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Melania Watson
Interview Editor
Melania Watson is our Interview Editor for the TechDay editorial team. Starting her journalism career with Newshub as a Digital Reporter and Producer, she has a keen interest in technology, communication, and current affairs. Melania takes pride in conducting professional and in-depth interviews, which assist her in producing exclusive content that resonates with TechDay’s audience.
Former TechDay team member.

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Celonis reveals customers have unlocked USD $8.1 billion using Enterprise AI

Tue, 4th Nov 2025
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Celonis customers have unlocked USD $8.1 billion in value using Enterprise AI and Process Intelligence, with over 300 achieving more than USD $1 million each.
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Celonis unveils enhanced AI-driven platform for digital twins

Tue, 4th Nov 2025
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Celonis launches enhanced AI-driven platform with digital twins to boost business process efficiency and support adaptable enterprise operations.
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Celonis & Databricks go hand in hand to drive enterprise AI adoption

Tue, 4th Nov 2025
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Celonis and Databricks have partnered to enable live data sharing and AI-powered process intelligence, boosting enterprise AI adoption and operational efficiency.
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Open-source b3 framework to benchmark AI agent security unveiled

Fri, 31st Oct 2025
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Check Point, Lakera and the UK AI Security Institute launch b3, an open-source benchmark to test security of large language models in AI agents.
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Ping Identity to acquire Keyless, boosting privacy in biometrics

Fri, 31st Oct 2025
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Ping Identity will acquire London-based Keyless to enhance its platform with privacy-preserving biometric authentication, boosting security and user privacy.
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Solcoro launches real-time dashboard to optimise Jira Cloud health

Fri, 31st Oct 2025
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Solcoro has launched a real-time dashboard to help Jira Cloud users monitor system health and enhance performance globally with easy toolchain integration.
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Huckleberry raises NZD $2.1 million to transform workplace feedback

Thu, 30th Oct 2025
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Huckleberry has raised NZD $2.1 million to expand its AI-driven voice-based platform, transforming workplace feedback into regular, actionable growth insights.
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Commvault launches AI-driven resilience for enterprise data

Thu, 30th Oct 2025
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Commvault unveils AI-driven features allowing enterprises to manage data protection and resilience using natural language via ChatGPT and Claude.
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Rapid7 adds AI risk summaries to Command Platform for faster response

Thu, 30th Oct 2025
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Rapid7 has added AI-generated risk summaries to its Command Platform, helping security teams speed up prioritisation and remediation of vulnerabilities.
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Confluent unveils platform to bridge AI context gap with real-time data

Thu, 30th Oct 2025
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Confluent launches Confluent Intelligence, a platform providing real-time data streaming to enhance AI context and support scalable, event-driven AI systems.
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Confluent launches real-time service to boost AI data context

Thu, 30th Oct 2025
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Confluent launches Real-Time Context Engine to deliver up-to-date data and context to AI agents, enhancing decision accuracy with its Model Context Protocol.
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Confluent launches advanced Streaming Agents to boost AI agility

Thu, 30th Oct 2025
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Confluent unveils advanced Streaming Agents, enabling faster, real-time AI agent development with minimal coding and enhanced observability for enterprises.
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Datadog named a Leader in 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for DEM

Thu, 30th Oct 2025
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Datadog has been named a Leader in Gartner's 2025 Magic Quadrant for Digital Experience Monitoring, marking the second consecutive year of recognition.
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Dynatrace named leader again in 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant

Thu, 30th Oct 2025
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Dynatrace has been named a Leader again in Gartner's 2025 Magic Quadrant for Digital Experience Monitoring, recognised for its vision and execution.
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AI, digital tariffs & the end of VPNs shape cybersecurity's future

Thu, 30th Oct 2025
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Cybersecurity's future features AI risks, digital tariffs, and the end of VPNs, transforming identity management and security by 2026 and beyond.
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Rimini Street outlines Agentic AI ERP as the future of innovation

Wed, 29th Oct 2025
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Rimini Street unveils Agentic AI ERP as the future, proposing AI-driven overlays on existing systems to boost innovation without costly upgrades.
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Arctic Wolf & AWS boost AI security with expanded Aurora Platform

Wed, 29th Oct 2025
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Arctic Wolf and AWS have expanded their partnership to scale the Aurora Platform, boosting AI-driven security for over 10,000 global customers.
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Teradata launches AI Services to help firms achieve real ROI

Wed, 29th Oct 2025
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Teradata unveils AI Services to help firms move AI from pilots to production, delivering clear ROI with expert guidance and sprint-based deployment.
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Rapid7 reveals global findings in latest cyber-threat report

Wed, 29th Oct 2025
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Rapid7 warns AI and quantum computing will escalate cyber threats, urging firms to adopt advanced defences and post-quantum cryptography amid rising hybrid attacks.
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CrowdStrike & NVIDIA develop real-time AI agents for cyber defence

Wed, 29th Oct 2025
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CrowdStrike and NVIDIA have joined forces to create autonomous AI agents that provide real-time cybersecurity across cloud, data centre, and edge environments.