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.
Watch OnlineDr Chris Ballance, co-founder and CEO of Oxford Ionics, explains how the company has developed and proven the building blocks of a high-performance, scalable quantum computer, and has also demonstrated that its quantum chips can be produced at scale in a standard semiconductor factory. Chris says that its chip provides over twice the performance of previous world records - achieved without using error correction – detailing why he believes that useful quantum computers are now within touching distance.
Watch OnlineIvana 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.
Watch OnlineDr. Avesta Hojjati, VP of Engineering at DigiCert, explains the thinking behind the creation of the first ever World Quantum Readiness Day – detailing the very real threat that quantum computing could compromise existing cryptographic algorithms used to secure data and the need for organisations to adopt a proactive stance on quantum readiness to safeguard against potential attacks.
Watch OnlineDennis 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.
Watch OnlineMichael Ćaćić-Escalera, Director of Pax8 Academy, Pax8, discusses the importance of MSPs and other channel organisations ensuring a constant programme of upskilling – both in terms of the technologies they are selling to their customers and the development of the skills required to develop and grow their businesses to best meet end users’ expectations. Indeed, in such a dynamic IT sector, ongoing upskilling has never been so important, and Pax8’s own Beyond EMEA 24 event is a great education opportunity later this year.
Watch OnlineBrandon Lucia, a Carnegie Mellon professor who recently founded Efficient Computer, a company that is producing a general purpose chip said to be up to 100 times more energy-efficient than leading general-purpose CPUs, talks through the company’s reconfigurable dataflow processor architecture, explaining just how much of an impact he believes this innovation will have where AI and ML are used in IoT devices at the edge and, maybe overtime, in the data centre itself.
Watch OnlineMorten Kjaersgaard, Chairman and Founder of Heimdal, discusses the benefits of the company’s unified XDR platform, the opportunities this provides for MSPs and more specialised MSSPs and also offers some fascinating insights into the cybersecurity challenges and opportunities facing the industry in the coming months.
Watch OnlinePeter Terry-Brown, General Manager, Positioning and Timing Business Unit, Spirent, discusses the current state of the telecommunications industry and explains that its future lies skyward – exploring the possibilities of satellite-based telecommunications and a corresponding shrinking of earthbound telecoms infrastructure.
Watch OnlineJames Hodge, GVP & Chief Strategy Advisor at Splunk, discusses the findings of the company’s recent ‘Hidden Costs of Downtime’ report – which identifies not just the financial cost of downtime - $400 billion annually – but also the damage done to shareholder value, brand reputation, innovation velocity and customer trust. The report also identifies a group of resilience leaders, and James shares the strategies which these organisations deploy to minimise downtime occurrences and their impact.
Watch OnlineIan 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.
Watch OnlineJonathan Craymer, FRSA, President & Founder, Shayype Solutions Ltd, discusses the problems with many if not all of the current authentication technologies and solutions available on the market, before explaining how the Shayype authentication engine has been developed to take the one time passcode to the next, secure level. Jonathan believes that users deserve better than the current authentication offerings, and is confident that Shayype should be a key pillar of any organisation’s comprehensive authentication strategy.
Watch OnlineSara Faatz, Director, Technology Community Relations at Progress, discusses the importance of human-centred software design, with the company’s recent survey revealing that, while nearly all organisations recognise its value, there’s a big gap between intent and action. Sara examines the reasons behind this disparity and shares some valuable insights as to how organisations can ensure that they optimise human-centric digital experiences for their entire ecosystem.
Watch OnlineToby Alcock discusses the company’s 10th annual CIO Report, which highlights the many challenges facing CIOs as they seek to deliver the IT infrastructure required to underpin organisations’ digital transformation journeys. Cybersecurity and AI might be described as the ‘usual suspects when it comes to the main challenges identified in the report, but CIOs are also focused on connectivity issues, skills shortages and the need for a coherent and comprehensive, company-wide digital vision.
Watch OnlineJames 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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