Cliff Saran's Enterprise blog
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SaaS: With AI, every which way you lose
- Managing Editor 22 Apr 2024 -
VMware changes are hurting users in education
- Managing Editor 10 Apr 2024 -
Tech impact of council budget crisis
- Managing Editor 06 Mar 2024
The latest spending forecast data from analyst firm Gartner shows that spending on datacentres is set to increase 10% in 2024. This is largely being driven by hyperscalers riding the generative AI ...
VMware has been officially part of Broadcom since November 2023. On March 14 2024, a hundred days on from the acquisition, CEO Hock Tan wrote a blog post stating: “We overhauled our software ...
Councils around the UK are looking at how to save money as they struggle to keep a tap on inflation and rising costs. Local services are being cut and council taxes are being hiked. None of this is ...
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Birmingham: There is a lesson for every CIO
- Managing Editor 21 Feb 2024 -
A powerful case for more open data
- Managing Editor 08 Feb 2024 -
Why government IT needs a better approach to budgeting
- Managing Editor 02 Feb 2024 -
Job losses may hinder enterprise AI success
- Managing Editor 25 Jan 2024 -
CIOs will need a new strategy for AI risks and opportunities
- Managing Editor 19 Jan 2024 -
Tesla and the risk of technological complacency
- Managing Editor 14 Dec 2023 -
AI: Killer app or planet killer
- Managing Editor 07 Dec 2023
A few years ago, Oracle announced a big win, when it was selected by Birmingham City Council to replace a heavily customised SAP system, which was originally implemented in 1999.Socitm advisory was ...
A panel discussion at the recent State Open Con 24 conference has shone a spotlight on the red tape, inefficiency and political moves that prevent opening up data sets to tackle a crisis affecting ...
Defra minister, Mark Spencer was recently asked to give an update to how the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is coping with its plans to renew ageing IT systems. The ...
A swathe of recent research shows many believe the rollout of artificial intelligence (AI) will result in job losses and industry disruption.In a new blog Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of ...
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has warned that online misinformation and disinformation, generated by AI, is the top short-term risk facing countries. In its Global Risk report 2024, the WEF stated ...
The recall of the Tesla Autopilot software is an illustration of the risks of human complacency that can occur as more and more of the tasks we’re used to become automated. Years ago, people ...
Looking at the latest quarterly earnings filings from the leading server makers shows they are all experiencing a significant boost in sales, thanks to artificial intelligence (AI). HPE CEO, ...
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Keeping the customer satisfied
- Managing Editor 28 Nov 2023 -
Do IT leaders need server upgrades?
- Managing Editor 17 Nov 2023 -
CIOs are working on an AI revolution
- Managing Editor 09 Nov 2023 -
Where is our National AI strategy heading?
- Managing Editor 19 Oct 2023 -
Quantum reality check
- Managing Editor 20 Sep 2023
It’s a truism that a business is only viable if it can retain and potentially grow its customer base. A company that actually listens to what customers are saying, will try to steer product ...
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become the new Moore’s Law. Semiconductor manufacturers may strive to double processing power every two years, but that is not what their largest customers actually ...
It is surprising how much focus there was on artificial intelligence at the Gartner Symposium in Barcelona. Generative AI is at the top of the Gartner hype cycle and CIOs are keen to understand and ...
The recent House of Lords Communications Committee expert witness session revealed a somewhat bizarre situation in government relating to our National AI Strategy. By her own admission, Dame Wendy ...
One day, all-powerful quantum computers will be used by rogue states and powerful crime syndicates to render all secure communications on the internet obsolete. Governments and major organisations ...