Michael Papadopoulos

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Chief Architect, Digital Problem Solving

Michael is a strong advocate of the DevOps culture and agile principles, with demonstrated experience applying both in challenging global environments. Coming from a development background, he remains highly technical, with hands-on involvement.

Areas of Focus

Education

University of Essex

B.Eng (1st Class) Computers & Networks

Past Experience

App-Art

Product architect

mSensis

Product architect

Michael, a principal, is the chief architect at Arthur D. Little in the London office.

Michael is passionate about designing the right solutions using smart-stitching approaches, even when elegance and architectural purity are overshadowed by practicality.

Michael leads the scaling of multidisciplinary organizations by focusing on continuous improvement, establishing quality standards and solid software engineering practices. He mentors team members, leaders and managers along the way.

In solving intractable problems, Michael is a strong advocate of the DevOps culture and agile principles. Michael has demonstrated experience in solving problems in challenging global environments. Coming from a development background, Michael remains highly technical, with hands-on involvement in code review, design, architecture, and operations.

Michael has 15 years of experience in technology and digital consulting and has worked in a variety of sectors, including telecom, gaming, energy, and media.

Taking control of AI

For decades, organizations have struggled to connect employees with the internal knowledge and insights they need to make better, more informed, and timelier decisions. Finding the right information, at the right time, among the increasing volumes of structured and unstructured corporate data, and delivering it in the right format is business-critical. However, it is often like looking for a needle in a haystack.

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Tightening the data belt

Mark Rowland, Michael Papadopoulos, Lokesh Dadhich, Sri Rajagopal

The era of big data has delivered real business impacts across industries. However, increased data gathering has a downside; ever-growing data storage volumes and compute requirements lead to budgetary and operational constraints. Automatically generated log files silently drive this rapid, enormous data growth. This Viewpoint identifies how companies can successfully improve holistic log file management to deliver benefits by controlling costs, ensuring compliance, and unlocking data value.

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Excelling in a software-driven future

Agron Lasku, Michael Kolk, Martin Glaumann, Michael Papadopoulos

Software is rapidly becoming a critical asset as industries converge and perception of value shifts from hardware to software. Surgeons, for instance, can perform lifesaving surgeries via virtual reality (VR). But such a revolutionary procedure demands zero risk for error or downtime in connectivity, leading to new network requirements. Retail and commerce has also conjoined with computing, logistics, and finance for seamless online shopping.

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The Metaverse, beyond fantasy

Albert Meige, Michael Papadopoulos

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Winning the war for digital talent

Michael Papadopoulos, Michael Majster, Olivier Pilot, Alexey Pankov, Greg Smith

Businesses across the world are facing a shortage of professional talent and expertise in digital and IT skills and capabilities. For example, a 2021 survey suggested that 76 percent of IT decision-makers worldwide faced critical skills gaps in their departments, an increase of 145 percent since 2016.[1]

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Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME)

METAVERSE - THE NEXT DIGITAL REVOLUTION FOR BUSINESS?

Albert Meige, Michael Papadopoulos

A revolution powered by VR has been promised for decades, but it’s only recently that improvements in hardware and software, together with a new level of consumer engagement, have started to converge to create something that could be genuinely disruptive in the foreseeable future. If you are in the business of gaming or entertainment the potential is clear, but what could the metaverse mean for the rest of the business world, and what are some of the challenges that will need to be overcome?

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Unleashing innovation using low code/no code – The age of the citizen developer

Greg Smith, Michael Papadopoulos

As the saying goes,“software is eating the world,” forcing companies to change their business models and operations. In a highly competitive environment, ensuring they have the required software capabilities is a challenge. This article shows how adopting low-code/no-code techniques enables businesses to widen their options, providing tools for non-specialist “citizen developers” to digitize and transform their operations.

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Industrial goods & services

Why machine learning is crucial

Greg Smith, Michael Papadopoulos

This article explores the challenge of managing and gaining the most value from big data. We highlight the increased opportunity associated with larger data sets, while illustrating the limitations of current methods and human intellect across the 4 Vs of big data (volume, velocity, variety, and veracity), ultimately resulting in lost value — the fifth V. We further show how organizations can use machine learning (ML) to address these limitations and realize the full value from big data. Finally, we highlight how cutting-edge companies employ ML to obtain greater value.

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Embrace the shadow

Greg Smith, Michael Papadopoulos

Shadow IT, systems built and used by business units without approval from the IT function, are now pervasive. Given that shadow IT is now a reality, this article outlines how companies and IT departments can embrace the trend in order to properly manage it and reap its benefits, in terms of increased productivity, innovation and flexibility.

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Michael, a principal, is the chief architect at Arthur D. Little in the London office.

Michael is passionate about designing the right solutions using smart-stitching approaches, even when elegance and architectural purity are overshadowed by practicality.

Michael has 15 years of experience in technology and digital consulting and has worked in a variety of sectors, including telecom, gaming, energy, and media.