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WOMEN IN IT – Jenny Briant, Academy Operations Director at the Ten10 Academy

Jenny Briant, Academy Operations Director at the Ten10 Academy, shares valuable insights on empowering women in tech and promoting inclusive workplaces – including building a career in tech without a traditional tech background; the importance of DEI representation in AI and tech leadership; AI in recruitment: the need for human oversight; empowering women and Gen Z in tech; and just why a well-crafted DEI strategy can bring so many benefits to an organisation when it comes to both employee and customer interactions.

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Private solution to a public cloud ‘problem’

Mike Hoy, CTO, Pulsant, outlines some of the end user uncertainties related to cloud - discussing network connectivity, data sovereignty and data migration concerns. With AI set to ask further cloud questions, Mike explains how Pulsant’s recently launched Pulsant Private Cloud solution could just be the answer for many UK-based organisations, as well as how the planned acquisition of two further UK data centres enhances the company’s platformEDGE strategy.

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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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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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Dealing with IT infrastructure complexity in a hybrid cloud world

Andy Bevan, Head of Propositions and Strategy Consulting at Daisy Corporate Services, discusses recent research findings which reveal that two-thirds of IT leaders say that legacy infrastructure is creating a sustainability nightmare. Andy explores the options available for addressing this problem, with a consumption-based IT infrastructure model the likely solution.

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Data repatriation adds to hybrid momentum

Mark Noland, Technology Manager at Kingston Technology, discusses the growing trend for organisations to move back certain IT assets on premises, and data repatriation in particular. He explores the many factors to consider when it comes to developing a hybrid model – with a mixture of cloud and on-prem delivering an optimised IT environment.

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Cloud repatriation fuels hybrid momentum

Calvin Hsu, VP of Product Marketing, Citrix, discusses the company’s recent study, which found that a quarter of UK IT leaders have moved or are thinking of moving at least half of their workloads out of the cloud and back to on-premises. Calvin explores the reasons behind such cloud repatriation – and also offers some advice to help companies better understand what workloads belong where in today’s hybrid IT world.

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Digital transformation is about much more than infrastructure change

Erik Nicolai, CEO of Workspace365, explains why a successful digital transformation journey is about much more than migrating to the cloud. Workspace365 provides a range of technology solutions which enable truly digital businesses, working with its Channel partners to educate and work alongside end users.

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Making the transition to managed services – the major channel driver

Kunal Kaul, Cisco Managing Director, Partner Managed Services & SP RTM, EMEA, discusses a recent Cisco/Canalys report, which reveals that IT Channel partners anticipate significant growth in 2023, with the main driver being managed services. Technology-wise, the cybersecurity focus remains a major driver, alongside managing IT complexity, the AI opportunity and sustainability.

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HP helps partners to embrace sustainability and the circular economy

Neil MacDonald, UK & Ireland Channel Director for HP Inc., discusses the importance of sustainability to the IT Channel, with a major opportunity for companies to become environmental trusted advisors to end users. Neil outlines the many programmes and initiatives which HP has developed to address key sustainability issues, such as a packaging re-think, tech take back and closed loop recycling, all of which help their Channel partners to deliver measurable sustainability benefits to their customers.

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