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CW Innovation Awards: Gleaning data insights with AI

Hong Kong-based Citic Telecom CPC has built a data platform that leverages large language models to generate insights and speed up data retrieval and analysis
CW Innovation Awards: Making AI pervasive

DBS Bank’s AI Industrialisation Programme has been instrumental is industrialising the use of data and AI across its business, resulting in over S$370m of incremental economic benefits
CW Innovation Awards: Arming for efficiency

Fujifilm Business Innovation Australia’s automated scheduling application has been able to schedule unplanned service calls automatically and reduce travel times for its technicians
CW Innovation Awards: Balancing security and user experience

The National University of Singapore’s Safe initiative has strengthened the security of IT systems and end-user devices while prioritising user experience through passwordless access
NHS England scouts for national CCIO

The new national chief clinical informatics officer (CCIO) role comes with a salary offer of up to £146,000 and includes leading NHS England’s Transformation Directorates digital clinical informatics team
SURF glides to 800Gbps transmission on existing fibre

Comms tech provider and Dutch research organisation reach 800Gbps transmission over 1,648km existing fibre link to prepare for upgrade to connect to research facilities at world’s leading particle accelerator

Making software development greener

We look at what IT leaders can do to help reduce the environmental impact associated with developing software
5G networks and biometric breakthroughs: Navigating opportunities and risks

Businesses are quickly adopting 5G to introduce advanced security features such as facial recognition, but while these technologies improve safety and ease of use, they also raise concerns about how sensitive biometric information is gathered and ...
Making hybrid working work

Out of all the many changes in business since the Covid pandemic, organisational stability has been among the most important, yet it is still generally understated. We look at what is happening in this key area

Appian & AWS accelerate AI automation accessibility- CW Developer Network

Accessibility matters. When users first say Microsoft’s ‘accessibility’ features appear some three decades ago, not everybody knew what was being offered. Stanford University’s history of ... Continue Reading
Organising the political scrutiny of Digital Manifestos- When IT Meets Politics

The first step is to identity those with budgets, resources, expertise and experience, who are interested in working together to identify topics and problems of interest to candidates and voters, ... Continue Reading
StarlingX is an O-RAN darling, version 9.0 toughened & hardened- Open Source Insider

News this month sees StarlingX 9.0 offering an open source cloud stack that has been ‘hardened’ by telcos such as Kddi, T-Systems, Verizona and Vodafone/ StarlingX itself is an open source ... Continue Reading
NTT Research ‘Upgrade’ 2024: Live report- CW Developer Network

The Computer Weekly Developer Network team packed its bags, put some flowers in its hair... and headed to San Francisco this week for NTT Research’s Upgrade 2024. This two-day event was designed to ... Continue Reading

Assessing the sustainability of cloud AI services

Using AI-optimised hardware and minimising data movements are some of the ways to mitigate the environmental impact of using cloud AI platforms
Threat actors look to stolen credentials

In 2023, threat actors wrought havoc on corporate networks by logging in through valid accounts, and as bad actors begin investing in AI to help them identify priority targets, this problem is only expected to worsen in the future
Software IUG 2024: GenAI forwarded to democratise process mining

The Software AG International User Groups conference in Dublin heard about how generative AI large language models could democratise business process mining and management