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Stolthaven expands Ultimo use to boost safety & AI

2 days ago
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Stolthaven is rolling out more Ultimo tools to unify global terminal maintenance, tighten safety controls and embed AI into daily workflows.
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Addepar unveils Addison AI to power wealth insights

2 days ago
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data analytics
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Addepar launches Addison AI to give wealth managers trusted, natural language portfolio intelligence embedded across its platform workflows.
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Sahar Group selects Ramco for Black Hawk MRO digitisation

2 days ago
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Sahar Group picks Ramco's aviation suite to digitise Black Hawk MRO, unifying maintenance, supply chain and finance on one platform.
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Why leaders should give the next generation of women in ICT the support they need to go further and faster

3 days ago
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erp
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Leaders must actively mentor women in ICT, turning self-doubt into confidence so the next generation can rise further, faster and boldly.
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MSCI names Dinesh Gupta chief data & operations head

4 days ago
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MSCI appoints ex-Goldman executive Dinesh Gupta as Chief Data Officer and Global Head of Operations to drive its data and AI strategy.
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MSCI to acquire Compass to boost multi-asset indexes

4 days ago
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MSCI is buying Compass Financial Technologies to deepen its multi-asset and crypto index capabilities and expand bespoke benchmark services.
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Octave tech to drive Racing Bulls' asset operations

5 days ago
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Octave signs multi-year deal to power Racing Bulls' asset operations with Attune software, targeting reliability gains across F1 season.
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Why the future of maintenance depends on women - and AI that learns from them

5 days ago
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Maintenance's future hinges on bringing more women into the trades and building AI that learns from their full range of expertise.
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VAST & TwelveLabs bring AI video search on-premises

5 days ago
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private cloud
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public cloud
VAST and TwelveLabs partner to bring customer‑managed AI video search on‑premises for governed, large‑scale, hybrid video archives.
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Hudson's Bay collapse ends 355 years of Canadian retail

6 days ago
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risk & compliance
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Canada's oldest retailer closed all stores after 355 years, undone by debt, digital change and declining footfall.
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Sentient unveils Arena to stress-test autonomous AI agents

6 days ago
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fintech
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rpa
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risk & compliance
Open-source lab Sentient has launched Arena, a vendor-agnostic sandbox to stress-test autonomous AI agents in complex, capital-sensitive tasks.
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CPP & Equinix buy Nordic data centre group atNorth

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CPP Investments and Equinix are acquiring Nordic data centre operator atNorth in a deal valuing the business at USD $4 billion.
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Nexcom unveils fanless panel PCs & rugged edge systems

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Nexcom debuts fanless panel PCs and rugged Jetson-powered edge systems at Embedded World 2026, targeting factory, transport and smart cities.
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MarketAxess names William Quan Chief Technology Officer

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MarketAxess has appointed William Quan as chief technology officer to drive global platform modernisation and expand AI across its systems.
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Aviva names Chris Cochrane as next group CIO for 2026

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digital transformation
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cx
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martech
Aviva has named Chris Cochrane as its next group Chief Information Officer, with his appointment due to take effect in summer 2026.
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Arctic Wolf snaps up Sevco to boost exposure insight

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cloud security
Arctic Wolf buys Sevco to fold its exposure assessment tech into the Aurora Platform, promising sharper asset insight for security teams.
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Targa Telematics wins top EcoVadis, ESG reporting honours

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fleet management
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Targa Telematics secures EcoVadis gold sustainability rating and top-tier ESG transparency award, ranking in the 97th percentile globally.
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Survey finds AI core to Wall Street research workflows

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Wall Street analysts lean on AI for core research and big time savings, but trust, security and integration fears still slow wider rollout.
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Komprise unveils KAPPA to prep unstructured data for AI

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storage
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hybrid cloud
Komprise launches KAPPA, a serverless engine to enrich and orchestrate unstructured data at scale, priming file estates for AI use.
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Sphera appoints Chris Gutheil as CTO to drive AI push

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Sphera names Chris Gutheil CTO to lead its global tech strategy and accelerate Sphera AI development for risk and compliance customers.