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20 Mar 2026
News brief: Stryker recovering after large-scale cyberattack
Check out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.
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19 Mar 2026
Dell Data Orchestration Engine joins AI data pipeline fray
Dell jumps into the ring with NetApp and Vast Data, unveiling a new AI data orchestration product built on its Dataloop acquisition as Nvidia STX shakes up the storage industry.
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19 Mar 2026
ThoughtSpot domain-specific Spotter agents target AI success
With 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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18 Feb 2026
HP bets on edge AI and regional investment to power Middle East enterprise transformation
Ertug Ayik, managing director for Middle East and Africa at HP Inc, outlines how on-device artificial intelligence, embedded security and a partner-first model are positioning the company at the heart of MENA’s digital transformation
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17 Feb 2026
Salesforce's acquisition of Cimulate to boost AI shopping
Agentforce Commerce is the beneficiary of Salesforce's latest startup buy.
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17 Feb 2026
Businesses may be caught by government proposals to restrict VPN use
Labour proposals to restrict social media use to people aged 16 and under could have unintended consequences for businesses using virtual private networks
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17 Feb 2026
Banks to discuss UK alternative to Visa and Mastercard
Banks prepare to discuss a new payments infrastructure that would remove heavy reliance on US firms
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17 Feb 2026
Tesco vs VMware: Dell weighs in on VMware contractual obligation
Are negotiated software renewal fees binding? Dell is arguing that this provision in Tesco’s VMware 2021 contract amounts to a commitment
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17 Feb 2026
Government wages cyber campaign as half the UK’s SMEs are breached
UK government says half of all small businesses have been cyber breached in the recent past as it urges them to ‘lock the door’
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16 Feb 2026
Noah Donohoe inquest reveals issues with police ControlWorks system
An inquest heard that there were major issues with the system used by the Police Service of Northern Ireland to record information reported by the public
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16 Feb 2026
Pascal Brier, Capgemini: AI will prove its enterprise truth this year
Capgemini’s chief innovation officer says the 2025 rise and deployment of artificial intelligence agents put enterprise AI progress on hold, but laid the ground for acceleration to come
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16 Feb 2026
Channel moves: Who’s gone where?
Appointments of note have been made at Maintel, Smart CT, OneTrust, StorMagic and Silverfort
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16 Feb 2026
Channel moves: Who’s gone where?
Appointments of note have been made at Maintel, Smart CT, OneTrust, StorMagic and Silverfort
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16 Feb 2026
NatWest hails progress after £1.2bn spent on tech last year, but true AI transformation to come
NatWest Bank describes the past 12 months of its tech transformation as ‘the year of [AI] deployment at scale’
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16 Feb 2026
UK government risks ‘perpetuating’ Post Office injustice through response to Capture appeals
Peers question government’s approach to wrongful conviction appeals from former users of Capture software
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15 Feb 2026
Wesfarmers to deploy agentic AI in retail operations
Retail conglomerate behind Kmart and Officeworks signs multi-year deal with Google Cloud to deploy AI agents for customer service and internal productivity
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13 Feb 2026
Veeam shuffles EMEA channel executive pack
Vendor makes a trio of appointments, including in the UK, as it looks to refresh its partner leadership team
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13 Feb 2026
Singapore to form National AI Council, expands tax breaks to ease AI adoption
Singapore government unveils plans to spur AI adoption through fiscal incentives, implementation guidance and workforce skilling in a concerted effort to drive the nation’s AI agenda
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12 Feb 2026
Government bank digital project a ‘full-spectrum disaster’ exposing taxpayers to risk
National Savings and Investments is unable to tell Public Accounts Committee the cost of its modernisation programme
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12 Feb 2026
Large language models provide unreliable answers about public services, Open Data Institute finds
Research questions AI’s trustworthiness in giving people accurate information about government services
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12 Feb 2026
European Commission: TikTok’s addictive design breaches EU law
In a preliminary ruling, European Commission says TikTok’s additive design features are in breach of laws designed to create safer digital spaces
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12 Feb 2026
UK fintech investment slumped in 2025
Investment in the UK fintech sector fell to its lowest level since 2020, but it is still the European destination attracting the most money
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12 Feb 2026
College of Policing accounts ‘disclaimed’ by auditor for second year in wake of IT failure
Government auditors have refused to endorse the financial accounts of the professional body for policing in England and Wales for a second year, following IT project blunders
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11 Feb 2026
Peer ‘disappointed’ that DWP review of subpostmaster prosecutions is still months away
Government indicates that there are 108 DWP prosecutions of subpostmasters that will be reviewed so far, but little progress has been made
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11 Feb 2026
APAC firms ditch Oracle Java to cut costs amid AI demands
Rising Oracle Java licensing fees and the massive infrastructure requirements of AI workloads are driving the region’s businesses to migrate to OpenJDK distributions
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11 Feb 2026
Fujitsu will be out by next summer, says Post Office CTO
Post Office’s project to replace its controversial core system will contract suppliers by the summer of this year, with the aim to remove Fujitsu by summer 2027, according to its chief technology officer
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10 Feb 2026
February Patch Tuesday: Microsoft drops six zero-days
Microsoft releases patches for six zero-day flaws in its latest monthly update, many of them related to security feature bypass issues
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10 Feb 2026
Apple and Google pledge to improve app fairness
The CMA is seeking views on Apple and Google’s commitments to ensure fair app store practices to stoke the UK’s app economy, fintech and improve developer confidence
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10 Feb 2026
Second ever international AI safety report published
More than 100 artificial intelligence experts have produced the second international AI safety report ahead of a summit in India, outlining a high degree of uncertainty about the development and risks of AI
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09 Feb 2026
UAE’s TII challenges big tech dominance with open source Falcon AI models
Through its Falcon models and an open, efficiency-driven research strategy, the Technology Innovation Institute is positioning the UAE as a producer of foundational AI, not merely a consumer of global platforms
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09 Feb 2026
Channel moves: Who’s gone where?
Changes in personnel at Avanade, Lenovo, One Identity and EUNetworks
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06 Feb 2026
Australia’s CommBank partners business school to research artificial intelligence
CommBank wants to better understand how its customers perceive, use and trust artificial intelligence, as the technology is set to reach every corner of the finance sector
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06 Feb 2026
Minister responds to criticism of Post Office Capture redress scheme
Redress claim on ‘pause’ as UK government agrees to look at complaints about scheme for those who suffered hardship from using the Post Office Capture system
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06 Feb 2026
ANZ rolls out AI agents for business bankers
Australian lender claims to be the first in Asia-Pacific to deploy Salesforce Agentforce at scale, following a national roll-out of a CRM platform that consolidates data from different systems to ease administrative toil
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05 Feb 2026
Why traditional automation is key to avoid the AI solution trap
Boards are pushing for AI, but Nintex CTO Niranjan Vijayaragavan warns that AI projects are destined to fail without a foundation of traditional automation and clean data
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05 Feb 2026
Governance lags agentic AI adoption in the UK, says Salesforce
Salesforce's ‘2026 Connectivity benchmark report’ points to an increase in enterprise agentic AI deployment, but highlights governance gaps and a siloed system that requires better orchestration
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05 Feb 2026
ISE 2026: Maxhub unveils partnerships, products to enrich unified collaboration
Provider of integrated commercial display and unified communications takes advantage of enterprise AV expo to announce further collaborations with tech leaders to create enhanced multimedia experiences
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05 Feb 2026
Why sovereign and agentic AI will define next phase of Middle East’s digital transformation
Organisations shift from artificial intelligence pilots to operational deployment as governments prioritise digital sovereignty and infrastructure control
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05 Feb 2026
DWP rejigs operating model for data transformation by 2030
The Department for Work and Pensions’ 2023-2030 data strategy aims to modernise systems, slash costs by 20%, promote data sharing, and embed a data culture in a hub and spoke model
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04 Feb 2026
LinkedIn touts agentic AI to slash recruitment time
LinkedIn’s head of engineering for talent solutions explains how fine-tuned LLMs and agentic AI architectures are replacing traditional search methods to save recruiters four hours per role
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04 Feb 2026
Banks reduce reliance on OpenAI as strategies mature
Banks are increasingly using alternative AI providers as Anthropic and Google eat into OpenAI’s dominance
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03 Feb 2026
Vendors hawk everything AI; retailers take measured approach
The vendors will build it, but will the retailers come?
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03 Feb 2026
Infosecurity Europe launches cyber security startups stream
Infosecurity Europe 2026 will feature a cyber security startup exhibition zone and a competition for business support, in conjunction with the UK Cyber Flywheel organisation
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03 Feb 2026
VMware vSphere 8 end-of-support challenges
IT leaders need to assess the cost implications of migrating from vSphere 8 to the latest supported VMware product offering
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03 Feb 2026
Banks on the hook for £173m in APP fraud reimbursement
Banks paid 88% losses claimed by customers that fell victim to authorised push payment fraud last year
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03 Feb 2026
Kendall names Barnsley as UK’s first tech town
The UK government has named Barnsley as the nation’s first ‘tech town’, with initiatives to boost education, health and local businesses
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02 Feb 2026
HMRC chooses cloud SAP S/4Hana for tax system overhaul
HM Revenue & Customs is bidding to modernise its tax systems by migrating from ECC6 to SAP’s cloud-based Rise with SAP programme, adopting S/4Hana and AI to enhance efficiency and taxpayer experience
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02 Feb 2026
Birmingham Oracle project: Data cleansing and resourcing issues
Councillors at audit committee urged to ensure strong project governance, adequate tech staffing levels and change management procedures
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02 Feb 2026
Channel moves: Who’s gone where?
Personnel moves of note at Nexer Enterprise Applications, Commvault, Snowflake, Panasonic Toughbook, Acumen Cyber, Pluralsight and Wire
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30 Jan 2026
History repeats itself in Post Office Capture redress scheme with low-ball offers made
Early signs show that former Post Office Capture users face derisory initial compensation offers and face impossible appeals process
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30 Jan 2026
Channel catch-up: News in brief
Developments this week at Redsquid, BCS Consultancy, Evolve IP, ANS, Synaxon, TD Synnex, Advania and Guardz
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30 Jan 2026
Sir Alan Bates slams ‘nonsense’ reported about his financial redress settlement
Campaigning subpostmaster speaks out about the highly inaccurate claims about the compensation he received
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30 Jan 2026
South Korea debuts foundation model in sovereign AI push
A consortium led by SK Telecom has built a sovereign AI model designed to reduce reliance on foreign tech, lower costs for local industry and propel South Korea into the top ranks of AI powers
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29 Jan 2026
Exertis Supplies picked up by evo
Trade and stock sold off to come under control of the Vow business
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29 Jan 2026
SAP overcomes rough start to post 8% growth
SAP reports €36.8bn for 2025, up 8%, despite what CEO Christian Klein called a ‘rough start to the year’ due to geopolitical unrest from tariff conflict between the US and the EU
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28 Jan 2026
Nvidia releases synthetic dataset to support Singapore’s AI ambitions
The AI chip giant has developed a synthetic dataset of personas to help developers build AI models that understand Singapore’s demographic and cultural nuances without using personally identifiable information
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28 Jan 2026
Nationwide expands Amazon Web Services partnership to delve deeper into AI
Nationwide will have access to artificial intelligence-powered tools to help staff in their everyday interactions with its members
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27 Jan 2026
Transfer learning and governance help bridge healthcare AI divide
Singapore researchers show how adapting pre-trained AI models can solve data scarcity issues in countries with limited resources. Separately, they have proposed forming an international consortium to build consensus on AI governance in medicine
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27 Jan 2026
UK government’s National Data Library works up steam
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology finishes ‘discovery phase’ of £100m National Data Library programme, including pilot projects
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27 Jan 2026
GSMA transforms Formula E circuit into 5G testbed
Global mobile trade association highlights initiative showcasing how mobile connectivity performs in real-world, high-pressure environments
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27 Jan 2026
Peer demands independent investigation into DWP’s prosecution of subpostmasters
The DWP’s promised review of subpostmaster prosecutions doesn’t satisfy the demands of politicians and campaigners
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27 Jan 2026
Three-quarters of UK IT teams beset by outages due to missing alerts
Splunk finds 75% of UK IT teams had outages from missed alerts in 2025, driven by alert fatigue and tool sprawl. Collaboration between cyber and observability teams can help
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26 Jan 2026
Spanish court acquits suspects denied access to ‘raw’ Sky ECC intercepts in landmark decision
Prosecutors have been told they cannot rely on intercept evidence from the Sky ECC encrypted phone network in the absence of other evidence, unless they disclose the raw intercept data to defendants in decision that could have a significant impact on future prosecutions
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26 Jan 2026
Chiba University unveils algorithm to reduce blockchain delay in IoT networks
Researchers develop a lightweight algorithm designed to reorganise network connections to enable secure, low-latency data sharing potentially accelerating secure, real-time data sharing across large-scale IoT ecosystems
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26 Jan 2026
Channel moves: Who’s gone where?
Personnel moves of note in the last week at Cameo Services, Infinigate Group, Assured Data Protection, TP-Link, n2s, Claroty and Dropzone AI
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23 Jan 2026
Ransomware, reputation, risk: Black Hat Europe in review, 2026 in view
Black Hat Europe made clear that cyber security can no longer be separated from politics, economics and behaviour, as ransomware, AI and long-standing security failures combine
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23 Jan 2026
Ruckus gears up for networking partnership with TGR Haas F1 Team
Vistance Networks-owned communications technology provider becomes official networking partner of the TGR Haas F1 Team, delivering purpose‑driven, AI‑enhanced connectivity across team headquarters, trackside operations and hospitality
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23 Jan 2026
Singapore debuts world’s first governance framework for agentic AI
The Infocomm Media Development Authority has released a guide to help enterprises deploy artificial intelligence agents safely and address specific risks such as unauthorised actions and automation bias
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22 Jan 2026
Macquarie Bank rolls out AI agent to personalise customer support
Australian bank launches a 24/7 intelligent assistant capable of asynchronous human hand-off, joining the country’s major financial institutions in the race to deploy AI-powered services
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22 Jan 2026
JPMorgan CEO urges slowdown of AI roll-out to ‘save society’
The rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence will prompt ‘civil unrest’ if governments and companies fail to protect workers from its displacing effects, says JPMorgan boss
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22 Jan 2026
DWP review of Post Office worker prosecutions yet to start, months after announcement
The DWP said in August that it would carry out an independent review of prosecutions of subpostmasters, but it has yet to appoint a reviewer
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22 Jan 2026
Dell Technologies Forum Dubai highlights AI as the next great economic accelerator
At its flagship regional event, Dell Technologies set out how AI leadership, data readiness and skills development are shaping digital transformation across the UAE and the wider Middle East
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21 Jan 2026
Interview: Barry Panayi, group chief data officer, Howden
The fast-growing insurance firm wants data insights and artificial intelligence to give customer-facing employees all the information they need at their fingertips through data-powered conversational interfaces
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21 Jan 2026
Northamber names Spence as group managing director
Distributor continues to bring in wise heads to help bolster its ambitions to grow its market position
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21 Jan 2026
UK government appoints banking tech bosses as AI champions
Appointment of artificial intelligence champions from banking sector comes as MPs make stern warning about AI risks in financial services
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21 Jan 2026
The impact of Tesco versus Broadcom lawsuit on software procurement
The lawsuit shows the challenges in dealing with a company that has stopped selling key products and the impact on the software supply chain
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21 Jan 2026
E& enterprise brings agentic AI to MENAT
A strategic partnership introduces autonomous, governance-by-design artificial intelligence as enterprises in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey move from experimentation to real-world impact
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20 Jan 2026
Google Cloud opens Bangkok region to support Thailand’s AI economy
The hyperscaler’s Thai cloud region is part of a $1bn investment to meet the growing demand for cloud services in the kingdom
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20 Jan 2026
NatWest Boxed tech team drives business on embedded finance wave
NatWest Boxed tech team doubles up as the force behind NatWest’s challenger bank, as well as its white-label banking service
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20 Jan 2026
Swedish government software developer counters poor health apps claim
As national election season approaches, political opponents of Sweden’s lead coalition party make hay of survey that claims unsatisfactory health apps deter doctor visits
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20 Jan 2026
Sovereign and edge AI drive return to on-premise Kubernetes
While public cloud services remain popular, the need to control sensitive data and maximise GPU performance is pushing enterprises to deploy Kubernetes in their own datacentres
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20 Jan 2026
Digital Realty enters Malaysia with acquisition of Cyberjaya datacentre
The datacentre provider expands Southeast Asian footprint beyond Singapore and Jakarta, acquiring a connectivity hub in Cyberjaya with plans for a 14MW campus to support regional AI and cloud workloads
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19 Jan 2026
UK financial regulators exposing public to ‘potential serious harm’ due to AI positions
MPs warn that action is needed to ensure artificial intelligence is adopted safely in the finance sector as companies capitalise on its opportunities
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19 Jan 2026
Channel moves: Who’s gone where?
Personnel moves of note this week at Public Digital, Canon, Keepit, Extreme Networks and Dropzone AI
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19 Jan 2026
Davos 2026 attendees can navigate event with Salesforce AI ’concierge’
Visitors to the World Economic Forum will be able to use an AI personal assistant, EVA, built by Salesforce on WEF data, to navigate the event and get recommended actions
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19 Jan 2026
UK copyright law unfit for protecting creative workers from AI
As the UK government considers its approach to artificial intelligence and copyright, Computer Weekly explores the dynamics at play in copyright markets, and what measures can be taken to ensure that creatives are protected
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18 Jan 2026
APAC enterprises to boost AI spend by 15% in 2026
Lenovo’s CIO Playbook 2026 reveals that 96% of APAC organisations are planning to invest more in AI, with a growing reliance on hybrid infrastructure to manage rising inference costs
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16 Jan 2026
Channel catch-up: News in brief
Developments this week at BCN, TD Synnex Maverick, Heimdal and Syspro
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15 Jan 2026
AI governance provides guardrails for faster innovation
Dataiku’s field chief data officer for Asia-Pacific and Japan discusses how implementing AI governance can accelerate innovation while mitigating the risks of shadow AI
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15 Jan 2026
PSNI resorted to pen and paper after issues with ControlWorks command and control software
Northern Ireland’s Policing Board has asked the Police Service of Northern Ireland for clarification after it emerged the PSNI has not reported IT issues that affected its ability to record reports from the public to the oversight body
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15 Jan 2026
Cyber body ISC2 signs on as UK software security ambassador
Professional cyber association ISC2 pledges support to UK government’s Software Security Ambassador scheme, part of the recently unveiled Cyber Action Plan
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15 Jan 2026
Box releases Box Extract, its AI metadata agent
Line-of-business Box users can now tag contracts, reports and other commonly used docs with plain-language instructions, which an agent processes.
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15 Jan 2026
TD Synnex encourages partners to share data insights
Distributor TD Synnex is keen to provide more information that should expose an increasing number of revenue opportunities
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14 Jan 2026
Slackbot's agentic AI makeover gives users their copilot
Slack's chat assistant morphs into an agent.
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14 Jan 2026
Ensono, Nexer and Xantaro seal senior appointments
Channel players hire and promote talent to drive strategic business goals for this year and beyond
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13 Jan 2026
Microsoft patches 112 CVEs on first Patch Tuesday of 2026
January brings a larger-than-of-late Patch Tuesday update out of Redmond, but an uptick in disclosures is often expected at this time of year
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13 Jan 2026
Hammer ready to welcome university class of ’26
Distributor’s career development programme continues to prepare the next generation for a life in the channel
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13 Jan 2026
TD Synnex UK boss on how people make the difference in business
In a challenging year, it was distributor TD Synnex’s staff that were able to support a growth strategy
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13 Jan 2026
Post Office scandal’s oldest victim calls for total ban on Fujitsu
Betty Brown wants the IT supplier at the centre of the Post Office scandal banned from all government contracts
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13 Jan 2026
UK open banking is eight years old and ready to grow into the wider economy
The next phase of open banking will have a greater impact as it morphs into cross-sector open finance
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13 Jan 2026
AI to handle four in 10 customer queries in Singapore by 2027
As companies turn to AI agents to solve manpower constraints, more than nine in 10 APAC consumers say they want clear explanations for AI-driven decisions
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12 Jan 2026
Channel moves: Who’s gone where?
Moves of note this week at BCS Consultancy, Pax8, Acronis, Recast, Schneider Electric, Leaseweb, Kyocera Document Solutions UK Group and Umbraco
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12 Jan 2026
Interview: Dawn McCarroll, director of supply chain and business excellence, Helios Towers
As a company that installs and maintains telecoms towers across Africa and the Middle East, Helios is looking to boost digital inclusion in the countries it serves as well as grow through technology improvements
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12 Jan 2026
UK regains second spot in global fintech investment ranking
Global fintech investment was up 21% and the UK retook second spot in the market ranking for the full year 2025