It’s almost become a cliché to say that data is the lifeblood of the modern enterprise. However, Claire Thompson, group chief data and analytics officer (CDAO) at financial services firm L&G, says data has always been crucial to big firms. What’s changed during the past few years, particularly in her sector, is a recognition of…
Women in data: Claire Thompson, chief data officer, L&G Read More »
The European Union’s landmark cyber security bill NIS2 is just months away from coming into force. With a compliance deadline of 17 October, the law aims to improve the bloc’s ability to fight rising levels of cyber crime by ensuring all member states follow the same cyber security rules and procedures. Under this directive, each EU member…
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Cloud computing underpins countless applications, services, and company initiatives. However, the environmental footprint of these activities has started to come under scrutiny. Today’s IT leaders find themselves at a crossroads. On one hand they must embrace innovation – which includes using AI, machine learning, and big data analytics – to propel their organisations forward. And…
IT Sustainability Think Tank: How IT leaders can balance innovation with sustainability Read More »
Microsoft has reported revenue of $64.7bn for the quarter which ended June 30, driven by artificial intelligence (AI) and the company’s platform strategy. Revenue for the full year was $241.bn, which is an increase of 16% compared to 2023. In his prepared remarks, CEO Satya Nadella said: “As a platform company, we are focused on…
Microsoft set to spend more than $13bn on AI and cloud datacentres Read More »
The year-on-year (YoY) growth of cloud storage and computing suggests an unstoppable trend of customers that have moved away from owning and running their own datacentres, compute, storage and networking hardware. But although the cloud continues to grow – accounting for as much as 50% of the world’s IT infrastructure – the trend no longer…
Cloud repatriation: What it is and when you can benefit Read More »
The Cloud Infrastructure Service Providers in Europe (CISPE) trade body stands accused of selling its members down the river, after agreeing a $22m deal to withdraw its long-standing anti-trust complaint against Microsoft. The pair have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that commits Microsoft to making an enhanced version of its Azure Stack HCI offering…
The financial results of the world’s biggest three hyperscale cloud companies have seen Amazon, Google and Microsoft all credit growing customer demand for artificial intelligence (AI) services for boosting their respective profit, revenue and market share totals. The downside to this growth, particularly where Google and Microsoft are concerned, is that it appears to be…
Who is responsible for security in the public cloud? This is a question businesses need to consider as they increasingly deploy more workloads and use cloud-based IT infrastructure, platform services and applications. In Gartner’s How to make integrated IaaS and PaaS more secure than your own data center report, analysts discuss the benefits of adopting…
Security in the public cloud explained: A guide for IT and security admins Read More »
Unless you’re an accountant, the whole end-of-year tax filing can be a nightmare. While you might look forward to your return, you’re probably not too excited about coughing up money to a tax expert or spending a couple of hours filing yourself. But what if the entire process could be completed with a digital assistant…
Why on-device AI Is the future of consumer and enterprise applications Read More »
What follows is based on our combined experience of around 52 years of legal advice to the IT and outsourcing industries, and how we’ve seen outsourcing relationships and agreements develop to accommodate waves of new IT infrastructure, technologies, systems, applications and business processes. We look broadly at the key areas of focus for customers within…
AI and outsourcing: What’s the future for relationships and contracts? (Part two) Read More »
