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GTIA acquires ASCII Group to expand channel community
Digital Transformation

GTIA acquires ASCII Group to expand channel community

ASCII members will gain access to GTIA's international network and research as the acquisition widens support for IT channel firms.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week
Targa Telematics wins Frost & Sullivan strategy award
Software-as-a-Service

Targa Telematics wins Frost & Sullivan strategy award

Its platform has been praised for helping fleet operators and insurers connect mixed vehicle systems without replacing legacy IT.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Last month
Midnite taps BR-DGE to expand payments infrastructure
Fintech

Midnite taps BR-DGE to expand payments infrastructure

The move should let customers use more payment options as the betting operator expands beyond the UK and Ireland.

By Raphael Veloso • 3 min read • Last month
Stacklet launches Cloud AI FinOps Benchmark for cloud costs
DevOps

Stacklet launches Cloud AI FinOps Benchmark for cloud costs

Cloud AI bills are drawing new scrutiny as Stacklet targets waste across AWS, Google Cloud and Azure with tested controls.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month
xAI launches Grok 4.7 for coding & knowledge work
Large Language Models

xAI launches Grok 4.7 for coding & knowledge work

The new model is pitched at longer, harder coding jobs and arrives with broader safety checks as rivals vie for developer workflows.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month
Nvidia backs AI power efficiency push with new deals
Semiconductors

Nvidia backs AI power efficiency push with new deals

Electricity is becoming the main bottleneck for AI data centres as new Nvidia partnerships aim to raise output per megawatt.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month
Cohere launches North Small Translate in translation push
Data sovereignty

Cohere launches North Small Translate in translation push

Enterprises handling large multilingual workloads may gain cheaper, faster translation as Cohere's new model targets data control and sovereign deployment.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last month
SAP adds TabPFN-3.5 Plus to AI Core for business data
Customer Relationship Management

SAP adds TabPFN-3.5 Plus to AI Core for business data

Customers could get faster forecasts and risk scores from messy business tables as SAP brings Prior Labs' model into AI Core.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month
OpenAI launches ChatGPT platform for Financial Services
Fintech

OpenAI launches ChatGPT platform for Financial Services

Financial institutions will gain access to licensed market data and governance tools as OpenAI targets research, modelling and client documents.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 5 min read • Last month
Shufti wins Gartner honour for global identity coverage
Software-as-a-Service

Shufti wins Gartner honour for global identity coverage

Businesses onboarding customers abroad may benefit, as Shufti's document checks now cover more than 10,000 identity types in 240 countries.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month
Entire launches Agentic Search for code repositories
DevOps

Entire launches Agentic Search for code repositories

Software agents could cut search time and token use by querying code history across repositories, commits and session transcripts.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month

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Cognizant named to Newsweek's admired workplaces list
Human Capital Management

Cognizant named to Newsweek's admired workplaces list

The repeat honour could help Cognizant recruit talent as it expands AI training and plans to hire 1,500 US college graduates.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • Last week
Park Place launches AI tool to score IT asset health
Digital Transformation

Park Place launches AI tool to score IT asset health

IT teams can now spot failing kit earlier, as Park Place's new AI platform scores servers, storage and network devices from 0 to 100.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Last week
Finance leaders wary of fair AI pricing, survey finds
Software-as-a-Service

Finance leaders wary of fair AI pricing, survey finds

More than half of finance leaders are unsure they are getting a fair deal on AI, as 46% blew their 2025 budgets, a survey found.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 5 min read • Last week
Watching the Agents: AI Observability Has to Evolve for the Agentic Era
Robotics

Watching the Agents: AI Observability Has to Evolve for the Agentic Era

Blind spots in agentic AI could turn routine tasks into breaches, as Canadian firms ramp up use faster than oversight can keep pace.

By Steve Giguere • 6 min read • Last month
Salesforce unveils Koa CRM reasoning model on NVIDIA
Software-as-a-Service

Salesforce unveils Koa CRM reasoning model on NVIDIA

The model is already being piloted by customers as Salesforce pushes AI deeper into CRM workflows with fewer errors and more control.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month
QNX adds Hailo-8 support for the edge AI developers
Robotics

QNX adds Hailo-8 support for the edge AI developers

Developers in safety-critical sectors gain another edge AI option as the pair touts more predictable performance on devices running QNX SDP 8.0.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last month
Google launches BigQuery Graph for AI & fraud checks
Software-as-a-Service

Google launches BigQuery Graph for AI & fraud checks

Fraud teams and AI builders can now query linked data in BigQuery without moving it to a separate graph database, Google said.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last month