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Model ML hires former Evercore Managing Director to lead Tokyo push
Risk & Compliance

Model ML hires former Evercore Managing Director to lead Tokyo push

Japanese financial institutions are driving Model ML's Asia Pacific hiring push as the AI software provider opens a Tokyo office and expands its regional team to 30.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • 4 days ago
Nexer Digital hires six to boost public sector team
Government

Nexer Digital hires six to boost public sector team

The additions will help the agency deliver more public sector work, including Defra programmes that need stronger service design, research and accessibility.

By Mara Sugue • 3 min read • 4 days ago
Akuity adds fleet management to Kargo Enterprise beta
Fleet Management

Akuity adds fleet management to Kargo Enterprise beta

The feature aims to ease a growing bottleneck for platform teams releasing changes across hundreds of Kubernetes clusters and edge devices.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • 5 days ago
Nvidia expands French AI push with new startup bets
Robotics

Nvidia expands French AI push with new startup bets

The move broadens its European sovereign AI footprint as French firms and public bodies race to keep computing and data under domestic control.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 5 days ago
SonicWall opens Pune office in India expansion push
Digital Transformation

SonicWall opens Pune office in India expansion push

The expansion will add 400 engineering roles as the cybersecurity firm deepens its research, cloud and AI work for global customers.

By Mara Sugue • 3 min read • Last week
DeepL selects VAST Data for AI translation platform
Data centers

DeepL selects VAST Data for AI translation platform

The deployment should let DeepL's researchers work on larger language models and real-time voice translation with less manual data movement.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week

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UK business owners worry branding is not strong enough
Social Media

UK business owners worry branding is not strong enough

Branding gaps may be hurting small firms' customer appeal, with 88% of UK business owners saying their design is not strong enough.

By Regine Laguilles • 4 min read • 3 days ago
Firebird signs Kazakhstan deal to expand AI infrastructure
Robotics

Firebird signs Kazakhstan deal to expand AI infrastructure

The project could bring 45,000 NVIDIA Grace Blackwell GPUs to Kazakhstan by 2027, bolstering the country's bid for domestic AI models.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Yesterday
ERP event shows firms need basics before AI adoption
Manufacturing

ERP event shows firms need basics before AI adoption

Businesses were urged to fix data, processes and governance first, as AI in ERP was shown to depend on stronger operational basics.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • 3 days ago
UK business leaders urge Budget support for founders
Artificial Intelligence

UK business leaders urge Budget support for founders

Business leaders say the Budget must ease costs and boost investment or UK start-ups could lose talent, funding and growth momentum.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • 3 days ago
Rodrigo elected first Asian woman to AI in education post
Higher education

Rodrigo elected first Asian woman to AI in education post

Her election strengthens Southeast Asia's voice in global AI-in-education research, as schools worldwide weigh training, infrastructure and equity concerns.

By Regine Laguilles • 4 min read • 5 days ago
New Zealand designs photonic & quantum growth engine
Quantum Computing

New Zealand designs photonic & quantum growth engine

New Zealand could miss out on fast-growing supply chains unless the planned platform turns research strengths into commercial deals and jobs.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • 4 days ago
La Fosse CEO: Tech hire aid key amid possible 'do-nothing' budget
Digital Transformation

La Fosse CEO: Tech hire aid key amid possible 'do-nothing' budget

Employers fear higher taxes and weak incentives will keep hiring and training subdued, as the government prepares a cautious Autumn Budget.

By Jake MacAndrew • 4 min read • 6 days ago
New Zealand small businesses adopt AI as hold-outs shrink
Digital Transformation

New Zealand small businesses adopt AI as hold-outs shrink

Uncertainty over returns, not upfront cost, is now the main brake on AI uptake as the share of non-users falls to 36%.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 6 days ago
WitFoo offers UC student first Christchurch role
Unified Communications

WitFoo offers UC student first Christchurch role

Christchurch's tech ecosystem gets a boost as WitFoo turns a sponsored UC project into a job offer and expands its local footprint.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 6 days ago
Charles Sturt, ASII build digital agriculture platform
Agricultural Technology

Charles Sturt, ASII build digital agriculture platform

The partnership aims to close a data gap in agriculture, with less than five per cent of useful information now being analysed for new insights.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • 6 days ago
SPhotonix appoints Alex Avramov as Chief Operating Officer
Hyperscale

SPhotonix appoints Alex Avramov as Chief Operating Officer

The optical data storage group is strengthening its push into commercial markets and fundraising as AI-driven data volumes boost demand for cold storage.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Last week
Karnataka, IVCA explore co-investment plan for DeepTech
Manufacturing

Karnataka, IVCA explore co-investment plan for DeepTech

The state wants to close DeepTech funding gaps by backing pilots, first customers and scale-up routes through a new investor partnership.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Last week