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09 Apr 2026
Sitecore CEO: Marketing, content, experience AI prime focus
By Don Fluckinger"Our product isn't a product without AI in it." But it's not the SaaSpocalypse, either.
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08 Apr 2026
Snowflake broadens open-source embrace, ups Iceberg support
By Eric AvidonTo make data more interoperable across systems and usable for AI, the vendor is participating in projects that address data quality, integration, governance and discovery.
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06 Apr 2026
The ethical implications of Anthropic's feud with the Pentagon
By Kinza YasarThe Anthropic-Pentagon feud highlights a broader shift in AI governance, where ethical constraints, vendor policies and legal frameworks are redefining control and accountability.
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09 Apr 2026
Singapore Cyber Security Agency chief: Cyber stability a necessity, not a luxury
By Aaron TanWith state-linked attacks rising and international rules unravelling, Singapore’s cyber security commissioner calls for global cooperation to prevent catastrophic conflict in cyber space
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09 Apr 2026
Physical AI device shipments to reach 145 million units by 2035
By Joe O’HalloranResearch finds rising demand for physical AI tech with autonomous vehicles set to be the largest market, while commercial drones will drive shipments growth and service units will lead robotics shipments
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09 Apr 2026
Treon lands €6.8m to accelerate industrial AI innovation
By Joe O’HalloranAI-native smart industry tech firm claims funding will aid its mission as it enters a new era of AI-native industrial operations, strengthening its ability to scale industrial AI technologies globally
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08 Apr 2026
XCOM RAN intros end-to-end private 5G for physical AI
By Joe O’HalloranNext-generation private 5G technology provider unveils plans to expands spectrum and partners for global reach of dedicated wireless network
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08 Apr 2026
Cisco: Network readiness a determining factor for AI success
By Joe O’HalloranReport reveals how firms are harnessing AI to drive progress and overcome industry challenges, with most expecting ‘significant’ increases in connectivity and reliability demands
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08 Apr 2026
Optical networks to bridge the AI compute-consumption gap
By Aaron TanWith AI spurring gigawatt-scale datacentre builds across APAC, Ciena is deploying ultra-fast, energy-efficient optical networking and AI-driven automation to ensure AI services can reach consumers
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07 Apr 2026
How voice AI is transforming customer service
By Aaron TanAfter years of steering customers away from phone calls to cut costs, businesses are warming to voice AI agents capable of managing thousands of conversations simultaneously and upselling services
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06 Apr 2026
Digital Realty CTO on AI tokenomics and datacentre infrastructure
By Aaron TanChris Sharp talks up the pace of AI silicon innovation, the growth of inferencing workloads, and why boasting about datacentre megawatts misses the point
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02 Apr 2026
Marvell scales up networking to extend Nvidia AI ecosystem
By Joe O’HalloranAI GPU leader sees extension of AI infrastructure through collaboration with infrastructure technology to deliver more choice and flexibility for customers with fully compatible systems
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02 Apr 2026
Marvell scales up networking to extend Nvidia AI ecosystem
By Joe O’HalloranAI GPU leader sees extension of AI infrastructure through collaboration with infrastructure technology to deliver more choice and flexibility for customers with fully compatible systems
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02 Apr 2026
How ‘Wikipedia of cyber’ helps SAP make sense of threat data
By Alex ScroxtonSAP runs enormous cloud environments for some of the world’s most heavily-regulated organisations, and in the hyperscale era, data security and compliance were becoming big challenges. It turned to cutting-edge agentic tools from Uptycs to cut through the noise
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02 Apr 2026
Net Insight introduces programmable video production network
By Joe O’HalloranCapability designed to make large-scale IP-based live production infrastructures more predictable and controllable, enabling secure and automated IP interconnection without reverting to SDI gateways
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02 Apr 2026
Wireless AI paradox emerges as Wi-Fi evolves into strategic growth engine
By Joe O’HalloranResearch finds businesses must adapt to diverse connectivity needs, and support a growing spectrum of users and devices including employees, contractors, robots, sensors and AI applications
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02 Apr 2026
What’s driving Oracle’s latest job cuts?
By Cliff SaranThousands of job losses have been reported, affecting many roles at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, including those in software engineering and product compliance
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02 Apr 2026
How ANZ firms are driving automation and AIOps
By Stephen WithersTech leaders from Westpac, NAB, Telstra and ACC New Zealand share their automation journeys, from overcoming cultural resistance to the cautious adoption of AI
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01 Apr 2026
AI driving changes in Nordic financial services
By Gerard O'DwyerTraditional Nordic financial services businesses are reshaping to take on a new breed of competition
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01 Apr 2026
AI-driven operating model key to cloud-native, autonomous networks
By Joe O’HalloranOperator-driven guidance outlines how mobile network operators can adopt AI-based operating models to enable increasingly autonomous network operations
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01 Apr 2026
Microsoft to invest $5.5b in Singapore’s AI and cloud infrastructure
By Aaron TanThe tech giant is spending over $5bn through 2029 to bolster its footprint in the city-state while rolling out programmes to equip students, educators and non-profit leaders with AI skills
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31 Mar 2026
Aussie AI health-tech Heidi aims to cure clinical burnout
By Aaron TanArmed with over $100m in funding, Melbourne-based Heidi is building its own AI models and launching wearable hardware to automate documentation and reduce the administrative burden on doctors
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31 Mar 2026
CMA to launch strategic market status investigation into Microsoft; Amazon Web Services off the hook
By Antony AdsheadCMA to investigate whether Microsoft should be given strategic market status. Amazon escaped, but both companies will need to make changes to egress fees and interoperability
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31 Mar 2026
Salesforce Agentforce head discusses future of AI agents
By Don FluckingerThis is how agentic AI plays out in your Salesforce instance.
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31 Mar 2026
Agoda scales AI strategy, opens new APAC tech hub
By Aaron TanThe digital travel platform has set its sights on becoming an AI-powered travel companion as it changes how it builds software and moves its tech workforce into a new facility in Bangkok
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30 Mar 2026
Cambridge Mobile Telematics lands $350m strategic investment
By Joe O’HalloranMajor investment in automotive telematics company, accompanied by new long-term commercial agreements, seeks to expand global road safety platform and real-time AI risk models
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30 Mar 2026
Interview: Thierry Martin, head of enterprise data and analytics, Toyota Motor Europe
By Mark SamuelsA sketch artist by night, and a vehicle engineer by training, Toyota Europe’s data chief is bringing elements of both capabilities to bear in delivering better data insights and building a foundation for AI
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29 Mar 2026
Advancing to the next frontier of AI
By Aaron TanAs AI agents move faster than software made for human users, both digital tooling and silicon architecture need to be redesigned to reduce latency and power bottlenecks, according to chief scientists of Nvidia and Google
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27 Mar 2026
Virgin Media Business Wholesale accelerates high-capacity delivery in the UK
By Joe O’HalloranFixed wholesale connectivity arm of leading UK operator announces biggest ever upgrade to its wholesale network, delivering 32% Ethernet lead time reduction and 10G delivery accelerated by up to 40 days
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26 Mar 2026
Oracle opens Sydney customer excellence centre to boost AI adoption
By Stephen WithersFacility will help organisations across Australia and Oceania navigate technology challenges and turn AI experimentation into business value
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26 Mar 2026
Domo adds new governance tools to improve data access
By Eric AvidonWith AI applications taking on more business workflows, new capabilities are aimed at enabling system administrators to ensure the appropriate use of data.
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26 Mar 2026
Agentic bots and synthetic identities fuel surge in fraud
By Aaron TanLexisNexis Risk Solutions warns of a 450% rise in agentic traffic and an eight-fold increase in synthetic identity fraud as cyber criminals scale automation to bypass security controls
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25 Mar 2026
Domo doubles down on AI with latest platform additions
By Eric AvidonNew features such as an AI Library, a framework for building agents and an MCP server are all aimed at better enabling customers to operationalize their AI initiatives.
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25 Mar 2026
Oracle applications chief sees enterprise AI agents as task-specific helpers
By Cliff SaranAt Oracle AI Summit in London, Steve Miranda, executive vice-president of Oracle applications development, discussed Oracle’s Fusion Agentic Applications, including how should AI agents be used, how is it priced and what safeguards are being put in place
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25 Mar 2026
Google Cloud, Openreach expand connectivity collaboration
By Joe O’HalloranUK’s largest broadband operator implements AI to accelerate high-speed internet access and cut carbon, in an expanded collaboration to accelerate Openreach’s sustainability and connectivity goals
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25 Mar 2026
Why AI agents are one prompt away from ransomware
By Stephen WithersAs AI adoption advances beyond chatbots, security leaders are up against rogue AI agents mirroring threat actors and a generational skills gap as security operations teams become overly dependent on AI
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25 Mar 2026
Why OpenClaw agents are the next big enterprise challenge
By Aaron TanAs users flock to deploy OpenClaw agents for everything from gig work to shopping, IT leaders warn that bringing these autonomous systems into the enterprise will require strict guardrails and a mix of AI models
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24 Mar 2026
Cyber pros must grasp the vibe coding nettle, says NCSC chief
By Alex ScroxtonAt RSA in San Francisco, NCSC chief exec Richard Horne says security professionals have an opportunity and a responsibility to get in front of the security issues raised by the popularity of ‘vibe coding’
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24 Mar 2026
HSBC gets its first artificial intelligence chief
By Karl FlindersUK bank appoints its first executive position dedicated to artificial intelligence as the technology embeds across the sector
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24 Mar 2026
U.S. federal AI framework deemed aspirational, noncommittal
By Jennifer EnglishThe latest executive order is a step toward federal AI regulation. But it's largely noncommittal and shifts most responsibility to Congress, creating an interesting midterm dynamic.
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24 Mar 2026
Oracle AI Database update aims to ease developing agents
By Eric AvidonNew vector indexing capabilities and prebuilt agents are designed to simplify building cutting-edge applications and could help differentiate the tech giant from competitors.
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24 Mar 2026
Oracle calls Fusion Agentic Applications next-level AI for ERP
By David EssexAnalysts concur that the 22 new applications represent a significant leap from narrowly focused AI to teams of agents that coordinate tasks to achieve business objectives.
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24 Mar 2026
Oracle endows Fusion applications with more AI autonomy
By Brian McKennaAt its London AI World Tour event, Oracle unveils Fusion Agentic Apps, said to enable more autonomous decision-making and execution across ERP, HCM, SCM and CX
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24 Mar 2026
QuikBot and EFGH bring real-time insurance to physical AI
By Aaron TanThe two companies will embed insurance directly into the infrastructure governing autonomous robots, reducing claims processing and creating a trust layer for smart cities
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23 Mar 2026
How simulations and digital twins are advancing robotics
By Everett BishopNvidia GTC 2026 showed the potential of robotics across industries. But these systems must undergo stress testing, and digital twins and simulation are the key.
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23 Mar 2026
Can tokenization free up more data for AI model training?
By John MooreResearch from Capital One Software and PwC suggests enterprises can tap sensitive data to train AI models while balancing predictive power and privacy.
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23 Mar 2026
CUDA at 20: From billion-dollar gamble to agentic AI
By Aaron TanAs Nvidia marks two decades of CUDA, its head of high-performance computing and hyperscale reflects on the platform’s journey, the power of software optimisation, and how the fusion of GPUs and LPUs will shape the future of AI
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20 Mar 2026
Essex Police halts live facial recognition over bias and accuracy risks
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonLFR deployments by Essex Police will not continue until risks associated with bias and inaccuracy have been reduced
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20 Mar 2026
Scotland launches five-year AI strategy
By Lis EvenstadScottish deputy first minister says the country aims to become a leader in AI through responsibly harnessing the economic and social benefits of the technology
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20 Mar 2026
Agentic AI to make data uplink the next mobile bottleneck
By Joe O’HalloranReport shows that as distributed intelligence systems scale, they will reshape mobile network traffic patterns and accelerate the need for advanced AI operations for the comms industry
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19 Mar 2026
UK government puts brakes on opt-out copyright exemption for AI
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe UK government has ruled out forcing creatives to opt out of their intellectual property being used by artificial intelligence developers as its preferred solution to the AI-copyright controversy, but may still implement copyright exemptions later
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19 Mar 2026
HPE taps Nvidia to transform distributed AI factories into intelligent AI grid
By Joe O’HalloranIT giant unveils slew of releases for Nvidia GTC 2026 based on scalable production-ready AI encompassing next-generation artificial intelligence factory, supercomputing and intelligent AI grid
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19 Mar 2026
AI makes debut in Bridewell cyber security in CNI report
By Brian McKennaRegulation has superseded cyber threats as the main driver of cyber security spending, and AI has made its debut for attack and defence, according to a CNI-focused report from Bridewell
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19 Mar 2026
HSS ProService ‘Uber-ifies’ with functional programming and agentic AI
By Antony AdsheadHSS’s pivot from 130-depot hire business to a digital-only marketplace to handle messy transactions and old-school processes in the construction sector
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19 Mar 2026
ThoughtSpot domain-specific Spotter agents target AI success
By Eric AvidonWith many enterprises struggling to successfully develop AI tools, the vendor's latest capabilities help AI applications access the context they need to be production-ready.
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19 Mar 2026
Interview: Huy Dao, director of data and machine learning platform, Booking.com
By Mark SamuelsEffective use of technology has already delivered significant cost savings at the online travel giant, and greater use of AI and machine learning promises to bring even greater opportunities to improve
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19 Mar 2026
Infrastructure is back as Orange Business drives trusted agentic platforms
By Joe O’HalloranAnnual customer gathering of enterprise arm of global telco sees launch of four key applications taking advantage of agentic AI capabilities and emphasising the need for robust and secure infrastructure
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18 Mar 2026
RingCentral AIR Pro automates CX with agentic agents
By Katherine FinnellRingCentral launched AIR Pro, an agentic AI platform to autonomously handle customer interactions with enterprise integrations, prebuilt agents and no-code tools.
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18 Mar 2026
UK MoD awards more than two dozen contracts for AI targeting systems
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe UK Ministry of Defence is ramping up its investment into military artificial intelligence in a bid to increase the ‘lethality’ of the British armed forces
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18 Mar 2026
Fast followers will fall behind in the AI race, warns ServiceNow
By Stephen WithersServiceNow experts and customers highlight why acting at pace, deploying cross-system AI agents and governance are key in AI adoption
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18 Mar 2026
Snowflake intros SnowWork to automate tasks with AI
By Eric AvidonThe platform, which is now in research preview, is designed to provide users with agent-powered collaboration capabilities that can automate actions and workflows.
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18 Mar 2026
Nvidia workforce to be dominated by AI agents in a decade
By Aaron TanJensen Huang expects digital workers to vastly outnumber human employees at Nvidia, while also revealing plans to restart mainland China operations and declaring autonomous driving a solved problem
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17 Mar 2026
Alibaba joins AI agent race with Wukong launch
By Aaron TanFollowing the viral success of OpenClaw and product launches from Nvidia and Tencent, Alibaba has unveiled an agentic AI platform that integrates with DingTalk to orchestrate business workflows
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17 Mar 2026
Nordea to slash 1,500 jobs as AI impact grows
By Karl FlindersNordic bank to reduce headcount as it continues to introduce changes to meet its 2030 targets
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17 Mar 2026
Health workers call for Palantir to be booted from NHS contracts
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonHealth justice charity Medact warns that Palantir’s involvement in NHS data systems is a threat to patients and healthcare organisations
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17 Mar 2026
Lendi Group standardises on MongoDB for AI-ready data layer
By Stephen WithersFollowing a merger that left the Australian fintech with a fragmented data architecture, Lendi Group has consolidated its databases onto MongoDB Atlas to reduce microservices sprawl and power AI-driven broker tools
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17 Mar 2026
Lab for autonomous agents to drive boost in manufacturing in India
By Joe O’HalloranFrontier AI company launching Emergence India Labs (EIL) to accelerate the nation’s shift from IT services to autonomous systems and advanced process is use cases such as manufacturing
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16 Mar 2026
Nvidia expands Vera Rubin platform, details Groq integration
By Aaron TanNvidia CEO Jensen Huang talks up efforts by the AI technology giant to pave the way for self-evolving, multi-agent systems with the integration of Groq LPUs and a software stack for the OpenClaw agent platform
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16 Mar 2026
Zoom integrates agentic AI across platform portfolio
By Katherine FinnellAI Companion 3.0 is breaking down communications silos across meetings, calls, chat and contact center. New custom AI agents also automate sales, IT and marketing workflows.
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16 Mar 2026
SuperMicro takes on server leaders as AMD pushes on-premise AI
By Cliff SaranLenovo and HPE pushed down as SuperMicro sees 134% AI growth, while AMD pushes on-premise Agent Computer
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16 Mar 2026
C-suite execs flag core nature of edge AI to business strategy
By Joe O’HalloranResearch from edge computing provider observes enterprise edge AI is now an intrinsic part of core business infrastructure, driven by rapid uptake of agentic operations
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16 Mar 2026
UK Atomic Energy Authority readies fusion simulation AI supercomputer
By Cliff SaranThe AMD Epyc and Instinct-powered Dell hardware will deliver 6.74 exaflops to power digital twins to support nuclear fusion research
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13 Mar 2026
UK falls behind on supercomputing amid slow investment, NAO warns
By Lis EvenstadWhile UKRI has improved its oversight of research and innovation, funding remains fragmented and has been too slow to replace supercomputers
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13 Mar 2026
Openreach trials ‘pioneering’ fibre-optic water leak detection
By Joe O’HalloranUK’s leading broadband provider embarks on test of fibre‑optic leak‑detection system designed to turn cables into thousands of virtual sensors, claiming over two million litres of water saved each day
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13 Mar 2026
Unreliable fleet connectivity driving employee exodus
By Joe O’HalloranStudy finds fleets experience an average downtime of 25%, equating to three to four days of downtime per month, while a third of fleet operators still rely on hotspots from mobile devices to provide connectivity on the move
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12 Mar 2026
Why real-time data is key for enterprise AI
By Stephen WithersMoving AI from experiment to production requires high-quality, real-time data streaming. Australia tech leaders from Confluent, Bendigo Bank, Telstra, and Coles share how they are turning systems of record into systems of action
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12 Mar 2026
UK government ‘flying blind’ with poor data in charting regional growth
By Brian McKennaThe government is being impeded in its bid to stoke economic growth across the regions, according to the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
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12 Mar 2026
Qdrant raises $50M in funding to fuel vector database growth
By Eric AvidonWith VCs cautious about investing in data management providers, the financing, which will be used for R&D and go-to-market initiatives, serves as validation of the vendor's vision.
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12 Mar 2026
GoodData's Context Management aims to make AI trustworthy
By Eric AvidonThe new context layer includes semantic modeling and governance to make data consistent and discoverable for AI and could help the vendor distinguish itself from some competitors.
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12 Mar 2026
Zoom expands enterprise agentic AI platform
By Joe O’HalloranAI-first work platform provider introduces new workflow capabilities across Workplace, phone and customer experience products, expanding its enterprise agentic AI platform
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11 Mar 2026
What it takes to succeed with AI
By Stephen WithersWith research showing the use of AI may temporarily reduce productivity, Cloudera’s Vini Cardoso urges businesses to adopt an organisation-wide platform approach driven by measurable value and trusted data
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11 Mar 2026
Ford accelerates fleet data capability with Pro AI
By Joe O’HalloranAuto manufacturing giant introduces fleet management software aiming to help organisations manage their fleet operations more effectively and get daily tasks done
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11 Mar 2026
Wayve gears up with end-to-end AI for autonomous vehicles
By Joe O’HalloranMobile technology platform firm teams with UK self-driving company to advance production-ready end-to-end artificial intelligence for assisted and automated driving
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11 Mar 2026
Mastercard bots target C-suite roles
By Karl FlindersCard giant offers SMEs a virtual chief financial officer through artificial intelligence technology, with other C-suite roles to follow
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11 Mar 2026
UK government reforms could see datacentres jump grid connection queue
By Antony AdsheadWith electricity grid demand ballooning, the UK government plans for consultation and reform to ensure feasible and prioritised projects get the thumbs up
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11 Mar 2026
Oracle cost-cutting points to AI infrastructure gamble
By Cliff SaranOver the past few weeks, cracks have started to appear in the tech sector’s growth plans for artificial intelligence
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11 Mar 2026
Zendesk to acquire Forethought in major agentic AI play
By Aaron TanZendesk is acquiring Forethought to bolster its agentic AI chops with specialised and self-learning AI agents capable of managing complex customer service workflows
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11 Mar 2026
Neurons over silicon: Singapore plans first biological datacentre
By Aaron TanDayOne and Cortical Labs are bringing ‘wetware’ computing to the city-state, using living neurons grown from stem cells to support the demand for AI while addressing sustainability concerns
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10 Mar 2026
Ericsson, Future Technologies scale wireless infrastructure for industrial AI
By Joe O’HalloranConnectivity transformation systems integrator and comms tech giant expand collaboration to accelerate deployment of private 5G and enterprise wireless networks across North America
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10 Mar 2026
Neura Robotics accelerates next-generation physical AI
By Joe O’HalloranRobotics firm inks strategic collaboration with chip giant to advance next-generation robotics and physical AI, and work jointly on reference architectures for full-stack robotics systems
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10 Mar 2026
Met Police to ‘trial’ handheld facial recognition tech
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonLondon Mayor Sadiq Khan reveals in a scrutiny session with London Assembly members that the Met is set to trial a facial recognition phone app for police officers
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10 Mar 2026
Microsoft Cowork: One data store for all your M365 assets
By Cliff SaranMIcrosoft has revealed the next stage of its plans to place its software at the heart of enterprise data, which is now powered by agentic AI
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10 Mar 2026
MWC 2026: Render Networks unveils synchronised agentic critical infrastructure
By Joe O’HalloranCritical infrastructure execution and intelligence software provider unveils agentic AI architecture designed for dynamic, scalable execution at infrastructure operators and constructors
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10 Mar 2026
AI chooses nuclear escalation in 95% of simulated crises
By Charlotte LangWith artificial intelligence increasingly deployed in analysis and decision-making in armed conflict, research shows AI systems will not naturally default to ‘safe’ outcomes in nuclear crises
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09 Mar 2026
Trump looks to power up post-quantum, AI security
By Alex ScroxtonThe US has unveiled a six-pillar national cyber security strategy, with developing technological areas such as post-quantum cryptography and artificial intelligence front and centre
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09 Mar 2026
Alation automates governance with latest AI-powered suite
By Eric AvidonOutcome-based governance, including the newly launched Curation Automation, turns time-consuming data management tasks over to agents and could be a differentiator for the vendor.
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09 Mar 2026
Interview: Nick Pearson, CIO, Ricoh Europe
By Mark SamuelsWorking for a company undergoing a major pivot in its business model means variety and opportunity for the supplier’s tech chief
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09 Mar 2026
Teradata updates vector indexing suite to aid AI development
By Eric AvidonNew capabilities including hybrid search and support for multi-modal embeddings are aimed at helping users access the data needed by agents and other cutting-edge applications.
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09 Mar 2026
CData targets development success with Connect AI update
By Eric AvidonThe vendor's latest launch takes a three-pronged approach toward helping users move pilots into production and could be a competitive differentiator if it delivers on its promise.
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09 Mar 2026
Harvey Nash docuseries addresses AI skills ‘paradox’
By Clare McDonaldAs part of a series of short documentaries, tech recruitment organisation Harvey Nash discusses the AI skills ‘paradox’, with a number of tech experts shedding light on the potential future of work
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09 Mar 2026
APT36 unleashes AI-generated ‘vibeware’ to flood targets
By Aaron TanThe Pakistani threat group has been using AI to rewrite malicious code across multiple programming languages, prioritising scale over sophistication to evade detection, security researchers have found
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09 Mar 2026
DBS rewires operating models for AI reasoning era
By Aaron TanThe bank expects AI tools to evolve from being a copilot to an autopilot as it undergoes organisational transformation to prepare its workforce for agentic AI
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06 Mar 2026
Lloyds Bank to sell more customer data and cut costs by 35%
By Karl FlindersHigh street giant will increase proportion of total staff that work in technology and data
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06 Mar 2026
House of Lords urges UK government to protect IP against AI misuse
By Cliff SaranMachine-readable indelible watermarking in content supply chain is among proposals that could protect copyrighted content