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UK health & beauty marketers to ramp up AI in 2026

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UK health and beauty marketers plan to deepen AI use in 2026 while boosting hiring, creative budgets and influencer partnerships.
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Skillsoft names Bernard Barbour as new technology chief

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Skillsoft has appointed Bernard Barbour as Chief Technology and Product Officer to drive AI-led evolution of its Percipio skills platform.
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KPMG report warns AI scale-up lags lofty ambitions

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KPMG warns firms’ AI ambitions outpace delivery, with most chasing top maturity by 2026 but only a quarter scaling agentic AI with ROI.
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CrowdStrike study touts 273% ROI on modern endpoint security

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CrowdStrike cites a Forrester study claiming 273% ROI and USD $5m in three-year benefits from consolidating legacy endpoint security.
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Legacy PKI leaves APAC exposed to outages, breaches

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Legacy PKI and manual certificate management leave APAC firms exposed to outages, cyber risks and compliance failures, CyberArk warns.
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Cloud security skills gap widens as AI adoption surges

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AI-fuelled cloud adoption is outpacing security teams, with Fortinet warning a widening ‘complexity gap’ leaves hybrid estates exposed.
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FloQast surpasses $200m ARR & seals EY AI alliance

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FloQast surpasses $200m ARR and strikes EY AI alliance as it targets enterprise finance transformation and global expansion.
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BMC adds AI copilots, events & guidance to Control-M

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BMC injects generative AI into Control-M and AMI, adding NLP workflow design, event-driven orchestration and embedded mainframe guidance.
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NZ firms lean on scales for new roles, market for old

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New Zealand employers lean on internal salary scales for new roles, while market guides still dominate pay decisions for familiar positions.
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Practical DevSecOps launches hands-on security course

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Practical DevSecOps unveils a hands-on Certified Security Champion course to embed security advocates inside software development teams.
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Manual compliance strain fuels automation push - survey

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Manual compliance is throttling security teams, as RegScale finds delays, staff strain and patchy automation in most large organisations.
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More flexibility, less ghosting: Here’s what the world of work will look like in 2026

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By 2026, work will be more flexible and AI-driven, as tougher compliance, on-demand jobs and faster hiring reshape life for Kiwi workers.
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Kubernetes cements role as AI & cloud native backbone

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Kubernetes now underpins 82% of production container workloads, as CNCF data shows it emerging as the default platform for generative AI.
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Prism Power plans USD $40m push into booming US data

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Prism Power plans a USD $40m US acquisition and UK expansion to tackle critical power kit shortages amid a fast-growing data centre boom.
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Jack Rankin MP sees AI reshape customer service jobs

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Jack Rankin hails ArvatoConnect’s AI push in Datchet as a way to reshape customer service while keeping skilled jobs rooted in the UK.
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Tech leaders urge Khan to drop AI ‘mass unemployment’

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Tech leaders tell Sadiq Khan to stop warning of AI ‘mass unemployment’, saying firms use it to boost productivity, not scrap jobs.
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Coding jobs squeezed as AI reshapes developer roles

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AI is shrinking routine coding vacancies but boosting demand for developers who can design systems, integrate tools and think strategically.
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NuSummit, Simbian launch AI-driven CognixMDR security SOC

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NuSummit and Simbian launch CognixMDR, an AI-driven managed detection and response service to tackle alert overload and skills gaps.
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Employers say UK graduates work-ready despite job gap

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Most UK employers say graduates are work-ready, but recruiters warn flawed hiring systems are locking thousands of young people out of jobs.
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Tighter visa rules deepen SAP S/4HANA skills shortage

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UK and EU visa curbs are worsening an already severe SAP S/4HANA talent crunch, driving longer hiring cycles, rising costs and delivery risk.