digital transformation

On a packed virtual afternoon, a Sri Lankan–American scientist asked a question that should wake every policy maker, educator and entrepreneur in Colombo: what if Sri Lanka didn’t arrive late this time? That sharp, almost rhetorical challenge — delivered by Dr. Yasantha Rajakarunanayake at a...

Barnsley Council’s announcement that it will spend £1.1 million on a “major overhaul” of its digital services is the latest example of local authorities betting on device refreshes and AI to stabilise day‑to‑day operations and ease staff workloads — but the numbers in the brief notice raise as...

Elon Musk’s social network X suffered a widespread global outage on January 16, 2026 — the second large-scale interruption for the platform in the span of a week — leaving tens of thousands of users unable to load feeds, post, or access X’s AI assistant Grok and triggering renewed questions...

The British Heart Foundation has confirmed a permanent appointment at the top of its technology organisation, signalling a decisive push to complete a multi‑year digital transformation that whatill touch fundraising, retail, finance and supporter engagement — and underlining an increasingly...

The University of Manchester has moved from pilot to promise: it will make Microsoft 365 Copilot available to every student and staff member across its campus community — roughly 65,000 people — with a staged rollout set to complete by summer 2026. The move is framed as part of a wider digital...

The accounting profession in Canada is entering a period of structural change and technological strain: CPA Canada will shift to a fully voluntary membership model effective April 1, 2026, with several national players — including the Big Four and large domestic firms — committing to enroll...

NTT DATA’s expanded alliance with Microsoft marks a deliberate push to make Microsoft Azure the preferred public cloud for a wide range of enterprise digital transformation projects, combining NTT DATA’s system-integration scale and vertical expertise with Microsoft’s cloud platform...

JK Fenner’s move to a cloud-native Dealer Management System built on Microsoft Dynamics 365 and the Microsoft Power Platform is a classic example of a manufacturer turning a sprawling, manually driven distribution model into a measurable competitive advantage—an initiative that has already...

Digital transformation is no longer a competitive nicety for insurers — it is a survival imperative driven by customer expectations, regulatory pressure, and a hard-headed operational economics that legacy systems can no longer satisfy. Modern customers expect near-instant access to policy...

In 2025, a new playbook for chief executives has emerged: combine bold experimentation with empathy-led people strategy, and use AI not as a shortcut but as a strategic amplifier—an approach visible in high-profile moves from Klarna to Microsoft and echoed across the C-suite. Business Chief’s...

A short, upbeat column in the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal urges readers to greet the new year with steady resolve and keep moving forward — an ordinary piece of local commentary that, on closer inspection, reveals much about the role of community newspapers in a digital age, the...

Microsoft’s pitch to governments is simple and persuasive: apply generative AI to the routine, repetitive parts of public-service work and free human employees to focus on higher‑value decisions and frontline care. Over the last two years Microsoft has rolled that pitch into a coordinated...

HELLENiQ ENERGY’s shift from an oil-and-refining heritage to a digital-first, AI-enabled workplace is no longer a boardroom aspiration—it’s a functioning reality that has reshaped how the group manages knowledge, serves employees, and measures productivity across a diverse energy portfolio...

Alaska Airlines has reimagined the travel‑discovery funnel as an emotional, conversational experience—launching Alaska Inspires, a customer‑facing natural‑language search built on Microsoft Foundry and Azure OpenAI that the carrier says reduced trip‑planning time, raised conversion and delivered...

Farrer & Co has moved from experimentation to institutionalisation: the London firm has appointed Oliver Jeffcott as Head of Innovation and AI (Counsel) and Rod Fripp as IT Director, formalising a strategy that treats artificial intelligence and legal technology as core business imperatives...

Qatar’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) has moved from pilot to scale: the ministry launched the second phase of its national “Adopt Microsoft Copilot” programme while publicly honouring the first cohort of graduates — a twin announcement that signals both...

Firms turn to cash bonuses and unusual rewards to boost employee AI use Executive summary Across industries — from law firms to pharma to fintech and technology consultancies — employers are increasingly using cash bonuses, points, swag and one‑off prizes to accelerate everyday use of generative...

Malaysia’s corporate sector is at a crossroads: headline adoption figures for data analytics and AI sparkle — but beneath the surface lies a set of structural weaknesses that threaten to turn short‑term gains into long‑term liabilities. Background / Overview The recent profile of CPA Australia’s...

The Bureau of Meteorology’s much-criticised new website has blown out from an initially reported $4.1 million front-end redesign to a total bill of roughly $96.5 million — a revelation that has intensified political pressure, provoked alarm in regional communities that rely on the service, and...

The Isle of Man government says it has identified up to £11.4 million in potential savings as part of its cross‑government Efficiencies and Change Programme, and reports that 35 of 180 potential cost‑saving measures are now complete — a programme that also lists improved income collection of...