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Oracle ai agents help supply chain leaders boost efficiency and strengthen resiliency

Oracle adds AI agents across CRM & supply chain apps

Wed, 11th Feb 2026
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Oracle has embedded free prebuilt AI agents across its Fusion apps to automate CRM and supply chain tasks from campaign design to logistics.
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DXC rolls out Amazon Quick AI workspace to 115,000 staff

Wed, 11th Feb 2026
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DXC deploys Amazon Quick AI workspace to 115,000 staff in 70 countries and launches a practice to push enterprise AI beyond pilot stage.
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AI ambitions clash with weak data practices in mining

Wed, 11th Feb 2026
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data analytics
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erp
Mining's AI ambitions are being held back as geoprofessionals lose a third of their week wrestling with fragmented, poorly managed data.
Cfo sydney boardroom ai servers glowing laptop stalled hiring

CFOs boost tech & AI budgets as hiring growth stalls

Wed, 11th Feb 2026
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CFOs shift from hiring to hardware, funnelling bigger budgets into tech, AI and sales while HR, headcount and pay growth lose momentum.
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Marketers: Get ready to AI-proof your careers

Wed, 11th Feb 2026
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cx
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As AI reshapes marketing, leaders say careers will depend less on tactics and more on systems thinking, judgement and commercial clarity.
Executive overseeing ai investment vs staff cuts glass office

CFOs boost tech, sales & AI as headcount growth slows

Wed, 11th Feb 2026
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manufacturing
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digital transformation
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hcm
CFOs are funnelling 2026 budgets into tech, AI and sales, while easing back on hiring, HR spending and rapid pay growth.
Merged corporate towers lock of documents fincrime automation

UiPath buys WorkFusion to boost AI crime compliance

Wed, 11th Feb 2026
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data protection
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digital transformation
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fintech
UiPath buys AI compliance specialist WorkFusion to automate banks' financial crime checks as monitoring workloads and governance demands surge.
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Camunda names Chris White Chief Revenue Officer amid AI push

Wed, 11th Feb 2026
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digital transformation
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mdm
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multi-cloud
Camunda appoints Chris White as Chief Revenue Officer to drive sales and partner growth as demand for agentic AI orchestration accelerates.
Small travel agency global card payments streamlined arrows

Exactly.com links with GP Solutions on travel payments

Wed, 11th Feb 2026
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cx
Exactly.com and GP Solutions team up to embed streamlined payments into travel platforms, targeting simpler, cheaper options for smaller firms.
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Blue Yonder grows FY25 revenue & boosts AI supply chain

Tue, 10th Feb 2026
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robots
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digital transformation
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cx
Blue Yonder posts FY25 revenue of USD $1.42 billion as it expands AI-driven planning and warehouse tools to meet rising supply chain demands.
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A look ahead: workplace and tech converge in 2026

Tue, 10th Feb 2026
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data protection
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digital transformation
Australian workplaces brace for 2026 as AI, hybrid models and security demands converge to reshape how, where and why people work.
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TRENDS builds Boomi data backbone to power rapid growth

Tue, 10th Feb 2026
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manufacturing
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hybrid cloud
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data analytics
TRENDS taps Boomi to unify 50+ systems, tackling complexity as revenue surges from NZD $10 million to NZD $130 million in a decade.
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Ripjar appoints Matt Mills as Chief Executive Officer

Tue, 10th Feb 2026
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fintech
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risk & compliance
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erp
Ripjar names Matt Mills Chief Executive to spearhead global expansion as regulatory pressure fuels demand for smarter crime screening tech.
Industrial landscape wind farm mine warehouse 5g lte connectivity

LTE & 5G set to overtake legacy mission-critical LMR

Mon, 9th Feb 2026
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LTE and 5G critical communications investment to surge from USD $5.4bn in 2025 to more than USD $9.2bn by 2028, SNS Telecom & IT says.
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AI has raised the stakes: Why strategic communications remains human-led in 2026

Sat, 7th Feb 2026
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digital transformation
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partner programmes
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risk & compliance
AI is reshaping PR, but leaders warn the winners in 2026 will be those who keep strategic communications firmly human-led.
Secure software factory isometric server racks containers shield

Chainguard hits 500m container manifests with AI boost

Fri, 6th Feb 2026
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virtualisation
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devops
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application security
Chainguard tops 500m container manifests as AI-powered DriftlessAF 'software factory' scales secure open-source image production.
Us police digital forensics lab smartphone evidence cinematic

Smartphones now drive digital evidence in criminal cases

Fri, 6th Feb 2026
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storage
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data protection
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surveillance
Smartphones now underpin criminal investigations worldwide, with 97% of cases drawing on mobile data as agencies race to keep pace.
Isometric hybrid multicloud datacenter with unified ai security shield

AI, hybrid cloud spur security shift to consolidation

Fri, 6th Feb 2026
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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hybrid cloud
AI, hybrid cloud and SASE are driving a shift from security sprawl to consolidation, with unified policy control now the top priority.
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Qodo 2.0 debuts multi-agent AI code review upgrade

Fri, 6th Feb 2026
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devops
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application security
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devsecops
Qodo 2.0 launches multi-agent AI code review to boost trust in autogenerated code, claiming 11% better detection of critical issues.
Sf tech ops room night dashboards ai incident resolution saving time

NeuBird AI hits SRE alert milestone with agentic platform

Fri, 6th Feb 2026
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private cloud
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devops
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hybrid cloud
NeuBird AI's agentic SRE platform autonomously resolved 230,000 alerts in a year, saving 12,000 hours and USD $1.8 million in costs.