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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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IT modernisation - the dos and don'ts

Neil Fowler, SVP of Hybrid Cloud Engineering at Rocket Software, discusses the challenges and opportunities of IT modernisation, offering some valuable insights as to the essential ingredients of a successful IT modernisation strategy, alongside some words of caution as to the pitfalls to avoid.

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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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Combination of energy efficient data centres and modern IT infrastructure could save billions

Mat Brown, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer | Sustainability: Data Center & Hybrid Multicloud at Nutanix, who worked closely with Atlantic Ventures, as they produced the ‘Improving Sustainability in Data Centers 2024’ report, which reveals how next-generation data centre architectures, including hybrid cloud and hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), can significantly reduce energy consumption, lower carbon emissions, and drive cost savings across the EMEA region.

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e-waste revolution

Jeff Borrman, CEO, Bioscope Technologies, explains the Bioleaching and Bio-refining processes it is developing at industrial scale for the sustainable recovery of base and precious metals from printed circuit boards (PCBs). Bioscope technology will replace traditional treatments that use high-temperature and chemical recovery and is as close to zero-emission as possible, without offsetting. The company is making a multimillion-pound investment in plant and machinery across its four UK PCB recovery and processing facilities as it anticipates a huge growth in industrial scale, sustainable recovery of precious metals.

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An e-waste revolution

Jeff Borrman, CEO, Bioscope Technologies, explains the Bioleaching and Bio-refining processes it is developing at industrial scale for the sustainable recovery of base and precious metals from printed circuit boards (PCBs). Bioscope technology will replace traditional treatments that use high-temperature and chemical recovery and is as close to zero-emission as possible, without offsetting. The company is making a multimillion-pound investment in plant and machinery across its four UK PCB recovery and processing facilities as it anticipates a huge growth in industrial scale, sustainable recovery of precious metals.

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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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The importance of understanding your role within an organisation

Louise Lahiff, COO of Version 1, shares her thoughts and insights on being a female leader in the tech industry, reflecting on the changes she has seen in her time working in a range of technical and HR roles, including her her appointment as the first female board member at the company.

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The digital workplace as the foundation for digital transformation

Erik Nicolai, CEO of Workspace 365, discusses the building blocks of a digital workplace, and more general digital transformation, strategy, highlighting the challenges to be overcome – such as complexity, security, legacy infrastructure, shadow IT and company culture – along with the significant business and employee benefits which are achieved with digital success.

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Database monitoring and management for the digital age

Per Christopher Undheim, Product Manager, dbWatch, explains the company’s dbWatch Control Center, a database operations solution, combining monitoring, management, dashboards, reporting, security compliance, tuning and automation capabilities across multiple database platforms, allowing MSPs to become more efficient in how to discover and correct issues, allowing them to manage more databases with the same staff, lowering the cost of providing their services.

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WOMEN IN IT – SOPHIE BROWN, FLOWLIO

Sophie Brown, Commercial Director, Flowlio Ltd, talks through her career to date, from dropping out of university to her role today on the board of a software-as-a-service start-up. As a dedicated advocate for women in tech, and deeply committed to fostering inclusivity and diversity within the industry, Sophie shares her thoughts on the changes she has seen when it comes to DEI and, importantly, what still needs to be addressed to ensure that the IT industry provides the right opportunities for all.

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Edge takes centre stage for Smart Textile Transition

Domenico Ardizio, System, Network & Security Administrator, ICT Infrastructures, SMS Engineering, talks through the company’s work on the Smart Textile Transition 5.0 project, which won the Edge Project of the Year at the recent DCS Awards. He discusses the challenges, the client benefits, the lessons learnt from the project, before moving on to examine edge computing’s place within a hybrid IT infrastructure solution, which also includes cloud computing.

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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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Human-centred software design – mind the gap!

Sara 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.

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ESG climbs the corporate agenda

Henrik Sandin, Director & Principal ESG Specialist at Workiva, discusses the findings of the company’s recent ESG Practitioner Survey, covering the impending EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), the need for both integrated ESG reporting and assurance, the technology and mindsets needed to transform reporting processes and the roles that both AI and companies such as Workiva can play in helping ESG practitioners develop successful, business-winning ESG strategies.

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Expert Opinions

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