Ian Murphy

United Kingdom, Woking

Journalist, Editor and Senior Analyst at Enterprise Times

Podcaster, DJ, editor, industry analyst, field hockey goalkeeper, coach and umpire, rugby player, and Royal Marine veteran. Life's short so live it to the full

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Articles

Embedding AI into business processes and boring AI

3 days ago | enterprisetimes.co.uk | Ian Murphy

At Appian World in Denver, the company showed off a range of new capabilities and how it was embedding AI into the business process. It has also seen a significant increase in AI adoption among its customers, with over 70% already using AI in their business. Importantly, that success is not about AI being on the cutting edge. Instead, Michael Beckley, CTO and co-founder of Appian, talks about Boring AI.
Qualys MSPs join its mROC Partner Alliance

3 days ago | enterprisetimes.co.uk | Ian Murphy

Qualys has expanded its invite-only managed Risk Operation Management (mROC) Partner Alliance. The result has been a number of its Managed Service Partners (MSPs) embracing its strategy to help customers better manage risk. Its ROC strategy puts risk on a par with the Security Operations Centre (SOC), giving security teams a comprehensive way of addressing cyber risk and cybersecurity.
NTT brings attribute-based encryption into the light

2 weeks ago | enterprisetimes.co.uk | Ian Murphy

At NTT Upgrade in San Francisco last month, NTT Research showcased its latest research, including projects that are now being commercialised. One of the technologies it has been developing for over a decade is Attribute-Based Encryption (ABE). Enterprise Times editor Ian Murphy wanted to understand more about ABE’s journey and where it goes next. He talked with Takashi Goto, Senior Vice President, Strategy at NTT Research, Inc. and Fang Wu, Vice President, Business Development at NTT Research, Inc.
Appian delivers a new focus on developers at Appian DevCon

2 weeks ago | enterprisetimes.co.uk | Ian Murphy

At Appian World in Denver, Colorado, the company stepped up its approach to developers with its first-ever DevCon. It gave the company an opportunity to focus on all its new products coming up. Some of those will be GA in 25.2, which will be available in June, and others are entering open beta. There were plenty of QR codes for people to click on to get on those beta programmes.
Appian Embeds Agentic AI into Business Processes

2 weeks ago | enterprisetimes.co.uk | Ian Murphy

At Appian World in Denver, Colorado, the company has been unveiling more information about new products and its upcoming 25.2 release. Among those announcements are Agent Studio, intelligent document processing in AI Document Center, and smart search. It has also said that gen AI agents can be used in Autoscale, allowing customers to deploy more of them.
NTT is redefining its global data centre strategy

2 weeks ago | enterprisetimes.co.uk | Ian Murphy

NTT is the third-largest global data centre operator with facilities in over 20 countries. With the market in the middle of a massive expansion to handle AI demand, where is it going? Over the last few years, it has been consolidating all its data centre business units into one unit, NTT Global Data Centers. Bruno Berti is Senior Vice President of Global Product Management at NTT Global Data Centers.
Appian says customers are embedding AI into business processes

2 weeks ago | enterprisetimes.co.uk | Ian Murphy

At Appian World, the company announced that customers are increasingly embedding AI into their business processes. By using AI inside business processes, they are allowing it to drive automation and engagement with customers. One area in particular, where Appian customers are seeing benefits of this, is when working with government and compliance controls. It claims that embedded AI is able to deliver compliance with a 95% accuracy. That is far in excess of human-managed systems.
Azul JVM Inventory to simplify Oracle Java migrations

2 weeks ago | enterprisetimes.co.uk | Ian Murphy

Azul has launched JVM Inventory to address the risks associated with migrating off of Oracle Java. It continuously monitors running JVMs, providing a comprehensive catalogue of all the interactions a JVM makes. This allows teams to identify each JVM, its licensing, whether it is part of a third-party package and its usage. That data allows migration teams to understand the impact of any migration before they take action.
Security news from the week beginning 21st April 2025

2 weeks ago | enterprisetimes.co.uk | Ian Murphy

This week saw several vendors trying to get out announcements ahead of RSA in San Francisco. The majority of security updates focused on the addition of some form of AI into product lines. In other news, WSO2 formally announced its Ambassador Programme to recognise those in the community who are seen as champions of the product. The programme was first announced at WSO2Con in Barcelona.
WSO2 recognises community contributors with its Ambassador Programme

2 weeks ago | enterprisetimes.co.uk | Ian Murphy

WSO2 has formally launched its Ambassador Programme to recognise the contribution of community contributors. It comes as the company embarks on a move to better embrace its community and recognise its importance to the company going forward. This programme is part of the work being done by Isabelle Mauny, Chief Developer Advocate at WSO2. In an interview with Enterprise Times at WSO2Con in Barcelona, Mauny gave some insight into what the Ambassador programme would entail.