Best Practices for Migrating from On-Prem Mailboxes to the Cloud
In recent years, organizations have increasingly transitioned from on-premises email solutions to cloud-based platforms. As of 2023, only 16% of Microsoft Exchange mailboxes remained on-premises, highlighting a strong industry-wide shift towards cloud adoption. The move to cloud-based email services offers numerous benefits, including improved scalability, enhanced reliability, and cost efficiency. Despite these advantages, migrating on-prem […]
Why people are the key to successful cloud migration
As European companies struggle to realise the full value of their cloud investments, we as technology leaders need to recognise that successful digital transformation rests on three fundamental pillars: people, processes, and tools. While the industry emphasises ‘people-first’ approaches for emerging technologies such as AI, we must apply this same principle to cloud migration, while […]
Lessons from Building Scalable Data Science Solution
Seneca Widvey, Director of Data Science, Audacy Seneca Widvey is a data science leader with over a decade of experience in AI, machine learning and analytics. As Director of Data Science at Audacy, he drives innovation in recommendation systems, forecasting models and MLOps. With expertise in applied mathematics and AI, Widvey excels in building scalable […]
Do You Hear What I Hear? Amazon Removes Echo Privacy Setting — What You Should Know
Last week, Amazon sent an email to select Echo users, warning they must now consent to having their Alexa voice recordings sent to the company’s cloud for processing. The email was sent to users with the Do Not Send Voice Recordings setting enabled on their Echo speaker or smart display, which ensured their commands are […]
AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS Pi Day, Amazon Bedrock multi-agent collaboration, Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio, Amazon S3 Tables, and more
Thanks to everyone who joined us for the fifth annual AWS Pi Day on March 14. Since its inception in 2021, commemorating the Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) 15th anniversary, AWS Pi Day has grown into a flagship event highlighting the transformative power of cloud technologies in data management, analytics, and AI. This year’s […]
The Core of Your Strategy
Even though digital information is evolving rapidly, the world remains fundamentally document-centric. Documents whether created by humans or generated by machines, are foundational to every operation, communication exchange, and innovation within the Intelligent and Connected Enterprise. Notably, a Deloitte analysis reveals that 81% of respondents view productivity as the primary measure of digital transformation ROI. […]
How Steatite relieved the burden on its IT team with a move to the cloud
Steatite designs, manufactures, and supplies highly reliable technology for use in harsh conditions, where failure is not an option. Operating in both the US and the UK, Steatite caters to a wide range of customers, from SMEs and government organisations to large multinationals. The problem: The company’s legacy system, a highly customised on-premises ERP, was becoming […]
The Value Proposition of Generative AI for CIOs
Judi Flournoy, CIO / Kelley Drye & Warren LLP Judi Flournoy serves as Kelley Drye’s chief information officer (CIO) and serves on the firm’s Client Service & Innovation Committee. A proven, experienced and veteran IT executive, Judi is uniquely qualified and experienced in strategic planning, development and organizational leadership. With more than two decades of law firm IT and operations […]
Google Acquires Startup Wiz for $32B to ‘Turbocharge Improved Cloud Security’
Image: Wiz Google has announced it is acquiring cybersecurity startup Wiz for $32 billion. The acquisition is parent company Alphabet’s largest to date, more than doubling its previous record-breaking $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility in 2012. The company appears to have pursued this deal aggressively due to the growing demand for secure cloud services. […]
Amazon S3 Tables integration with Amazon SageMaker Lakehouse is now generally available
At re:Invent 2024, we launched Amazon S3 Tables, the first cloud object store with built-in Apache Iceberg support to streamline storing tabular data at scale, and Amazon SageMaker Lakehouse to simplify analytics and AI with a unified, open, and secure data lakehouse. We also previewed S3 Tables integration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) analytics services […]