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Transformation programs compress, but the enterprise IT spend holds up, says Accenture CEO Julie Sweet This article is sponsored by:

Accenture's being cautious about predicting the macro-economic climate for the coming months, but spend on transformation is holding up.

Edge analytics hype versus reality - a discerning look at the pros and cons This article is sponsored by:

Edge analytics is promoted as the solution to the analytics problems posed by edge devices. Let's take a harder look at the pros and cons, including security, cost, and integration with cloud analytics. Can we even call these use cases "analytics" at all?

AstraZeneca’s rules for implementing responsible, ethical AI This article is sponsored by:

AstraZeneca delivers a candid presentation, which acknowledges that easy answers to ethical AI are hard to come by.

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Samsara’s VP of Product - taking a problem-first approach to the Internet-of-Things This article is sponsored by:

The Internet-of-Things (IoT) has been a buzzword in enterprise technology for years, but Samsara believes that it is gaining traction with buyers because of its problem-led approach to connecting the physical world.

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Enterprise hits and misses - shoppers hit the grocery stores, AI gets an ROI check, and the metaverse hype machine refuels This article is sponsored by:

This week - shoppers return to grocery stores - are retailers ready for the hybrid consumer? Events season rolls on; Oracle offers tech earnings hope. Transformation turns into lessons learned, and, just in time for the whiffs section - the metaverse gets a $5 trillion hype projection.

Salesforce adds new features to Sales Cloud to adapt to the changing nature of sales This article is sponsored by:

New features in Sales Cloud announced at Sales World Tour London yesterday are a response to the fast-changing nature of sales in a digitally connected world.

Ketan Karkhanis speaks at Salesforce World Tour London 2022

Salesforce checks in at Edwardian Hotels to provide a 360 degree customer view This article is sponsored by:

Edwardian Hotels wanted to join up the information and views from each of its departments into a single view.

The flawed quest for Artificial General Intelligence - do you need to know how the mind works for AGI? This article is sponsored by:

The debate over so-called "sentient AI" is raging again. But the context is the problematic pursuit of Artificial General Intelligence - and the misguided idea that AGI should resemble the human brain.

London Tech Week - latest British digital strategy is a missed opportunity, says techUK This article is sponsored by:

Like buses, you wait for one digital strategy to come along and suddenly a plethora of announcements appear. But do any of them convince?

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Enterprise hits and misses - the Vaccine Economy changes online commerce, robots get hired, and the AI debate gets sentient This article is sponsored by:

This week - new data on digital commerce in the Vaccine Economy - but are B2B buyers changing? Demand for robots continues to surge in the labor gap. Across the pond, diginomica finds itself part of the story, via our UK governance reporting. As always, your whiffs.

Huawei celebration of IP success marred by European chorus of doom This article is sponsored by:

A two-hour showcase of Chinese ingenuity delivers more than was bargained for.

Samsara continues to scale as its customers keep the world running in turbulent times This article is sponsored by:

Samsara's customers are the organizations that keep the world running even in the most desperate of times. That's powering growth, according to CEO Sanjit Biswas.

The forgotten margins of AI ethics - a paper on AI ethics with teeth This article is sponsored by:

The field of AI ethics seems to generate more happy talk than potent ideas. It's rare to find an academic paper with real world teeth, but "The forgotten margins of AI ethics" stands out. Here's my critical review.