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EILEEN FISHER adopts Aptos tech to unify store sales

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EILEEN FISHER will roll out Aptos ONE POS across 50+ North American stores to unify sales, inventory visibility and omnichannel service.
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Leighton to manage eaga Trust’s AWS cloud operations

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Leighton has secured a long-term deal to manage eaga Trust’s AWS cloud, modernising its digital estate and boosting cost efficiency.
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AI shift to operations exposes Australia readiness gap

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Australian tech leaders shift AI from trials to daily operations, but warn a gap in skills and infrastructure risks stalling productivity gains.
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Oracle adds AI agents across CRM & supply chain apps

3 days ago
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Oracle has embedded free prebuilt AI agents across its Fusion apps to automate CRM and supply chain tasks from campaign design to logistics.
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FiLLi Cafe adopts Oracle NetSuite to drive global growth

3 days ago
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FiLLi Cafe adopts Oracle NetSuite to streamline finance, inventory and franchise operations as it scales to 100-plus sites in 13 countries.
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AI pushes dense, decentralised & sustainable data centres

3 days ago
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AI-hungry workloads are forcing data centres to go high-density, pushing power, cooling and sustainability to the top of the IT agenda.
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Interactive & Ansvar mark 15 years of tech partnership

3 days ago
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Interactive and Ansvar celebrate 15-year tech partnership underpinning cyber security, compliance and modernisation in insurance.
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TRENDS builds Boomi data backbone to power rapid growth

4 days ago
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TRENDS taps Boomi to unify 50+ systems, tackling complexity as revenue surges from NZD $10 million to NZD $130 million in a decade.
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BenQ debuts 4K wireless InstaShow VS25 for hybrids

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BenQ’s new InstaShow VS25 adds 4K wireless conferencing for hybrid meeting rooms, promising one-tap, driver-free sharing across devices.
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Omnissa honours global innovators in digital workspaces

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Omnissa launches annual awards spotlighting customer-led innovation in digital workspaces across healthcare, government, travel and finance.
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Fico outlines four AI trends reshaping banking by 2026

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Fico says by 2026 banking AI will be standard infrastructure, heightening fraud risks and putting CIOs and human cyber oversight centre stage.
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Westcon-Comstor launches Tech Insights for EMEA partners

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Westcon-Comstor unveils free Tech Insights programme to help EMEA partners assess cyber risk and AI data readiness for customers.
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Financial firms struggle to scale AI despite strong returns

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Financial firms see strong AI returns but Riverbed survey shows most projects stall in pilots, held back by data quality and tool sprawl.
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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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UK staff confident with AI but lack training & strategy

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Confident but undertrained, UK staff are embracing AI tools at work despite patchy strategies, rollout plans and formal learning support.
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LF taps Rimini Street for SAP, Oracle support savings

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South Korea’s LF picks Rimini Street to support SAP and Oracle systems, cutting maintenance spend and boosting data centre move resilience.
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Observability & AI spark Australia’s business edge

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Australian firms are turning observability from backroom monitor into strategic engine, fusing AI and data to drive growth and resilience.
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SUSE unveils EU cloud sovereignty self-assessment tool

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SUSE unveils a browser-based tool that scores EU cloud sovereignty compliance and delivers a risk and gap analysis in under 20 minutes.
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AI budgets shielded as enterprises chase orchestration

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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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CPG firms modernise data systems to unlock AI at scale

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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.