Capex stories
How Apograph uses proactive firewall upgrades to protect clients and control costs
Last week
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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sd-wan
Apograph's £60-a-month firewall plan helps clients dodge emergency refresh costs, cut downtime and strengthen security across 1,500 endpoints.
Cisco says Wi-Fi spend shifts to growth as AI bites
This month
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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digital transformation
Cisco report finds firms are ramping up wireless budgets as AI, security pressures and staff shortages push networks into a strategic role.
THG Fulfil deploys 430 robots to lift sortation capacity
This month
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supply chain
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productivity
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capex
THG Fulfil deploys 430 sorting robots to raise daily capacity 150% and cut staffing, with a service-based roll-out completed in 35 days.
How embedded DaaS finance drives IT upgrades and creates predictable refresh cycles for the channel
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digital transformation
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fintech
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cx
DaaS finance helps channel partners unlock IT upgrades, cut upfront costs and build predictable refresh cycles for SMEs.
RobCo appoints Dennis Hauser as Chief Financial Officer
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saas
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robots
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digital transformation
RobCo taps Dennis Hauser as Chief Financial Officer to back US expansion after USD $100 million funding round and sharpen its RaaS push.
F5 boosts Kubernetes AI inference with NVIDIA BlueField-3
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virtualisation
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hyperscale
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dc
F5 taps NVIDIA BlueField-3 in BIG-IP Next for Kubernetes to speed AI inference, boosting token throughput and cutting latency at scale.
Sage data shows UK SMEs grow profits but slash investment
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digital transformation
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ai
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clean technologies
UK SMEs lifted revenues and profits in 2025 but cut capital spending for a 17th straight quarter, Sage data shows, signalling wary growth.
Musk floats Tesla 'terafab' chip plant & Intel talks
Last month
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robots
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semiconductors
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hyperscale
Elon Musk says Tesla may build a vast in-house 'terafab' chip plant to secure AI supply and hints at potential manufacturing talks with Intel.
Arcadian's AI success: Start small, solve real problems
Last month
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devops
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digital transformation
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apm
Arcadian Digital backs small, tightly scoped AI projects solving real business problems over hype-fuelled, grandiose rollouts.
Schneider Electric unveils open software-defined DCS
Last month
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digital transformation
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edge computing
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power / energy
Schneider Electric launches EcoStruxure Foxboro SDA, an open software-defined DCS aimed at flexible, hardware-agnostic industrial control.
Oracle Q3 boosted by AI cloud surge & USD $553bn RPO
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saas
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digital transformation
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hyperscale
Oracle Q3 revenue jumps 22% to USD $17.2 billion as AI-fuelled cloud demand soars and contracted backlog swells to USD $553 billion.
IDC says global server revenue hits USD $444.1 billion
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network infrastructure
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semiconductors
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hyperscale
IDC says AI demand drives global server revenue to a record USD $444.1 billion, with hyperscalers and GPU-based systems leading the surge.
External OEM storage revenue rises 3.9% to USD $33bn
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storage
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network infrastructure
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hyperscale
IDC says the external OEM enterprise storage market returned to growth in 2025 as delayed refresh cycles lifted spending, with all-flash arrays leading gains.
Enterprise AI agents: The rise of human-augmented operations
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manufacturing
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digital transformation
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rpa
Enterprise AI agents are shifting from handy copilots to semi-autonomous operators, forcing firms to redesign core systems and human roles.
Holland & Barrett tech push lifts revenue towards GBP £1bn
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robots
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data analytics
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digital transformation
Holland & Barrett's tech and automation drive lifts revenue 11% to GBP £981m, with digital sales surging towards the GBP £1bn mark.
Broadcom previews AI-native VMware Telco Cloud 9 for MNOs
Last month
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virtualisation
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uc
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data protection
Broadcom has previewed AI-native VMware Telco Cloud Platform 9, targeting MNOs with cost savings, GPU sharing and sovereign cloud controls.
Broadcom unveils VMware Telco Cloud to cut costs, power
Last month
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virtualisation
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uc
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private cloud
Broadcom launches VMware Telco Cloud Platform 9, promising operators up to 40% TCO savings and 30% lower power use in data centres.
Power On launches EHV grid links for UK data centres
Fri, 27th Feb 2026
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
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dc
Power On unveils EHV grid links to boost power-hungry UK data centres, targeting AI and HPC growth while easing capacity and cost risks.
CloudRAN.AI, Firecell expand hardware for private 5G
Fri, 27th Feb 2026
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robots
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uc
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manufacturing
CloudRAN.AI and Firecell team up to broaden private 5G radio options, aiming to cut costs and speed deployments for mid-sized sites.
Tariffs, AI, new trade routes reshape supply chains
Thu, 26th Feb 2026
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hyperscale
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fintech
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blockchain
Tariff hikes, AI adoption and regional supply chains are redrawing global trade as firms diversify sourcing and tighten working capital.