The Ultimate Guide to Artificial Intelligence

2026 · Irish Edition

Also known as AI.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming industries, reshaping business operations, enhancing customer experiences, and driving innovation across sectors globally and in Australasia. From the surge in AI-driven cybersecurity threats and the adoption of AI in cloud infrastructure to the integration of generative AI in customer service, marketing, and financial sectors, this dynamic field demands close attention.

Experts emphasise the critical role of robust data management and infrastructure in successfully leveraging AI technologies, while organisations face challenges including skill gaps, ethical considerations, and regulatory developments. As AI adoption accelerates, businesses must balance innovation with security, sustainability, and human-centric strategies to thrive in this evolving landscape.

Readers exploring this tag will gain insights into the latest AI trends, practical applications, organisational strategies, technological advancements, and the collaborative efforts shaping the future of AI. Understanding these developments is essential for anyone interested in the impact of artificial intelligence on business, technology, and society.

Irish Artificial Intelligence news
Analyst Insights
Data centre market set to hit USD $1.08 trillion by 2034
Polaris Market Research · AI · UC
Yesterday
Protegrity launches AI Team Edition for secure inferencing
IDC · AI · Virtualisation
Last week
SnapLogic adds AI gateway to push agents into work
Gartner · AI · MarTech
Last week
Capsule Security raises $7 million to guard AI agents
Gartner · AI · PAM
Last week
Rockwell's Plex named major player in six IDC reports
IDC MarketScape · AI · Manufacturing
Last week
Reviews
Hands-on review: Samsung Galaxy A57 5G smartphone
Mobile gaming
Last month
Expert columns
Proof beats promise: The trust crisis AI is creating
By Lakshmi Hanspal of DigiCert
2 days ago
Tariffs and sustainability: Why master data is a supply chain game-changer
By Bobby Joseph of Melissa
Last week
Microsoft April Patch Tuesday reveals 167 vulnerabilities
By Adam Barnett of Rapid7
Last week
5 key take aways for CIOs from Celonis' 2026 Process Optimisation Report
By Pascal Coubard of Celonis
Last week
Why Legal Services demand is about to grow, not shrink
By Jamie Ng of Ashurst
Last week
From DSPM to data protection: Closing the last mile on sensitive data in the era of AI
By Franklin Nguyen of Cyberhaven
This month
5 eCommerce trends set to define 2026
By Bobby Joseph of Melissa
This month
Why the next phase of AI adoption will be determined less by models and more by data foundations
By Will LaForest of Confluent
This month
AI can inspire travel, but it still can't book it. That's about to change
By Mike Putman of Custom Travel Solutions
This month
How leadership, people and technology are key for AI adoption across Irish businesses
By Mark Hopkins of Dell Technologies Ireland
This month
Why AI-powered security needs network telemetry across the hybrid cloud
By Ryan Mahoney of Gigamon
Last month
Agent computers: The PC era, amplified
By Alexey Navolokin of AMD
Last month
Data governance vs. data quality: Which comes first in 2026?
By Bobby Joseph of Melissa
Last month
Adapting to change: How SEO specialists can leverage Google's generative AI update
By Haekal Aditya of Manning & Co
Last month
Atlassian scales AI search with OpenSearch on Kubernetes
By OpenSearch
Last month
Interviews
Exclusive: Grafana Lab's Jen Villa on targeting the AI observability gap
Discussing Unified Communications
Today
Exclusive: Celonis global banking head says AI rollout hinges on process intelligence
Discussing Productivity
Last week
Affirmo: Could AI make a reality of IoT dreams?
Discussing Cloud Services
This month
TrendAI: Evolving the cybersecurity value proposition
Discussing Hackers
This month
Atturra's Chris Rae: Choose the happy path (or, why 'perfect' automation fails)
Discussing Productivity
Last month
Recent news
Schneider Electric & Deloitte launch AI industrial tie-up
About Productivity
Today
KnowBe4 & Synthesia launch AI training video partnership
About Software-as-a-Service
Today
ShareGate survey says AI exposed data at 29% of firms
About Data Protection
Today
Adobe names winners of 2026 Experience Maker Awards
About Digital Transformation
Today
Protegrity hires 10-plus AI & data protection experts
About Data Protection
Today
Litera Compare lands in Google Workspace for lawyers
About Software-as-a-Service
Today
Sage adds AI tools for Intacct roll-outs & advisory
About Software-as-a-Service
Today
QNX expands NVIDIA tie-up for safety-critical edge AI
About Robotics
Today
Unknown AI agents plague 82% of enterprises, survey finds
About Data breach
Today
Hyland launches AI tools for finance, SAP & education
About Search
Today
UK firms face AI data exposure despite Copilot confidence
About Data Protection
Yesterday
AI makes IT jobs more demanding, SolarWinds study finds
About IT professionals
Yesterday
Redis launches Feature Form for production machine learning
About Encryption
Yesterday
Vultr, SUSE & Dell launch open AI Kubernetes stack
About Cloud Services
Yesterday
Trend Micro rebrands consumer arm as TrendLife with Kaleida
About Data Protection
Yesterday
Job moves
Sovos appoints David McCann as Chief Technology Officer
Move at Sovos
Today
OpenX appoints new product chief as it expands curation
Move at Retail media
Today
Spinnaker Support names Castello & Smith to leadership
Move at VMware
Today
NeuReality taps Amazon & Maersk veteran for AI push
Move at Google
Last week
Anthropic appoints Novartis Chief Executive Officer to board
Move at Anthropic
Last week
Applause appoints Aatish Salvi as Chief Technology Officer
Move at Applause
Last week
iManage appoints Ryan Begin & David Zember to partner roles
Move at Salesforce
Last week
Ledger appoints Ian Rogers to lead AI security push
Move at Ledger
Last week
Portnox names Jonathan Skinner as Chief Marketing Officer
Move at Symantec
Last week
Backblaze names Anuj Kumar as chief revenue officer
Move at VMware
Last week
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