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CFOs tighten grip on soaring cloud & AI spend risks
Digital Transformation

CFOs tighten grip on soaring cloud & AI spend risks

CFOs seize direct control of cloud and AI bills as start-ups see infrastructure swallow up to 40% of revenue and squeeze margins.

By Catherine Knowles • 5 min read • Fri, 12th Dec 2025
Armis, KODE & IntelliBuild unite to secure smart buildings
Smart Cities

Armis, KODE & IntelliBuild unite to secure smart buildings

Armis, KODE and IntelliBuild join forces to fuse cybersecurity, analytics and governance, promising safer, smarter building portfolios.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Thu, 11th Dec 2025
AI projects face long delays amid rising security risks
Data Protection

AI projects face long delays amid rising security risks

AI rollout delays are stretching to a year as three-quarters of organisations report security incidents and governance gaps grow.

By Catherine Knowles • 5 min read • Thu, 11th Dec 2025
AI shifts cybersecurity priorities amid rising threats
Data Protection

AI shifts cybersecurity priorities amid rising threats

AI-fuelled cyberattacks are forcing more than a third of organisations to rewrite security strategies as identity threats and audits surge.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Thu, 11th Dec 2025
Human-linked cyber incidents surge as AI use grows
Endpoint Protection

Human-linked cyber incidents surge as AI use grows

Human-linked cyber incidents have surged 90% as AI embeds deeper in workplaces, with security leaders warning of rising email and deepfake attacks.

By Melania Watson • 4 min read • Thu, 11th Dec 2025
Singulr AI appoints Bask Iyer to steer enterprise AI governance
Software-as-a-Service

Singulr AI appoints Bask Iyer to steer enterprise AI governance

Singulr AI hires veteran tech leader Bask Iyer as Strategic Advisor to guide CIOs on governance amid rapid enterprise adoption of agentic AI.

By Melvin Hipolito • 5 min read • Wed, 10th Dec 2025
Neo4j unveils Fleet Manager for unified graph control
DevOps

Neo4j unveils Fleet Manager for unified graph control

Neo4j launches Fleet Manager, a unified control plane giving CIOs a single view to govern dispersed graph databases for GenAI workloads.

By Melania Watson • 4 min read • Wed, 10th Dec 2025
Cloudflare outage exposes risks of AI & payments reliance
Digital Transformation

Cloudflare outage exposes risks of AI & payments reliance

Cloudflare's latest outage fuels fears over fragile AI and payments systems as firms brace for weeks of disputes and operational fallout.

By Shannon Williams • 5 min read • Tue, 9th Dec 2025
2026 Predictions: The year identity becomes the ultimate control point for an autonomous world
Data Protection

2026 Predictions: The year identity becomes the ultimate control point for an autonomous world

In 2026, identity emerges as the critical control point as autonomous AI, fragile machine trust and weak governance collide.

By Jeffrey Kok • 5 min read • Tue, 9th Dec 2025
Why every business needs an AI strategy (even if AI isn't the strategy)
Digital Transformation

Why every business needs an AI strategy (even if AI isn't the strategy)

Businesses that treat AI as a shiny toy, not a planned tool, risk waste, security gaps and stagnation as competitors move ahead.

By Talent International • 4 min read • Mon, 8th Dec 2025
Shadow IT and the rise of data anarchy: Reclaiming control in a SaaS-driven world
Cloud Access Security Broker

Shadow IT and the rise of data anarchy: Reclaiming control in a SaaS-driven world

Shadow IT, widespread in businesses, creates data chaos and compliance risks as SaaS use grows; firms must regain control to protect data and boost efficiency.

By Andy Milburn • 4 min read • Wed, 26th Nov 2025

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Gamma unveils GammaUCX to unify cloud voice estates
Unified Communications

Gamma unveils GammaUCX to unify cloud voice estates

Gamma has launched GammaUCX, a single voice layer to unify mixed cloud and legacy telephony estates across more than 20 countries.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Mon, 8th Dec 2025
Productivity gains from AI will stall unless New Zealand fixes its security foundations
Firewalls

Productivity gains from AI will stall unless New Zealand fixes its security foundations

New Zealand's AI productivity promise will falter unless firms simplify systems, curb shadow AI and strengthen cybersecurity foundations.

By Cornelius Mare • 5 min read • Mon, 8th Dec 2025
AI's next phase in Australia: 4 Predictions for 2026
Firewalls

AI's next phase in Australia: 4 Predictions for 2026

Australia races into AI's next phase as leaders demand visibility, security and smarter human-AI collaboration to stay competitive by 2026.

By Craig Nielsen • 5 min read • Mon, 8th Dec 2025
Birmingham's ERP failure costs city GBP £100 million over budget
Digital Transformation

Birmingham's ERP failure costs city GBP £100 million over budget

Birmingham City Council's £123 million ERP failure triggered bankruptcy, revealing how better process management software might have averted this costly disaster.

By Phillip Hoey • 6 min read • Tue, 25th Nov 2025
How GenAI and Agentic AI are redefining application modernisation
DevOps

How GenAI and Agentic AI are redefining application modernisation

Generative and Agentic AI are revolutionising application modernisation, cutting costs and time by up to 60%, transforming legacy systems faster than ever before.

By Giuliano Altamura • 4 min read • Mon, 24th Nov 2025
India urged to assert data sovereignty amid foreign cloud risk
Data Protection

India urged to assert data sovereignty amid foreign cloud risk

India faces growing calls to boost data sovereignty by investing in local cloud infrastructure and reducing reliance on foreign providers amid national security concerns.

By Melvin Hipolito • 3 min read • Sat, 22nd Nov 2025