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Five principles for sustainably adopting and running GenAI

Maria Mohr, Global Presales Sustainability Lead at Dell Technologies, and Sarwar Khan, Sustainability Director at BT, discuss the challenges and opportunities organisations face as they seek to leverage around GenAI as a key digital transformation tool - needing to find ways to minimise the environmental impacts of the technology whilst maximising innovation. They share a five-point plan to help organisations sustainably adopt and run GenAI.

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AI for SMEs
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Vicky Critchley, CEO of Truly SMB, explains how this recently launched, forward-thinking tech company is on a mission to help small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) harness the power of cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) technology. By delivering practical, accessible solutions tailored to the needs of their clients, Truly SMB aims to close the gap between SMBs and the tools they need to compete in a fast-changing digital economy.

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Foundation first, followed by agentic AI and AI sovereignty

James Hodge, GVP & Chief Strategy Advisor at Splunk and member of the TechUK AI Committee, discusses how AI remains a central focus, with numerous companies continuing to develop cutting-edge AI technologies at the same time as AI projects are falling short thanks to poor data management, overhyped promises and confused leadership. James offers some advice as to how to ensure AI success - avoiding wasted resources, frustrated boards, and a growing disillusionment with what AI can deliver.

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AI transforming IT Operations

Taggart Matthiesen, Chief Product Officer of LogicMonitor, discusses the findings of the company’s latest research - Unleashing AI-Driven IT Operations: Challenges, Opportunities, and Future Growth. Conducted in partnership with industry research firm EMA, the report offers a deep dive into the adoption of AI in IT Operations (ITOps), gathering insights from over 500 IT professionals worldwide to uncover pivotal trends, challenges, and the innovations driving the future of IT, as Taggart explains.

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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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