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Making the most of Middle East’s digital infrastructure
  • Posted on 7th January 2026 in by Phil Alsop

James Netherwood, Head of Research Middle East, Capacity and Datacloud, discusses the upcoming Capacity Middle East event and the launch of Datacloud Middle East. The events unite over 3,500 executives from over 90 countries for visionary content and unrivalled networking and business opportunities. Capacity and Datacloud Middle East unite the entire ecosystem to drive digital transformation, unlock the value of AI, and enhance connectivity for all. With a reputation for attracting leading regional and international carriers, the event is continuing to evolve with the launch of Datacloud Middle East in 2026 for hyperscalers, data centre operators and suppliers.

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Making the most of the Middle East’s digital infrastructure
  • Posted on 7th January 2026 in by Phil Alsop

James Netherwood, Head of Research Middle East, Capacity and Datacloud, discusses the upcoming Capacity Middle East event and the launch of Datacloud Middle East. The events unite over 3,500 executives from over 90 countries for visionary content and unrivalled networking and business opportunities. Capacity and Datacloud Middle East unite the entire ecosystem to drive digital transformation, unlock the value of AI, and enhance connectivity for all. With a reputation for attracting leading regional and international carriers, the event is continuing to evolve with the launch of Datacloud Middle East in 2026 for hyperscalers, data centre operators and suppliers.

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Work AI Institute delivering real-world lessons for successful AI adoption
  • Posted on 7th January 2026 in by Phil Alsop

Work AI leader Glean has launched the Work AI Institute, a first-of-its-kind research initiative - supported by faculty from Stanford, Harvard, Berkeley, Notre Dame, and others - dedicated to decoding what actually drives results when companies commit to operating with AI at the core of their businesses. As part of that launch, the institute has released a new report, founded by Glean and led by Stanford’s Bob Sutton and organisational psychologist Rebecca Hinds, PhD, which reveals that most failed enterprise AI pilots weren’t technology problems, but instead, coordination problems. In this interview, Rebecca discusses the report’s findings in detail, providing many great insights as to the best approaches for companies to take to ensure successful AI adoption.

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Survey reveals AI readiness gap

Nicolas Leszczynski, Principal Solutions Engineer at Riverbed Technology, discusses the findings of the company’s 2025 Future of IT Operations in the AI Era report. Despite record investments, only 12% of AI projects are fully deployed, caused by gaps in implementation, confidence, and data quality. Simultaneously, tool consolidation, OpenTelemetry adoption and resilient, cost-effective IT infrastructure are emerging as critical enablers of AI success.

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Q-Day - are you ready?

Paul Savill, Global Practice Leader for Network and Edge at Kyndryl. Spends his time helping major organisations modernise their infrastructure to make the most of AI, strengthen security and prepare for the disruption of quantum computing. Here he discusses the approach of Q-Day, the point when quantum computers will be able to break today’s encryption. Despite the urgency, only 39% of leaders believe their IT infrastructure is ready for threats such as quantum enabled cyber-attacks. Paul shares insights as to how organisations can prepare both for the current challenges around AI adoption and the prospect of quantum computing.

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AI pacesetters likely to increase their business advantage in the near future

Rob Lay, Cisco, discusses the results from the third annual Cisco AI Readiness Index. A small but consistent group of companies surveyed — the ‘Pacesetters,’ about 13% of organizations for the last three years — outperform their peers across every measure of AI. The Pacesetters’ sustained advantage indicates a new form of resilience: a disciplined, system-level approach that balances strategic drivers with the data and infrastructure needed to keep pace with AI’s accelerating evolution. Rob explains what sets apart the Pacesetters and also offers advice to the majority of organisations who are caught in the gap between AI ambition and operational readiness.

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Metadata emerges as the cornerstone of cyber defence

Mark Jow, Gigamon Technical Evangelist, discusses the company’s recent report, “CISO Insights: Recalibrating Risk in the Age of AI”, which reveals how global CISOs are reshaping 2026 cybersecurity strategies as they seek to effectively secure and manage hybrid cloud infrastructure in the AI era. Mark explains that, as AI accelerates digital transformation and intensifies cyberattacks, data visibility and quality have become mission critical to defending hybrid cloud infrastructure. To keep pace, CISOs now need to gain a deeper level of insight, as increasing traffic volumes add complexity.

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Delivering digital transformation without the elephant sandwich

Matthew Irish, General Manager, Digital Services at Apogee Corporation, explains how and why many companies still find the idea of digital transformation overwhelming with multi-year projects that cost a fortune and never seem to end. Too often, businesses try to swallow the entire ‘elephant’ at once, leading to a massive, expensive, company-wide overhaul that creates more chaos than it solves. Matt outlines an alternative, smarter, less stomach-churning way to approach digital transformation. Instead of a huge, high-stakes project, he recommends a step-by-step approach that tackles one process at a time, making it easier to manage, less disruptive, and way more effective.

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General disillusionment with GenAI - but (other) AI can help

Maxime Vermeir, Senior Director of AI Strategy at ABBYY, discusses the results from ABBYY’s State of Intelligent Automation: GenAI Confessions 2025 survey, which reveals challenges in implementing Generative AI (GenAI) – prompting the use of other AI to improve outputs. He explains that businesses are spending money on GenAI tools that promise more than they can provide and advises that before moving forward with leveraging GenAI tools for agentic AI, companies need to first evaluate their current processes and create a visibility map of their workflow with data analytics tools such as process intelligence.

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Unlocking more personalised customer experiences with AI, RCS, and integrated omnichannel strategies

Sophie Cheng, Sinch’s SVP of Product Marketing, discusses the findings of the company’s recent report, the state of customer communications, which explores how brands are adapting their engagement strategies as customer expectations rise, and AI adoption accelerates globally. She explains that the businesses that lead are putting the customer at the heart of their communication strategies, letting them choose how and where they want to connect and using AI, and channels like RCS, to make every interaction smarter, faster, and more meaningful.

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Collaboration, the thinking factory and digital transformation

Francisco Almada Lobo, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder and Jeff Winter, Vice President, Business Strategy, both at Critical Manufacturing, provide some great insights as to the themes covered at the company’s recent MES and Industry 4.0 International Summit – with AI front and centre, alongside the introduction of the ‘thinking factory’ concept, software-defined manufacturing, the importance of unified data strategies and modern architectures and perhaps the key message: collaboration is key when it comes to digital transformation.

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Critical Careers publication celebrates digital industry equality

Lizzy McDowell, Director of Marketing at Kao Data, discusses the launch of the company’s Critical Careers: Celebrating Women in Digital Infrastructure – a new campaign highlighting the stories, experiences, and contributions of women across the global digital infrastructure sector. Lizzie explains how the initiative features in-depth interviews with women from a wide range of disciplines and career stages, showcasing their impact on one of the world’s fastest-growing industries, and forms part of Kao Data’s broader ESG strategy, aimed at fostering greater diversity, inclusion, and representation across digital infrastructure.

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Datacloud delivers record-breaking experience
  • Posted on 25th June 2025 in by Phil Alsop

Annabel Helm, Managing Director, Datacloud, techoraco, outlines the success of the Datacloud Global Congress 2025 - celebrating 20 years of bringing together data centre and digital infrastructure professionals - with record numbers this year as attendees heard from a stellar list of speakers discussing AI, investment, energy, ESG, talent and overall sustainability. More and more, data centres are seen as catalysing innovation on a global scale and Datacloud 2026 will reflect the importance of this trend in a new, three-day format.

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Datacloud delivers a record-breaking experience
  • Posted on 25th June 2025 in by Phil Alsop

Annabel Helm, Managing Director, Datacloud, techoraco, outlines the success of the Datacloud Global Congress 2025 - celebrating 20 years of bringing together data centre and digital infrastructure professionals - with record numbers this year as attendees heard from a stellar list of speakers discussing AI, investment, energy, ESG, talent and overall sustainability. More and more, data centres are seen as catalysing innovation on a global scale and Datacloud 2026 will reflect the importance of this trend in a new, three-day format.

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Ramping up recover, reuse, reclaim, recycle
  • Posted on 12th June 2025 in Vendor by Phil Alsop

Simon Taylor, Chairman at Bioscope and sister company N2S, shares a progress report on the importance of biorefining and bioleaching when it comes to precious metals and the increasing importance of conserving and patriating/repatriating these materials in these times of shortages and geopolitical tensions. Simon also discusses the company’s work with Techbuyer and BT, alongside its expansion plans, which will see the development of several new sites in the UK and further afield over the next few years.

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News

Siemens and NVIDIA expand industrial AI partnership

Siemens and NVIDIA are bringing AI into industrial processes, from design and engineering through to manufacturing and supply chain operations

Red Hat expands AI collaboration with NVIDIA

Red Hat and NVIDIA unite to redefine enterprise AI with open-source solutions. New collaborations aim to revolutionise the AI landscape with Red Hat's optimised Linux platform.

New sustainable data centres under construction in Spain

Quetta Data Centers is expanding its footprint with the development of eco-efficient edge data centers powered by renewable energy across Spain and Portugal.

atNorth strengthens leadership with key director appointments

atNorth bolsters leadership team with strategic appointments for sustained growth in Nordic data centres.

Expert Opinions

From Chaos to Control: The Role of Frameworks in Building Resilient Cyber Security

By James Preston, Principal Security Consultant at ANSecurity.

Technology Integration is Shaping the Future of IoT

By Patrycja Sobera, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Digital Workplace Solutions, Unisys.

Coming out of the cloud – why businesses are repatriating their data

By Jon Fielding, Managing Director, EMEA, Apricorn.

The ouroboros: When AI models eat their own tail

By Andre Jay, Director of Technology at Warp Technologies.

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