Automation stories
Users will be able to draft emails, edit images and summon an AI agent as Google broadens paid access across Workspace and Gemini.
Search now blends text, images and files as Google rolls out a single AI experience and background agents to over 1 billion users.
Manufacturers and retailers could get clearer inventory and logistics visibility as Persistent's Google Cloud work wins a 2026 partner award.
Frontline employers could cut rostering time and labour costs as the software checks compliance and demand before shifts are published.
Infrastructure demand and vendor spending will drive most of the surge as AI outlays are set to jump 47% next year.
The recognition comes as buyers demand unified controls for human, machine and AI identities across cloud, on-premises and core business systems.
AI-driven support tools could cut employee downtime, as Riverbed argues that fewer tickets may still hide unresolved problems.
More than 276,000 KPMG staff will gain access to Claude as the firm speeds up tax, legal and cybersecurity work across 138 countries.
Data privacy and accuracy fears are slowing uptake as nearly half of IT professionals question AI tools now entering their workplaces.
The appointment comes as the ad-tech group steps up its AI push across products used by more than 100,000 people worldwide.
Organisations across EMEA want AI-ready storage without disruptive rebuilds, as rising data volumes and resilience demands strain ageing data centres.
Organisations across EMEA are being pushed to expand AI capacity without worsening power, space and compliance pressures on ageing data centres.
The UK fintech aims to speed customer checks in new markets while tightening controls on financial crime and fraud.
Smaller firms risk being left behind unless ministers back AI infrastructure, training and accessible support, the body said.
Satellite links and embodied AI are pushing mobile networks beyond coverage, with MWC26 Shanghai spotlighting a more integrated industry shift.
Tom Cawley's move highlights Australia's drive to turn mining data into usable AI as MaxMine's load-and-dump tool reaches customers.
The new tool could help regulated operators cut missed deadlines by replacing spreadsheets and memory with rule-based scheduling for recurring checks.
Most New Zealand SMEs now use AI tools, but many want firmer safeguards and training before widening adoption.
Finance teams are under growing pressure to deliver sharper analysis, with new courses aimed at building AI and data skills fast.
Faster quotes and tighter margin control are helping Marshalls win tenders in the UK building materials market as it shifts pricing to AI.
