Popp AI targets recruitment with conversational AI platform
UK based startup Popp AI has raised £3.5m (€4.3m) in a seed funding round led by Emerge and SuperSeed Ventures. Popp AI is focused on transforming recruitment by leveraging conversational AI to deliver open candidate interactions at scale. Founded in 2023 by Sam Dhesi, James Cochrane-Dyet, and Ilyes Benmansour, Popp AI was born out of […]
NTT DATA showcases practical advisory
I spent yesterday afternoon in the virtual company of NTT DATA’s consulting team at their analyst event run out of the US. NTT DATA presented its consulting capabilities and a range of client success stories that alas I am not allowed to publish for confidentiality reasons, all emphasising their approach of “advisory that delivers”, through […]
DXC extends ServiceNow partnership to accelerate AI adoption
DXC Technology has announced an extended strategic partnership with ServiceNow, building on a fifteen year-long collaboration between the two companies. As a result of the new agreement the two companies have formed a Centre of Excellence (CoE), combining DXC’s industry and implementation capabilities with ServiceNow’s GenAI solutions. The extended partnership is designed to improve the […]
Nationwide shifts on-prem estate to HPE GreenLake
Nationwide, the largest building society in the world, has selected HPE’s GreenLake for its private cloud deployment. Indeed, GreenLake sits at the heart of Nationwide’s hybrid cloud strategy, with its Director of Infrastructure & Service Delivery, Paul Walsh, saying it is a “core component”. The building society wants to improve both its ability to compete […]
Palo Alto Networks: EMEA tops global growth up 21%
Cybersecurity platform supplier Palo Alto Networks (PAN) has started FY25 much as expected, with revenue up 14% to $2.1bn. Demand continues to be driven by a combination of customer refreshes, capacity expansion, and selective competitive displacement. Cloud security and Cortex security operations are both growing in significance, in Q4 cloud security crossed the $700m milestone, […]
Nvidia Q3 growth slows to a modest 94%
Nvidia continues to post eye watering growth numbers as it capitalises on the demand for AI infrastructure. Q3 revenues were up 94% yoy to $35.1bn, down from the 122% yoy growth we saw in Q2, with Data centre revenue up 112% to $30.8bn. Q4 revenues are expected to grow c.70% yoy, a significant slowdown from […]
Finastra suffers major data breach
UK-headquartered financial services technology firm, Finastra has fallen victim to a major data breach with the cyber-attack apparently involving the theft of large volumes of confidential bank information from its internal file transfer platform. Finastra (formerly Misys), which serves around eight thousand financial institutions globally, processes large volumes of transactional data every day on behalf […]
Maximus grows on US demand
Public Sector focused business process outsourcer (BPO) Maximus released its FY results yesterday with the firm growing 8.2% to $5.3bn, compared to $4.9bn for the prior year. Approaching 90% of the company’s business by revenue, is split across two US segments (U.S. Federal Services and U.S. Services) both of which have been in growth mode […]
University of Chester selects TechnologyOne for cloud ERP
The University of Chester is partnering with ASX-listed TechnologyOne to deploy the company’s cloud-based OneEducation ERP solution (including student management, financials, supply chain management, and corporate performance management). The university has entered into a TechnologyOne “SaaS+” arrangement (see TechnologyOne: Connected systems for seamless digital experiences), whereby the company takes full responsibility for delivering the complete […]
AI holds the key to success for wealth managers
New research published by PwC has highlighted that, many within the wealth management sector believe that AI adoption will help to improve margins, and that this trend will also drive further consolidation amongst firms. According to the findings of PwC’s annual Asset & Wealth Management Report (just released), 80% of wealth and asset managers think that […]