The Ultimate Guide to Digital Transformation
A curated UK edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for Digital Transformation.
What to know about Digital Transformation
Digital Transformation is a pivotal topic shaping the future of business, technology, and society. This extensive collection of stories highlights how organisations across industries and regions are navigating the complexities of digital change, leveraging emerging technologies such as AI, cloud computing, IoT, and automation to enhance operations, customer experiences, and competitive advantage.
From global expansions and strategic partnerships to AI-driven innovations and challenges involving legacy systems, skills gaps, and cybersecurity, the narratives offer deep insights into the multifaceted nature of digital transformation. Readers can explore case studies of enterprises revamping their infrastructure, government initiatives accelerating digital services, and the evolving roles of leadership in driving technology adoption.
Engaging with these stories will provide readers with a broad understanding of current trends, practical strategies, and forward-looking perspectives essential for thriving in an increasingly digital world. Whether you’re a business leader, IT professional, or technology enthusiast, this tag offers valuable knowledge on embracing transformation to foster resilience, innovation, and growth.
UK Digital Transformation News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
HiBob Chief Executive named in HR tech influencers list
The recognition reflects a wider shift in HR tech as employers look beyond automation to redesign work around AI and workforce strategy.
AutoRek buys Grath to expand AI reconciliation tools
The deal gives financial firms more deployment options as demand grows for AI-led reconciliation without sacrificing auditability or regulatory control.
B&M completes checkout system rollout across 790 stores
The upgrade should cut faults and speed up checkouts for shoppers and staff across one of the UK's largest discount store networks.
UK businesses underuse finance software, bluQube finds
Most firms are not getting the return they expected from finance platforms, with 89.3% using less than three quarters of available functions.
Connected building systems pose growing cyber risk
Businesses risk building outages and wider network breaches unless they secure internet-connected systems, Restore Information Management has warned.
Finance leaders need AI skills as governance tightens
Employers are competing for finance chiefs who can judge AI risks and explain data models, as only a small pool can lead implementations.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Digital Transformation
QuSecure lands Gartner nod for crypto-agility tools
SMEs push notebook prices 26% above retail across Europe
Bedrock Data launches AI agent data loss prevention
Celonis named Gartner leader in digital twin market
Enterprise AI deployments slowed by security reviews
Featured News
Grafana Labs launches six AI tools for telemetry & agents
Grafana Labs has launched six AI observability tools during its AI Week, including new capabilities for monitoring and investigating AI agents.
Theorem study: friction between pre-sales and executed media ads
Theorem's new survey finds friction remains the biggest barrier in enterprise pre-sales, despite widespread automation adoption.
Semperis' Hargraves says real-time documentation boosts cyber resilience
Real-time logging during cyber incidents helps firms rebuild events accurately and close gaps faster after attacks, Marie Hargraves says.
Check Point CTO on AI's double-edged sword
AI is shrinking the gap between vulnerability disclosure and real-world exploitation to hours, forcing security teams to adapt fast.
Meet the man behind the Saas-Pocalypse: Emergent's Mukund Jha
The new cash will help Emergent broaden from coding tools into an operating system for small and medium businesses as demand surges.
Check Point: Be the best, or get out the way
Rising AI-driven attacks are compel security buyers to cut vendor sprawl, though Check Point warns over-consolidation can still raise risk.
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Check Point: Hackers are already in. Act accordingly
Hackers are exploiting vulnerabilities in hours or minutes, leaving many organisations compromised before defenders spot the breach.
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OnBoard says board AI policy key, but lags behind in adoption
Most boards are using AI, but formal guidelines are still missing as adoption races ahead of governance, OnBoard's survey found.
The new workforce: AI agents to work in concert with humans
AI agents are set to reshape hiring and team structures, pushing firms towards global talent pools and outcome-based work.
How the 'human hour' mentality influences the future of tech
AI pilots are faltering where firms still judge success by hours saved, leaving customer value and workforce design unresolved.
Humanoid robots, 0-day defence among Info-Tech trends for '27
Agentic AI, zero-day surge, sovereign cloud, and humanoid robots will define IT strategy in 2027, Info-Tech Research Group warns.
Exabeam: Ruthless efficiency can make agentic AI malicious
Behavioural analytics is becoming essential as AI agents can pursue tasks so efficiently that they may cause damage without any malicious intent.
Exclusive: Reco COO on securing the AI inside your SaaS stack
Reco COO Zoe Hillenmeyer says enterprises typically underestimate their AI agent exposure by a factor of ten and that gap is widening.
Riverbed says go from ticket queues to zero disruption
AI-driven support tools could cut employee downtime, as Riverbed argues that fewer tickets may still hide unresolved problems.
Dell Technologies makes all the hardware cool again
Renewed AI spending is boosting demand for Dell's secure, certified infrastructure as companies chase faster deployment and lower cloud costs.
Expert Columns
New UK Critical Third Party regime: why this is only the beginning for financial institutions
Why cybercriminals are targeting MSPs first
Global payments got faster. The last mile didn't
Why Southeast Asia is becoming a global fintech growth hub
SonicWall joins Anthropic's Project Glasswing to find flaws
Bolt-on AI is the new lipstick on a pig; the pig is still running your enterprise
No more pilots: Why enterprise AI strategies need an operating model
Managing your supplier risk isn't a deadline. It's about your resilience
The shadow identity crisis: Who let the agents in?
AI in action: From conversations to real business outcomes
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the network
Grafana Labs launches six AI tools for telemetry & agents
Theorem study: friction between pre-sales and executed media ads
Semperis' Hargraves says real-time documentation boosts cyber resilience
Check Point CTO on AI's double-edged sword
Meet the man behind the Saas-Pocalypse: Emergent's Mukund Jha
Recent Digital Transformation News
New UK Critical Third Party regime: why this is only the beginning for financial institutions
Financial institutions still face hidden fourth-party risks even after Microsoft, Google Cloud, AWS and Oracle were designated as critical providers.
Why cybercriminals are targeting MSPs first
Supply chain attacks are pushing cyber risk upstream, putting managed service providers under pressure from customers and regulators over shared access.
Topps Tiles launches trade app for UK professionals
Trade professionals across the UK can now check stock, track orders and manage purchases on mobile as Topps Tiles expands digital services.
DBL Capital buys into Home Space Direct with funding
Working capital from a six-figure debt package will support the Stockport retailer's ownership change and online expansion.
UK manufacturing hit by 1.84 million ransomware events
Factory downtime risks and supply chain disruption have made UK manufacturing the country's most targeted sector for ransomware, SonicWall said.
Enterprises lose 11.5 hours a week to cloud issues
IT teams are losing more than a day a week to cloud troubleshooting, as AI and multi-cloud plans expose network bottlenecks.
Housing digital services face trust gap, Granicus warns
Nearly half of UK citizens distrust AI in public housing services, despite workers reporting strong confidence in accessibility and delivery by 2028.
Dropzone AI launches threat hunter for security teams
Routine hunting can now be run in hours rather than days, helping security teams uncover intrusions and gaps they might otherwise miss.
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WorkNest Secure adds continuous vulnerability scanning
Customers can now track security weaknesses in real time, as GuardNest moves beyond annual checks to constant scanning and remediation.
UK manufacturing hit by ransomware surge, SonicWall says
Ransomware attacks on British factory systems jumped to 1.84 million in five months, raising the risk of production stoppages and supply chain disruption.
Sapiens names Paul Wheeler Chief Executive Officer
The insurance software group is pushing ahead with its AI reshaping as Paul Wheeler takes over as Chief Executive Officer from Mike Ettling.
North East deal links UK trade centre with Iraq & MENA
The deal gives North East firms a route into Iraq and MENA, while opening a UK base for investors, universities and public bodies.
London to take majority of UK finance hiring in 2026
Vacancies in the capital are forecast to rise 17% next year, lifting London to 52% of UK finance recruitment as hiring narrows.
SnapLogic expands SnapGPT across integration lifecycle
Enterprise teams can now use natural language to plan, build and troubleshoot integrations as SnapLogic widens SnapGPT across its platform.
Airsys urges MPs to back data centre retrofits first
Retrofitting existing sites could ease Britain's AI capacity crunch faster than new builds, Airsys has told MPs amid power and planning bottlenecks.
No more pilots: Why enterprise AI strategies need an operating model
Many firms are stuck in pilot purgatory as governance and workflow redesign lag behind AI ambition, limiting scale and value.
Access buys Talent Funnel to boost hospitality hiring
The deal expands Access Hospitality's recruitment software as hospitality employers face labour shortages, turnover and seasonal hiring swings.
UK firms face AI value gap as client pressure mounts
Britain's legal and accounting firms risk losing business as clients demand AI-led quality gains that few providers are delivering.
UK leaders back data streaming engineers for faster AI
UK executives say AI rollouts could speed up if firms hire data streaming engineers, with 94% backing the specialist role.
IFS posts 25% ARR growth as industrial AI demand rises
Industrial software buyers are shifting AI budgets into day-to-day operations, helping IFS lift annual recurring revenue 25% in H1 2026.
Job Moves
Sapiens names Paul Wheeler Chief Executive Officer
Public Digital promotes Lauren Kahn & Gurpreet Sehmi
Hyperlayer names first Head of AI as banks push AI
Paylink appoints new Senior Leaders as business evolves platform
Mercator promotes Gold & Bates in leadership shake-up
CloudFirst appoints Scott Lee as Chief Revenue Officer
D2 Legal Technology names Daniel Heymann to lead law firm AI
Crescendo appoints Andy Lee as Chief Executive Officer
Sterling appoints Alistair Kirk as Non-executive Adviser
