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Acquirz hires data & AI chief after Marketscan deal
Customer Relationship Management

Acquirz hires data & AI chief after Marketscan deal

Acquirz strengthens leadership team with Kevin Smith and Kelly Merchant as the Cheltenham firm scales after acquiring Marketscan.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • 4 days ago
AI makes public sector IT jobs more demanding, survey finds
Data Analytics

AI makes public sector IT jobs more demanding, survey finds

AI tools are adding oversight and complexity for public sector IT teams, with 56% saying the technology has made their roles more demanding.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • 4 days ago
UK consumers use AI widely but trust lags, EY finds
Digital Transformation

UK consumers use AI widely but trust lags, EY finds

EY says 74% of UK consumers have used AI in six months, but only 14% would trust fully autonomous systems as security and governance worries grow.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 4 days ago
TISA backs digital ID plans but warns on safeguards
Data Protection

TISA backs digital ID plans but warns on safeguards

TISA supports digital ID plans to cut friction in financial services, but urges ministers to set strong safeguards against fraud and privacy risks.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • 4 days ago

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AI inference becomes core operational workload in firms
DevOps

AI inference becomes core operational workload in firms

AI inference is now a core business workload as F5 finds 78% of firms run their own infrastructure and 93% operate across multiple clouds.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • 3 days ago
Proofpoint launches AI tool for compliance investigations
Security Operations Centres

Proofpoint launches AI tool for compliance investigations

Proofpoint unveils Prism Investigator AI platform to help compliance and legal teams reconstruct cases from scattered records and audit trails.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 3 days ago
Amperity launches AI tools for real-time customer action
Customer Experience

Amperity launches AI tools for real-time customer action

Amperity adds AI assistants and live customer data tools to help brands act during website visits, basket abandonments and other interactions.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 3 days ago
Is your data ready for AI? 5 steps before deploying an agent
Data Protection

Is your data ready for AI? 5 steps before deploying an agent

Five data readiness steps can make or break AI agents, as organisations are warned that quality, context, currency and compliance matter most.

By Bobby Joseph • 6 min read • 3 days ago
SAP agrees to acquire Dremio in data platform push
Manufacturing

SAP agrees to acquire Dremio in data platform push

SAP to acquire Dremio in a bid to bolster its data platform, with the Chief Technology Officer touting open standards for AI-ready analytics.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 4 days ago
SAP buys Prior Labs to boost enterprise AI research
Data Analytics

SAP buys Prior Labs to boost enterprise AI research

SAP to invest more than EUR €1 billion in Prior Labs, creating a Europe-based AI research lab for structured business data.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 4 days ago
Cloudera launches zero-copy connector for ServiceNow
Data Protection

Cloudera launches zero-copy connector for ServiceNow

Cloudera and ServiceNow deepen partnership with a zero-copy connector aimed at governed AI workflows, hybrid data control and traceable automation.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • 5 days ago
RecordPoint named in Forrester AI governance landscape
Data Protection

RecordPoint named in Forrester AI governance landscape

Forrester names Sydney-based RecordPoint in its Responsible AI Solutions Landscape as regulated customers demand tighter data governance.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • 5 days ago
Data quality powers KYB: Mitigating risk and fighting fraud in real-time
Fintech

Data quality powers KYB: Mitigating risk and fighting fraud in real-time

Real-time data quality helps financial institutions spot risky business clients, flag sanctions links and cut fraud without slowing checks.

By Bud Walker • 5 min read • 5 days ago
Enterprise AI ambitions outpace readiness, survey finds
Data Protection

Enterprise AI ambitions outpace readiness, survey finds

Hyland study finds most businesses lack the connected data and workflows needed to turn AI ambitions into measurable results.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • 5 days ago

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Data governance stories

Probe finds OpenAI violated privacy laws in ChatGPT dev
Data Protection

Probe finds OpenAI violated privacy laws in ChatGPT dev

OpenAI tightens ChatGPT data practices after Canadian regulators find privacy breaches and secure commitments to better protect users.

By Jake MacAndrew • 3 min read • 4 days ago
FIS & Anthropic launch AI agent for bank crime probes
Fintech

FIS & Anthropic launch AI agent for bank crime probes

FIS and Anthropic team up on Financial Crimes AI Agent for banks, aiming to cut anti-money laundering checks from hours to minutes.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • 4 days ago
Ataccama & ServiceNow surface data quality in catalog
Digital Transformation

Ataccama & ServiceNow surface data quality in catalog

Ataccama and ServiceNow have teamed up to surface quality scores, alerts and lineage inside Data Catalog, helping users and AI agents judge data before use.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 4 days ago