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Analytics is proving increasingly instrumental to modern business, because of the competitive advantage it can help generate. By replacing guesswork with hard, data-driven facts, businesses can develop more informed strategies, connect with customers better, improve their productivity, and find efficiencies that save time and reduce costs.  Realising these benefits requires high data literacy, but many...

The pace of technological change means that all good digital transformation strategies have to factor in readiness for continuous evolution. Businesses that lag behind their competitors in adopting technological advancements find it harder and harder to catch up. To overcome this challenge, they must completely rethink their approach and consider strategy and planning in tandem....

It wasn’t so long ago that artificial intelligence and machine learning were considered trendy buzzwords with limited relevance to most businesses. But times have changed quickly, and AI has become essential in many use cases. Among them are customer service (cited by 56% of respondents to the Forbes Advisor survey) and cybersecurity (51%). The rush...

SCC Unify, an Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) engine that puts all your data into one dashboard, has just launched. The single location platform arranges different types of data into a more consumable insight, allowing the user to visualise and understand it, as well as make actions. Layers of automation and alerting...

SCC, Europe’s biggest independent IT solutions provider, is supporting a key UK NHS Foundation Trust through the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic by donating an innovative Artificial Intelligence (AI) solution that will free beds and improve patient healthcare at home. In line with the Government’s latest release ‘COVID-19: ethical framework for adult social care’, which emphasises how...

A major logistics company had a problem that was causing time and money to be lost as well as customer service impacted. Vehicles were being sent out to pick-up consignments for delivery only to discover on arrival that there was some kind of special requirement. The items might be particularly heavy or difficult to handle,...

Without intervention, waiting lists for NHS patients could significantly increase In a speech ahead of the Autumn Budget on 22nd November 2018, the Chief Executive of NHS England, Simon Stevens made a stark warning. He cautioned that without extra funding the improvements made in reducing waiting times for patients over the past decade would be...

New research by Gartner has revealed that businesses across all industries are using artificial intelligence (AI) to gain an advantage over competitors. The 2019 CIO survey, of 3,000 chief information officers across 89 countries, found that the number of organisations using AI has risen by 270% since 2015. It also uncovered that 52% of telecommunications...

A new NHS approved £1.5m ‘Tele-Pharmacy’ has opened in Liverpool aimed at assisting people living with chronic care conditions to manage their medicinal needs through an artificial intelligent (AI) mobile app. ‘Now Patient’, developed by Now Healthcare Group, aims to support up to 15 million people living with long-term health conditions such as cancer, diabetes...

The Virtual Assistant Referee, also known as VAR, has certainly stolen the limelight at the 2018 World Cup so far. Numerous people would agree it has had a mostly positive effect, leading to fewer red cards per game after each country’s first fixture than at any World Cup for 32 years. Video analytics could soon...

Artificial intelligence (AI) in the global cyber security market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 36% during 2017-2023, reaching $18.1 billion by 2023. The research, conducted by P&S Market Research, suggests that the rising number of cyber frauds and malicious attacks is the major factor driving AI demand in the cyber security market....

Artificial intelligence’ (AI) is the buzzword on everybody’s lips. It first came to life in the 1950s, but latest advancements and innovations have propelled it into the spotlight and it has now become a talking point for many, especially those in the tech world. The capabilities of AI are reaching unprecedented levels and will continue...