Automation stories - Page 21

CFOs shift from hiring to hardware, funnelling bigger budgets into tech, AI and sales while HR, headcount and pay growth lose momentum.

As AI reshapes marketing, leaders say careers will depend less on tactics and more on systems thinking, judgement and commercial clarity.

CFOs are funnelling 2026 budgets into tech, AI and sales, while easing back on hiring, HR spending and rapid pay growth.

UiPath buys AI compliance specialist WorkFusion to automate banks' financial crime checks as monitoring workloads and governance demands surge.

Camunda appoints Chris White as Chief Revenue Officer to drive sales and partner growth as demand for agentic AI orchestration accelerates.

Exactly.com and GP Solutions team up to embed streamlined payments into travel platforms, targeting simpler, cheaper options for smaller firms.

Amazon, Microsoft, Meta and Alphabet eye USD $650 billion AI splurge for 2026, stirring investor unease over margins and cloud growth.

FiLLi Cafe adopts Oracle NetSuite to streamline finance, inventory and franchise operations as it scales to 100-plus sites in 13 countries.

Blue Yonder posts FY25 revenue of USD $1.42 billion as it expands AI-driven planning and warehouse tools to meet rising supply chain demands.

Ripjar names Matt Mills Chief Executive to spearhead global expansion as regulatory pressure fuels demand for smarter crime screening tech.

LTE and 5G critical communications investment to surge from USD $5.4bn in 2025 to more than USD $9.2bn by 2028, SNS Telecom & IT says.

ARM Hub launches Propel-AIR 2.0 with MassRobotics visit, linking Australian startups to Boston mentors, investors and global robotics networks.

AI is reshaping PR, but leaders warn the winners in 2026 will be those who keep strategic communications firmly human-led.

Chainguard tops 500m container manifests as AI-powered DriftlessAF 'software factory' scales secure open-source image production.

Smartphones now underpin criminal investigations worldwide, with 97% of cases drawing on mobile data as agencies race to keep pace.

AI, hybrid cloud and SASE are driving a shift from security sprawl to consolidation, with unified policy control now the top priority.

Qodo 2.0 launches multi-agent AI code review to boost trust in autogenerated code, claiming 11% better detection of critical issues.

NeuBird AI's agentic SRE platform autonomously resolved 230,000 alerts in a year, saving 12,000 hours and USD $1.8 million in costs.

Gartner names Komodor a Representative Vendor in its AI SRE tooling guide, as it predicts 85% of enterprises will adopt such tools by 2029.

ScienceLogic launches Skylar Advisor, an AI-native IT ops assistant that proactively surfaces guidance and prioritises actions in real time.