It’s been two years since the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) was implemented, and financial services organisations and suppliers have been working to meet its requirements by today’s January 2025 deadline. While it’s crucial for UK financial entities and ICT service providers to understand its significance, resilience is a critical topic for all organisations. DORA …
AI Opportunities: How Node4 is helping unleash AI. Yesterday, the Government set out their plans to ‘unleash’ AI across the UK, emphasising its transformative potential for various industries. The announcement highlighted a bold new plan to integrate AI across public and private sectors, which aims to transform public services, boost economic growth, and cement the …
It’s been a year packed with so many good stories, here are just a few of them. January: West Midlands police case study We kicked off the year with a great client story featuring West Midlands Police, where we helped them to enable faster evidence processing with the UK’s first cloud-based digital forensics analysis solution. …
The above features and strategy direction of Azure Local have added huge capabilities that open up more edge computing use cases and this is a huge leap in functionality compared with competitive services such as AWS outposts. A strategy focused on cloud-connected, distributed infrastructure “Enabled by Azure Arc, Azure Local is cloud-connected infrastructure that can …
As we conclude our exploration of AI in networking, it’s time to focus on the practical aspects of implementation. This final blog in our three-part series provides actionable steps and best practices to integrate AI into your networking infrastructure effectively. By following these guidelines, businesses can ensure a smooth transition and maximise the benefits of …
Ready to take your network security to the next level? Discover how the latest features in the Entra Suite integrate modern identity, endpoint, and network access controls, all built on the principles of Zero Trust. Microsoft Entra Internet Access and Private Access have just gone to GA, adding robust features to the Entra Suite that …
The UK’s productivity problems It’s widely considered that the United Kingdom has productivity problems. In particular, the UK has been experiencing slow productivity growth in comparison with other countries, and this is more pronounced since 2008. To back this up with some facts: Underinvestment in capital and skills, inadequate innovation and poor policy coordination have …
Introducing VDC Slide, a new addition to our market-leading VMware IaaS platform, Virtual Data Centre (VDC). VDC offers a no-contract, pay-as-you-go infrastructure that is proving highly attractive to organisations looking to maintain their VM workloads without the need for costly hardware refreshes or long-term software agreements. VDC provides a compatible VMware infrastructure for existing workloads, …
Understanding the enhancements and updates. Azure OpenAI is a powerful cloud-based service that provides access to OpenAI’s advanced machine learning models. This service enables developers to build and deploy AI applications with unparalleled ease and efficiency. It offers a range of capabilities, from natural language processing to image recognition, making it invaluable for businesses looking …
The discount retailer Lidl recently found its way into the news as its parent company began offering cloud services to outside organisations. That got us thinking about Node4’s UK-based cloud services, and how, sometimes, a local cloud is exactly the solution that’s required to meet clients’ needs. The rise of self-service cloud services Its well-known …
