Accenture To Acquire Arca

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Accenture To Acquire Arca

Accenture has acquired Arca, a Madrid, Spain-based engineering services company with a focus on network operations and business services.

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5 ways banks can use AI to better serve their customers

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5 ways banks can use AI to better serve their customers

Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence – or AI – and deeper AI techniques including machine learning and deep learning are touted to transform the banking industry.

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Three Things To Keep In Mind As You Sprint The Digital Transformation Marathon

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Three Things To Keep In Mind As You Sprint The Digital Transformation Marathon

The idea of digital transformation is nothing new — enterprises have been giving it lip service for just over a decade now. Yet, after years of changing markets, a groundswell of digital natives and fine-threatening regulations like the GDPR, it took a global pandemic for enterprises to walk the walk — or rather, sprint the marathon.

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Preparing For The Rapid Evolution Of 5G

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Preparing For The Rapid Evolution Of 5G

As the demand for connected devices grows, telecommunication companies are spending billions and billions of dollars on revolutionary solutions. This isn’t about simply making more devices or phones; there’s a lot more to it than that.

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IBM to Acquire SAP Consulting Partner TruQua

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IBM to Acquire SAP Consulting Partner TruQua

As part of IBM's hybrid cloud growth strategy to drive digital transformation for clients, IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire TruQua Enterprises, LLC, an IT services and consulting SAP development partner that specializes in delivering finance and analytics solutions to Fortune 500 companies. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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Four steps for getting started with data science

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Four steps for getting started with data science

Amid the current period of uncertainty, data science can serve as something of a golden compass to businesses, using statistics and artificial intelligence to navigate through tough times. Tobias Platenburg, a consultant at IG&H, shares four steps for how companies can get started.

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Data science hub Pivigo announces new CEO

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Data science hub Pivigo announces new CEO

UK data science hub Pivigo has announced the appointment of Alex Willard as Chief Executive Officer.

Willard joins Pivigo from Imagination Technologies, where she was Executive Entrepreneur-in-Residence, identifying opportunities for the company, particularly in the areas of Software as a Service and AI.

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Global consultancies compete for share of Chinese market

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Global consultancies compete for share of Chinese market

Five years after reports that China had ordered state-owned enterprises to cut ties with US consulting companies, at least three of the Big Four consultancy groups,

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McKinsey’s edad program welcomes 100 young Arab females

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McKinsey’s edad program welcomes 100 young Arab females

Celebrating the 10th anniversary of its edad program in the Middle East, McKinsey & Company recently hosted a special edition exclusively for young female professionals.

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GCC governments can save billions if they adopt AI

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GCC governments can save billions if they adopt AI

The art of artificial intelligence (AI) could help optimise a variety of government functions in the Middle East, generating economic value of $7 billion per year

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Capgemini Acquires Microsoft , Salesforce and Service Now IT Consulting Firm

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Capgemini Acquires Microsoft , Salesforce and Service Now IT Consulting Firm

Capgemini is acquiring RXP Services, a digital, data and cloud IT consulting firm with Microsoft, Salesforce and ServiceNow expertise. The deal is valued at roughly US$70 million.

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KPMG considering sale of UK restructuring business

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KPMG considering sale of UK restructuring business

KPMG is considering selling its UK restructuring business as the accounting giant looks to shore up its finances after delaying its annual results amid the disruption caused by Covid-19.

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Programming language Python's popularity

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Programming language Python's popularity

For the first time in Tiobe's long-running index, 35-year-old Python has overtaken Java to become the second-most popular programming language.

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LinkedIn open-sources Dagli

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LinkedIn open-sources Dagli

LinkedIn open-sourced Dagli, a machine learning library for Java (and other JVM languages) that ostensibly makes it easier to write bug-resistant, readable, modifiable, maintainable, and deployable model pipelines without incurring technical debt.

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German software giant hopes to deepen collaboration with Chinese partners

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German software giant hopes to deepen collaboration with Chinese partners

The German software giant SAP, also a participant in the third China International Import Expo (CIIE), hopes to enhance engagement with the Chinese government at all levels and deepen collaboration with Chinese enterprises

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Tata Consultancy Services in deal for Donegal's Pramerica

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Tata Consultancy Services in deal for Donegal's Pramerica

Tata Consultancy Services has agreed to buy Co Donegal-based Pramerica Systems Ireland, a subsidiary of US based Prudential Financial Inc.

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Wipro announces mega organisational overhaul

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Wipro announces mega organisational overhaul

Wipro has announced a complete overhaul of its operating model and structure. The IT major, for its new structure, which will come into effect from January 1, 2021

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Deloitte brings its Artificial Intelligence Institute to China

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Deloitte brings its Artificial Intelligence Institute to China

China is now among five key markets across the world to house a Deloitte AI Institute center, following an expansion drive by the Big Four accounting and advisory firm.

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NNIT Group acquires Excellis Health Solutions

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NNIT Group acquires Excellis Health Solutions

NNIT acquires US-based Excellis, a leading specialized global provider in end-to-end supply chain consulting services to the life sciences industry.

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Cybersecurity is a must when expanding digitisation

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Cybersecurity is a must when expanding digitisation

Executives consider cybersecurity the technology most important for survive Covid-19. But many of the industries that need to integrate it most are also the most cyber-naïve.

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