The artificial intelligence revolution is well underway, but how ready are banks and lenders to leverage the full breadth of these capabilities? The jury is out. It’s a bad time for ambiguity. With bank and lending customers stuck in a malaise of persistent inflation and experiencing varying degrees of financial difficulty, customers are growing impatient,…
Oracle NetSuite is beefing up the AI capabilities across its ERP offerings with a try-before-you-buy approach that IT leaders will need to scrutinize, knowing that on renewal the bill will likely come due. The series of AI and generative AI updates was announced at the company’s SuiteWorld conference in Las Vegas on Monday, accompanied by…
Managing cybersecurity and other technology risks will be top of mind for CIOs in 2025 across Australia and New Zealand (ANZ), with 82% of 109 respondents saying it is a key priority for next year, according to Gartner. Increased executive and board scrutiny on technology investments due to economic uncertainties is playing a role in…
As cyber threats grow, small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are disproportionately targeted. According to the recent Hiscox annual cyber readiness report, 41% of SMBs in the US fell victim to a cyberattack in 2023, a figure that has nearly doubled since 2021. INE Security, a global leader in cybersecurity training and certifications, recognizes this as…
Recently recognized with an Avaya CX Force Award, Tara Pasalic has been an active contributor to the transformation of McMaster’s digital landscape while maintaining a focus on continuity and user experience. As a Systems Integration Specialist at McMaster, Tara’s journey highlights the importance of balancing technological progress with operational stability, ensuring that innovations serve to…
ServiceNow’s latest Now Platform release, dubbed Xanadu, adds a host of new features, including ServiceNow AI Agents, which the company heralds as “a new era of collaboration between people and AI.” Taking center stage in Tuesday’s release are ServiceNow’s plans to integrate “agentic AI” — AI systems that can autonomously perform tasks and make decisions…
At Quantum World Congress on Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it and partner Quantinuum had broken a record in the creation of logical qubits. In addition, Microsoft also announced that it is working with partner Atom Computing to build what it described as the world’s most powerful quantum machine. “Through this collaboration, we’re bringing a new…
Oracle will be adding a new generative AI-powered developer assistant to its Fusion Data Intelligence service, which is part of the company’s Fusion Cloud Applications Suite, the company said at its CloudWorld 2024 event. Fusion Data Intelligence, which is an updated avatar of Fusion Analytics Warehouse, combines enterprise data, and ready-to-use analytics along with prebuilt…
More organizations than ever have adopted some sort of enterprise architecture framework, which provides important rules and structure that connect technology and the business. When these frameworks are fine-tuned for an organization’s specific needs, they can improve technological consistency and more easily facilitate the integration of new technologies, processes, and systems like agile computing and…
The US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) plans to introduce mandatory reporting requirements for developers of advanced AI models and cloud computing providers. The proposed rules would require companies to report on development activities, cybersecurity measures, and results from red-teaming tests, which assess risks such as AI systems aiding cyberattacks or…