2026 stories - Page 27
AI spending soars as network investment lags in global expansion
Wed, 29th Oct 2025
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network infrastructure
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partner programmes
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ai
Global firms rapidly invest in AI, allocating 45% of tech budgets, but network infrastructure spending lags at just 8%, risking connectivity amid expansion plans.
IBM unveils Digital Asset Haven for secure blockchain solutions
Tue, 28th Oct 2025
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saas
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encryption
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crypto
IBM launches Digital Asset Haven, a secure blockchain platform for institutions, combining advanced custody features across 40+ blockchains from late 2025.
Octave Klaba named Chairman & CEO as OVHcloud unites roles
Fri, 24th Oct 2025
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digital transformation
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hyperscale
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dc
OVHcloud unites Chairman and CEO roles, appointing founder Octave Klaba to lead the firm's next five-year strategic expansion in cloud and AI.
Vertiv & NVIDIA advance 800 VDC power for future AI factories
Thu, 23rd Oct 2025
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hyperscale
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dc
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ai
Vertiv and NVIDIA are developing 800 VDC power systems to meet the megawatt-scale demands of future AI factories, launching in 2026-27.
MariaDB unifies AI, analytics & cloud in Enterprise Platform 2026
Thu, 23rd Oct 2025
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data analytics
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digital transformation
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data science
MariaDB launches its Enterprise Platform 2026, uniting AI, analytics and cloud capabilities to simplify data management and boost real-time insights for businesses.
Deel boosts global payroll tools & closes USD$300m round
Thu, 23rd Oct 2025
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hybrid & remote work
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workforce technology
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funding
Deel secures USD$300m funding to enhance its global payroll and workforce tools, aiming to simplify year-end tasks with AI and automation features.
Dell unveils major AI Data Platform upgrades with NVIDIA & Elastic
Thu, 23rd Oct 2025
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storage
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network infrastructure
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data analytics
Dell Technologies upgrades its AI Data Platform with NVIDIA, Elastic and Starburst, boosting storage and data engines for faster, scalable enterprise AI workloads.
Siemens unveils AI features in latest Designcenter Solid Edge 2026
Thu, 23rd Oct 2025
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saas
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ai
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cloud services
Siemens launches Designcenter Solid Edge 2026 with AI tools, boosting engineering productivity via cloud and desktop design, smarter assembly, and auto documentation.
Red Hat AI 3 aims to streamline enterprise AI at production scale
Wed, 22nd Oct 2025
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virtualisation
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hybrid cloud
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open source
Red Hat unveils Red Hat AI 3, enhancing enterprises' AI deployment with scalable inference, collaboration tools, and support for diverse hardware platforms.
Gartner forecasts AI-driven changes in jobs, money & global rules
Wed, 22nd Oct 2025
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crm
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open source
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genai
By 2027, AI will transform hiring, regional platforms, and business processes, with USD $58bn market shifts and 90% of B2B trades handled by AI agents by 2028.
CIOs forecast all IT work will involve AI-human collaboration by 2030
Tue, 21st Oct 2025
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digital transformation
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ai
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ai ethics & governance
By 2030, all IT work is forecast to involve AI, with CIOs predicting 75% will be human-AI collaboration and 25% fully autonomous AI tasks.
Gartner reveals strategic tech trends set to redefine 2026
Tue, 21st Oct 2025
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robots
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ai security
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genai
Gartner reveals key tech trends for 2026, spotlighting AI supercomputing, cybersecurity, cloud sovereignty, and digital provenance shaping business futures.
If AI stocks are in a bubble, why hasn't the real economy caught up yet?
Mon, 20th Oct 2025
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erp
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genai
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data privacy
Only 25% of mid-market firms have fully deployed AI, yet stock valuations assume full adoption, revealing a gap between hype and reality in AI investment.
Salesforce & Google deepen AI partnership with Agentforce 360
Fri, 17th Oct 2025
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crm
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uc
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martech
Salesforce and Google deepen AI partnership with Agentforce 360, integrating Gemini Enterprise to boost productivity and streamline workflows across Google Workspace.
Visa's VAMP sets stricter thresholds for fraud & disputes
Fri, 17th Oct 2025
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risk & compliance
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ai
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payment technologies
Visa's new Acquirer Monitoring Programme, effective October 2025, imposes stricter fraud and dispute thresholds, charging USD $8 per transaction dispute over 2.2%.
Bentley launches new AI tools & collaborative initiative to transform engineering
Thu, 16th Oct 2025
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uc
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digital twins
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ai
Bentley Systems unveils new AI tools and a collaborative initiative to boost productivity and innovation in infrastructure engineering workflows.
Sidetrade acquires EzyCollect to expand AI Order-to-Cash in APAC
Thu, 16th Oct 2025
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data analytics
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fintech
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supply chain
Sidetrade expands into Asia-Pacific by acquiring Australia's ezyCollect for EUR €37 million, targeting SMBs with AI-powered Order-to-Cash solutions.
AI infrastructure spending to hit USD $37.5bn by 2026, says Gartner
Thu, 16th Oct 2025
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genai
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ai
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agentic ai
Global spending on AI-optimised infrastructure as a service is set to surge to USD $37.5bn by 2026, driven by demand for inferencing workloads, Gartner forecasts.
Informatica & Oracle advance AI & data management on OCI
Thu, 16th Oct 2025
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private cloud
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hybrid cloud
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partner programmes
Informatica and Oracle deepen their partnership to enhance AI and data management with new native solutions on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, launching 2025-26.
APAC firms to boost threat intelligence spend, embrace AI by 2026
Wed, 15th Oct 2025
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digital transformation
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advanced persistent threat protection
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genai
By 2026, 79% of Asia Pacific firms plan to boost threat intelligence spending and adopt AI to tackle rising cyber threats and regulatory demands.