Open finance and open banking has the potential to promote innovation and benefit customers – but effective and ethical implementation will be challenging.

Introducing connected products into a business's product range may appear straightforward, but that connection creates numerous legal implications to navigate.

Digital twins can be transformative: shifting the entire business model: from selling an asset to selling the service provided by the asset.

Ursula von der Leyen, the new president of the European Commission, had announced the adoption of a regulatory framework for artificial intelligence (AI) within 100 days, as part of the Commission’s ambition to promote "A Europe fit for the digital age". One hundred days was obviously too short, but in...

The Internet of Things collects data and sends signals all around us and a key element in automation, optimisation, management of assets and infrastructure. It can generate simple visibility of issues which were previously overlooked, or can be scaled up to drive a full digital twin of manufacturing, of interactions...

The flexibility and versatility of 3D printing is being spotlighted at the moment, featuring regularly in reports about innovative initiatives to support the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. At the industrial scale, additive manufacturing is coming to the fore as part of the full digital manufacturing enterprise stack, generating efficiency...

The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) has today (16 July 2020) issued a much anticipated judgment in a case about whether and how personal data can be transferred to countries outside of the UK / EU. The case was referred from the High Court in Ireland to the...

As businesses look for new revenue streams, many who would typically be software as a service (SaaS) consumers are commercialising their software assets and becoming vendors. However, this switch is not always straightforward and the ideal contracting positions for customers and vendors do not often align. What are the key...

Sophisticated warehouse systems can generate vast amounts of data that might be capturing staff movements, heating and power consumption, intelligent lighting, water use and traffic movements, and more. As owners’ business models evolve, with an increasing focus on technology-enabled aspects such as warehouse automation, energy efficiency and mobility-as-a-service, data is...