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Aspire Technology valued at GBP £192m in LDC deal
Unified Communications

Aspire Technology valued at GBP £192m in LDC deal

Aspire Technology secures LDC and Federated Hermes backing in deal valuing the fast-growing managed IT provider at GBP £192m.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Wed, 10th Dec 2025

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AI reshapes cloud spend as firms shift from SaaS to agents
Software-as-a-Service

AI reshapes cloud spend as firms shift from SaaS to agents

AI is set to end SaaS dominance by 2026 as firms pay for domain-specific agents and governed cloud usage instead of per-seat software.

By Kaleah Salmon • 5 min read • Wed, 10th Dec 2025
LogicMonitor, SiS in AI observability push in Singapore
Private Cloud

LogicMonitor, SiS in AI observability push in Singapore

LogicMonitor taps SiS Technologies as Singapore distributor to drive uptake of its AI-first observability platform across Southeast Asia.

By Melvin Hipolito • 4 min read • Wed, 10th Dec 2025
CMC highlights 'Furious Five' themes set to shape 2026
Robotics

CMC highlights 'Furious Five' themes set to shape 2026

CMC says AI, energy, robotics, defence and store-of-value trades will be the “Furious Five” megatrends steering markets into 2026.

By Sean Mitchell • 6 min read • Wed, 10th 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
Swann adds AWS generative AI to cut camera alert noise
Surveillance

Swann adds AWS generative AI to cut camera alert noise

Swann taps AWS generative AI so its security cameras only ping for user-defined events, slashing false alerts and notification overload.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 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
AI boom drives record rise in chip equipment spending
Semiconductors

AI boom drives record rise in chip equipment spending

AI demand pushed Q3 2025 chip equipment billings to a record USD $33.66 billion, up 11% year on year as investment in advanced nodes surged.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Wed, 10th Dec 2025
Explainer: Should Big Tech own Hollywood?
Physical Security

Explainer: Should Big Tech own Hollywood?

Netflix's USD $72 billion bid for Warner Bros raises a stark question: is Hollywood's future in the hands of Silicon Valley's algorithms?.

By Sean Mitchell • 7 min read • Tue, 9th 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
Netskope adds MCP controls to secure enterprise AI use
Firewalls

Netskope adds MCP controls to secure enterprise AI use

Netskope adds Model Context Protocol controls to its One platform, giving security teams new tools to monitor and lock down AI agent traffic.

By Melvin Hipolito • 4 min read • Tue, 9th Dec 2025
Exclusive: Inside Commvault's Cloud Unity launch with APAC leaders
Data Protection

Exclusive: Inside Commvault's Cloud Unity launch with APAC leaders

Commvault launched its Unity platform to simplify and secure data recovery across hybrid environments, offering unified cyber resilience and faster recovery times.

By Melania Watson • 5 min read • Tue, 9th Dec 2025
Guidewire names Suresh Raman APAC regional vice president
Software-as-a-Service

Guidewire names Suresh Raman APAC regional vice president

Guidewire appoints Suresh Raman as APAC regional vice president to drive cloud and AI-led sales growth across key Asia Pacific markets.

By Melvin Hipolito • 4 min read • Tue, 9th Dec 2025
NiCE's 2024 ESG report shows gains in climate & ethics
Unified Communications

NiCE's 2024 ESG report shows gains in climate & ethics

NiCE's 2024 ESG report shows higher EcoVadis scores, lower emissions, full ethics training and USD $900,000 in global community giving.

By Melania Watson • 4 min read • Tue, 9th Dec 2025

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Realtime Robotics brings Resolver software to Japan
Manufacturing

Realtime Robotics brings Resolver software to Japan

Realtime Robotics has debuted its cloud motion-planning tool Resolver in Japan, unveiling new robot controls and UI upgrades at iREX 2025.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Wed, 10th Dec 2025
Itochu & Castrol team up on AI data centre cooling
DataCentre infrastructure

Itochu & Castrol team up on AI data centre cooling

Itochu, Castrol and Itochu Techno-Solutions join forces to roll out AI-ready liquid cooling for Japan's power-hungry data centres.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Tue, 9th Dec 2025
Australia leads world in costly, rising ransomware toll
Software-as-a-Service

Australia leads world in costly, rising ransomware toll

Australia tops global ransomware charts as attacks surge, nearly all victims pay up and AI-driven identity threats loom ever larger.

By Melania Watson • 4 min read • Tue, 9th Dec 2025