Tag: UK
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Link: Why We Get the Wrong Politicians by Isabel Hardman review – the travails of being an MP | Books | The Guardian
Sounds like a (rightly) sympathetic, interesting take on being a representative. Original source: Why We Get the Wrong Politicians by Isabel Hardman review – the travails of being an MP | Books | The Guardian
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Link: Amazon takes aim at U.K. insurance market | Digital Insurance
‘Amazon has “all the tools to succeed” and is a bigger threat than Alphabet Inc.’s Google, which also made a play for the U.K. price-comparison industry a few years ago’ For the change or die files. Original source: Amazon takes aim at U.K. insurance market | Digital Insurance
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Link: Toxic Technology: the growing legacy threat
“The UK Government Digital Service recently wrote about how they understand legacy and suggested a number of factors that contribute to technology being considered legacy: being poorly supported, hard to update, poorly documented, non-compliant or inefficient. The range of breadth of these negative characteristics runs counter to an often passive view of legacy: stable historic…
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Link: The only way is Ethics: UK Lords fret about AI ‘moral panic’
Original source: The only way is Ethics: UK Lords fret about AI ‘moral panic’
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Link: Mayor of London Calls for Regulation of the Tech Industry
“Tech companies, innovators, must take responsibilities for how their platforms are used, Khan said. He also called on politicians and policymakers to look out for the public and pass regulation when necessary.” Original source: Mayor of London Calls for Regulation of the Tech Industry
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Link: Will UK lose global business and tech leader status post-Brexit?
‘James Governor, Analyst at RedMonk said: “Brexit will be the biggest systemic shock to British business in the more than 70 years. The scale of change will require an unprecedented investment in IT, with in-house application development becoming more important than ever to deal with complexity.”’ Original source: Will UK lose global business and tech…
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Link: Brexit could see UK lose status as global business leader
“The study also suggests that software might be the solution to these upcoming problems. Almost all (93 per cent) of CIOs and 84 per cent of ITDMs have said that the ability to create their own software is essential for preparing an organisation for the effects of Brexit.” Original source: Brexit could see UK lose…
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Link: Is the future of wealth management going to be robo-advisers?
Estimate of the market-size for companies like Wealthfront: “whilst in the UK robo-advisers currently only cover less than £1 billion assets under management, the US robo-advisory market handled $19 billion AUM in 2014 (a growth of 65% from the previous eight months).” Source: Is the future of wealth management going to be robo-advisers?
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\”software-defined washing\” – IT leaders convene on London for the UK’s first software-defined conference
“software-defined washing” – IT leaders convene on London for the UK’s first software-defined conference
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\”software-defined washing\” – IT leaders convene on London for the UK’s first software-defined conference
[“software-defined washing” – IT leaders convene on London for the UK’s first software-defined conference](http://www.information-age.com/it-management/strategy-and-innovation/123458008/it-leaders-convene-london-uks-first-software-defined-conference)
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