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Sean Mitchell
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Having started his career at Renaissance. Sean joined Apple in Melbourne for a number of years before working in the media space. This started with Review Publishing and later the tech publisher IDG Communications. In 2006 he was involved in the launch of The Channel magazine. As they say – the rest is history.

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AXL & PUSH launch STRATIS agentic AI for marketers

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AXL and PUSH Media launch STRATIS, an agentic AI “OS” giving marketers a unified, human-governed hub for real-time decisions across channels.
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Zero Networks adopts channel-first model to grow UK partners

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Zero Networks shifts to a 100% channel-first model and revamps its Zero to Sixty programme to accelerate UK partner growth in cybersecurity.
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Notion unveils Custom Agents to automate team workflows

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Notion rolls out Custom Agents, AI teammates that automate recurring workflows for Business and Enterprise users in a public beta launch.
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Global telcos form London AI venture to fight spam calls

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Five global telecom operators launch London-based Syntelligence AI to build network-level tools tackling spam and scam calls worldwide.
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Google & Klaviyo deepen AI pact for agentic commerce

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Google and Klaviyo are deepening ties to power AI “agentic commerce”, linking ads, search and RCS messaging to real-time customer data.
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Canva buys Cavalry & MangoAI, appoints algorithms chief

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Canva snaps up Cavalry and MangoAI, boosting motion design tools and AI marketing, and names MangoAI's Nirmal Govind Chief Algorithms Officer.
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Scality & WEKA partner on tiered AI storage design

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Scality and WEKA unveil a validated tiered AI storage design, marrying flash and object storage to cut infrastructure costs and boost scale.
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Awin unveils tools to speed affiliate campaign setup

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Awin launches Campaign Builder and smarter partner recommendations to slash affiliate setup times and sharpen performance reporting.
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Industry 4.0 study warns OT ubiquity masks weak governance

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OT is now near-universal in Industry 4.0, but an AMDT study warns weak governance and uneven automation are eroding resilience gains.
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XAML.io adds NuGet & link sharing in 0.6 browser IDE

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XAML.io 0.6 brings in-browser NuGet packages and shareable project links, pushing its WebAssembly .NET IDE closer to a full project workspace.
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AI reshapes cyber risk, N-able urges resilience shift

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AI-fuelled cyber threats are outpacing reactive defences, N-able warns, urging smaller firms to prioritise resilience over traditional security.
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ManageEngine adds causal AI to boost Site24x7 AIOps

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ManageEngine injects causal and autonomous AI into Site24x7 to cut alert noise, speed root-cause analysis and automate incident remediation.
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Talkdesk debuts AI workflow tools to automate email CX

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Talkdesk unveils Automation Flows and extends Autopilot to email, promising end-to-end AI handling of complex, multi-system CX workflows.
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Unit4 makes Success4U default model for ERPx delivery

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Unit4 makes its Success4U subscription the default model for ERPx and ERP delivery, promising faster, more predictable SaaS rollouts.
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CompTIA launches AI course for frontline help desks

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CompTIA unveils AI Help Desk Essentials course to train frontline IT support teams in safe, effective use of generative AI chatbots.
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Google disrupts China-linked cyber espionage on telecoms

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Google says it has crippled a China-linked cyber espionage group accused of hacking telecoms and governments in at least 42 countries.
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VAST & Nvidia unveil integrated GPU-first AI data stack

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VAST and Nvidia launch an integrated GPU-first AI data stack, unifying storage, compute and analytics to simplify production AI workloads.
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GenAI misuse & ransomware drive surge in cyber attacks

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Global cyber attacks hit 2,090 a week in January as ransomware surges and risky GenAI use exposes fresh data-leak and intrusion paths.
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Ecommpay issues free guide to combat rising eCommerce fraud

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Ecommpay launches a free fraud guide for online retailers as UK payment fraud hits GBP £1.17 billion and AI-driven scams rapidly escalate.
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Apricorn gains AS9100 for aerospace-grade USB security

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Apricorn wins AS9100 certification, becoming the sole maker of hardware-encrypted USB drives approved to aerospace and defence standards.