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EY names 1Kosmos chief executive officer finalist for award

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EY names 1Kosmos Chief Executive Officer Hemen Vimadalal as a finalist for its 2026 Entrepreneur Of The Year New Jersey award.
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H2O Vision shifts AI drowning detection focus to US

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Ottawa-based H2O Vision is prioritising US sales of its AI drowning detection system as founder Justin Dyer says Canadian adoption is too slow.
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Workday backs Club Med HR overhaul for global staff

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Workday supports Club Med's HR digital overhaul as the resort operator brings recruiting, time tracking and benefits onto one platform.
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Why founders should choose lawyers like they choose investors

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Founders should treat lawyers less like transactional advisers and more like long-term partners who can shape confidence, reduce friction and support growth.
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Cognitiv chief executive named EY New York finalist

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Cognitiv chief executive Jeremy Fain lands EY New York finalist spot as ContextGPT revenue jumps 388% and AudienceGPT gains traction.
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EcoVadis deepens Google Cloud AI partnership for growth

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EcoVadis expands workplace AI rollout with Google Cloud, using Gemini Enterprise to automate internal tasks and train staff to build custom agents.
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Cerillion lifts orders on GBP £42.5 million Omantel deal

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Cerillion's first-half trading was boosted by a GBP £42.5 million Omantel deal, sending new orders higher and setting up a stronger second half.
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Gigamon launches AI tools as observability market grows

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Gigamon rolls out AI traffic intelligence and agentic observability software as IDC sees the network monitoring market reaching USD $4.39 billion by 2029.
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Google Cloud study says 52% of firms use AI agents

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Google Cloud study finds 52% of executives have deployed AI agents, with early adopters reporting stronger returns and wider business use.
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Funlab expands Dayforce rollout across three countries

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Funlab extends Dayforce across Australia, New Zealand and the US, giving 2,500 staff one workforce system and cutting onboarding time by up to five days.
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Syspro names Tom Loeffert as Chief Human Resources Officer

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Syspro taps veteran HR leader Tom Loeffert to help reshape its global workforce strategy as CEO Leanne Taylor drives the ERP software group's next growth phase.
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Gulf Edge & Kore.ai strike exclusive Thailand AI deal

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Gulf Edge wins sole Thai access to Kore.ai's software, aiming to roll out localised AI tools across energy, banking and telecoms.
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OpenX appoints new product chief as it expands curation

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OpenX names a new Vice President of Product and broadens two executives' remits as it steps up focus on curation, partnerships and CTV.
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Xero launches AI-native operating system for small firms

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Xero unveils AI-native finance platform and JAX assistant to cut admin for small firms, with accountants and bookkeepers also in line for gains.
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Gallagher Security chief celebrates 20 years of growth

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Gallagher Security Chief Executive Mark Junge says culture, talent and investment have driven the firm's global expansion and high-security market gains.
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Anthropic shifts enterprise billing to token-based pricing

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Anthropic replaces flat enterprise seats with token-based charges and monthly spending commitments, pushing more cost risk onto customers at renewal.
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AI use widespread among IT service providers, GTIA finds

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GTIA study finds 97% of IT service providers use AI, but just 28% have formal strategy and governance in place.
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Maestra posts USD $833,000 in new ARR on demand shift

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Maestra says brands are ditching fragmented marketing stacks as quarterly new ARR more than doubled plan, with inbound sales topping half of new business.
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Virtuozzo appoints board directors in leadership reset

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Virtuozzo adds Jason Magee, Charles Ryan and Peter Bergstrom as it unifies cloud tools under Chief Executive Officer Kurt Daniel and eyes expansion.
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Gigamon eyes AI-led surge in network observability

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Gigamon unveils AI traffic tools as IDC says network observability market will reach USD $4.39 billion by 2029.