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Brussels opens data sharing scheme for Covid-19 research

21 Apr 2020by DataIQ News

The European Commission is aiming to do its bit for the fight against the coronavirus by launching a Covid-19 data hub, where researchers will be able to share and store data from DNA sequences and protein structures through to data from pre-clinical research.

Public services get boost from new deal for mapping data

03 Apr 2020by DataIQ News

The future planning and management of public services has received a major shot in the arm with new Geospatial Commission plans to introduce core addressing identifiers for the public sector under the Open Government Licence.

Technology sector demands rescue package for start-ups

02 Apr 2020by DataIQ News

The UK’s technology industry is calling for Government support to bail out start-ups which it fears could collapse in the coming months due to the disruption to economic activity caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

CDOs at loggerheads with legal teams over data use

20 Mar 2020by DataIQ News

Data professionals working in financial services firms are being prevented by their legal teams from repurposing customer data for secondary use, with the two departments seemingly at loggerheads, according to new research.

Firms urged to boost data security for home workers

19 Mar 2020by DataIQ News

Businesses have been warned to tighten up their data security procedures to tackle a new wave of cyber threats as millions of UK staff are forced to work from home due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Data quantity not quality is troubling business chiefs

13 Mar 2020by DataIQ News

Half of senior executives in UK businesses feel overwhelmed by the data generated within their organisation, a number that rises to two-thirds (61%) among those working in larger companies, with even more (67%) struggling to access their data to make business decisions.

Data visualisation market set to reach over $9bn by 2026

11 Mar 2020by DataIQ News

The global data visualisation market is growing by nearly $1 billion (£770 million) a year, and is expected to be top $9 billion (£6.95 billion) by 2026 as data visualisation tools become "business critical" for any company which wants to get the most out their data.

SE Water credits data pool with plugging network leaks

05 Mar 2020by DataIQ News

South East Water has turned on a major data analysis project to reduce leakage across its network with a 12-month trial designed to cut water waste by 15%.

SMEs still in the dark about whether to adhere to GDPR

03 Mar 2020by DataIQ News

With GDPR’s two-year anniversary looming, it seems that smaller firms have yet to get to grips with large swathes of the regulation, with more than a third believing GDPR does not apply to the customer data they hold and just under half (49%) under the impression it does not apply to online browsing data either.

GP surgeries turn to AI for new online triage process

28 Feb 2020by DataIQ News

As the NHS braces itself for a flood of coronavirus cases, one group of GP practices is aiming to ease the current workload by becoming the first in the UK to use an online triage system, driven by artificial intelligence technology.

Market Insight

New data, better businessIn Partnership with Barclays

This simple five-step guide summarises the attributes one needs to look out for when evaluating new data providers. As data becomes ever more important as a ...

Driving recovery with better data qualityIn Partnership with Royal Mail

The challenges that businesses have faced with their data and marketing look very similar, as many of the findings in this latest round of research highlight. S...

How to scale data science (when nobody else understands it)In Partnership with Domino Data Lab

For many companies, their investment in data science and their emphasis on making it a first-class corporate function have paid significant benefits. They’re ...

How to develop your data cultureIn Partnership with Tableau

We asked our 2021 DataIQ 100 Top Ten to share their views on how to develop a data culture in an organisation, how to build out data literacy and their ...

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