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Thrive appoints Matt Kosovsky as Chief Financial Officer

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Thrive names Matt Kosovsky Chief Financial Officer as the managed services and cybersecurity provider accelerates acquisitions and AI-led expansion.
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Ricoh launches A3 monochrome printers with cloud tools

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Ricoh USA unveils new A3 black-and-white multifunction printers with cloud tools, stronger security and sustainability upgrades for office fleets.
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Exclusive: Denodo's Dominic Sartorio on perfect data vs the right data

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Denodo's Dominic Sartorio warns businesses accelerating artificial intelligence deployments that cloud migrations alone do not make data ready for real-time AI.
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Sage deepens AWS ties to push AI for smaller firms

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Sage expands AWS partnership to speed AI finance tools for SMBs, with new marketplace offerings, cloud migration and developer support.
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Multiverse unveils LittleLamb open-source AI models

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Multiverse launches LittleLamb open-source models for edge and offline use, touting compact AI for mobile, industrial and defence deployments.
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DevOps incidents jump 21% as downtime hits 9,255 hours

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GitProtect says outages on major DevOps platforms jumped 21% in 2025, with longer disruptions hitting GitLab, Jira and GitHub hardest.
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Jazz urges stronger IP safeguards amid AI data leaks

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Jazz and Aptech call for stronger IP safeguards as AI and video-first content increase exposure risks and reshape digital creation.
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SAS refreshes data management tools for AI governance

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SAS updates its data management portfolio with cloud-native tools to improve governance, cut data movement and support analytics and AI.
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GitLab deepens Anthropic Claude integration for governance

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GitLab adds Anthropic's latest Claude models to Duo Agent Platform, giving enterprises cloud-based access with governance, compliance and audit controls.
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Check Point launches Canada data residency for SASE

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Check Point expands SASE data residency to Canada, letting organisations keep security telemetry and logs in-country for compliance and sovereignty needs.
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API attacks surge as AI exposure raises cyber risk

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Akamai survey finds APIs are now cybercriminals' main target, with AI-linked interfaces under attack and incidents costing organisations more than USD $700,000.
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Vertiv acquires Strategic Thermal Labs in cooling push

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Vertiv expands liquid cooling engineering with Strategic Thermal Labs deal as AI data centre heat loads intensify.
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Google Cloud CEO sets out enterprise AI agent plan

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Google Cloud's Thomas Kurian unveils Gemini Enterprise as an open, secure workplace AI platform linking models, data, chips and security.
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Kingston launches 30.72TB DC3000ME SSD for data centres

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Kingston unveils 30.72TB DC3000ME SSD for data centres, targeting AI, HPC and cloud workloads with PCIe 5.0 speeds and PCIe 4.0 support.
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Netskope expands Google Cloud AI Guardrails partnership

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Netskope deepens Google Cloud tie-up to bring AI Guardrails to generative and agentic systems with real-time safety checks.
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SUSE unveils AI partnerships amid sovereignty push

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SUSE expands AI, virtualisation and agentic partnerships as it targets digital sovereignty, citing research showing many firms have yet to act.
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UiPath links Databricks data & expands Deloitte tests

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UiPath deepens Databricks and Deloitte ties to push governed AI workflows and automated testing across enterprise data operations.
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Cohere, Aleph Alpha plan transatlantic sovereign AI tie-up

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Cohere and Aleph Alpha plan a transatlantic sovereign AI venture, with Schwarz Group pledging USD $600 million to back the tie-up.
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TCS expands Google Cloud tie-up with four AI offerings

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TCS deepens Google Cloud partnership with four new AI products aimed at speeding enterprise automation, factory efficiency and cyber defence.
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TCS expands Google Cloud partnership for autonomous AI

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TCS broadens Google Cloud alliance to speed enterprise shift into autonomous AI systems with new tools for data, factories and security.