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09 Oct 2025
Salesforce rolls into ITSM with Slack-based agentic AI platform
By Don FluckingerSalesforce hopes to turn Slack customers into ITSM users.
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09 Oct 2025
Starburst's latest targets agentic AI development
By Eric AvidonThe data lakehouse vendor continues to expand beyond its roots in data mesh, adding features such as an MCP server and access to vector stores that enable users to build agents.
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08 Oct 2025
Cisco Silicon One touts efficiency breakthrough with AI chip
By Beth PariseauCisco claims its Silicon One P200 chip can replace larger, more power-hungry data center interconnects, as AI development pushes the limits of power grids.
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09 Oct 2025
Forget training, find your killer apps during AI inference
By Antony AdsheadPure Storage executives talk about why most artificial intelligence projects are about inference, during production, and why that means storage must respond to capacity needs and help optimise data management
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09 Oct 2025
AI and autonomous vehicles drive UAE’s first commercial electric truck fleet
By Andrea BenitoEvocargo and RAK Ceramics deploy AI-powered autonomous vehicles, marking a new era for logistics and sustainable mobility
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09 Oct 2025
Cloudera Evolve London: 91% of organisations say data unfit for AI purposes
By Brian McKennaCloudera research finds only 9% of organisations have fully AI-ready data, with siloed data and security major barriers to enterprise AI success, as well as gender bias in AI development
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09 Oct 2025
Infor debuts AI agents to tackle industry-specific tasks
By Aaron TanInfor unveils role-based AI agents to automate workflows in niche sectors from dairy to automotive, as well as a new cloud migration programme to ease the transition to cloud
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08 Oct 2025
Fujitsu boss said Post Office inquiry report wasn’t ‘that bad’, despite link to suicides
By Karl FlindersComputer Weekly reveals callous comments made by a senior Fujitsu executive about Post Office scandal inquiry report
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08 Oct 2025
Canalys: Channel success metrics have changed
By Simon QuickeThe focus on simply transacting deals is being replaced by supporting the customer over a technology lifecycle, says Canalys
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08 Oct 2025
FairPrice deploys autonomous vehicles for supply chain operations
By Aaron TanThe supermarket giant has teamed up with tech firm Zelos to deploy a fleet of electric autonomous vehicles to bolster supply chain efficiency and cut carbon emissions
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08 Oct 2025
TalkTalk undoes customer experience stack complexity to boost contact centre agents
By Brian McKennaTalkTalk chief operating officer Neil Smith describes the firm’s journey out of CX stack complexity towards more empowered contact centre agents
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08 Oct 2025
SuiteWorld 2025: NetSuite Next aims to transform business through AI
By Joe O’HalloranNext generation of leading Cloud ERP system embeds conversational artificial intelligence and agentic workflows across the suite to show how AI, in particular Chat GPT, can take businesses to a new level
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08 Oct 2025
SuiteWorld 2025: NetSuite Next aims to transform business through AI
By Joe O’HalloranNext generation of leading Cloud ERP system embeds conversational artificial intelligence and agentic workflows across the suite to show how AI, in particular Chat GPT, can take businesses to a new level
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08 Oct 2025
SuiteWorld 2025: NetSuite unveils AI innovations for future business
By Joe O’HalloranAI cloud ERP provider lifts lid on GenAI-based ecommerce tools and presents how embedded AI is enabling customers, partners and developers to integrate models, design custom agents, and compose next-gen workflows and experiences
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07 Oct 2025
Nato chooses Oracle to secure battlefield communications
By Brian McKennaNato has chosen Oracle and Druid to secure private 5G networks for cyber defence, war gaming and research, using Oracle Cloud and edge technology
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07 Oct 2025
Peer demands Fujitsu pay £700m in interim as it prepares response to Post Office scandal inquiry
By Karl FlindersFujitsu, government and Post Office set to outline restorative justice plans, as peers calls for an interim payment towards costs.
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07 Oct 2025
Vibe coding: A question of chicken feed or food
By Cliff SaranIf used correctly, large language models promise to revolutionise software development – but they do not easily fit some obvious corporate IT use cases
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07 Oct 2025
Airbus climbs in industrial digitisation with private 5G deployment
By Joe O’HalloranGlobal aircraft manufacturer advances factory digitisation with private 5G connectivity at production sites supporting critical initiatives such as 3D simulation, augmented reality, improved traceability and predictive maintenance
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06 Oct 2025
SAP CX adds loyalty management, AI agents
By Don FluckingerSAP lands and expands its CX lineup with agentic AI.
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06 Oct 2025
Oracle patches E-Business suite targeted by Cl0p ransomware
By Alex ScroxtonOracle pushes a patch for a dangerous zero-day under active exploitation by one of the most notorious ransomware gangs around
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06 Oct 2025
Channel moves: Who's gone where?
By Simon QuickePeople moves of note at Sage, Phoenix Software, Principle Networks, Inforcer and Seismic
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06 Oct 2025
SAP: AI is commoditising business applications
By Aaron TanBusiness applications are at risk of being commoditised with artificial intelligence increasingly becoming the new interface that lets businesses execute tasks across different systems, according to a senior SAP leader
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06 Oct 2025
Cisco unveils agentic capabilities for next-generation collaboration
By Joe O’HalloranIT and networking giant claims ‘major’ steps forward in collaboration and customer experience, both powered by AI, and designed to help enterprises work and serve smarter
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03 Oct 2025
Interview: Sacha Vaughan, chief supply chain officer, Joseph Joseph
By Mark SamuelsAs the houseware maker’s supply chain is being transformed for the digital age, its leader explains why technology knowledge is critical to her job
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03 Oct 2025
Ekco bolsters MSP options with Solsoft buy
By Simon QuickeFirm makes third acquisition of the year, picking up SME-focused managed service provider
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02 Oct 2025
Aston University partners Capgemini for AI centre of excellence
By Karl FlindersUniversity works with IT services giant to open artificial intelligence centre of excellence in London campus
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02 Oct 2025
Marketbridge extends UK footprint with Revere buy
By Simon QuickeMarketing specialist adds channel-focused agency to widen its capabilities here and across Europe
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02 Oct 2025
Singtel debuts low-code platform to ease AI deployment
By Aaron TanSingtel’s AI Studio, part of its CUBΣ network-as-a-service offering, aims to simplify AI development and deployment while addressing enterprise concerns around security and data sovereignty
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01 Oct 2025
Hammer Distribution brand returns to the channel
By Simon QuickeExertis Enterprise reverts back to the well-known name to establish some clarity following the sale of its sister businesses earlier this summer
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01 Oct 2025
Interview: Wayne Barlow, head of terminal products, Bloomberg
By Karl FlindersTechie turned business leader Wayne Barlow heads up the development of Bloomberg’s customer-touching terminal software
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01 Oct 2025
E-commerce platform eBay offers free ChatGPT training and tools
By Cliff SaranThrough eBay Activate, small businesses selling on the online marketplace will gain access to GPT-powered productivity and e-commerce tools
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01 Oct 2025
Over half of UK adults use mobile wallets
By Karl FlindersCash accounted for less than 10% of payments in the UK in 2024, according to UK Finance figures
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01 Oct 2025
AvePoint points to clear partner AI opportunities
By Simon QuickeVendor uses partner event to call for wider adoption of artificial intelligence and outline areas where partners can work with customers
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01 Oct 2025
Why AI agent projects are stalling in production
By Stephen WithersA Confluent technology strategist explains why multi-agent workflows become brittle monoliths and how access to real-time, streaming data is key to the success of agentic AI deployments
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30 Sep 2025
Contentsquare previews agentic AI-driven content analytics
By Don FluckingerContent analytics can be complicated, but natural language and agentic AI can simplify the process.
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30 Sep 2025
ServiceNow makes the case to users for AI management
By Don FluckingerServiceNow keeps up its campaign to own AI orchestration, challenges Salesforce with new CRM tools as Salesforce claps back with its own ITSM offering.
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30 Sep 2025
Enterprises want to go faster on the AI front
By Simon QuickeResearch from Climb Channel Solutions lifts the lid on current customer attitudes towards artificial intelligence
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30 Sep 2025
Google to pay $24m to settle lawsuit with president Trump
By Karl FlindersTrump launched legal challenge after being blocked from posting on his YouTube channel, which Google is now seeking to settle
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29 Sep 2025
JLR tentatively restarts production, following £1.5bn government backing
By Brian McKennaJaguar Land Rover is to resume car production after a £1.5bn government loan guarantee amid its cyber attack fallout. Debate is growing over the bailout and insurance
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29 Sep 2025
Channel moves: Who’s gone where?
By Simon QuickeMoves of note at Alkira, Zyxel Networks, TP-Link, One Identity, Gigamon, Cloudflare, Evolve IP, Rureka Solutions and TXP
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29 Sep 2025
Women’s Rugby World Cup premiered GenAI for broadcast match analysis
By Brian McKennaEngland’s triumph at the Women’s Rugby World Cup also saw the debut of generative AI for real-time broadcast rugby match analysis
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29 Sep 2025
Sprinklr adds AI agents for marketing, CCaaS, more
By Don FluckingerSprinklr users get their AI agents for marketing, service and customer feedback, custom-tuned to verticals.
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29 Sep 2025
Global payments network Swift builds blockchain capability
By Karl FlindersNot-for-profit global payments network to initially use blockchain-based shared ledger for cross-border payments, with further use cases to follow
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29 Sep 2025
Interview: GitLab CTO on freeing developers for innovation with AI
By Aaron TanSabrina Farmer explains how GitLab’s platform for the software development lifecycle is using artificial intelligence to help eliminate developer toil and drive innovation
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29 Sep 2025
Celanese looks to private 5G to transform manufacturing at the edge
By Joe O’HalloranFully managed private 5G network designed to deliver what is claimed to be resilient connectivity to accelerate Industry 4.0 innovation
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26 Sep 2025
Microsoft hides key data flow information in plain sight
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonMicrosoft’s own documentation confirms that data hosted in its hyperscale cloud architecture routinely traverses the globe, but the tech giant is actively obfuscating this vital information from its UK law enforcement customers
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26 Sep 2025
Channel catch-up: News in brief
By Simon QuickeDevelopments this week at Crayon, SoftwareOne, Exclusive Networks, Arrow and Westcon-Comstor
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26 Sep 2025
How Mediacorp stops livestreams from freezing at key moments
By Aaron TanSingapore’s national broadcaster has achieved a 99.5% crash-free rate for its mobile apps by using observability tools to find and fix issues in real time, ensuring a smoother experience for users
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25 Sep 2025
Government might support Jaguar Land Rover supply chain to mitigate cyber attack impact
By Brian McKennaThe government is considering buying car parts from JLR’s supply chain to sell them on to the company once it recovers from the August cyber attack
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25 Sep 2025
Co-op declares cyber attack damage cost £206m
By Brian McKennaCo-op reveals £206m costs from April cyber attack, with revenues hit, member data stolen and shelves emptied, exposing major retail supply chain vulnerabilities
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25 Sep 2025
CEO change at Advania UK as Kneen steps down
By Simon QuickeChannel player Advania has made a leadership change after its current boss calls time on his spell at the firm
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25 Sep 2025
Zoom includes AI at no extra cost to crack enterprise adoption puzzle
By Kim LoohuisZoom bets on free AI to drive enterprise adoption, despite evidence the highest return on investment comes from back-office automation
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25 Sep 2025
Lenovo targets AI and hybrid cloud to drive APAC growth
By Aaron TanThe tech supplier’s infrastructure arm is tapping its partner ecosystem and as-a-service model to help the region’s enterprises move from AI experimentation to delivering tangible business outcomes
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24 Sep 2025
Internet shutdowns in Africa on upward trajectory
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonA comparative analysis of internet shutdowns in African countries highlights how the tactic is increasingly used to repress dissent and political opposition, depriving millions of people and businesses access to vital digital tools that sustain their social, economic and political life
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24 Sep 2025
Oktane 2025: Okta takes aim at agentic AI governance gap
By Alex ScroxtonIdentity specialist Okta is laying the groundwork for a number of incoming announcements designed to help its customers get to grips with the challenge of securing non-human, agentic identities.
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24 Sep 2025
NCA arrests man following cyber attack that disrupted air travel
By Brian McKennaThe NCA has arrested a man in West Sussex over the cyber attack on Collins Aerospace that disrupted Heathrow and other EU airports. He has been released on conditional bail
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24 Sep 2025
Rigby Group marks milestone with another year of growth
By Simon QuickeChannel player Rigby Group celebrates 50 years of business and shares an update on how it performed in the past fiscal year
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24 Sep 2025
Alibaba Cloud targets full-stack AI dominance
By Aaron TanThe Chinese cloud giant has unveiled the Qwen3-Max model, a suite of agent development tools and cloud infrastructure upgrades to position itself as a one-stop shop for AI development and deployment
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24 Sep 2025
Salesforce shifts focus from AI models to agentic AI
By Aaron TanRather than being preoccupied with large language models, Salesforce is now focused on building AI agents, with an eye on achieving what it calls ‘enterprise general intelligence’
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24 Sep 2025
Sitecore CEO: Embedded agentic AI is the future of business
By Don FluckingerAs AI disrupts website traffic and remakes marketing techniques, Sitecore CEO Eric Stine discusses the future of agentic AI for customer experience.
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23 Sep 2025
Channel faces AI tool sprawl and inefficient workflows
By Simon QuickeExperts across the channel speak of opportunities for partners to help customers that are overwhelmed by the number of tools they are working with
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23 Sep 2025
Jaguar Land Rover extends cyber attack-induced shutdown to October
By Brian McKennaJaguar Land Rover is extending its production shutdown caused by the 31 August cyber attack into next month, as government ministers drop by and supply chain workers lose wages
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23 Sep 2025
Post Office Capture appeals slowed by poor records
By Karl FlindersPoor data on the use of the Post Office Capture software is slowing the review of criminal convictions, says lawyer
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23 Sep 2025
EU to shut door on Big Tech in financial data sharing
By Karl FlindersUS tech giants to be excluded from EU’s Financial Data Access initiative, which enables the sharing of certain customer financial data
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22 Sep 2025
Nebula: AI is supporting channel ESG efforts
By Simon QuickeReport from services player highlights the positives of artificial intelligence for those looking to cut emissions and improve social responsibility
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22 Sep 2025
Channel moves: Who’s gone where?
By Simon QuickeMoves of note this week at Schneider Electric, Gigamon, Keepit, Leviia, NFON, Immersive, Netrio and Quectel Wireless Solutions
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22 Sep 2025
Tech consortium unveils private 5G, AI-powered edge innovation hub
By Joe O’Halloran‘Pioneering’ hub for startups and nonprofits to test advanced private 5G and AI-powered edge use cases without the usual cost or deployment challenges
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18 Sep 2025
UK banks still run software code written more than 60 years ago
By Karl FlindersMore than half of UK banks still rely on computer code written in or before the 1970s, and which is understood by only a few of their staff
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18 Sep 2025
Should you run VMware 7 unsupported?
By Cliff SaranIn just a few weeks, VMware version 7 reaches end of life, which means Broadcom will no longer issue patches
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18 Sep 2025
Oxa gains more mileage from Nvidia for autonomous vehicles
By Joe O’HalloranUK-based autonomous vehicle systems provider looks to speed up its commercial roll-out in the $2tn industrial mobility automation market with use of advanced AI technology, including Cosmos World Foundation Models
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17 Sep 2025
Techcombank wields data and AI to drive customer engagement
By Aaron TanBy unifying data on the Databricks platform, the Vietnam bank has built AI capabilities to deliver hyper-personalised offers to 15 million customers and expand its footprint beyond its traditional affluent base
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17 Sep 2025
Google Cloud unveils open protocol for agentic payments
By Aaron TanGoogle’s Agent Payments Protocol is an open standard developed with more than 60 global partners to create a secure standard for AI-driven transactions
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16 Sep 2025
Exabeam: Treat AI agents as the new insider threat
By Stephen WithersAs artificial intelligence agents are given more power inside organisations, Exabeam’s chief AI officer, Steve Wilson, argues they must be monitored for rogue behaviour just like their human counterparts
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16 Sep 2025
Workday previews a dozen AI agents, acquires Sana
By Don FluckingerWorkday previews 12 agents, with a 13th pending completion of Paradox acquisition.
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16 Sep 2025
There are '50 shades of clean core' for SAP customers
By Jim O'DonnellIn this Q&A, Michael Lemashov and Denis Malov of JDC Group discuss the strategies for SAP customers to achieve a clean core and introduce tech like AI into legacy systems.
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16 Sep 2025
eEVOS brings GUI-accessible VMware alternative for SMEs
By Yann SerraeEVOS from EuroNAS plays in the same space as ProxMox, but isn’t free. It does, however, offer a graphical UI so customers don’t need to flex the Linux CLI skills to use it
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16 Sep 2025
Countdown to end of Windows 10 support hits final month
By Simon QuickeChannel still has a role to play in helping customers migrate away from the operating system that Microsoft is ending support for in October
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15 Sep 2025
Amnesty: AI surveillance risks ‘supercharging’ US deportations
By Tiago VenturaAmnesty International says AI-driven platforms from Palantir and Babel Street are being used by US authorities to track migrants and revoke visas, raising fears of unlawful detentions and mass deportations
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15 Sep 2025
‘Utter madness’ as Post Office paid law firm double the cost of scandal public inquiry
By Karl FlindersThe Post Office legal representation at public inquiry into Horizon scandal cost twice as much as the actual inquiry
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15 Sep 2025
Channel moves: Who’s gone where?
By Simon QuickePersonnel additions this week at Zen Internet, Confluent, Schneider Electric, Kaseya and Mitel
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15 Sep 2025
Smart headset gives visually impaired a new way to ‘see’
By Aaron TanResearchers at the National University of Singapore have created a wearable device that combines a camera with conversational AI powered by Meta’s Llama models to give sight to the visually impaired
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15 Sep 2025
Utelogy, Natilik team to enhance managed meeting collaboration spaces
By Joe O’HalloranConnected workspaces platform provider teams with digital transformation specialist to expand global reach with proactive monitoring and automation
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12 Sep 2025
EU Data Act comes into force amid fears of regulation fatigue
By Brian McKennaThe EU Data Act will potentially give users control of device data, and boost data sharing, cloud switching and competition while raising compliance demands
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12 Sep 2025
Orange, Synamedia join forces to expand multi-CDN reach
By Joe O’HalloranVideo software provider teams with global telco to improve network performance for streaming providers to deliver content more smoothly and reach more viewers, especially in the Middle East and Africa
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12 Sep 2025
Channel catch-up: News in brief
By Simon QuickeDevelopments this week at TD Synnex, Arrow, Westcon-Comstor, Exclusive Networks, Umbraco, Evolve IP and Cellhub
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12 Sep 2025
Post Office Horizon accounts are still a mess and replacement system is years away
By Karl FlindersSources say the Post Office doesn’t know whether millions of pounds of branch discrepancies are real or not
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11 Sep 2025
Box upgrades AI document extraction and security services
By Don FluckingerBox dives into agentic AI for enhanced security and intelligent document processing.
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11 Sep 2025
GTDC: CROs can grow with distribution
By Simon QuickeIndustry organisation GTDC delivers a guide to inform those pulling the purse strings about the benefits of working with the channel
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10 Sep 2025
Jaguar Land Rover admits data has been compromised in cyber attack
By Brian McKennaThe car maker revealed that data was stolen in the cyber attack that began on 31 August, as its production line continues to be affected
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10 Sep 2025
Adobe releases AI marketing agents, orchestration platform
By Don FluckingerAdobe users can now orchestrate prefab AI marketing agents, and soon will be able to create their own.
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10 Sep 2025
Court to decide whether it is lawful for enterprises to sell unwanted software licences
By Bill GoodwinThe UK Competition Appeal Tribunal is to decide whether businesses can lawfully sell second-hand software following a £250m suit brought by a reseller against Microsoft
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10 Sep 2025
IAA mobility: LG looks to accelerate in-vehicle experience with Xbox, Zoom
By Joe O’HalloranCE giant continues its drive into automotive, claiming to redefine software-defined vehicle era through partnerships offering in-car gaming and meetings delivered over standard content platform
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10 Sep 2025
Open source security and sustainability remain unsolved problem
By Stephen WithersWhile software bills of materials offer some transparency over software components, they don’t solve the imbalance between corporate consumption of open source software and the lack of investment in its security and health
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09 Sep 2025
Fujitsu braced for double-digit decline triggered by ‘foolish display of legal machismo’
By Karl FlindersInternally, Fujitsu UK is braced for major revenue decline as Post Office scandal takes its toll
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09 Sep 2025
Genesys updates contact center AI agent, orchestration tools
By Don FluckingerGenesys will add AI orchestration and agentic interoperability capabilities.
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09 Sep 2025
IAA Mobility 2025: Qualcomm and Google Cloud team to enhance in-car experience
By Joe O’HalloranSo-called ‘landmark’ technical collaboration brings together Gemini models and Snapdragon Digital Chassis solutions to help automakers create deeply personalised and advanced AI agents to redefine customer experience
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09 Sep 2025
UK AI sector balloons by 85% to 5,800 companies from 2023 to 2025
By Brian McKennaA Perspective Economics study commissioned by DSIT sizes the UK AI sector at 5,800 companies, an increase of 85% over two years
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09 Sep 2025
IAA Mobility 2025: Cerence AI develops AI agent for working on the go
By Joe O’HalloranArtificial intelligence-based conversational user experience firm develops voice AI agent for the car that integrates with Microsoft 365 Copilot to address the rise of mobile work and associated distracted driving risks
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09 Sep 2025
UK back to growth for Computacenter
By Simon QuickeH1 numbers for Computacenter show the benefits of operating over a wide geographical area, with growth offsetting markets that struggled
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09 Sep 2025
Rimini Street CEO sounds death knell on ERP software
By Aaron TanBelieving monolithic ERP applications will become obsolete in a decade, Seth Ravin is positioning Rimini Street to help enterprises transition to agentic ERP processes
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08 Sep 2025
Splunk.conf: Splunk and Cisco showcase unified platform
By Alex ScroxtonWith 18 months having elapsed since Cisco closed its acquisition of Splunk, joint platform capabilities and developments are being showcased at the annual Splunk.conf fair
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08 Sep 2025
Channel moves: Who’s gone where?
By Simon QuickePersonnel moves of note in the past few days at iplicit, Netwrix, Channelscaler and Scality
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08 Sep 2025
AI boom to push Australian IT spending past A$172bn
By Aaron TanAustralian IT spending is set to grow by 8.9% in 2026, driven by growing investments in artificial intelligence, datacentre systems and cloud, according to Gartner
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05 Sep 2025
Jaguar Land Rover cyber attack keeps workers at home
By Brian McKennaThe recent cyber attack on Jaguar Land Rover is keeping workers out of the plants as possible attack group identity becomes public