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Recast Software recognised with 12 G2 Winter 2026 badges

Wed, 7th Jan 2026
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Recast Software lands 12 G2 Winter 2026 badges, underscoring strong customer-led momentum for its Microsoft-focused endpoint tools.
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The email you almost sent: Why skipping verification costs you customers

Tue, 30th Dec 2025
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Skipping email verification can throttle your campaigns, wreck deliverability, and quietly bleed customers from every send you make.
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Boardrooms demand tougher AI returns & stronger data

Tue, 23rd Dec 2025
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Boards are set to demand tougher ROI and stricter data foundations from AI projects in 2026, as natural language tools reshape data work.
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UK public sector slows digital change but eyes NHS gains

Tue, 23rd Dec 2025
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UK public bodies rein in sweeping digital change for 2026, while the NHS accelerates paperless care and AI plans in Whitehall cool.
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AI agents to reshape brand discovery by 2026, says Kantar

Tue, 23rd Dec 2025
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AI agents will reshape brand discovery by 2026, Kantar predicts, as marketers race to optimise for algorithmic assistants and micro‑communities.
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AI governance & resilience top boardroom agendas for 2026

Tue, 23rd Dec 2025
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Boards enter 2026 pushing AI from experiments to governed, resilient systems as volatile economies demand proof of value and stability.
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Qlik to invest USD $1.5bn in Europe & launch agentic AI

Mon, 22nd Dec 2025
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Qlik to pour USD $1.5bn into Europe, join AWS European Sovereign Cloud and debut agentic AI via its new Qlik Answers experience.
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IRIS rolls out AI tool to speed UK personal tax returns

Fri, 19th Dec 2025
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IRIS launches AI anomaly-checking tool for UK personal tax returns, promising to cut prep time to 90 minutes and slash errors by up to 95%.
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UK SMEs eye growth but struggle to keep pace with AI

Fri, 19th Dec 2025
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UK SMEs remain upbeat on growth but risk falling behind as economic jitters, rising customer demands and poor grasp of AI strain marketing.
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Imply warns rising observability costs cut visibility

Fri, 19th Dec 2025
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Imply warns soaring observability costs are forcing enterprises to cut log retention, leaving IT teams with blind spots during incidents.
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IDHL launches AI incubator backed by GBP £1.5 million

Thu, 18th Dec 2025
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IDHL launches IDHL Labs, a group-wide AI incubator backed by GBP £1.5 million to fast-track automation, tooling and data-driven services.
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2026 tipped as turning point for enterprise agentic AI

Wed, 17th Dec 2025
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Tech leaders say 2026 will be the year agentic AI moves from pilots to mainstream, as enterprises demand measurable business impact.
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Enterprises pivot to risk-aware, human-centric AI in 2026

Sat, 13th Dec 2025
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Enterprises brace for a cautious 2026, rolling back risky AI pilots and recasting generative tools as governed, human-supervised teammates.
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AI bubble cools as HR shifts to outcomes & new roles

Fri, 12th Dec 2025
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AI boom gives way to realism as HR chases measurable outcomes, new AI chiefs emerge and skills outshine headcount in 2026 strategies.
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Service-based IT & agentic AI to reshape 2026 spend

Fri, 12th Dec 2025
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Service-first IT, agentic automation and real-time data platforms are set to dominate 2026 enterprise tech strategies and infrastructure spend.
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AI set for post-transformer shift to memory-led tools

Fri, 12th Dec 2025
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AI firms tip 2026 as the dawn of a post-transformer era, with memory-led, workflow-specific systems overtaking general-purpose models.
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ThoughtSpot unveils AI agents to automate analytics

Thu, 11th Dec 2025
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ThoughtSpot launches four AI agents to automate data modelling, dashboards and embedded analytics, pushing towards autonomous enterprises.
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Agentic AI set to turbocharge cybercrime automation

Thu, 11th Dec 2025
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Agentic AI networks could let cybercriminals automate attacks at relentless scale, forcing security teams into a new AI-driven arms race.
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The UK's efficiency ambitions face a quiet obstacle, software complexity

Wed, 10th Dec 2025
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UK firms chasing efficiency gains are finding staff lose a day a week to tangled software, undercutting productivity and morale.
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Singulr AI appoints Bask Iyer to steer enterprise AI governance

Wed, 10th Dec 2025
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Singulr AI hires veteran tech leader Bask Iyer as Strategic Advisor to guide CIOs on governance amid rapid enterprise adoption of agentic AI.