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Sofiah Nichole Salivio
News Editor
Sofiah Nichole has balanced a dual passion for technical precision and the written word since 2017. Before diving into the world of Civil Engineering, she spent years navigating school press conferences and contributing to university publications, honing her skills as a versatile staff writer. Outside of her engineering labs, you can find her advocating for student voices and looking for the next great story to tell. She believes that whether you are building a bridge or a news report, the foundation must be rock solid.

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Melissa podcast probes data quality, risk & identity

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Data specialist Melissa debuts a podcast probing how flawed customer and identity data fuels risk, fraud and compliance headaches.
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Stellar Omada lands HMRC testing deal worth GBP £10m

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Edinburgh's Stellar Omada secures five-year HMRC digital testing contract worth more than GBP £10m, bolstering its UK public sector footprint.
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Percona names Kyle Davis to lead Redis & Valkey push

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Percona has appointed open source veteran Kyle Davis to spearhead its Redis and Valkey strategy amid shifting database licensing models.
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Sparkfly & PlayOn link school sports to retail data

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commerce systems
Sparkfly and PlayOn team up to tie retail offers and attribution to millions of US high school sports fans across ticketing and streaming.
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Conga research links slow quote approvals to lost deals

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Slow internal quote approvals are derailing nearly half of deals, Conga research finds, as fragmented systems stall revenue and forecasting.
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Epsilon links digital retail media to UK in-store sales

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Epsilon launches UK tool linking digital retail media to in-store sales, promising a single view of online and offline campaign impact.
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Altimetrik names Dhirendra Nath as Chief HR Officer

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Altimetrik appoints Dhirendra Nath as Chief HR Officer to steer people strategy and culture integration after its merger with SLK.
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Expereo appoints Kevin Brown as Chief Operating Officer

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sd-wan
Expereo names Kevin Brown COO to drive global operational integration and digital transformation across its managed network services.
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Vertiv unveils PowerUPS 6000 for harsh industrial sites

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power / energy
Vertiv launches PowerUPS 6000 Industrial UPS, promising resilient power protection for harsh, dusty and high-temperature plant environments.
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SPORTL raises GBP £250,000 to launch London fitness app

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SPORTL secures GBP £250,000 pre-seed funding to launch a pay-as-you-train fitness booking app with 50 partner gyms across London.
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Explore Learning urges evidence-led AI in classrooms

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Explore Learning warns schools that hype-fuelled classroom AI risks harming children's learning without robust evidence and human oversight.
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UK leaders overestimate everyday use of AI at work

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UK bosses vastly overestimate how often staff use AI at work, with big gaps over daily use, task delegation and who actually benefits.
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Solidatus unveils AI assistant to automate data lineage

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Solidatus launches AI Lineage Assistant to automate complex data mapping for regulated firms under mounting traceability and audit pressure.
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Automotive Insights adds leaders & moves to new base

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cartech
Automotive Insights bolsters senior team with three key hires and relocates to a new Manchester base to fuel its next growth phase.
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Anchr raises USD $5.8m to build AI OS for distributors

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digital transformation
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partner programmes
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rpa
New York-based Anchr raises USD $5.8m seed round to build an AI-native OS automating core workflows for food distributors worldwide.
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Denodo 9.4 boosts unified data access & AI at scale

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Denodo Platform 9.4 targets production AI with unified governed data access, vector and MCP integration, plus a faster lakehouse engine.
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SITA links Google Find Hub with WorldTracer baggage data

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SITA links Google's Find Hub with WorldTracer, letting airlines use passenger-shared bag locations to speed delayed baggage recovery.
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Smart Communications names David Hamilton as Chairman

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document management
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Smart Communications appoints veteran fintech executive David Hamilton as Chairman to steer global expansion and AI push in regulated sectors.
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Personnel Checks buys KYC to boost SME screening reach

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data protection
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hcm
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risk & compliance
Personnel Checks buys Manchester-based Know Your Candidate, gaining 2,000 SME clients and a second UK base in a six-figure deal.
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Linedata unveils Mosaic to unify fixed income trading

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Linedata has launched Mosaic, an FDC3-based workspace unifying fixed income trading tools to cut integration time and manual rekeying.