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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 + low-code - redefining application development

Tiago Azevedo, CIO at OutSystems, discusses the findings of the company’s recent global 2025 State of Application Development report, explaining how GenAI and low-code in combination will redefine application development and increase productivity while ensuring governance throughout the entire software development lifecycle. Tiago suggests that developer teams shouldn’t have to choose between high-quality, fully functional apps and speed-to-market, and by abandoning antiquated development practices in favour of AI-powered low-code technology, they can reap the performance and agility benefits of these transformative technologies.

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Storage trends for 2025

Eric Herzog, Chief Marketing Officer at Infinidat, explains how Generative AI (GenAI) and next-generation data protection are driving new and interesting conversations about what enterprises will do with their storage infrastructure in 2025 to accommodate these significant developments, as part of the company’s Top 5 Storage Trends for 2025: 1) Generative AI: The Rise of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) 2) Next-Generation Data Protection: The Shift to Cyber Focus, Recovery First 3) Hybrid Multi-cloud Storage: The Best of Both Worlds (On-premises & Public Cloud) 4) Automation & Optimisation: The Demand for More Efficient Enterprise Storage Continues 5) Data Infrastructure Modernisation: The Next Steps with a Unified Approach

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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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Document processing - as easy as IDP

David Malan, Sales Director, DocuWare, provides an overview of Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) – explaining how streamlined, future-proof automation powered by AI could be just the solution an organisation needs to accurately read, pre-process and classify documents for increased efficiency. He also introduces DocuWare IDP - which leverages AI and machine learning to provide customers with the fastest document lifecycle automation rates, greatly improving overall productivity and earnings.

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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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IceCloud Integrated Services - setting the standard for sustainable computing

Kenneth Tan, Executive Director at Sardina Systems, Philip Kaye, Co-Founder and Director at Vespertec and Kristófer Andri Kristinsson, Product Manager and Business Development Manager at Borealis Data Center, explain how the three organisations have collaborated to develop an integrated IT solution that simplifies operations, offers optimised pricing, and is powered by 100% sustainable energy.

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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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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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