PPDS is collaborating with Intel, Advantech and Navori Labs to create an intelligent signage solution for Retail. The solution will be powered by AI using intelligent context-aware software and camera technologies to deliver data-driven insights to high street retailers for enhanced, more targeted customer experiences. Designed to take the customer’s …
Read More »85% of Industrial Businesses to Increase Investment in Digital Transformation and Sustainability
AVEVA has found that 85% of businesses plan to increase their investment in digital transformation over the next three years in order to tackle climate change, embrace automation and unlock the performance benefits of advanced technologies. Nine out of ten industrial companies see combining advanced technologies such as the industrial …
Read More »Celonis launches Celonis Labs dedicated to the “art of the impossible”
Celonis has opened its new innovation facility, Celonis Labs, a dedicated innovation centre created to advance and accelerate disruptive new capabilities. It combines operational R&D with free thinking about the ‘art of the possible.’ Celonis Labs teams will be experimenting with new ideas and emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, …
Read More »Artificial Intelligence Skills Bootcamp at the University of Huddersfield
Next month the University of Huddersfield is to deliver an Artificial Intelligence Skills Bootcamp that will connect people to employment. Commencing on Monday 18 October and funded through the National Skills Fund as part of the Government’s Plan for Jobs, this sixteen-week AI Skills Bootcamp will provide learners with the opportunity to build both their …
Read More »Exponential-e and The National Pathology Imagine Co-operative (NPIC) join together in strategic partnership
Exponential-e has become the strategic platform provider for The National Pathology Imaging Co-operative (NPIC). Exponential-e will support NPIC’s development of artificial intelligence (AI) to improve diagnosis and help deliver core technology platforms to support its deployment of digital pathology in the NHS. NPIC is a unique collaboration between NHS, academia …
Read More »Sitecore Acquires AI-Powered Digital Search Platform Reflektion
Sitecore has acquired San Mateo-based Reflektion, an AI-powered digital search platform. The acquisition extends Sitecore’s ongoing $1.2 billion growth plan. “Search is about more than just entering words into a box and hoping for the right results – it is the cornerstone of a digital experience. With Reflektion, a brand …
Read More »Wipro and DataRobot Partner on Scalable Enterprise AI Solutions
Wipro Limited is partnering with DataRobot to deliver Augmented Intelligence. Harish Dwarkanhalli, President – Applications & Data, iDEAS, Wipro Limited said: “Wipro is committed to helping clients in their journey to become intelligent enterprises, and implement AI at scale. Our approach is to simplify AI deployment in enterprises using a …
Read More »Smart thinking
EZVIZ UK’s Simon Buckingham, Brand & Marketing Manager gives his personal view on where the smart tech industry is headed. “As I look back on previous PCR editions over the years where I have spoken about the market and improvements made in the AI/IoT sector in various articles and opinion …
Read More »Speakers for Schools partners with Corsight AI on STEM for ethnic minority students
Social mobility charity Speakers for Schools has partnered with Corsight AI to provide 170 virtual work experience placements to young people across the UK. The placements will take place in the week commencing 19th July, and target young people from ethnic minority backgrounds aged between 14-19. Ethnic minorities are largely underrepresented in STEM …
Read More »New Sisense Extense Framework with AI-powered insights
Sisense Extense Framework has been developed to deliver AI-driven analytic experiences directly within the applications users are working in without needing to leave their workflow. Sisense is also introducing several new infusion applications built on the Extense Framework to deliver actionable intelligence to employees for enhanced operational, logistical, and role-based …
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