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Atlassian adds AI visuals & partner agents to Confluence
Software-as-a-Service

Atlassian adds AI visuals & partner agents to Confluence

Atlassian adds AI visuals and partner agents to Confluence as Remix turns pages into charts, prototypes and presentations.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month
Remote acquires Bravas to add identity & device management
Mobile Device Management

Remote acquires Bravas to add identity & device management

Remote has acquired Bravas in a move that expands its global work platform into identity and device controls for distributed teams.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Last month
Atlassian adds AI Remix & partner agents to Confluence
Data Analytics

Atlassian adds AI Remix & partner agents to Confluence

Atlassian rolls out Confluence Remix and partner agents for Lovable, Replit and Gamma to turn pages into visuals, prototypes and presentations.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Last month
Dynatrace to buy Bindplane in telemetry pipeline push
DevOps

Dynatrace to buy Bindplane in telemetry pipeline push

Dynatrace agrees to buy Bindplane to expand telemetry pipelines, aiming to cut ingest costs and give customers greater control over observability data.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Last month
Cloudflare & GoDaddy back AI bot identity standards
Software-as-a-Service

Cloudflare & GoDaddy back AI bot identity standards

Cloudflare and GoDaddy team up to give site owners more control over AI crawlers while backing open standards to verify agent identity.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Last month
TCCA urges standards push on critical broadband security
Unified Communications

TCCA urges standards push on critical broadband security

TCCA urges industry to align on international standards as 4G and 5G broadband systems expand the cyber risk for mission critical communications.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Last month
Why the next phase of AI adoption will be determined less by models and more by data foundations
Hybrid Cloud

Why the next phase of AI adoption will be determined less by models and more by data foundations

AI adoption's next phase hinges on data foundations, with enterprises needing real-time pipelines, governance and portability to scale safely.

By Will LaForest • 6 min read • Last month
Linux Foundation launches x402 payment protocol body
Hyperscale

Linux Foundation launches x402 payment protocol body

Linux Foundation takes control of Coinbase's x402 protocol as Amazon, Visa and Mastercard back open payments standard for AI-driven web transactions.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month
RugGear joins TCCA in critical communications push
Unified Communications

RugGear joins TCCA in critical communications push

RugGear's TCCA membership signals broader push into broadband mission-critical devices for emergency services and public safety users.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Last month
Opera Neon lets AI clients act directly in browser
DevOps

Opera Neon lets AI clients act directly in browser

Opera opens Neon browser to external AI clients, letting Claude and ChatGPT work inside live sessions with tabs, log-ins and page context.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last month
Lf Energy releases standardised battery dataset with Microsoft
Open source

Lf Energy releases standardised battery dataset with Microsoft

LF Energy and Microsoft back battery standard with dataset on lithium-ion cell design, aiming to make testing and ageing data easier to compare.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Last month
Mercury Security launches app platform for controllers
DevOps

Mercury Security launches app platform for controllers

Mercury Security opens controller app platform to approved developers, with partner software bringing edge integrations and stricter security checks.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last month
Stelia & Nokia team up on enterprise AI deployment
Firewalls

Stelia & Nokia team up on enterprise AI deployment

Stelia and Nokia link AI platform and networking tech to help enterprises run governed, reliable workloads across distributed sites.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Fri, 27th Mar 2026
ODI and SAP partner to advance AI-ready data systems
Data Protection

ODI and SAP partner to advance AI-ready data systems

ODI and SAP team up on AI-ready enterprise data project, seeking open standards and governance to curb risks from poorly prepared information.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Thu, 26th Mar 2026

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GARR & Cubbit launch storage network for universities
Storage

GARR & Cubbit launch storage network for universities

GARR and Cubbit pilot Europe's first federated storage network for Italian universities, starting with 1 petabyte across data centres in Bologna, Rome and Bari.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month
Euro-Office launches as Europe's open-source Office rival
Data Protection

Euro-Office launches as Europe's open-source Office rival

IONOS and Nextcloud unveil Euro-Office, a European open-source suite aimed at public bodies seeking a Microsoft-compatible, sovereign alternative.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Sat, 28th Mar 2026
Antevia joins O-RAN Alliance to simplify private 5G
Unified Communications

Antevia joins O-RAN Alliance to simplify private 5G

Antevia Networks joins the O-RAN Alliance, backing open standards and standard hardware to make private 5G simpler for smaller businesses and venues.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Thu, 26th Mar 2026