How ‘explainable’ AI is boosting trust within the financial sector

AI is certainly proving its value in the financial services industry, with applications ranging from identifying fraud and fighting financial crime, to supporting innovative new digital experiences for customers. However, the advance from traditional rule-based models into machine learning for decision-making is creating a new wrinkle for financial institutions.  Without proper steps to ensure trust in decision-making with machine learning …

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Navigating the public sector cybersecurity storm

From a public sector perspective, over the last eighteen months the demands on IT have been greater than ever before. The initial strain came at the outset of the pandemic when IT departments within public sector organizations were forced to rapidly implement remote working for their own staff. The focus was on keeping the lights on and ensuring service continuity. …

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What does technology mean for the post-Covid-19 banking sector?

Long gone are the days where it was necessary to enter a physical bank in order to handle and manage money. Recent technology has opened up a whole new world of opportunities in both retail and consumer banking. Yet the banking sector’s digital transformation is far from over. Numerous demographics have accessed financial services digitally for some time now. However, …

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What will Covid’s digital transformation legacy be for the Public Sector?

It is undeniable that the pandemic has had an impact on the way the public sector has had to operate, but will the changes that it’s been forced to implement signify change that lasts longer than the virus itself? What the public sector enacted in response to Covid-19 was revolutionary, enabling remote working (for example) on a hitherto unimaginable scale …

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Setting the agenda: Innovation within the energy sector needs to ‘up its game’

Energy is the crux that makes our world go round. For decades, the sector has functioned in one way and one way only – by the use of fossil fuels. But the damage caused is taking its toll on our planet.  Society has a huge part to play in reconsidering its consumption; from driving cars on short, walkable journeys to …

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Why value public sector data? And how?

In the last year or more, we have heard the Prime Minister time and time again declare that Government is “following the science”, whilst millions of citizens have found themselves spending time staring at charts and monitoring trends. During this time, the link between the data that government collects and the outcomes it drives has suddenly assumed a place at …

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HMRC starts to crack down on IT sector R&D tax credit claims

R&D tax credit consultancy ForrestBrown, has identified that software companies are starting to receive letters from HMRC regarding recently filed R&D claims that ask recipients to “help confirm you are eligible”.  Here Tom Heslin, associate director and senior software sector specialist at ForrestBrown, offers practical advice for companies who have received a “nudge” letter from HMRC having filed a claim. …

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Public sector workers are benefitting hugely from remote working

Public sector workers in the UK have benefitted greatly from remote working, which has also opened up new opportunities for budget savings. This is according to a new report from SAP, which claims remote civil servants have a better work-life balance, improved physical and mental health, and have become more productive. SAP polled 2,000 public sector workers for the report …

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Public sector working has changed for good due to the pandemic

Prior to the pandemic, extensive regulation was one of the key roadblocks faced by public sector firms that wanted to adopt remote and hybrid working practices. However, Covid-19 has changed all that, steering public sectors organizations down the remote working path. This is according to a new report from cloud provider Nutanix, which states that fewer than 15 percent of …

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SMB sector could become main driver of 5G-related revenue

Small businesses could account for a major portion of 5G revenue for communication services providers (CSPs), according to a new report from BearingPoint//Beyond and Omdia. However, CSPs do not recognize SMBs as a main source of B2B revenue and are focused predominantly on enterprises, despite these organizations representing just one percent of businesses worldwide. SMBs, on the other hand, have …

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