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Celonis names Ewan Henderson North America GM for AI push

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Celonis hires veteran software leader Ewan Henderson as North America GM to tighten AI's link to day-to-day operations and measurable ROI.
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Conga acquires PROS B2B arm to boost pricing platform

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Conga buys PROS' B2B software unit, fusing AI-driven pricing with quoting and contract tools for over 10,000 enterprise customers.
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Rimini Street urges ERP users to defy upgrade pressure

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Rimini Street urges ERP users to resist vendor upgrade pressure, touting Smart Path and Agentic AI as cheaper, longer-life alternatives.
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David Owasi on turning missed calls into an AI business

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After losing his job, David Owasi grew OutreachGenius into an AI call-handler for trades - and now has his sights set on space technology.
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Sage boosts X3 ERP with AI copilots & automation tools

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Sage adds AI copilots, finance automation and supply chain intelligence to Sage X3, promising faster insight for mid-sized firms.
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Zendesk names Craig Flower COO to drive AI first shift

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Zendesk promotes Craig Flower to chief operating officer, tasking him with accelerating its AI-first customer service and operations strategy.
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Ignored low-priority alerts fuel real enterprise breaches

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Ignored 'low-risk' security alerts are seeding real enterprise breaches, with Intezer warning of dozens of overlooked threats each year.
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Sage X3 gains Copilot, AI agents & smarter automation

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Sage adds Copilot, AI agents and smarter automation to Sage X3, promising faster decisions for mid-sized finance and supply chain teams.
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Oracle unveils AI agentic platform for retail banks

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Oracle launches an AI agent platform for retail banks, blending autonomous agents and human oversight to automate and personalise services.
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Salesforce disputes reports it cut 4,000 roles over AI

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Salesforce denies axing 4,000 jobs for AI as critics question Agentforce reliability and the need for hard-coded fallbacks in workflows.
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VEON partners with MindBridge on AI-driven audit shift

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VEON will use MindBridge AI to scrutinise all financial transactions in real time, replacing traditional sample-based internal audits.
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20i launches Twentie AI assistant for unlimited hosting help

Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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20i unveils Twentie, an AI assistant embedded in its hosting platform, offering account-aware support, reports and analytics with unlimited use.
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AI budgets shielded as enterprises chase orchestration

Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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Enterprises ringfence AI spend as core infrastructure, racing from pilots to orchestrated, governed systems despite economic headwinds.
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Adeptia unveils tool to speed retirement enrolment data

Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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Adeptia launches Automate for Retirement Benefits Enrolment to automate fragmented data intake and speed record-keeping enrolment flows.
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ServiceNow deepens Anthropic tie & wins airline deal

Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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ServiceNow makes Anthropic's Claude its default AI for app building and wins a major Panasonic Avionics deal spanning 300+ airlines.
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CPG firms modernise data systems to unlock AI at scale

Thu, 29th Jan 2026
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Consumer goods groups race to modernise fragmented data systems as they lay foundations for scaling AI and agentic tools across factories.
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Luminance unveils AI platform to tackle 'enterprise amnesia'

Thu, 29th Jan 2026
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Luminance launches AI platform to capture contract memory and combat 'enterprise amnesia', promising 90% faster negotiations.
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ServiceNow deepens Claude AI integration across work

Thu, 29th Jan 2026
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ServiceNow makes Anthropic's Claude its default AI across Build Agent and workflows, promising faster app development and industry-specific gains.
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Compugen & AXL team up to drive applied AI at scale

Thu, 29th Jan 2026
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Compugen has partnered with Toronto venture studio AXL to co-develop and scale applied AI solutions for large enterprise customers.
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'Lazy supplier data' blamed for failures in procurement AI

Thu, 29th Jan 2026
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Lazy supplier data is crippling procurement AI, sparking hallucinations, broken automations and a 'Transformation Wall' to adoption.