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Sean Mitchell
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Having started his career at Renaissance. Sean joined Apple in Melbourne for a number of years before working in the media space. This started with Review Publishing and later the tech publisher IDG Communications. In 2006 he was involved in the launch of The Channel magazine. As they say – the rest is history.

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Exclusive: Google Cloud reshaping finance with agentic AI

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Google Cloud says banks need governance-led platforms to unlock agentic AI at scale, with tens of agents set to reshape compliance, fraud and risk.
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Exclusive: Google Cloud on the road to autonomous SecOps

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Google Cloud rolls out three AI agents for SecOps to automate detection engineering, threat hunting and context gathering as it eyes autonomous SOCs.
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Zapier expands AI governance controls for enterprise users

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Zapier broadens enterprise AI controls with policy enforcement across workflows, agents, assistants and SDK-built apps.
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Merck signs USD $1 billion AI deal with Google Cloud

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Merck deepens Google Cloud tie-up with USD $1 billion AI rollout across research, manufacturing and commercial operations.
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Mars expands Google Cloud AI tie-up with Gemini Enterprise

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Mars broadens Google Cloud tie-up, making Gemini Enterprise the core AI layer for employees as it pushes unified search, custom agents and faster workflows.
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WPP integrates Google Earth AI into marketing platform

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WPP expands Google partnership with Earth AI to sharpen local ad planning using weather, traffic and neighbourhood data across its marketing platform.
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Valeo expands Google Cloud tie-up with Gemini rollout

2 days ago
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Valeo will equip 100,000 staff with Gemini for Workspace as the automotive supplier deepens its Google Cloud partnership and expands agentic AI in engineering.
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Wiz expands AI security coverage across cloud & edge

2 days ago
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Wiz adds Red Agent preview and wider tools for AI code, Databricks, multicloud services and edge risk across cloud environments.
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Elastic ties security platform to Google's air-gapped cloud

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Elastic and Google add AI-driven threat detection to air-gapped cloud systems as defence and government customers seek tighter data sovereignty.
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ClickHouse deepens Google Cloud tie-up with four updates

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ClickHouse broadens Google Cloud partnership with Lakehouse access, Bring Your Own Cloud, Axion migration and Antigravity link.
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Explainer: How Adobe is building agentic marketing

3 days ago
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Adobe is remaking its marketing and design suite around AI agents, tying content, data and commerce into a single workflow system.
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ServiceNow & Google Cloud widen AI agent partnership

3 days ago
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ServiceNow and Google Cloud deepen AI tie-up as quarterly subscription revenue rises 19% and guidance is lifted after strong contract wins.
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Tredence launches agentic AI suite with Google Cloud

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Tredence and Google Cloud unveil agentic AI accelerators to help enterprises shift from pilots to production across data, supply chains and customer service.
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NetApp deepens Google Cloud tie-up with Gemini rollout

3 days ago
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NetApp expands Google Cloud storage partnership with Flex Unified availability and Gemini Enterprise adoption, as it wins a 2026 partner award.
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Alteryx launches AI Insights Agent on Google Cloud

3 days ago
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Alteryx brings governed AI answers to Gemini Enterprise on Google Cloud Marketplace, aiming to improve accuracy, auditability and enterprise control.
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Thales launches Imperva for Google Cloud in controlled availability

3 days ago
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Thales brings Imperva into Google Cloud as controlled launch targets app and API protection with lower latency and simpler operations.
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Cognizant launches Gemini Enterprise practice with Google

3 days ago
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Cognizant deepens Google Cloud tie-up with embedded engineers, new Marketplace offers and a North American telecoms AI win.
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SAP & Google Cloud launch multi-agent marketing AI

3 days ago
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SAP and Google Cloud extend partnership with multi-agent AI to let marketers run campaigns across connected platforms using shared customer data.
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Tata Steel expands Google Cloud AI across global operations

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Tata Steel deploys more than 300 AI agents with Google Cloud to speed up maintenance, customer service and back-office work worldwide.
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Google updates Media CDN for live streaming at scale

3 days ago
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Google expands Media CDN with flexible shielding, bigger segments and savings plans to help broadcasters cut latency and costs for major live streams.