Intelligent CIO Europe Issue 08 | Page 7

NEWS FarEye expands into Europe by launching its regional office in London F arEye, a leading global digital logistics platform, has announced the opening of its first European office in the heart of London with an aim to expand its business foothold in the region and to serve its customers directly. FarEye currently serves customers in over 20 countries. FarEye has revolutionised the logistics industry by capturing marquee clients like DHL, Blue Dart and Walmart, enabling more than 100 companies across retail, logistics, e-commerce, healthcare and the food sector globally, thus proving its mettle across industry verticals. Already leveraging its software solutions for customers in Europe, the company sees huge scope in the market. To capitalise the explosion in online sales in Europe, which is estimated to reach US$700 billion a year by the end of 2018, FarEye has launched its first office in the continent. Some of its innovative offerings in the market include Drop&Pick, a cloud-based web and mobile application to enable parcel shops; FarEye Visibility suite; Foodeligent, an artificial intelligence-based platform to cut food delivery time by 15%; and Delivery Happiness Platform, among others. Kushal Nahata, Co-founder & CEO, FarEye, said: “The opening of our first office in Europe is a crucial step towards our business growth strategy. With a strong presence in Indian, GCC and Southeast Asian countries, expanding our physical presence in Europe would help us widen our horizon and serve the market. We are aiming at the growing sectors of retail, e-commerce, courier and postal, and food delivery in the European market by bringing the most effective technology solutions to all our customers. Our unique and innovative solutions, built with robust technology framework, would help the companies streamline their operations and impart a superior customer experience.” ///////////////// New digital skills courses making students more employable skills and real-world experience through online work, hands-on labs and expert instruction, paving the way for careers in technology. As companies digitise more of their operations, they are creating much more data about their sites, staff and how they work. Bosses need experts who can look through those insights and use it to help make their business become more efficient and reduce unnecessary costs. Students completing the courses will receive a Microsoft certificate to prove their new skills. Ian Fordham, Director of Education at Microsoft UK, said: “We are delighted to have worked with the Institute of Coding and Birmingham City University to give students the opportunity to achieve certification in an increasingly vital area of technology. N ew courses aimed at teaching students some of the most sought-after digital skills have been launched at Birmingham City University. Microsoft has teamed up with the Institute of Coding (IoC) to introduce a programme focused on analysing and visualising data with Power BI, the technology company’s information analytics tool. The courses were created to help people gain technical, job-ready www.intelligentcio.com “As we move further into the Fourth Industrial Revolution, it will be evermore important for students to leave the education system with the technical skills organisations will need to thrive in this new cloud economy. Helping students understand and apply AI and machine learning technologies, cloud and data analytics can help set these students on a prosperous career path and we look forward to rolling this programme out more broadly in time for the new academic year.” INTELLIGENTCIO 7