Natural language processing of forum posts, complaints emails, OCR feeders from scanned communications.  Scans of competitors print adverts.  All can be processed much more simply than before.
CCTV footage ,...

In the UK the electricity meters get read once a quarter.  Smart metering (if the public accept them) enables continuous monitoring and potentially down to specific devices.
In theory it...

There are some unexpected consequences for fitness apps http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42853072

I really dislike the "it's not web scale" argument against RDBMS.  Amazon, Google, Facebook, Twitter, NetFlix genuinely need web scale technologies which is why they invented their own.
The majority...

I think a key part of GDPR "Privacy by design and default" that is missed is that it isn't just technical, it is ensuring staff are knowledgeable , organisational process...

Complying with GDPR from a software point of view is making sure you have the mechanisms to ask for consent without preticked boxes to signal consent.  Your customer must make...

As John Mitchell says there is a lot of misinformation out there.  The guidance from the ICO in the UK is pretty straight forward.  The act itself isn't unreadable legalese. ...

A good craftsman knows their craft and their tools and will understand when they need to acquire new tools and/or new skills.  I think a lot of people strive to...

Jeff, apart from what you get with a SQL Server install what tools are in your arsenal?

Let's suppose that a FTE cost £1/minute.  A tool cost £300.  Over the lifetime of that tool it has to save 5hours of time for that one person.

Having...