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Reinventing the high-tech company of tomorrow

Deborah Garand, Managing Director - High Tech, Accenture, discusses the findings of the company’s recent ‘As a Service, at Your Service’ research report which looks at the challenges and opportunities for high-tech companies as they look towards as-a-service (aaS) offerings to improve customer value and operational flexibility. The stakes are high, with 97% of executives believing generative AI can expedite the organisation’s strategic shift toward aaS models, while 75% of executives believe that legacy technology hardware companies will no longer exist unless they begin acting more like software companies.

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AI optimism is high, but challenges remain

Nicolas Leszczynski, Principal Solution Engineer at Riverbed, discusses the results of the recent Riverbed Global AI & Digital Experience Survey, which finds that organisations are at an inflection point as they accelerate their adoption of AI. Despite high optimism, the report reveals this reality – while 94% of those surveyed say AI is a top C-Suite priority and 91% agree it provides a competitive advantage, only 37% are fully prepared to implement AI projects now, as organisations address challenges ranging from data quality to scalability that are impacting their ability to realise the full benefits of AI.

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AI cloud platform promises sustainable compute

Alex Sharp, Chief Projects Officer, Data Centres at Nscale, outlines the scale of the AI data centre challenge – with average rack consuming 130 kilowatts of power, and as chips become more sophisticated, so too does their appetite for energy. In just five years, data centres could account for up to 30% of global emissions. Happily, there are ways in which such a future can be addressed to ensure a sustainable, digital future for the data centre sector.

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AI Transform - Interview with NetApp

Kirsty Biddiscombe, AI, ML and Data Analytics lead for NetApp EMEA, discusses the challenges and opportunities of enterprise AI - with the focus very much on the current skills shortage.

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Analytics and AI - the perfect combination

Iju Raj, Executive Vice President R&D and Simon Bennett, Director, Research and Innovation, both at AVEVA, discuss the importance of real time data analytics and how AI can help unlock access to this key business enabler, sharing examples of how the company is helping companies in the global industrial sector to achieve the twin objectives of driving sustainability and achieving significant cost savings.

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Absolics finds semiconductor Solace

Tom Fairbairn, Distinguished Engineer at Solace, explains how Absolics is using the Solace PubSub+ Platform to establish a real-time information flow across all enterprise applications in its US factory. Absolics is now able to manage its entire API and events environment through one integrated solution, delivering a more automated data streaming and management process with high throughput and no downtime – allowing the company to make faster and more well-informed decisions.

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AI - turning the challenge into a business opportunity
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Dr Clare Walsh, Director of Education at the Institute of Analytics (IoA), and one of the of the world’s leading academic voices in data analytics and AI, discusses the ways in which AI will (and won’t) impact the world of the SME, with a particular focus on explaining the ways in which people from any business background can feel empowered by the technology and understand its benefits. At the AI Transform event, Clare will be focusing on the importance of data democracy – the idea that small businesses can start to make better choices using a combination of data (and AI).

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AI-First approach provides innovation success

Steve Young, UK SVP and MD, Dell Technologies, explains how can businesses can navigate the high upfront cost of AI while aiming for cost-saving and efficiencies, the importance of adopting an 'AI-first' approach to investment and how to go about devising and implementing an organisation-wide AI strategy that balances upfront costs versus anticipated benefits.

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AI regulation - a delicate balancing act?

Ivana Bartoletti, Global Chief Privacy and AI Governance Officer at Wipro, also a Council of Europe adviser on AI and human rights, provides some fascinating insights into the EU AI Act, the UK’s upcoming AI Bill, as well as relevant US legislation, in terms of how much AI regulation is actually based on existing laws around privacy and non-discrimination and also about achieving the balance between AI innovation and AI ethics. Ultimately, AI is set to make a major, positive contribution to our quality of life, so long as AI-driven challenges, such as misinformation and bias, can be kept under control.

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AI and cybersecurity – a marriage made in heaven or hell?

Dennis Xu, VP Analyst, KI Leader, Gartner, discusses the coming together of AI and cybersecurity – in particular the rapid evolution of generative AI and its likely impact on cybersecurity – providing some valuable, actionable insights for navigating the GenAI hype to create real value. Dennis also comments on the need for organisations to reconsider their cyber resilience strategies in the wake of the recent Crowdstrike incident.

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Growing optimism towards AI

Jürgen Hatheier, International Chief Technology Officer, Ciena, discusses the findings of the company’s recent global survey, which highlights the optimistic long-term outlook of CSPs regarding AI’s ability to enhance the network as well as the need for strategic planning and investments in infrastructure and expertise to fully realize the benefits.

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Growing optimism towards AI from CSPs

Jürgen Hatheier, International Chief Technology Officer, Ciena, discusses the findings of the company’s recent global survey, which highlights the optimistic long-term outlook of CSPs regarding AI’s ability to enhance the network as well as the need for strategic planning and investments in infrastructure and expertise to fully realize the benefits.

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AI adoption projects are ‘investment roulette’

Ian Stendera, Chief Product Officer, Ardoq, discusses the company’s recently published Emerging Technology Adoption 2024 Report, explaining the ways in which CIOs see developments such as AI as both a risk and opportunity. He provides some great insights into the size of the task facing organisations as they seek to adopt new technologies, as well as providing advice on how best to optimise the chances of project success.

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GenAI looms large on the cybersecurity landscape

James Hodge, GVP & Chief Strategy Advisor at Splunk and a member of TechUK AI Committee, discusses the findings of the recent “State of Security 2024: The Race to Harness AI” global research report – in particular, the impact of GenAI on cybersecurity – both the good and the bad.

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Caution - playing the GenAI long game pays dividends

Eric Johnson, Chief Information Officer at PagerDuty, discusses the findings of the company’s recent Generative AI survey, explaining how many organisations remain mistrustful and nervous of the technology, to the extent that they may well have paused usage in order to establish guidelines and policies, while understanding that, if they do not deploy GenAI, they risk falling behind their competitors. Eric provides some excellent advice to help end users understand how best to make a success of GenAI and to avoid getting caught up in the hype.

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