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VENDORiQ: Neo4j’s Infinigraph – A Step Towards a Unified Graph Architecture?
Neo4j’s Infinigraph architecture unifies transactional and analytical workloads at scale, simplifying data ecosystems and enabling real-time insights for AI.

Enhancing Large Language Models: The Power Trio of Prompt Engineering, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, and Fine-Tuning
Does your organisation know the potential of large language models (LLMs) with advanced techniques? Enhance artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities for improved performance and accuracy.

The A to Z of AI: How to Build and Implement an AI Strategy Your Board Will Love – Webinar and Presentation Kit
A comprehensive guide to developing an AI strategy that resonates with your board, focusing on realistic expectations, quick wins, service evolution, and best practices for transitioning from pilot to production.

CBA Explores Replacing Local Call Centre Staff with AI – AFR – 17 September 2024
CBA’s venture into AI-powered call centres is an economic inevitability, promising hyper-personalised service but facing significant hurdles around financial advice regulations, data security, and job displacement.

Canva Triples Prices Citing the Need to Pay for New AI Design Tools – AFR – 2 September 2024
Canva’s price hike, fuelled by heavy AI investment, forces organisations to question the real value of new features, signalling a critical test of customer loyalty.

The $340m Government IT Disaster No One Cared About – AFR – 22 August 2024
The government’s $341 million ERP failure was entirely predictable. The era of monolithic, custom-built systems is over. The future is renting flexible SaaS solutions, not building rigid platforms.

Presenting AI to the Board – Webinar and Presentation Kit
To present AI effectively to the board, emphasise its role in augmenting rather than replacing existing capabilities.

Understanding Enterprise Content Chaos
The growth of digital content has made it increasingly challenging for organisations to manage their information assets effectively. What is IT’s critical role in developing and implementing strategies to manage content chaos and information hyperinflation?

IBRS Futures: Get Ready for AI-empowered Cyber Crime
Welcome to this IBRS Futures presentation, where we explore the potential impact of AI on cyber crime. In this advisory, we will delve into the key insights from the presentation and discuss the implications for cyber security.

Powering Information Management in the Era of Information Hyperinflation
Unlock valuable insights on information management strategies in the era of information hyperinflation. Gain expert recommendations for navigating data governance challenges.

VENDORiQ: Graph-Based Retrieval-Augmented Generation: Business Impact of GraphRAG Release
Earlier this year, GraphRAG transformed retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) with its graph-based approach for question-answering over private datasets. Now, Microsoft has made GraphRAG available on GitHub, offering a user-friendly API on Azure—ready to enhance your AI-powered RAG projects. Interested in exploring its capabilities?

VENDORiQ: Google Acquires Cameyo: Why Virtualise the Entire Desktop for Just a Handful of Legacy Apps?
Explore the evolving landscape of legacy application management post-Google’s Cameyo acquisition. Stay ahead in the tech world.

VENDORiQ: Apple Joins the Other Vendors in Embedding AI Into All Our Devices: More Evidence of How We’ll Work in 2035
Uncover the revolutionary changes AI integration in personal devices will bring to future workspaces. Stay ahead of the curve with IBRS analysis.

VENDORiQ: Oracle-Google Cloud Partnership: Friends with Benefits
Uncover how the Oracle-Google Cloud partnership revolutionises application migrations and modernisation, providing cost advantages and open integration opportunities.

VENDORiQ: Going Down the Rabbit Hole: A Deep Dive into a Flawed AI Product
Discover the hidden truths behind a vendor’s flawed AI product, emphasising the importance of transparency and due diligence in tech investments.

VENDORiQ: Zap! Citizen Developers to Gain No-Code Superpowers With AI
How will the potential of AI-driven automation in low-code platforms revolutionise how businesses streamline processes and boost efficiency?

VENDORiQ: OpenAI Leadership Turmoil – A Lesson in Governance
Delve into the critical analysis of OpenAI’s governance and leadership issues, uncovering the importance of transparency and ethical considerations in the tech sector.

VENDORiQ: Google’s Algorithm Leak: Insights and Implications
Uncover the hidden truths behind Google’s search algorithm revelations and how they impact your digital marketing approach.

VENDORiQ: Azure Cobalt and Accelerated VMs Highlights Cloud AI Economics
Uncover how Microsoft’s Azure Cobalt and accelerated VMs are revolutionising Cloud AI economics, providing greater efficiency and performance for critical applications.

VENDORiQ: Database Managers – Get Ready, This is Going to be a Wild Ride: Google and Microsoft Merge LLMs Into Mainstream Databases
Uncover the transformative impact of merging LLMs into mainstream databases, revolutionising database management and AI integration for the future.

VENDORiQ: Microsoft’s New AI-Enabled PCs – Strong ARM Tactics or Shape of Things to Come?
Delve into the analysis of Microsoft’s latest AI-enabled PCs, uncovering the performance enhancements, compatibility hurdles, and crucial data privacy implications.

AI for Enterprises: Why Smaller, Open Source LLMs May Be Better
Explore the benefits of leveraging smaller, open-source LLMs for enhanced AI capabilities in enterprises.

Mega Table of Available Generative AI
Stay informed on the latest in generative AI with a comprehensive resource detailing open-source LLMs, context length, tokens, and licensing information.

Solving Information Hyperinflation: How AI is Driving New Approaches to Information Governance – Webinar And Presentation Kit
The deluge of data across organisations is creating ‘information hyperinflation’, posing unique challenges. We’ll explore how AI addresses tough information governance, privacy, and protection issues, based on insights from 380+ interviews with information managers.

Leveraging AI for Enhanced Compliance and Governance – Help Net Security – 11 April 2024
AI is both the cause of and the solution to information hyperinflation. Use smart AI to classify data before letting generative AI search it.