All articles by Lara Williams
Lara Williams
Lara Williams is managing editor of Verdict technology. An experienced writer, Lara previously worked as deputy editor of the Financial Times’s fDi Magazine. Lara has a background in technology journalism writing for the UK’s Computing magazine and has spent almost a decade living in Silicon Valley.
AWS outage: Can UK businesses mitigate the risk of the next Big Tech infrastructure outage?
Reliance on centralised US Big Tech digital infrastructure is likely to increase with massive Big Tech AI infrastructure investments announced in the US UK Prosperity Deal. So, what are businesses to do?
Opinion: Why financial firms must rip up the open banking playbook in the AI economy
Yuval Samet, CEO of financial wellbeing platform RiseUp, says financial firms must leverage AI to bridge the gap between raw financial data and real customer value.
Does the UK’s focus on AI infrastructure risk the chance of building its own British Big Tech?
Reframing the UK’s focus on AI infrastructure to encompass an innovation first approach with digital sovereignty at the forefront could mitigate its reliance on US Big Tech.
Shadow agentic AI: An enterprise security risk no business can ignore
Engineers are seeking forgiveness, after the fact, rather than approval for unsanctioned agentic AI tools within the enterprise. How rife is this practice and what are the risks?
Opinion: Businesses must consider the EU’s Data Act now or risk falling behind
Shaun Hurst, principal regulatory advisor at AI data compliance platform Smarsh, urges multinational companies operating in the continent to consider the new legislation carefully.
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Opinion: Businesses can’t audit and insure their way to responsible AI
Chris Royles, EMEA CTO at data analytics platform Cloudera, advises businesses on how to achieve responsible AI to avoid regulatory pitfalls.
Will mandatory government digital ID harm the UK’s private sector ID verification tool market?
Critics say the government’s focus on mandatory right-to-work use cases smacks of political expediency and raises questions about whether the private sector has been adequately considered in the plan?
Opinion: Data silos need to be addressed but so do people silos, says Hitachi Vantara CEO
Hitachi Vantara CEO Sheila Rohra sees people silos as the next frontier in technology leadership.
Opinion: UK fintech companies need regulatory reform or the sector’s value creators will leave
Shah Ramezani, founder and CEO of digital payments platform Noah, warns that the UK’s fintech sector needs more policy reform to thrive.
What does the EU Data Act mean for businesses?
The EU Data Act will shift data control away from manufacturers and large cloud providers to users of connected products and services and smaller EU companies.