Best of LinkedIn: ICT & Tech Insights CW 43/ 44

We curate most relevant posts about ICT & Tech Insights on LinkedIn and regularly share key takeaways. This edition provides a broad overview of digital transformation and the intersecting fields of cybersecurity, AI, and quantum computing. Several authors discuss the escalating cyber threats, specifically emphasizing the need for robust defences against brute-force attacks and the strategic importance of treating cyber risk as a business issue, moving beyond simple technical compliance. A significant focus is placed on the rapid advancements in artificial intelligence, covering its use in due diligence, its role in both advancing threats and enabling defence mechanisms, and the crucial requirement to build trust in AI agents. Furthermore, the sources explore the accelerating quantum computing industry, noting major investments, the transition to commercial applications, and the necessity for organizations to prepare for quantum-safe security and hybrid quantum-classical systems that will revolutionize computation. Finally, several authors address digital infrastructure, highlighting the criticality of data centres for AI growth, the push for edge computing, and European regulatory efforts like the EU Data Act to promote data sovereignty and reduce vendor lock-in. This podcast was created via Google NotebookLM.