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Cisco: Network readiness a determining factor for AI success
2+ hour, 34+ min ago (339+ words) Research from Cisco has found that as many as two-thirds of industrial organisations have moved to active artificial intelligence (AI) deployments in live operational environments, yet while adoption momentum is strong, infrastructure and organisational alignment " especially networking and security " will…...
AI skills for IT pros: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
2+ hour, 54+ min ago (251+ words) Artificial intelligence is changing the way IT professionals work. We speak to Matt Strava, CEO of Spinnaker Support', about reskilling He says: "I think the number one thing people should be thinking about and really focused on is retooling." Strava…...
Photonics - Professor Frederic Gardes: The route to scalable, error-free silicon photonics
15+ hour, 57+ min ago (133+ words) Gardes writes in full as follows" No fabrication process is perfect. Chips come out with slight variation, affecting their overall perfomance. Phase Change Materials (PCM) and UV trimming act as a kind of physical-layer firmware, correcting those imperfections post-fabrication so…...
Navigating the opaque fog of public cloud carbon footprints
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (361+ words) For the better part of a decade the move to public cloud was sold as the ultimate environmental win." The logic was simple. Hyperscalers operate at a level of efficiency no individual company could hope to match. But as we…...
UAE unveils Falcon Perception in push for AI independence | Computer Weekly
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (521+ words) Abu Dhabi has taken a step towards global artificial intelligence (AI) with Falcon Perception, a multimodal model that enables machines to efficiently see, read and interpret the physical world. Developed by the Technology Innovation Institute (TII), the applied research arm…...
How voice AI is transforming customer service
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (928+ words) For years, businesses have hidden contact numbers deep within website menus, steering frustrated consumers towards text-based chatbots, frequently asked questions and email forms to cut costs. Now, however, the phone call is making a comeback, thanks to advancements in artificial…...
Digital Realty CTO on AI tokenomics and datacentre infrastructure
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (957+ words) For datacentre operators, this poses a fundamental challenge: how do you build digital infrastructure today that can support the hardware requirements of tomorrow?" In a recent interview with Computer Weekly in Singapore, Chris Sharp, chief technology officer of Digital Realty,…...
As AI drives up memory costs, is it time To rethink your device strategy?
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (492+ words) Rising memory costs are creating fresh pressure for PC and smartphone manufacturers. A major driver is the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence and the build-out of new AI infrastructure, which is absorbing a growing share of global memory supply. At…...
BlueRock forges Trust Context Engine to help developers control agentic systems
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (831+ words) BlueRock is a company known for its provision of observability, context and control for agentic AI systems operating in production." The platform itself is designed to helps developers and data science teams understand how agent decisions propagate across tools, MCP…...
Identity and AI: Questions of data security, trust and control
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (1023+ words) The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers the intersection of AI and IAM. In this article, learn how AI-driven IAM projects must account for important questions around data protection, user trust, accountability and control. AI-driven identity solutions are often presented…...