ICT sector stories
AI is driving sharp rises in cyber spend, yet boards still see it as the easiest line to cut when budgets come under pressure.
AND Digital taps HowNow to centralise learning, halving content curation time and cutting onboarding admin by 80% across its workforce.
Myriad360 buys Advizex, creating a global AI-focused IT services platform with more than USD $900 million in annual run-rate revenue.
New Zealand employers plan pay rises and richer perks as economic optimism grows, with 84% expecting the outlook to lift staff salaries.
Vertiv will create hundreds of skilled manufacturing jobs in Derry and Donegal as demand for AI-driven power infrastructure surges.
Finance leaders warn of a risky 'AI middle' as many firms stall between pilots and governed, audit-ready use of automation in core workflows.
Radware warns 2025 cyberattacks are exploding, with network DDoS up 168% and web DDoS up 101% as bots, apps and APIs face heavier fire.
Acronis warns AI is turbocharging phishing, email attacks and ransomware in 2025, with MSPs and collaboration tools under rising fire.
KnowBe4 names Yuneeb Khan CFO to steer global finances as it sharpens focus on human and agentic AI risk in cyber security.
Zoho marks 30th anniversary by topping one million paying customers and 150 million users, with 2025 revenue up 20% year on year.
FinTech Australia urges Canberra to open tenders to smaller players and revamp startup funding settings in its pre-budget pitch.
Gallagher Security appoints Josh Arnold as Chief Product Officer to steer global device, platform and service strategy amid rapid AI-led change.
CVCA: Canadian venture capital slid in 2025 even as private equity soared to CAD $57.5 billion, fuelled by a handful of mega-deals.
Adobe will give millions of students across India free access to AI-powered Photoshop, Firefly and Acrobat via 15,000 schools and 500 colleges.
Telstra profit rises 8.1% to AUD $1.2 billion as AI-driven efficiency deepens job cuts and reshapes its troubled enterprise division.
Open-source drives India's AI boom, with 76% of startups using it as the market soars from USD $6 billion to nearly USD $32 billion by 2031.
TD's head of intellectual property explains why patents have become central to banking innovation, from mobile to responsible AI.
Cyber fears are stalling digital plans for UK SMEs, with 42% naming security as the main barrier despite strong ambitions for 2026.
UA92 and Fujitsu launch GBP £101,000 package of bursaries and apprenticeships to help more women and non-binary people build tech careers.
Enero lifts first-half profit 119% as BMF and Orchard drive double-digit margins and revenue growth across its marketing agency portfolio.
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