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Capturing ESG data – the challenges and opportunities
  • Posted on 13th June 2022 in by Phil Alsop

Or Lenchner, CEO, Bright Data, discusses the growing importance of ESG data, outlining the challenges of accessing, collecting, collating and analysing the many available data sources, and suggesting that improved government guidance and regulation is the way forward, along with the right analytics solution.

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A good time to talk time
  • Posted on 13th June 2022 in by Phil Alsop

Richard Hoptroff, Founder and CTO (Chief Time Officer) of Hoptroff, discusses the importance of developing the accurate time solutions on which more and more digital applications rely. The company’s pedigree in the financial sector means it is well placed to meet this demand across many industry sectors, including IoT, aerospace, defence, media, autonomous vehicles and smart cities.

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SDC Channel Summit promises valuable MSP insights
  • Posted on 3rd May 2022 in by Phil Alsop

Conference Chair Ian Luckett outlines the content of the second virtual SDC Channel Summit event, taking place 10-11 May. A mixture of keynote presentations, roundtables and panel discussions promise to produce plenty of valuable insights for Channel companies dealing with the challenges and opportunities of digital transformation.

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Securing a seamless user experience
  • Posted on 26th April 2022 in by Phil Alsop

Emely Patra, RVP and Head of EMEA Customer Success Strategy and Architecture at MuleSoft, discusses the findings of the company’s recently published 2022 Connectivity Benchmark report, highlighting some of the obstacles to creating fully connected user experiences, and explaining how APIs and low code tools can help to address the major integration challenges which need to be overcome as part of a successful digital transformation strategy.

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Ancoris GreenLab adds the sustainability dimension to IT decision-making
  • Posted on 12th April 2022 in by Phil Alsop

Andre Azevedo, CEO at Ancoris, explains how the company’s new GreenLab Google Cloud service helps organisations to understand the actions they can take around their IT infrastructure to achieve their sustainability goals, with cloud migration a high priority for many.

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Step change required when it comes to IT sustainability?
  • Posted on 21st March 2022 in by Phil Alsop

Coeus Consulting, an independent IT advisory focused on delivering strategic change, recently published the findings of its report: ‘The critical role of technology leaders in delivering on sustainability targets’. Graeme Trevayne, Associate Director at Coeus Consulting, talks through the survey results, highlighting the progress which has already been made, whilst suggesting that there is much more that can be done, not least when it comes to the need for some commonly agreed, IT sustainability objectives and the accompanying metrics.

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Sustainability becoming a major Channel focus
  • Posted on 1st March 2022 in by Phil Alsop

Michael O’Hara, Group Managing Director of DataSolutions, a distributor of transformational IT solutions, talks through the results of the company’s Channel sustainability stock-take survey, revealing how companies are losing out on contracts if they can’t demonstrate their environmental credentials, how the Channel is beginning to address its sustainability responsibilities and highlights the success of DataSolutions’ Techies Go Green initiative.

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Sustainability sums – understanding your IT investment
  • Posted on 17th February 2022 in by Phil Alsop

Ragnar Agnell, Partner at Centigo and Sanjiv Sachdev, Director, Strategic Business Value Consulting at Serviceware, discuss how – through the right technology – CTOs and CIOs can lead the charge against climate change in their companies whilst also balancing the urgent need to optimise business costs amid a turbulent financial climate.

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Sustainability and digital transformation – mutually exclusive or not?
  • Posted on 16th January 2022 in by Phil Alsop

Pankaj Sharma, Executive Vice President, Secure Power Division at Schneider Electric, is optimistic that organisations can pursue the benefits of digital transformation without compromising on their sustainability objectives. In particular, he believes that the data centre industry is very well placed to address the pressing environmental demands of the next few years, as it continues to develop technology innovations as it helps end users embrace the opportunities of the Digital Age.

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Vietnam’s digital expertise can help address Europe’s IT skills shortage
  • Posted on 6th January 2022 in by Phil Alsop

Mohan Naidu, FPT UK Managing Director, outlines Vietnam’s digital maturity, hence the skills companies such as FPT can offer organisations across the globe facing significant IT human resource challenges as they seek to deliver on their own digital transformation objectives. As Mohan explains, FPT’s unique outsourcing model has already attracted major global customers ahead of its planned European expansion.

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What matters most to MSPs? - AvePoint Interview
  • Posted on 4th January 2022 in by Phil Alsop

Jason Beal, Senior Vice President, Global Channel and Partner Ecosystems, AvePoint, talks through the results of the company’s first MSP Global Preference Survey, with security, governance and cloud migration ranking as top priorities. MSPs are also wanting to both consolidate the number of vendors with which they deal while also bringing on board new solutions. Jason also offers some valuable advice to MSPs in terms of some key business development objectives.

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Delivering valuable information from the data stack
  • Posted on 30th November 2021 in by Phil Alsop

Michael Queenan, Co-Founder and CEO of Nephos Technologies, explains the importance of understanding the whole data stack – the storage and the governance as well as the analytics – in order to turn the raw data into valuable, actionable information. Michael also details how his company is helping customers on their ‘data literacy’ journey, most recently with the introduction of a Data Governance as a Service solution.

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Reaping the data literacy dividend
  • Posted on 11th November 2021 in by Phil Alsop

Craig Stewart, Chief Technology Officer at SnapLogic, provides some fascinating insights as to how a combination of data and AI and Machine Learning is already providing major benefits across all industry sectors, not least in helping organisations to address major sustainability challenges; and also in allowing many businesses to capitalise on the IoT opportunity. In summary, Craig believes that few, if any, companies can afford to ignore the advantages of increased data literacy.

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What makes a next generation IT solutions provider?
  • Posted on 2nd November 2021 in by Phil Alsop

Ross Everard, Managing Director at Infinite Edge Technologies, plans to grow the company through the provision of digital solutions focusing on current customer challenges, such as IoT, the hybrid workplace, collaboration and digital business performance. Helping end users with speed to market, service effectiveness and new business model creation are just some of the benefits promised by this next generation IT approach.

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Sustainability rises up the IT agenda
  • Posted on 31st October 2021 in by Phil Alsop

DW talks to Andy Gomarsall MBE, Chairman of N2S, about the growing importance of sustainable IT, as more and more companies get to grips with their environmental obligations. With COP26 on the horizon, Andrew is optimistic that IT Asset Disposal will become a major focus in the rapidly evolving circular economy, not least as organisations begin to understand and to address their Scope 3 GHG, supply chain responsibilities.

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News

Hut 8 partners with Anthropic and Fluidstack to establish advanced AI data centres in the US, aiming to deploy up to 2,295 MW.
Carbon3.ai launches NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra AI systems with HPE liquid-cooling, revolutionising AI performance and sustainability.
Gartner reveals top contenders in the AI race, highlighting companies setting trends in various technology domains.
Quetta Data Centers is expanding its footprint with the development of eco-efficient edge data centers powered by renewable energy across Spain and Portugal.

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