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• Why we need a more human-centric approach to IoT application design

  The expectations around the value that IoT promises to deliver are high with worldwide IoT spending expected to hit a trillion dollars by 2022.

• Beyond machines, businesses need talented people

  From start-ups to multinationals, organisations are using technology in an innovation wave that is disrupting industries such as finance and banking, retail, hospitality, travel and government.

• 2018: The year of the robot

  We are being routinely bombarded with news that robots will take over the world. Consumers fear they will take away jobs, and businesses face the unprecedented task of strategising how to compete in a new world order, where artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics are changing whole industries.

• Unleashing the value of big data in the financial services industry

  Big data analytics will bring about significant change in value generation for the financial services industry. Winning companies will be the ones that utilise big data to help make the crucial shift from product to a customer-centric focus.

• In a turnabout, Disney ABC TV cancels plans to outsource IT jobs

  Just two weeks ago, the Disney ABC Television Group told a team of approximately 30 to 35 application developers that they were being laid off. Their jobs were being moved to an IT contractor with large offshore operations. Some were told their last day would be at the end of July.

• 3M, Infor in legal battle over millions in software fees

  In a case that hinges on interpretations of software contract language and the respective rights of customers and vendors when it comes to third-party support organizations, 3M wants a court to declare that it doesn't owe Infor millions of dollars in fees.

• Cognizant buys project management consultant PIPC

  IT services company, Cognizant, has acquired global program management consultancy, PIPC Group, to expand its project management skills base.