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Change is inevitable. At Bloor, we do not simply adapt; we provoke it.

We actively challenge assumptions, consistently pushing organisations to improve and succeed. Bloor Research is one of Europe's leading independent IT research, analysis and consultancy organisations. We explain how to bring greater agility to corporate IT systems through the effective governance, management and leverage of Information. We have built a reputation for 'telling the right story' with independent, intelligent, well-articulated communications content and publications.

19/04/2026

Friday’s BBC News feature cracks open a vital question for the digital economy: do you own the asset, or do you become the asset?

Richard Skellett Chief Analyst Research & Design at Bloor Research, spoke to the BBC about digital twins, policy, and the deeper issue of ownership in an AI-driven world.
AI isn’t just changing tasks; it’s changing the very system we operate in. Bloor Research International's analysis shows that as digital workers and AI assets grow, they reshape global GDP but leave gaps in public funding. The flow of value is shifting, and unless we redesign our operating models, individuals risk becoming assets for platforms rather than owning their digital selves.
Most organisations are running playbooks from the last industrial era, while AI is rewriting the rules. The real danger is building our digital identity inside “capture engines” owned by others. That’s dependency, not sovereignty.
The Digital Me model flips this: it’s about human ownership, attribution, and benefit. Bloor Research International are calling for new policy and regulation that make the individual, not the factory agent, the centre of the digital economy.
The time to reset is now: turn finite hours into infinite value, ensure attribution flows to the person, and build resilient models for the future. If you don’t own your digital twin … you’ll be owned by it !

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OWNtheASSET

or ? It’s not every day you wake up to being feature on the BBC News and thank you to MaryLou Costa for taking the time to explore with me “ what I believe is one of the most important questions of our time “. Because whilst the article asks whether a digital twin can ...

30/07/2025

Can you keep data forever? Should you?

Sometimes you need an archive, storing data for a long time – that is, a managed archive management system, remaining usable as technology and society changes. David Norfolk explores some innovative new technologies for archiving from Cerabyte and Piql:

Sometimes you need an archive, storing data for a long time – that is, a managed archive management system, remaining usable as technology and society changes.

29/07/2025

Far beyond recent developments and hype, artificial intelligence has played a part in medicine and life sciences for over 50 years.

Andy Hayler looks at some recent successful - and not so successful - attempts at integrating AI in to the healthcare industry:

AI has a number of applications in the medical field.

28/07/2025

AI hasn’t killed jobs, it’s reshaped roles. says Bloor's Cheney Hamilton. Whatever the industry, workforces must adapt from task-based work to outcome-based skills like creativity and leadership.

At Bloor, we believe in FusionWork™. Find out how you can contribute to our upcoming White Paper with recommendations for the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Future of Work in Cheney's blog:

AI hasn’t killed jobs, it’s reshaped roles. The workforce must adapt from task-based work to outcome-based skills like creativity and leadership.

25/07/2025

AI is reshaping work, but contracts and GDPR aren’t keeping up, especially with digital twins and the right to delete, own, or earn from your data.

Ahead of our upcoming Fusion Work™ White Paper, Cheney Hamilton outlines some of the many challenges HR and people leaders face as the integration of human talent with digital twins, bots and AI grows at scale.

AI is reshaping work, but contracts and GDPR aren’t keeping up, especially with digital twins and the right to delete, own, or earn from your data.

24/07/2025

Exploiting patient healthcare data is a business opportunity for healthcare organizations as long as they don’t put compliance and data privacy at risk.

This research paper from David Norfolk and Paul Bevan shines a spotlight on the opportunities available, outlines the benefits and challenges, and provides some real-life customer oriented use cases.

IRI, The CoSort Company

A Bloor Spotlight Paper by Lead David Norfolk and co-author Paul Bevan, which showcases the business opportunities around Private Health Information in healthcare.

22/07/2025

Would you trust an AI to run your business?

Andy Hayler reflects on a recent experiment from Anthropic that saw their AI 'Claude' run and operate a vending machine with the aim of turning a profit:

What might this mean in practice if you let an AI agent try to run a small business?

21/07/2025

From deployment, project management, cloud provider and ongoing LLM costs - the financial implications of implementing AI in your business can be eye-watering.

Andy Hayler believes a worryingly high proportion of companies appear not to be applying the usual level of rigour to measuring the return on investment of their AI projects, as he explains in this blog:

What is the return on investment on AI projects?

17/07/2025

Is it real, or is it AI? That's something most of us will have wondered at some point in the last couple of years after looking at a curious image.

Andy Hayler looks at why generative AI continues to improve and forge ahead in image generation, and addresses the 'elephant in the room' of the gradual takeover of creative industries by AI:

Generative AI is forging ahead in image generation

16/07/2025

We live in a world entranced by generative AI. It is almost impossible to get away from it: it has truly broken into the mainstream. This White Paper from Daniel Howard outlines the basics of generative AI and test automation, as well as the interplay between the two.

Generator from Keysight is a leading product in test automation, leveraging AI – including generative AI – to great effect. We discuss the hows and whys.

Keysight Generator is a leading product in test automation, leveraging AI – including generative AI – to great effect. This paper discusses the hows and whys.

15/07/2025

Greg Lotko, of Broadcom’s Mainframe division says that you should think entire environment, part existing, part new. Abstract away technology, focus on value.

David Norfolk explains why he finds Broadcom’s business value message quite persuasive when it comes to mainframe software – no doubt its prices are rising a bit, but it seems that the value being delivered may be rising even faster.

Greg Lotko, of Broadcom’s Mainframe Division says that you should think entire environment, part existing, part new. Abstract away technology, focus on value.

11/07/2025

We conclude our week analysing the leading in-memory database solutions with Oracle.

Given its strong market position, Oracle needs to offer in-memory databases that allow its customers to handle their most demanding use cases. Download this InBrief from Andy Hayler for a full evaluation:

Oracle has a range of products with an in-memory database capability, aimed at high performance use cases, such as real time analytics.

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