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Gamma

Gamma & Red Cactus expand CRM-UCaaS links in Europe

Tue, 13th Jan 2026
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Gamma and Red Cactus have agreed a Europe-wide tie-up to bring Bubble-powered CRM and ERP integrations to Gamma's UCaaS partner network.
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C-suite leaders eye AI, cost cuts & flexible work by 2026

Tue, 13th Jan 2026
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C-suite leaders plan to double down on AI, cost cuts and flexible work by 2026, despite tight budgets and rising tech and labour pressures.
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New Relic: telcos go AI‑first in observability push

Tue, 13th Jan 2026
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Telcos race ahead on AI-first observability as New Relic links faster AI monitoring uptake to higher returns and fewer costly outages.
Outsystems

OutSystems appoints Fay Sien Goon as new finance chief

Tue, 13th Jan 2026
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OutSystems names Fay Sien Goon as CFO to steer global finance and support its push into AI-powered application development and agentic systems.
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Vertex Group names Puneeta Rajwant to lead India push

Tue, 13th Jan 2026
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Vertex Group names Puneeta Rajwant to steer India expansion, InfraTech launch and drive its Vertex 2.0 agenda towards INR ₹1,000 crore.
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Self-employed brace for digital tax as deadline looms

Tue, 13th Jan 2026
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UK sole traders face mounting year-end tax pressure as Making Tax Digital nears, driving a surge in software and AI adoption to save time.
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AI drives rise of solo 'Founder + AI' UK businesses

Mon, 12th Jan 2026
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AI is fuelling a boom in solo UK “Founder + AI” ventures as entrepreneurs favour lean, automated operations over hiring staff.
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Unit4 hits 100th ERPx go-live & boosts AI investment

Mon, 12th Jan 2026
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Unit4 marks 100th ERPx go-live, ramps up AI learning and security as more public and private sector customers move to its cloud ERP.
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Renfrewshire AI adviser Millie hailed as model for councils

Mon, 12th Jan 2026
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Renfrewshire's AI adviser Millie cuts calls, saves GBP £110,000 and wins awards, as Scotland is hailed a model for council services.
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AI now seen as essential by European finance leaders

Mon, 12th Jan 2026
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AI has shifted from experiment to existential need in European finance, with most leaders fearing profit loss or obsolescence if they lag.
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AI strategies shift from cost-cutting to growth focus

Mon, 12th Jan 2026
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Business leaders now see AI chiefly as a growth engine, with most shifting strategies from cost-cutting to revenue and innovation gains.
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Private 5G & LTE spend to surpass USD $7.2bn by 2028

Mon, 12th Jan 2026
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Private 5G and LTE spend will top USD $7.2bn by 2028, as industries shift from public mobile networks to standalone private deployments.
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AI workloads force Kubernetes shift to autonomous SRE

Sat, 10th Jan 2026
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AI SRE, GPU-aware schedulers and autonomous ops are set to overhaul how large enterprises run Kubernetes clusters by 2026.
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DTCC sets 2026 agenda on tokenisation, AI & T+1 shift

Sat, 10th Jan 2026
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DTCC maps an ambitious 2026 plan, deepening tokenisation and AI while overhauling risk, collateral and post-trade ahead of Europe's T+1 shift.
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xAI raises USD $20 billion to expand Grok AI platform

Sat, 10th Jan 2026
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Elon Musk's xAI raises USD $20 billion, turbocharging Grok model training and GPU build-out as rivalry in frontier AI heats up.
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Accenture to buy UK AI firm Faculty in USD $1bn deal

Sat, 10th Jan 2026
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Accenture to acquire UK AI specialist Faculty for USD $1bn, in its biggest British AI startup deal and a major bet on AI safety expertise.
Columbus

Columbus, Infor extend M3 CloudSuites push in UK

Fri, 9th Jan 2026
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Columbus deepens Infor alliance to drive UK roll-out of M3 CloudSuites, backed by fresh hiring and a plan to double customers by 2027.
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UK firms ramp up FX hedging as sterling volatility bites

Fri, 9th Jan 2026
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UK firms step up FX hedging as sterling's sharp swings hit earnings, with more businesses extending hedge lengths and raising cover.
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Conveyd raises GBP £2.5m to speed up UK home buying

Fri, 9th Jan 2026
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UK start-up Conveyd raises GBP £2.5m to expand its AI-driven conveyancing platform, promising to cut home purchase times to weeks.
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Salesforce unveils AI fluency guide for agentic workforces

Fri, 9th Jan 2026
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Salesforce launches an AI Fluency Playbook to help build 'agentic enterprises', guiding staff to work effectively with AI agents at scale.