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Percona spins out OpenEverest, launches Solanica arm

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Percona spins out its Everest platform as OpenEverest and forms Solanica to drive open governance and community-led database automation.
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Percona launches fixed-scope packages for open databases

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Percona unveils Percona Packages, fixed-scope services to boost open database performance and AI readiness amid rising skills gaps.
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Forrester names Ververica a Leader in streaming data

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Forrester names Ververica a Leader in its Q4 2025 streaming data platforms Wave, citing its Apache Flink core and real-time scale focus.
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Accenture to buy UK AI firm Faculty in USD $1bn deal

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Accenture to acquire UK AI specialist Faculty for USD $1bn, in its biggest British AI startup deal and a major bet on AI safety expertise.
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ScotlandIS sets AI, skills & cyber priorities for 2026

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data infrastructure
ScotlandIS flags AI, skills, green data centres and cyber basics as critical to Scotland’s digital economy amid 2026 uncertainty.
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Rithum & Stripe partner to power AI agent commerce

Last week
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data infrastructure
Rithum links its commerce platform to Stripe’s Agentic Commerce Suite, enabling AI agents to handle product discovery and payments end-to-end.
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LangGrant unveils LEDGE MCP Server for safer LLM data

Last week
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LangGrant launches LEDGE MCP Server to let enterprises run LLM analytics on governed databases without exposing raw operational data.
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AI to Transform Procurement via Data and Security Leads

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AI is set to transform procurement by 2026, making data governance, security and human-machine collaboration central to buying decisions.
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Airwallex buys Indonesian fintech to boost APAC growth

Last week
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Airwallex snaps up Indonesian fintech PT Skye Sab Indonesia to secure a key payments licence and accelerate its Asia-Pacific expansion.
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Energy efficiency in buildings tops global priorities

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data infrastructure
Energy efficiency in buildings has surged to the top of global infrastructure agendas as organisations chase decarbonisation and lower costs.
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Forrester names Teradata a leader in data fabric for AI

Last week
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Teradata named a leader in Forrester’s Q4 2025 Data Fabric Wave, highlighting its AI-focused roadmap, scale and real-time performance.
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Airwallex raises USD $330m, sets dual HQ in San Francisco

Last week
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Airwallex secures USD $330m at a USD $8b valuation and names San Francisco a dual global HQ as it ramps US expansion and AI investment.
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Hitachi Vantara names Wendy Koh APAC Sales Vice President

Last week
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Hitachi Vantara has named veteran executive Wendy Koh vice president of sales for Asia Pacific to drive AI data and hybrid cloud growth.
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NetApp appoints Premalakshmi Ramakrishnan to lead India

Last week
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NetApp names Premalakshmi Ramakrishnan to head India and SAARC, targeting accelerating demand for AI-ready data infrastructure.
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J.P. Morgan adds Crunchbase AI to Fusion for private data

Last week
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J.P. Morgan’s Fusion platform has integrated Crunchbase AI, giving institutional investors live startup forecasts and early risk signals.
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AI to transform Australian freight, data & jobs by 2026

This month
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data infrastructure
AI is set to overhaul Australian freight, data strategy and jobs by 2026, as leaders shift from pilots to deep, context-aware deployment.
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Why data trust is the missing link in digital transformation

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data infrastructure
Digital transformation falters not for lack of tech, but because untrusted data quietly undermines scale, speed and customer experience.
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Autonomous AI, new rules to reshape tech in Australia

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data infrastructure
Autonomous AI and tougher rules are set to transform tech in Australia and New Zealand in 2026, reshaping security and digital sovereignty.
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NetApp & Agastya launch rural data & AI lab in India

Last month
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NetApp and Agastya have opened a rural data and AI lab in Andhra Pradesh to teach data literacy and problem-solving to government school students.
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Indosat spins off IDR Rp14.6tr fibre in FibreCo deal

Last month
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data infrastructure
Indosat to spin off fibre network into FibreCo joint venture with Arsari and Northstar, valuing assets at IDR Rp14.6 trillion.