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15h ago
In recent years, the excitement surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) has reached unprecedented levels. From revolutionising industries to transforming daily interactions, AI’s rapid progress and expanding applications have captured the imagination of businesses and individuals alike. Yet, amidst this fervour, it’s crucial to examine the infrastructure that underpins AI advancements and the role of cloud service providers in enabling this transformative technology.
While AI has made significant strides at the application layer, this does not diminish the critical role that cloud service pr ..read more
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15h ago
Reflecting on last year, there were some landmark events in the cloud industry that paved the way for 2024 – from the advances in AI, tech giants grappling with unforeseen financial challenges and cuts, to criticism toward the UK government’s G-Cloud initiative efforts, to Ofcom’s prompting to the CMA to investigate anti-competitive practices in the nation’s cloud market.
As we head further into the new year, these cloud stories serve as a backdrop for anticipating the trajectory of the cloud industry. In 2024, companies are expected to leverage lessons learned from last year’s challenges and ..read more
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3d ago
Have you heard the story of the LockBit gang? If not, consider yourself lucky. The LockBit gang is known for its widespread ransomware attacks targeting organisations around the world and in early 2024, became a focal point for the UK and the FBI due to its prolific and disruptive activities. By pooling resources, sharing intelligence, and coordinating their legal and technical strategies, international teams were able to identify, pursue, and apprehend key members of the gang, disrupting one of the most active ransomware schemes of all time, and sending a strong message to similar criminal en ..read more
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3d ago
The past year has shown just how quickly technologies can become the go-to innovation for companies globally. However, there isn’t a switch that enterprises can flick to embed generative AI within their offerings and processes. It takes planning, time, and resources.
Once an enterprise has decided to implement AI, that’s the time for software developers to shine. From identifying business use cases to determining the quality of existing data, there’s an art and a science to implementing and maintaining generative AI.
The starting point
Decision-makers need to be clear on the reason ..read more
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1w ago
Generative AI (GenAI) was the technology story of 2023. Spurred on by the breakaway success of ChatGPT, the likes of Amazon, Microsoft and Google have accelerated their own efforts, creating a tidal wave of innovation that promised to reshape the way businesses and users harness the power of technology to drive productivity. It’s already made significant strides in various sectors such as pharma and law. But what we’ve seen so far is just the beginning. The true power of GenAI will only become clear once organisations take it out of the experimental stage and begin to use it more widely in pro ..read more
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1w ago
We invite you to join us on an extraordinary journey into the world of artificial intelligence with The AI Show. In this groundbreaking series, we delve into the heart of cutting-edge innovations, ethical quandaries, and paradigm-shifting applications that are redefining our world.
In each episode led by our host, Emily Barrett, an AI Lead and HPC Systems Architect for Lenovo, she engages with the brilliant minds shaping the AI landscape. From visionary researchers and industry titans to ethical philosophers and policymakers, our guests shed light on the intricate interplay between humanity a ..read more
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2w ago
In the last days of 2023, The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. A move such as this had been mooted for a long time – large language models (LLMs) are trained on data gleaned from published work online, after all – but a high-profile lawsuit finally being tabled is still a watershed moment.
Generative AI’s ambiguity with copyright laws has troubled both developers, publishers and lawmakers for many years. But it’s one of many headaches felt due to the rapid ascent of AI and how to strike the perfect balance between quelling bad actors and encouraging sensibl ..read more
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2w ago
More integrated applications and a streamlined approach mean that making the cloud switch for enterprise applications can deliver rapid ROI
It’s a fact of life that change can be tough, but we all know that the alternative to change could be much, much worse. Today, most CIOs understand they need to move away from on-premises computing to the Cloud in order to take advantage of the value, agility, and accessibility the online world offers. The chance to try things out without high risks, to internationalize, mobilise, flex licences, switch services on and off and gain an on-ramp to the latest ..read more
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2w ago
According to a survey by Everest Group, 67% of organisations have more than 60% of their workload on the cloud. This global increase in cloud adoption has given rise to the tricky challenge of managing rising cloud costs. We call it tricky because of the complex pricing structures arising out of the numerous cloud providers. On the other hand, factors such as lack of cloud spend visibility, cloud cost wastage, lack of optimal resource utilisation, and lack of skilled personnel also pose a challenge to cloud cost optimisation.
These challenges are what have led to the advent of FinOps in cloud ..read more
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3w ago
With COP28’s talking points echoing globally, sustainability commitments and efforts to reduce our environmental footprint are top of mind for businesses, and many companies are choosing to put the latest technology front and centre in their sustainability plans.
Hitachi Vantara research from 2023 speaking to 1000 businesses globally endorsed this, finding that the top four steps companies are taking to improve sustainability all involve technology: decarbonising their data centres; harnessing the latest technology solutions to reduce their carbon footprint; shifting to alternative energy sou ..read more