The UAE Government partners with Mastercard to establish a Global AI Hub and combat financial crime

In a bold step towards advancing its technological capabilities, the United Arab Emirates Government has partnered with Mastercard to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence. This strategic collaboration aligns with the UAE’s Vision 2031, which aims to integrate AI and other cutting-edge technologies across various sectors, enhancing the nation’s digital infrastructure, promoting innovation, and positioning…

Oracle inks deal with AWS to offer database services

In continuation of its efforts to help enterprises migrate to the cloud, Oracle said it is partnering with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to offer database services on the latter’s infrastructure. This is Oracle’s third partnership with a hyperscaler to offer its database services on the hyperscaler’s infrastructure. In September last year, the company started collocating…

CIOs eye SaaS backup plans post-CrowdStrike

If the CrowdStrike outage underscored anything for CIOs, it’s that modern enterprises are dependent on a growing number of interconnected systems, any one of which can cripple business operations beyond CIOs’ control. As a result, software supply chains and vendor risk management are becoming ever more vital (and frequent) conversations in the C-suite today, as…

7 early warning signs of a dying IT project

The Y2K date conversion was one of the longest IT projects on record. Given the extended timeline and massive amount of resources dedicated to that project, the only reason it survived to completion was the absolute necessity to change all date formats so they wouldn’t clock out systems at the end of the last century.…

Ferrovial refuerza su apuesta por la IA en sus centros de trabajo con Copilot

Ferrovial ha dado un paso significativo para mejorar la productividad al implementar Copilot, el asistente de inteligencia artificial (IA) de Microsoft, en todos sus centros de trabajo distribuidos a lo largo y ancho de 15 países. El operador global de infraestructuras a formado parte de la comunidad global que evaluó las capacidades de Microsoft Copilot…

Tres caras de la automatización: orquestación, simplificación y sostenibilidad

La masificación de la inteligencia artificial (IA) ha puesto de manifiesto que la automatización, junto con una capa de inteligencia, puede acelerar y optimizar de manera exponencial los procesos operativos de las organizaciones. Pero este viaje de transformación digital en el que la mayor parte de las empresas están embarcadas no está exento de desafíos.…

El pinchazo de la burbuja de la IA es inevitable y saludable

La expectación y el entusiasmo en torno a la IA tenían que volver a la tierra en algún momento; y este verano ha sido cuando el fenómeno ha tenido lugar. Los que tenemos edad para recordar vimos algo similar durante el auge y la caída de las puntocom a finales de los 90 y principios…

El 95% de las empresas españolas ya utiliza o planea adoptar la IA generativa

El estudio Generative AI Challenges and Potential Unveiled firmado por SAS revela el importante protagonismo que la inteligencia artificial (IA) generativa ha ganado recientemente en el seno de las organizaciones. Según el mismo, el 95% de las compañías españolas ya utiliza o tiene previsto adoptar la IA generativa a corto plazo. Esta tecnología despierta grandes…

Come trasformare l’AI in un successo per le vendite: tutti i segreti e le applicazioni-chiave

Il 65% delle aziende mondiali sta usando l’intelligenza artificiale generativa su base regolare, quasi il doppio di un anno fa. Le aspettative sono alte: il 75% afferma che questa tecnologia trasformerà profondamente ogni settore industriale. Questi risultati del McKinsey Global Survey [in inglese]y sull’AI (condotto su un campione di 1.363 dirigenti tra il 22 febbraio e il…

Transforming IT from cost center to catalyst

Until recently, technology was often seen as a mere expense rather than a catalyst for innovation and business growth. While this perception persists in many organizations, a shift is underway. Studies like Foundry’s 2024 State of the CIO report reveal a dramatic change in attitude. A striking 79% of surveyed CIOs now view their role…