www.managedITmag.co.uk 11 WHAT’S NEW of the Storage Products Division at Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH, said: “The surveillance market is rapidly evolving, with AI analytics driving new requirements for storage performance, capacity and reliability. With the S300 AI, Toshiba continues to expand and tailor its HDD range to meet these demands, delivering higher capacities (8-24 terabytes), enhanced performance and enterprisegrade durability purpose-built for AI workloads.” www.toshiba-storage.com … Two-in-one world first Memory brand ADATA Technology is targeting smartphone-using content creators with the launch of a world-first external SSD with integrated power bank. The combined unit enables users to boost their phone’s battery via the power bank’s wireless charging feature while simultaneously connecting the external SSD to the phone’s port for direct recording of highdefinition 4K or ProRes footage. Another useful feature is the integrated kickstand. The SR800 Magnetic Power Bank SSD combines a storage capacity of up to 2,000GB with read/write speeds of up to 2,000MB/s, approximately 20 times faster than a traditional external hard drive. www.adata.com AI-enhanced sourcing At its inaugural CoCreate Europe event in London, business-tobusiness (B2B) e-commerce platform Alibaba.com announced the integration of agentic AI capabilities directly into the user journey. AI Mode will interpret natural language queries, analyse technical specifications and automatically compare suppliers across pricing, logistics, certifications and production capabilities, delivering tailored recommendations in seconds. By connecting with existing Alibaba.com services, such as secure payment, Trade Assurance and after-sales support, AI Mode aims to enable a fully automated, end-to-end trade experience. AI Mode is powered by Accio, the world’s first AI-powered B2B search engine which, thanks to advanced multimodal understanding, can extract meaning from unstructured inputs, including product sketches, engineering blueprints and documents, and match them with manufacturing capabilities. Alibaba.com says this helps surface specialist or regionally focused suppliers that may not be picked up using traditional, keyword-driven discovery models. Alibaba.com … With a view to AI Toshiba has introduced a new generation of surveillance hard disk drives (HDDs) engineered for AI‑driven video applications, including continuous highresolution video capture, analysis and storage. Larry MartinezPalomo, Vice President and Head construction for durability and a touchscreen display for easy operation in fast-paced settings. A high ribbon capacity of 450m means less time is spent replacing label rolls, while fast print speeds of up to 12ips and optional internal rewinders for batch labelling boost labelling efficiency. The devices are backed by a five-year return-tobase warranty as standard, with the option of an on-site service pack for enhanced service levels, including next working day support. https://www.brother.co.uk/TJ … Must Dash With 95% of AI tools failing to get past the pilot stage because most don’t work across all the content and tools people use for work, Dropbox has launched Dropbox Dash – a context-aware AI teammate that helps workers find information, get answers and stay organised by connecting to all the apps they use for work including Slack, Microsoft 365, Notion, Canva and Dropbox. Key features of the app include summaries of documents and insights; naturallanguage search across all work tools and files; workspaces, known as Stacks, that bring files, links and updates together for everyone on the team; and built-in privacy and security controls, with Dropbox’s commitment that user data is never sold or used to train AI models. Dash not only connects to the tools you already use but also works inside them. With Dash’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) server you can securely search all your content directly within MCP-compatible apps such as Claude, Cursor and Goose, without switching tabs or copying and pasting information. dropbox.com/dash Translations on tap Real-time translation specialist Pocketalk is giving enterprise users access to fast, accurate language translation with the launch of the Pocketalk Enterprise App for iOS and Android devices. The app’s ability to translate 92 languages instantly, without the need for an extra device, is a significant development for healthcare, public safety and law enforcement bodies that issue staff with mobile devices for their work. Another benefit is that with Pocketalk every conversation remains confidential and protected. Unlike apps or devices that might store and analyse data, Pocketalk doesn’t retain conversation history unless enabled by the user or administrator. Pocketalk is planning to launch other enterprise solutions in 2026, starting with Sentio, a web-based SaaS solution that simplifies multilingual meeting translations for live and virtual audiences, set to launch in January. pocketalk.com/pocketalk-enterprise-app
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