La tecnologia di oggi è roba da fantascienza di ieri: l’intelligenza artificiale, la robotica e lo spatial computing sono diventati mainstream dopo decenni di speculazioni prima e di sviluppo poi. Ma stanno tutti dando i risultati sperati? Per certi versi, sì; per molti altri, no. Si tratta di una tendenza tipica, in cui le aspettative…
A published report Wednesday indicated that Swedish fintech company Klarna is “seeking to get rid of almost half of its employees in the coming years through efficiencies it says arise out of its investment in AI.” The article noted that the company has already reduced its head count from 5,000 to 3,800, and wants to…
IBM is outfitting the next generation of its Z and LinuxONE mainframes with its latest Telum processor and a new accelerator aimed at boosting performance of AI and other data-intensive workloads. The new processor, the IBM Telum II, has greater memory and cache capacity than the previous generation, and it integrates a new data processing…
CISOs looking for new IT hires already struggle with talent market shortages and bridging cybersecurity skills gaps. But now they face a growing challenge from an unexpected source: sanctions-busting North Korean software developers posing as potential hires. North Korea is actively infiltrating Western companies using skilled IT workers who use fake identities to pose as…
In today’s digital landscape, safeguarding sensitive information has become a top priority, especially for media publishing companies where the protection of data and intellectual property is crucial. In this exclusive interview, we sit down with Anoop Kumar, Head of Information Security Governance Risk and Compliance at GulfNews, Al Nisr Publishing, to discuss the evolving challenges…
AI is revolutionizing the healthcare industry, GITEX GLOBAL 2024, marking its 44th edition in Dubai between 14 and 18th October with a huge focus on how AI takeover in healthcare is unstoppable, with health industry leaders betting big on AI’s transformative potential. Healthcare leaders and technology giants are placing significant bets on AI’s potential to reshape…
The new public cloud region in Riyadh is Oracle’s second cloud region in Saudi Arabia and part of Oracle’s US $1.5 billion investment to boost the country’s cloud capacity in line with Saudi Vision 2030 To meet the rapidly growing demand for its AI and cloud services, Oracle announced the opening of its second public…
The transmission system operator Elia Group views itself as a driver of successful energy transition and an agent of change. However, in terms of in-house technology, the Belgian company’s carbon footprint data used to be stored on spreadsheets, while quality control was performed manually, limiting the Elia Group’s ability to calculate the Scope 3 upstream emissions released for…
As CIOs know, a highly acquisitive company will reach an inflection point when years of technology proliferation begin to stymie future growth. For this reason, paying down technical debt while innovating and supporting growth is one of the greatest challenges for the modern CIO. Bhaskar Ramachandran, CIO of PPG, which provides specialty paints to a…
It’s tempting to view certificates and machine identities as the nuts and bolts of your organization’s tech stack: critical but purely technical functions safely left to IT practitioners. But a string of recent disruptions and upcoming policy changes are forcing a more proactive, agile, and strategic approach from the top to signal the importance of…