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Data-led insight has a significant role to play in supporting the governments and businesses – from SMEs to Multinationals – to weather the COVID-19 storm and prepare for the coming challenges of post-lockdown planning. The opportunities and challenges of an increase in demand, combined with fundamental changes in customer behavior, will need to be carefully, yet quickly understood if we are to forge a new path as we emerge from the global pandemic.

In a mere 10 years, the UK is set to ban the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars. The alternative put forward by the government and ‘green’ campaigners: electric vehicles (EVs). In my role as Head of Product and Business Development at CKDelta, I see first-hand the role that anonymised data can play in supporting a smooth transition to a greener transportation sector.

At the helm of data science business, CKDelta, I see first-hand the possible roles that anonymised data can play in supporting governments and businesses to weather the COVID-19 storm. The application of anonymised data is increasingly yielding rich insights and foresight into real-world problems, brought to life by simulated solutions across a broad spectrum of sectors includingtransport, utilities and retail.

The rollout of ‘green’ automotive technology will not happen overnight. The promotion of electric vehicles (EVs) depends on the industry embracing the art of the prediction through quality data and machine learning.

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile in Italiano.

The historical model of the enterprise, with in-house staff based around a corporate headquarters and a handful of branch offices, is a good fit for traditional enterprise technologies: including a wide-area network that lets offices collaborate as one and share central resources.

Private networks based on 5G technology have revolutionised operations at large campuses such as ports, manufacturing plants and airports. With faster speeds and throughput rates, lower latency and extended coverage, 5G private networks have replaced WiFi in many of these environments and ushered in a new era of connected and automated machines.

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile in Italiano.

In my most recent blog I discussed how mobility data can give supermarkets and other retailers insights that can guide their decisions and marketing post-lockdown. But data-driven decisions are essential for organisations of all kinds, especially in the transportation sector, especially at this time.

The 2020 Northumbrian Water Innovation Festival was, in many ways, the most interesting yet, as CKH IOD sponsored a design sprint that attempted to tackle a big question in just a few days, in a multi-stakeholder workshop that was completely virtual. This year we were tackling a key question: how can IoT be used to improve safety and efficiency for a water company’s field technicians, by providing more information about equipment, tools and assets in the field?

Unlike in previous years, this year’s festival sprint was totally online, led by CKH IOD, a team from Northumbrian Water and various experts from our partners at Invisible Systems, Fleet Space, LTI, United Vanning and Retroflo.

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile in Italiano.

The digital signage market is poised for substantial growth in the next five years with the retail sector leading the charge in adopting this technology. We chat with digital signage, marketing technology and retail experts Harry Horn of Scala and parent companySTRATACACHE, and Marco Salvetti of CKH IOD to find out how digital signage is changing the face of retail and what impact the technology will have.