Data management

Businesses are often hindered from moving to a deeper level of analysis, with 42 percent still relying on traditional business intelligence tools, a study finds.

The primary uses are for sending alerts, notifications and reminders, marketing messages, streamlining account registration and protecting accounts with two-factor authentication.

Showing only modest gains is the data center systems area. Gartner expects that sector to see a 1.8 percent increase in spending, up from 1.7 estimated growth in 2017.

To meet the challenge, CIOs must understand both what will be expected of them, and what they truly aspire to be, says Gartner's Peter Sondergaard.

The company is creating a division that will develop products, research and partnerships for a field that connects everything from driverless cars to light bulbs to the web.

New Hortonworks DataPlane Service is a cloud-based offering that looks to ease workloads across distributed computing environments.

Man Group’s embrace of artificial intelligence puts it at the forefront of a seismic change that is reshaping global finance, explains Nick Granger.

For governments worried about how to save millions of jobs from the threat of automation, Nordea Bank AB has the answer: just do as the Nordicks do.

Insurance companies can help consumers stay informed on risks to lives and property, evolving them into life-coaches.

Organizations that have been successful with business intelligence are more likely to adopt the tech than their less successful counterparts, says study.