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Burendo awarded multi-million-pound contract with the United Kingdom Health Security Agency
Award-winning product delivery and technology consultancy , Burendo , has been appointed as the technical delivery partner on a multi-million-pound contract with the United Kingdom Health Security Agency ( UKHSA ), supporting fundamental aspects of its operating model as well as providing core technology product development services .
The UKHSA is responsible for protecting society in England and safeguarding public health from the impact of serious health threats . Acknowledging the current environment and challenges in the industry , the UKHSA is actively modernising its IT operations to strengthen the UK ’ s resilience against such threats , which include infectious diseases , chemical and biological incidents , radiological risks and nuclear threats .
Known for driving sustainable change by educating and enabling skills transfer in complex organisations , Burendo will serve as the UKHSA ’ s trusted development operations ( DevOps ) partner .
This three-year agreement signifies a major step forward in the advancement of the UKHSA ’ s DevOps capabilities as the Burendo team delivers hands-on expertise to ensure the UKHSA can cope with any incident , no matter how severe .
“ We are immensely proud to be chosen as the UKHSA ’ s partner of choice for the delivery and support of their critical technology solutions . Being awarded this contract is testament to the exceptional dedication and expertise of our entire team , who are consistently recognised by clients for delivering outstanding results ,” said Glenn Crossley , Co-founder of Burendo .
“ We are thrilled to be partnering with the UKHSA to advise and help them deliver crucial work to protect the UK public .”
IBM becomes Spanish Government ’ s AI partner
IBM and the Spanish Government have signed an agreement to allow the development of foundational models for AI , native in Spanish and co-official languages .
Tapping into IBM ’ s open-source AI framework , communities will be able to shape and contribute to the Spanish LLM , that will also include co-official languages ( Catalan , Basque , Galician and Valencian ) increasing innovation , transparency and safety .
“ AI positions us at the threshold of a new industrial revolution , with a very significant potential impact in terms of productivity gains for a large number of economic sectors and in providing better public services to our citizens ,” said José Luis Escrivá , Minister for Digital Transformation and Civil Service of the Government of Spain . “ The Government of Spain is promoting a useful and ethical development of the opportunities offered by this technology . IBM , with its experience , knowledge and resources , is an excellent partner to accompany us in our vision .”
“ IBM shares this bold vision to accelerate the Government of Spain ’ s AI strategy and to be the national AI partner for Spain ,” said Darío Gil , IBM SVP and Director of IBM Research . “ We will leverage IBM ’ s deep investments across the entire AI stack , from compute to models , we will enable an open community to drive the full potential of AI technologies . Together , we will work to foster the responsible use of AI to drive sustainable growth in , and all Spanish speaking countries worldwide .”
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