Stephen McMaster

@mcmaster_cloud
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Engineering CTO at Deloitte UK
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For those who are at #reinvent25 - if you do nothing else today, turn on your VPN ๐Ÿ˜‰ Large technology conferences are famous for people snooping on Comms....
#reinvent #aws #cybersecurity
Great event at Dynatrace PowerUP in Lisbon. Learning about the latest Dynatrace features and capabilities and what they can do to address organisational resilience, tool sprawl, and overspend. #Dynatrace #Deloitte #PowerUp2025

Earlier this month I spoke at AICON Belfast and explored a topic I know many of us grapple with: why a significant number of AI projects don't achieve their full potential ๐Ÿ“‰ More importantly, I presented an actionable framework designed to help us identify and overcome these common challenges โœ…

If you weren't able to make it, or just want a refresher, you can watch the full talk here: http://bit.ly/4qqFYPO

#Deloitte #AI #FailFast
http://bit.ly/4qqFYPO

Stephen McMaster | Engineering CTO | Deloitte

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Fantastic to speak at October's AICON conference where I explored a critical question: Why do even the most promising AI ideas often fail to reach the โ€˜last mileโ€™ ๐Ÿ’ก

My session focused on bridging the gap between an idea and a truly integrated, value-generating business system. I introduced a practical field guide got navigating the final stage - and ensure successful AI deployment.

#AICON2025 #AI #Technology #Transformation #Deloitte #Belfast #NorthernIreland

Find out more about the NOW Group here: https://bit.ly/3UNT5ff

I am thrilled that #Deloitte is now working with NOW Group as our official charity in Northern Ireland, and to be the Deloitte Partner Sponsor for the relationship. NOW Group do fantastic work providing training and jobs for people with learning needs.
#nowgroup

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This is a big deal... OpenAI has (partially) returned to its Open source roots by releasing two new "open-weight" models - spurred, no doubt, by the success of DeepSeek.

#openai #openweight #deepseek

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OpenAI launches two 'open' AI reasoning models | TechCrunch

For the first time in more than five years, OpenAI is launching a new open language model that appears to be state of the art.

TechCrunch
Brilliant day at Belfast PRIDE with the #Deloitte #PROUD network and allies. We still have a long way to go, and have had some backwards steps recently. But seeing the amount of people and supporters today, #equality for ALL is achievable. Happy #PRIDE everyone.
We are entering a dystopian era. The CDC has been instructed to pull any inflight research that contains terms like Gender, Pregnant, and LGBT. Basically, banning scientific research, because most scientific papers use Table 1 to list cohort demographics.
https://bit.ly/40Xj0os
#cdc #ban #lgbt
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BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.

Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.

Inside Medicine
AWS announces a new Asia Pacific Region in Thailand (ap-southeast-7), their 14th Region in APAC
#aws #thailand #region
https://go.aws/4gLj3cI
https://go.aws/4gLj3cI
Announcing the new AWS Asia Pacific (Thailand) Region | Amazon Web Services

AWS launches Asia Pacific (Thailand) Region with 3 Availability Zones, accelerating cloud adoption. Strategically located to meet data residency needs, it drives innovation across industries. Early AWS adopters in Thailand share transformative success stories. Get started now!

Amazon Web Services