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Sealskinz, a UK-based accessories brand, upgrades operations with the BPA platform, achieving 90% automation in order management and easier VAT extraction from bonded goods.

UK finance teams waste up to five weeks a year on repetitive tasks that could be automated, with 42% remaining manual due to AI adoption barriers.

30% of C-level executives consider AI-led cyber threats their top concern, prompting an uptick in cybersecurity hiring and investment in preventative measures.

With approximately 9.25m individuals aged 16-64 out of the UK's workforce, businesses face a monumental talent deficit, driving companies to innovate in order to attract skilled employees.

Global automation provider, Nintex, bolsters its offerings with four new AI-powered products, streamlining customer workflows and further embedding generative AI in process automation.

Twilio introduces Unified Profiles and Agent Copilot to its Flex platform, using Segment's customer data to provide personalised, data-informed customer experiences and bolster employee productivity.

NICE's next-gen Enlighten Copilot AI technology, geared toward CX decision-makers and supervisors, promises to enhance customer interactions with real-time data analysis, amidst the rise of AI usage in the workplace.

A new Barclays report warns of potential blind spots in the buoyant AI investment landscape, stressing the need to balance optimism with readiness to tackle emerging challenges until 2025.

PagerDuty has launched its enterprise Incident Management solution in Australia, New Zealand, and Asia-Pacific, aimed at streamlining processes, reducing reputational risks, and cutting costs for digital businesses.

Unit4 has launched Smart Automation Services, a series of AI-driven services designed to boost business efficiency and evolve user experience by integrating with their ERP suite, ERPx.

Celonis and Sailfin Technologies unveil AI-driven suite to optimise AR operations, promising enhanced cash flow, greater productivity, and potential million-dollar savings.

A new report disclosed a dramatically evolving SEA job market with an 85% increase in freelancer registrations and higher day rates for independent talent.

Research reveals the key role of interpersonal relationships for success in the tech industry and challenging notions of AI dominance.

Machine identity specialist Venafi announces SPIFFE support for its Firefly workload identity issuer to strengthen security compliance and reduce operational complexity across multi-cloud environments.

Puppet's 2024 State of DevOps Report reveals platform engineering bolsters security, reflecting its growing maturity with 43% of DevOps professionals maintaining a platform team for 3-5 years.

Porsche eBike bolsters its IT efficiency, harnessing Freshworks' AI-enabled business software for streamlined services.

PepsiCo embraces a digital future by integrating automation into a key production and logistics hub in Thailand, partnering with Dematic, to meet growing product demand.

Amid biosecurity threats, AWEX leverages RFID tags to improve wool traceability and bolster industry integrity, initiating a digital transition set to optimise global efficiencies.

Despite acknowledging the benefits of technology, conservatism in legal firms is impeding the adoption of AI and legal tech tools; ongoing education and real-world examples may be the remedy.

Dynatrace, a unified observability and security expert, achieved the 'Leader' ranking in the 2024 GigaOm Radar Report for Cloud Observability Solutions.