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Veolia targets booming data centre buildout with a single service to cut water use, waste and energy strain as regulators tighten scrutiny.

Payhawk survey finds 45% of self-described AI leaders in finance lack minimum use rules, exposing a wider gap between ambition and control.

Loftware unveils Connect platform to link trading partners and standardise product identification across global supply chains.

Wireless Broadband Alliance issues new rules for public and enterprise Wi‑Fi, pushing stronger authentication, privacy and roaming protections.

Tax Systems rolls out AI assistant blending company data and IBFD research to speed cross-border tax analysis for multinational in-house teams.

GitLab deepens Google Cloud partnership so Duo Agent Platform users can tap Vertex AI models, while counting the spend against existing commitments.

WatchGuard and HaloPSA deepen ties to let managed service providers handle security alerts, licensing and billing from one workflow.

Q4 acquires Virtua Research to bring analyst consensus data and AI-powered earnings workflows into its investor relations platform.

AtkinsRéalis, Hanwha Ocean seal MoU to explore Canadian submarine manufacturing, infrastructure and nuclear support under Ottawa defence strategy.

Owl Labs wins Microsoft Teams approval for its Meeting Owl 5 Pro, bringing full certification to its current hybrid meeting device range.

Wise posts higher transfer volumes and customer balances as it targets a Nasdaq primary listing in May 2026 while keeping London.

Commvault unveils AI tools to help enterprises govern agents, prepare approved datasets and recover full-stack systems after automated changes.

Xero's Anthropic tie-up deepens finance software AI split as groups weigh integrated platforms against agent tools that work across multiple systems.

Atlassian adds AI visuals and partner agents to Confluence as Remix turns pages into charts, prototypes and presentations.

System1 adds AI-led reporting and predictive tools to Test Your Ad, aiming to speed up creative analysis while keeping consumer testing central.

UK SOC spots Monday-morning conditional access failure from Germany, helps reset compromised Microsoft 365 account before attackers can strike.

Custodia says financial firms must widen record-keeping to cover collaboration tools, messaging apps and AI-generated content as regulators step up scrutiny.

Governance and compliance are stalling MSP AI rollouts, with AvePoint and Omdia finding operational strain is widening the gap between investment and delivery.

LeanDNA study finds most supply plan failures hit at factory execution stage, with manufacturers losing or risking 10% of revenue as disruptions mount.

Oracle unveils 25 AI-powered apps across finance, HR and customer service, as it pushes agentic software deeper into core business workflows.