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ABBYY named leader in Gartner's IDP market assessment
Software-as-a-Service

ABBYY named leader in Gartner's IDP market assessment

Enterprise buyers are weighing more than OCR as ABBYY's latest Gartner ranking underscores growing demand for reliable AI-ready document workflows.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • 6 days ago
Secure.com warns AI security tools can falter in production
Security Operations Centres

Secure.com warns AI security tools can falter in production

Live testing may show AI security tools missing threats or flooding analysts with false alerts, Secure.com says.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week
Future of AI is distributed infrastructure built on open source
Hybrid Cloud

Future of AI is distributed infrastructure built on open source

Rising AI demand is exposing cloud bottlenecks, as firms eye in-house open source systems to cut costs and limit vendor lock-in.

By Anthony Caruana • 4 min read • Last week
Google Cloud unveils Data Agent Kit for developers
Data Analytics

Google Cloud unveils Data Agent Kit for developers

The preview kit could cut the time data developers spend switching between warehouses, databases and storage while still needing approval for each action.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week
LibreOffice 26.8 boosts scripts & typography support
Data Protection

LibreOffice 26.8 boosts scripts & typography support

Users of right-to-left scripts will see better layout and editing, as the open-source suite adds broader text support and preserves more files.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • Last week
Google named Gartner cloud leader for ninth straight year
Data Protection

Google named Gartner cloud leader for ninth straight year

The recognition bolsters Google's pitch to enterprises seeking AI-ready cloud systems with tighter data control as rivals vie for big workloads.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • This month
Teradata links Autonomous Knowledge Platform to OneLake
Hybrid Cloud

Teradata links Autonomous Knowledge Platform to OneLake

Customers can analyse data without copying it, as the link between Teradata and Microsoft OneLake cuts pipeline costs and governance overhead.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • This month
Equinix launches managed AI cloud connectivity service
Network Infrastructure

Equinix launches managed AI cloud connectivity service

Enterprises could cut the manual work of linking AI and cloud systems as Equinix readies a managed service built on an open standard.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • This month
Teradata links Autonomous Knowledge Platform to OneLake
Hybrid Cloud

Teradata links Autonomous Knowledge Platform to OneLake

Customers can run AI workloads on OneLake data in place, reducing the need for ETL pipelines and duplicate copies across systems.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • This month
Equinix launches AI inference & connectivity services
Platform-as-a-Service

Equinix launches AI inference & connectivity services

Enterprises will be able to place AI inference nearer to users and data, while Equinix tackles the networking sprawl across clouds and sites.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • This month
Innovid adds Meta ads MCP to NIVO AI for marketers
Software-as-a-Service

Innovid adds Meta ads MCP to NIVO AI for marketers

Advertisers can now check Meta campaign health and spot optimisation opportunities inside NIVO without juggling separate dashboards.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • This month
iManage & Thomson Reuters expand legal AI partnership
Software-as-a-Service

iManage & Thomson Reuters expand legal AI partnership

Legal teams will be able to keep AI drafts, precedents and matter records under existing controls as the two firms widen product links.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • This month
Semtech touts LoRa for utility-scale solar monitoring
Network Infrastructure

Semtech touts LoRa for utility-scale solar monitoring

Operators can cut cabling costs and improve fault detection as Semtech pushes LoRa for remote monitoring across vast solar farms.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Last month
Trusted identity cuts across physical and logical systems
Digital Transformation

Trusted identity cuts across physical and logical systems

Unified identity systems can cut admin overhead and shrink attack surfaces as remote work and cyber threats blur physical and digital access.

By Anthony Caruana • 4 min read • Last month
Payouts.com picks Casper for AI agent payment settlement
Fintech

Payouts.com picks Casper for AI agent payment settlement

AI agents gain a dedicated payment rail as the partnership aims to remove reliance on human card details for software-led purchases.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month

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Open source software offers 2-5x more value for grids
Digital Transformation

Open source software offers 2-5x more value for grids

Grid operators could save more and cut risk as a new framework shows open source software can deliver 2-5x greater net value.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • 5 days ago
Canada's tech problem is its growing technology dependency
Hybrid Cloud

Canada's tech problem is its growing technology dependency

Excessive reliance on foreign platforms is leaving governments and businesses vulnerable to price shocks, lock-in and lost control.

By Andre Duttmann • 8 min read • Last month