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RegScale appoints Chad Woolf as Chief Product Officer to lead product strategy and scale its continuous controls monitoring platform for global growth.

Oracle launches AI agents in Fusion Cloud Applications to enhance marketing, sales, and service, boosting efficiency and customer experience at no extra cost.

Microsoft Excel celebrates 40 years as a vital tool for UK SMEs, with 88% of finance leaders endorsing AI to enhance rather than replace it.

Generative AI is empowering 62% of small UK businesses to innovate and compete, unlocking growth without the major costs faced by larger firms.

Forrester forecasts major agency mergers, job cuts of 15%, and growth in creator-led marketing by 2026 amid automation and industry shifts.

Peak, a UiPath company, launches Agentic AI suite to enhance retail and manufacturing efficiency, already adopted by Hain Celestial and Speedy Hire.

Dashmote has raised $6 million to launch DashSalesAI, an AI agent boosting efficiency for field sales teams via mobile platforms like WhatsApp.

Chainlink and 24 major banks collaborate to reduce $58 billion global corporate actions costs, using AI and blockchain for real-time data sharing and automation.

Kennedys and Spellbook have launched an AI training program to equip junior lawyers with skills vital for a legal sector transformed by automation and AI.

European cybersecurity teams face rising attacks despite slight budget and staff improvements, struggling to keep pace with growing threats and slow reforms.

Manufacturers face supply chain pressures and skills shortages but embrace AI and digital tech to boost efficiency and resilience globally.

As AI projects rise and non-human identities outnumber humans in IT, firms must strengthen cybersecurity and governance to meet new regulatory demands.

As AI reshapes customer experience, brands must build trust with seamless, personal digital interactions or risk losing consumers amid rising expectations.

Check Point and Wiz launch a global, integrated cloud security solution combining real-time AI detection and prevention to tackle growing risks in dynamic environments.

Peel Ports Group has named Gavin Laybourne as its first Chief Technology and Information Officer to lead digital transformation across its UK port operations.

NiCE has appointed Jeff Comstock, former Microsoft VP, as President to lead innovation and expand AI-driven customer experience from October 2025.

Blackdot Solutions launches Videris Automate, an AI platform to speed up financial crime probes by automating intelligence gathering and risk analysis.

Cloudera upgrades its data platform with Iceberg REST Catalog and Lakehouse Optimizer, boosting AI efforts and cutting costs by up to 79%.

Mstack launches Chemstack AI, an AI-driven platform cutting chemical synthesis and commercialisation from 18 months to days amid supply chain woes.

Alexi has launched its Workflow Library, offering 100+ AI workflows to automate tasks and boost efficiency in law firms across various practice areas.