Data management

Apple’s current Watch has a more basic heart rate monitor, but the company is increasingly pushing to turn its luxury fashion accessory into a serious medical device.

Managing information in a digital world is as complex as the digital workflows supporting the efforts.

By 2021, more than 55 percent of spending on IoT projects will be for software and services, says Carrie MacGillivray.

Major business intelligence providers are building tools designed to introduce more employees to data analytics, with a focus on three key areas: accessibility, collaboration and consumability.

When moving away from familiar systems and deploying something new, a failure to plan properly could be disastrous.

Fewer than half of programmers are confident in the code they write and run, with 60 percent lacking confidence in the security of their applications, says Joe McCann.

New unit will invest in startups with expertise in mobility, connected health, data intelligence and cybersecurity.

Military insurer will predominantly be looking to hire software engineers and applications developers, it says.

But IT personnel too often feel they lack the skills, technology and bandwidth to create the data-centric foundation needed.

Firms that give workers ready access to the applications they need are nearly three times as likely to be rated as leaders in digital transformation by staff.