ramachander, Chief Digital Officer & Chief Commercial Officer at Hitachi Europe’s Social Innovation Business, explains to Information Age some of the key challenges of urbanisation and how energy systems, transport infrastructure and healthcare services are benefitting from smart tech.

Automotive

Reinventing the wheel – servitization and the automotive industry

As automobile manufacturers continue to wrap subscriptions around their products, Information Age analyses servitization and the automotive industry and what it means for IT.

Governance, Risk and Compliance

Over a third of European businesses are victims of data theft

Digital Transformation

Majority of charities need to revisit their digital strategy

Government & Public Sector

UK Government spends £6m on data scientists

Data Protection & Privacy

European ePrivacy Regulation: work in progress

Following on from GDPR is the ePrivacy regulation, which looks to broaden the scope of the current ePrivacy Directive and align various online privacy rules that exist across EU member states.

EMEA

UK digital and tech strengthen stance in global trade race

Outsourcing

Does ‘RPA’ spell the end of offshore outsourcing?

Is this the end of offshore outsourcing as we know it? With RPA spending on the rise taking over critical mechanical and transactional processes from the hands of people. I had a look at a recent survey by HfS Research and KPMG for some insights.

Data Storage & Data Lakes

Microsoft sinks data centre off Orkney, Scotland