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UK leads in cybersecurity for data centres
Arcadis has published its 2021 index of data centre locations. Using a set of indicators including ease of permissions for new data centre buildings, electricity prices and cybersecurity on the supply side as well as domestic market size and internet infrastructure on the demand side, the report lists the 50 most desirable locations globally. The…
Companies to Watch
elm – helping FMCG companies move faster with data
By its very nature, the FMCG sector has always relied on data to track inventory and sales at scale and speed. Supermarkets and their FMCG suppliers were pioneers…
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ThingCo – driving change for motor insurers
Telematics solutions for the motor insurance sector are not new. Tracking driver behaviour through black boxes to better manage risk, particularly for younger drivers, is a fairly well-established…
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Features
Gartner releases 2021 Magic Quadrant for Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms
Gartner has released the 2021 Magic Quadrant for Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms Gartner lists 6 companies in the Leaders 2021 quadrant for Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms: SAS, IBM, Dataiku, MathWorks, TIBCO Software and Databricks. Commenting on the rise of some of the internet giants into this space, Gartner believes: “The long-expected…
LexisNexis Risk Solutions – helping the insurance industry innovate with data
Data has always been a core asset for the insurance industry. Understanding and calculating risk depends on accurate and timely data as well as the skills to manage it. As increasing numbers of the objects that we interact with on a daily basis become “smart” through the use of sensors and transmitters, the potential sources…
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Looking for a startup business idea?
If you’re looking for an idea for a B2B tech startup then the CB Insights daily newsletter floated 3 good suggestions: Idea #1 is a Glassdoor for tech cos to evaluate and see ratings of advisors/service providers like lawyers, bankers, and accountants; Idea #2 Investors (VC, PE, etc.) get all these pitch deck or PPMs…
How UK universities are driving innovation across the economy
Research from startup tracker, Beauhurst, on UK academic spinouts paints a broadly optimistic picture of a dynamic part of the economy. Based on data from 1,424 spinouts which Beauhurst has been tracking since 2011, the research shows pharmaceuticals as the single largest grouping (236 companies) followed by “Research Tools/Reagents” (211), “Analytics, Insight, Tools” (161), “Clinical…
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