IT Industry stories - Page 9

To close tech's gender gap, leaders must champion women with pay transparency, mentorship, male allyship and everyday intentional action.

Irish cybersecurity dealmaking surged 40% in 2024, bucking a 9.5% funding drop across Europe as investors backed more Irish startups.

UK tech leaders warn women must be central to tackling digital skills gaps or the economy risks losing more than GBP £10 billion in growth.

Veeam taps seasoned sales and channel leader Piero Gallucci as Regional Vice President to drive UK and Ireland data resilience growth.

Satellite Connect Europe launches MNO-first direct-to-device satellite network, offering EU-based access to AST SpaceMobile's LEO system.

CPP Investments and Equinix are buying Nordic data centre operator atNorth from Partners Group in a USD $4bn enterprise value deal.

Aero backs Tech She Can with a GBP £500 matched fundraising drive to spotlight and tackle the persistent gender gap in tech careers.

Five years after the Kalifa Review, UK fintech's global edge endures, but slow domestic capital and tax reform threaten its scaling ambitions.

Tech South West launches a UK-wide marine autonomy accelerator with Babcock and University of Plymouth to fast-track ocean tech startups.

MOO renews its Loomery partnership, expanding a Prishtina engineering hub that has rapidly embedded into its manufacturing tech teams.

CommonAI secures GBP £16m ARIA grant to build a Scaling Inference Lab in live UK data centres, targeting 1,000-fold AI cost cuts.

Latos Data Centres has launched consultation on a new “Neural Edge” AI-ready data centre planned for a brownfield site in East Manchester.

AI roles are booming despite a cooler jobs market, with Zapier finding most firms plan AI hiring and many paying sizeable skill premiums.

Sky Business becomes a patron of Technology Supply Chain, boosting connectivity support for over 5,500 UK manufacturing and tech members.

The UK's MWC 2026 pavilion will unite 60 organisations to spotlight 5G, 6G, IoT, satellite innovation and quantum-safe cybersecurity.

Umbraco dominates as UK membership organisations boost digital spend, with the biggest 100 bodies investing GBP £250 million a year.

Generative AI surge set to push global enterprise IT spend to USD $4.96tr by 2026, as services and cloud outpace hardware and comms.

Check Point posts solid 2025 gains, lifts AI security focus for 2026 with Cyata, Cyclops and Rotate deals targeting enterprise demand.

CodeBase founder Stephen Coleman shifts from chief executive to Group Chair as Jon Hope and Richard Lennox take interim leadership roles.

M2M Data Connect launches AI-powered travel eSIM that buyers can activate in under a minute directly via WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger.