The UK’s C-suite boasts some of the most technically savvy executives in the world, according to research by Accenture. Looking into CEOs and board members across thousands of global companies, the technology service provider found 23% of higher-ups in the UK have a technology background, either through having worked in such a role at a…
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Hybrid multicloud storage is intended to create the best of all worlds. By mixing on-premise technology with multiple public cloud resources, enterprises hope to optimise the attributes of each with regard to pricing, capacity, performance, features, security and resilience. The challenge is to create a coherent storage architecture out of multiple technologies rather than a…
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IBM came within a whisker of taking over from Fujitsu as the Post Office’s core system provider, until complexity forced an “anxious” Post Office into a u-turn, the public inquiry has heard. During the latest Post Office Horizon scandal inquiry hearing, it emerged that although IBM had started work on the £100m project to replace…
Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. October 2023 CW EMEA: Prepare for AI explosion Share this item with your network: In this month’s CW EMEA, we look at generative artificial intelligence, which Accenture claims is the next big thing in enterprise IT. The IT services giant says GenAI will transform 40% of…
European enterprises are increasing investment in generative artificial intelligence (AI) innovation at the fastest ever rate as they attempt to close the gap on their US-based counterparts. A global survey of 2,300 senior executives carried out by Accenture shows that generative AI dominates the tech budgets of European companies, with 91% allocating a significant proportion…
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“I give the customer what he wants. I don’t think it’s my place to offer dietary advice. If they want red meat and boiling tar… then buon appetito,” said Tom Wambsgans, Shiv Roy’s husband and head of one of Waystar Royco’s divisions, in hit TV drama Succession. This idea of feeding customers what they think…
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Mastercard and Fintech Saudi have signed an agreement which could boost a core part of the Gulf state’s high-tech vision of the future. The deal supports Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 strategy, which aims to create a vibrant society, a thriving economy and an ambitious nation, which includes developing a fintech sector. According to the most recent…
Payments fintech Klarna is providing its employees with access to OpenAI’s enterprise version of ChatGPT in a bid to enable them to better support its 150 million users of its payments services. The enterprise version of the generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology, ChatGPT Enterprise, promises enterprise-grade security to reassure businesses concerned about their data. Klarna…
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Accenture has created an artificial intelligence (AI) lab in Brussels to develop services across Europe focused on the health, public sector and NATO as part of a $3bn AI investment announced by Accenture in June. The AI lab and innovation studio will test and evaluate potential AI and generative AI-based services for the European public sector, including…
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Google Help workers file Unfair Labor Practice charge against Google and Accenture over alleged “retaliatory layoffs”, which they claim was a response to their recent unionisation efforts. In early June 2023, a group of 130 workers – mostly composed of writers, graphic designers and other content creators who produce both internal and external material for…
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