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.
Opinion: Becoming AI‑ready doesn’t mean starting over, says Tata Comms head of UK&I
Amit Mehrotra advises businesses to start by focusing on high ROI AI use cases.
Can Agentic DevOps unlock the dream of frictionless digital transformation?
Modernising legacy systems within the enterprise is a constant struggle for IT leaders. But Agentic DevOps promises to address the complexities of digital transformation.
Opinion: Europe and US must follow China’s auto and telecom cross-industry cooperation, says GSMA Fusion senior director
Paresh Modi, senior director at GSMA Fusion, explains how interoperability between China’s auto and telecom industries is creating rapid AV market expansion.
JetBrains CEO on where to find the real ROI in AI-driven software development
As a privately held, profitable European tech company with products embedded in the daily workflows of millions of developers globally, JetBrains defies Silicon Valley’s formula for success.
Interview: Pearson UK CEO on AI driven edtech transformation
Global education company Pearson’s Sharon Hague talks to Lara Williams about how edtech is impacting education delivery, as well as enterprise upskilling.
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Is UK data centre development demand sustainable?
AI driven demand for compute power will drive rapid data centre investment in 2025. But questions around sustainability remain.
A small, perfectly formed UK AI authority: A UK Peer’s answer to AI copyright
The UK’s Data Use and Access Bill has passed without the inclusion of a House of Lords amendment for greater AI copyright protections for content creators.
Stop hiring humans? Business leaders face AI labour arbitrage
Despite warnings from a handful of vocal tech industry figures, most enterprise leaders are publicly hailing AI as a job enabler rather than a job displacer. But can something so counterintuitive be true?
Interview: Zendesk CEO on how resolution pricing is revolutionising AI agent value
Zendesk is applying a flexible outcome-based pricing model to customer services that is unique within the industry, says CEO Tom Eggemeier.
Will Salesforce’s $8bn Informatica deal give the company a lead on agentic AI?
Salesforce’s Informatica acquisition demonstrates how critical data management is to the rapid growth trajectory of agentic AI.