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Databricks secures over USD $4bn in fresh funding, lifting its valuation to USD $134bn as demand for AI data infrastructure surges.

Tenable names Microsoft veteran Vlad Korsunsky CTO and Israel chief to drive its AI-led exposure management and security platform strategy.

Manufacturers bet heavily on AI to boost margins within two years, even as most admit their plants lack the readiness to deploy it at scale.

BlackLine snaps up WiseLayer to embed AI agents in its Verity suite, automating complex close tasks and reshaping finance team workloads.

Axis forecasts 2026 security shaped by IT-led, ecosystem-first buying, AI edge devices, hybrid cloud models and surging mobile surveillance.

Cloudera predicts 2026 will bring disposable AI-built apps, tougher scrutiny of patchwork systems and AI agents policing data governance.

Veeam launches a ServiceNow app that embeds backup, recovery and compliance workflows for regulated industries at no extra cost.

GitHub will cut Actions hosted runner prices by up to 39% from 2026 while adding a new USD $0.002-a-minute fee for self-hosted use.

Fortinet embeds its FortiGate firewall on NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPUs, offloading AI data centre security from host CPUs to isolated hardware.

ServiceNow buys AI assistant specialist Moveworks to create a single conversational 'front door' into automated workflows across the enterprise.

Fortinet and Nvidia move firewall and zero-trust controls onto BlueField DPUs, promising low-latency, fabric-level security for AI data centres.

Safe Software named niche player in 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools, its sixth consecutive appearance in the report.

BluSky AI hires finance leader Riley Cooney as corporate development and strategy chief to accelerate its modular AI data centre expansion.

Forrester predicts AI-native clouds will reap USD $20 billion and digital workers will reshape enterprise software and development by 2026.

Australian start-up Restoke.ai launches its AI 'restaurant manager' in the US, promising to boost margins and automate back-of-house work.

Cloudflare warns 2025 brings surging AI traffic, record DDoS attacks and escalating Internet 'bot wars' as civil groups face rising threats.

New Zealand composites specialist C-Tech adopts Dassault's cloud 3DEXPERIENCE CAD to unify design, simulation and manufacturing across sites.

Nutanix launches distributed sovereign cloud upgrades to secure AI and Kubernetes workloads across dark sites, public clouds and on-premise.

Zoom unveils AI Companion 3.0, adding agentic workflows, a browser hub for work orchestration and standalone access from USD $10 a month.

NashTech adds five senior UK and US leaders to sharpen AI and digital transformation expertise as global client demand accelerates.