Flexibility and adaptability: Preparing for what’s next in SME IT

After moving on from lockdowns and supply chain shortages, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) now face entirely new challenges: layoffs, recession fears, and a different kind of economic uncertainty.

Recent research from McKinsey found over one-third (37%) of SMEs consider inflation to be their biggest challenge, the highest it’s rated in four decades. The same survey highlights that SMEs are preparing for more tumult: 20% expect slowed growth, 50% say it’s hard...

20 October 2023 | Enterprise

LogicMonitor launches Dexda, AI for hybrid observability

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LogicMonitor, an SaaS-based AI for hybrid observability platform, is bridging the AIOps gap with the launch of Dexda, an AI solution for Hybrid Observability. 

Using machine learning and Natural Language Processing (NLP) to automate insights and deliver a contextualised experience, LogicMonitor's Dexda empowers ITOps teams to effortlessly identify problems, determine the root cause of those problems faster than ever before, and prevent events from exploding into...

16 October 2023 | Cloud Computing

Jaap van Vliet, Ambit Software: Navigating the intricacies of digital transformation

In an interview at this year’s Digital Transformation Week Europe, Ambit Software Managing Director Jaap van Vliet delved into the intricacies of digital transformation and how the company utilises innovative strategies to assist clients globally.

"We try to help to accelerate our customers to improve their business,” says van Vliet. “We do that from multi-angles: from the sales perspective, marketing perspective, and customer service perspective."

Integration of...

13 October 2023 | Digital Transformation

Avanade launches cloud insights platform that identifies risks and unlocks cloud spend

Microsoft solution provider Avanade has launched a platform to help businesses establish an AI-ready digital core and unlock funding to reinvest in innovation.

'Avanade Cloud Impact' is a data platform that uses the latest in AI and machine learning to integrate and analyse industry, business and technical data sources and generate rich, tailored modernisation for companies in their cloud journey. The platform is already saving Avanade clients up to 50% of their cloud spend and...

11 October 2023 | Banking & Finance

NexGen Cloud’s $1bn AI supercloud to turbocharge AI in Europe

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NexGen Cloud, a sustainable Infrastructure-as-a-Service provider, announced plans and funding for one of Europe’s first AI Supercloud deployments to support the development and growth of AI enterprises.

UK-based NexGen Cloud, an Elite member of the NVIDIA Partner Network, plans to invest $1 billion to build its AI Supercloud in Europe, with $576 million already committed in hardware orders with suppliers. The AI Supercloud will provide a dedicated compute-intensive platform for...

10 October 2023 | Banking & Finance

Global cloud comms revenue to grow at 18.3% CAGR over 2022-2027

Cloud communications is expected to witness a substantial growth over the next five years, as businesses are switching from legacy PBX solutions to cloud communications and opting for a pay-as-you-go model to optimise expenses and avoiding upfront investments.

Against this backdrop, the cloud communications market size is anticipated to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 18.3% from $78 billion in 2022 to $180.7 billion in 2027, forecasts GlobalData, a data and analytics...

9 October 2023 | Banking & Finance

Infinity Group acquires RedkiteCRM to drive social housing digitisation

Infinity Group, a Microsoft-focused cloud services, security and business applications partner in the UK, has acquired RedkiteCRM, one of the few Microsoft-focused Housing Management System providers serving the social housing sector.

RedkiteCRM provides deep industry expertise and dedicated IP catering to the unique challenges faced by housing associations managing tenant communications and operations. In a match with Infinity Group, all their tailored solutions are built on...

5 October 2023 | Cloud Computing

Cloudflare points finger at hyperscalers holding cloud data captive

Cloudflare says organisations are losing control over their IT and security environments – and the big cloud providers are holding all the keys to the castle.

The web performance and security provider released a study alongside Forrester which polled almost 450 IT decision makers globally, and found that while organisations had seen a dramatic increase in application adoption – predominantly SaaS-based – challenges have resulted.

Two in five firms polled (40%)...

26 September 2023 | Data & Analytics

Red Hat and Oracle bring Red Hat OpenShift to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Red Hat, a provider of open source solutions, and Oracle, have expanded their alliance to offer customers a greater choice in deploying applications on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).

As part of the expanded collaboration, Red Hat OpenShift, the industry’s leading hybrid cloud application platform powered by Kubernetes for architecting, building, and deploying cloud-native applications, will be supported and certified to run on OCI. 

Red Hat OpenShift on OCI...

25 September 2023 | Applications

2023 State of Tech in Biopharma report reveals tech strategies in era of data and AI 

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Benchling has launched its inaugural 2023 State of Tech in Biopharma report, which has shed light on the obstacles that biopharma encounter when striving to fully implement and embrace these technologies. 

The report surveyed 300 R&D and IT experts from biopharma companies large and small to do a first-ever investigation into biopharma’s use of an enabling tech stack — consisting of robotics and automation, connected instruments, R&D data platforms, cloud-based...

21 September 2023 | Applications