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Your.Cloud acquires Pure Cloud Solutions in UK push

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Your.Cloud deepens UK managed services push with Pure Cloud Solutions takeover, backing the Tamworth firm's local brand and leadership.
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Exclaimer links Workday to email signatures & meetings

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Exclaimer plugs Workday HR records into email signatures and video meeting branding, cutting manual updates and reducing out-of-date staff details.
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Strategy and innovation: Key takeaways from Gamma's regional forums

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Gamma Communications' Regional Forums urge partners to shift from one-off sales to roadmap-led growth as AI, UCaaS and R&D reshape the channel.
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8x8 launches AI Studio for customer experience agents

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8x8 unveils AI Studio to let customer experience teams build agents with natural language, aiming to cut integration delays and costs.
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Owl Labs secures Microsoft Teams certification for devices

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Owl Labs wins Microsoft Teams approval for its Meeting Owl 5 Pro, bringing full certification to its current hybrid meeting device range.
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Platforms, sovereignty and global growth at Cavell Summit Europe

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Cavell Summit Europe highlights how platform-led buying, data sovereignty and global expansion are reshaping service provider strategies.
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8x8 wins Gold for Engage at New York design awards

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8x8's Engage platform has won Gold at the NY Product Design Awards, with judges praising its unified workspace for customer-facing staff.
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Narwhal Labs raises GBP £20 million for DeepBlue OS

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Narwhal Labs secures backing from more than 70 UK investors as it unveils an AI communications platform for regulated sectors.
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Nearly 18% of business emails fail to reach inboxes

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Sinch Mailgun warns weak inbox placement and limited AI use are eroding email returns, with many firms unable to measure ROI confidently.
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Orange Business adds deepfake detection to services

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Orange Business to weave Reality Defender's deepfake checks into enterprise communications for 7,000 customers amid rising fraud fears.
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8x8 wins CRN channel honours & nine Palomarr awards

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8x8 is bolstering its partner-led push after CRN named two regional channel chiefs and Palomarr ranked its platform across nine categories.
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Infobip Startup Tribe backs UK startups with credits

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Infobip marks Startup Tribe's fifth year with hundreds of thousands of pounds in credits for UK startups and scaleups.
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Broot.ai adds Vonage voice APIs for in-app CRM calling

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Broot.ai has embedded Vonage voice APIs into its CRM, enabling one-click in-app calling, local numbers and unified activity tracking for teams.
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BT says over 3 million UK homes move to digital landlines

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More than 3m UK homes have switched to digital landlines as BT warns those ignoring the rollout risk disruption before analogue ends in 2027.
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Q4 adds digital conferencing to earnings call platform

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Q4 has built digital conferencing into its investor relations platform, aiming to streamline and de-risk earnings calls and market events.
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UK resellers move from AI talk to practical rollout

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UK resellers shift from AI hype to hands-on deployments as customers demand automation, analytics and compliance in communications.
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Abnormal AI rolls out Attune 1.0 to fight AI cyberattacks

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Abnormal AI launches Attune 1.0, a behavioural model that spots AI-crafted cyberattacks by learning normal workplace communication patterns.
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Why 'good enough' voice tools quietly cost businesses

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'Good enough' voice tools quietly drain time, frustrate staff and erode service, as hidden frictions multiply across calls, teams and offices.
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Red Cactus, Tollring bring AI call summaries to CRM

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Red Cactus and Tollring launch AI-powered call summaries that auto-update customer records across 200+ CRM systems for channel partners.
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Mitel unveils WX framework for unified workforce comms

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Mitel debuts WX, a role-aware, AI-enabled comms framework unifying frontline, mobile, knowledge and contact centre workers on one layer.