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Providing Unparalleled Technology Intelligence ISSUE 88

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NEWS: Latest news round-up from across Europe
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LATEST INTELLIGENCE: The latest whitepapers from ADP and Schneider Electric
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TRENDING: Softcat reveals UK & I organisations’ biggest strategic and technology priorities in 2025
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INFOGRAPHIC: Bitdefender reveals grim milestone in ransomware history
PROJECT LATEST: Updates from Portugal, Denmark, Wales and Germany
EDITOR’ S QUESTION: How can businesses balance scalability and security when managing large volumes of

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data in an increasingly complex regulatory landscape?
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TALKING BUSINESS: Why the most successful companies will embrace agility, shared expertise and an AI-first mindset

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FEATURE: Huawei offers‘ TECH4ALL’ to bridge digital divide
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CIO OPINION: Balancing scalability and security in data management
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COUNTRY FOCUS: Cortizo boosts performance with Pure Storage upgrade
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FEATURE: Ericsson private 5G to support JLR’ s digital manufacturing transformation
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CASE STUDY: Bridgestone accelerates Digital Transformation with seamless SAP S / 4HANA Cloud migration
COVER STORY

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INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES
INDUSTRY WATCH: Orange and La Poste partner to give
a second life to network equipment used during the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games
TECH TALK: Land and location: Considerations in an explosive data centre market

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GET TO KNOW: Toby Parkins, Co-founder and Group CEO, Headforwards
FINAL WORD: Harnessing AI for customer service excellence
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