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The hire strengthens AVK's aftercare push for data centres and AI infrastructure as it expands service teams in the UK and Europe.
Brands are moving beyond SMS, as Infobip's RCS traffic jumped 169.3% in the first half, with US interactions up 1,298.8%.
Most finance teams want clearer returns and tighter controls before committing more budget, despite broad plans to raise AI investment.
It aims to help large companies turn AI pilots into operational tools, as demand grows for measurable returns from enterprise projects.
Enterprise and upper mid-market buyers across EMEA will gain wider access to Orca Security's cloud and AI platform through QBS' partner network.
Demand is rising for outside-in cyber monitoring as firms seek earlier warning of impersonation, leaks and fraud before systems are breached.
Finance teams in the UK and Ireland will gain wider access to AI-assisted invoice processing as Sage and Yooz widen their partnership.
Most finance teams want AI in accounts payable to prove its worth before widening use, with only 39% ready to scale it.
Most firms are still unprepared for quantum attacks, with only 7% deploying quantum-safe cryptography across most digital certificates.
Funding tied to sales could ease cash flow for Australian tradies, with offers based on payment activity through Fergus Pay.
The release aims to help teams catch failures earlier as AI takes a larger role in coding, operations and incident response.
Higher reliance on account-to-account payments is pushing monthly API traffic to a record 2.81 billion calls, while uptime stays high.
Despite rising budgets, British businesses still face more breaches and ethics failures than global peers, a NAVEX survey found.
A surge in small-business borrowing has prompted Iwoca to expand lending capacity, after UK SME lending rose 60% in 2025.
Most UK employers are retraining staff rather than cutting posts, as AI adoption rises to 35% among businesses with 10 or more employees.
More merchants are passing chargeback losses on to shoppers as dispute costs now exceed four times the value of transactions, a study found.
More than a third of UK parents say children are using AI for conversation or emotional support, raising fears over online safety.
Security teams can now pinpoint training gaps by topic as QuizFlight's tagging system measures understanding, not just course completion.
In Singapore, 68% of ransomware-hit organisations said AI made attacks more effective, as phishing and impersonation drove most incidents.
Banks could cut onboarding and compliance workloads as Fenergo's Fen-AI ties every AI action to a full audit trail for regulators.