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1Kosmos tops KuppingerCole 2026 passwordless ranking

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1Kosmos named overall, product and innovation leader in KuppingerCole's 2026 passwordless authentication ranking after review of 26 vendors.
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Gartner tips AI to upend work tools, hiring & data

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Gartner predicts AI will disrupt office software, hiring and data by 2030, triggering a USD $58 billion productivity tools shake-up.
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Audit firms step up AI adoption while seeking safeguards

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Audit firms are racing to embed AI into core work, but say true advantage now hinges on tougher governance, bias controls and global rules.
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Qevlar AI raises USD $30m to expand autonomous AI SOC

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Qevlar AI secures USD $30m led by Partech and Forgepoint to grow its autonomous AI SOC and shift from alert triage to insight-driven defence.
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Tech Mahindra & Rubrik launch AI cyber recovery service

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ransomware
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hybrid cloud
Tech Mahindra and Rubrik unveil AI-powered cyber recovery service to speed post-ransomware restoration and cut operational downtime.
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Salience Labs debuts all-optical switch for AI hubs

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power / energy
Salience Labs unveils a 32-port all-optical switch for AI data centres, promising big latency and power cuts as rack densities surge.
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Claroty named Leader in 2026 Gartner CPS security report

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Claroty again named a Leader in Gartner's 2026 CPS Protection Platforms Magic Quadrant as industrial cyber-physical threats intensify.
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Thrive unveils governed AI workspace & adoption model

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Thrive launches a governed AI workspace and phased adoption model to tame shadow AI, uniting access to 50-plus major language models.
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Tech Mahindra & Rubrik launch AI-led cyber recovery

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ransomware
Tech Mahindra and Rubrik roll out AI-led cyber recovery service to speed clean data restoration and cut downtime after ransomware attacks.
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Temenos gains Microsoft AI Cloud core banking status

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saas
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digital transformation
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hyperscale
Temenos wins Microsoft AI Cloud partner status for its Azure-native core banking SaaS, boosting co-sell options and bank modernisation plans.
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Dataiku unveils orchestration-focused AI Success platform

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Dataiku launches Platform for AI Success, an orchestration layer to govern, monitor and scale AI agents and decisions across enterprises.
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Claroty named Gartner Leader again for CPS protection

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Claroty named a Leader in Gartner's 2026 CPS Protection Platforms Magic Quadrant for a second year, backed by fresh USD $150 million funding.
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Teradata adds agentic, multimodal AI to vector store

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hybrid cloud
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ai security
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Teradata upgrades Enterprise Vector Store with multimodal AI and agents to unify unstructured search and workflow orchestration at scale.
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CData boosts Connect AI with secure MCP agent tools

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virtualisation
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data analytics
CData upgrades Connect AI with managed MCP tools, tightening data access, identity controls and live connectivity for enterprise agents.
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Cato unveils Dynamic Prevention engine for SASE security

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firewalls
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digital transformation
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hyperscale
Cato launches Dynamic Prevention, a SASE-native engine that auto-detects multi-stage attacks by correlating months of security telemetry.
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Smarsh unveils AI tool to cut compliance alert noise

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fintech
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risk & compliance
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ai
Smarsh launches AI-powered Noise Reduction Agent to suppress low-risk messages, promising 60% fewer false positives for smaller firms.
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Conifers hires AI leaders to scale CognitiveSOC growth

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Conifers adds senior AI leaders Doron Bachar and Elad Hoffer to accelerate CognitiveSOC development and scale its agentic AI SOC platform.
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IRONSCALES adds AI agents to counter next‑gen phishing

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IRONSCALES' Winter 2026 Release debuts three AI agents, outbound encryption and Teams deepfake defences to counter next‑gen phishing.
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Tamr doubles SaaS revenue as AI drives data mastering

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Tamr's direct SaaS revenue surges 102% as enterprises embrace AI-driven data mastering to underpin production-ready AI deployments.
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Autonomous AI 'agentic customers' set to reshape banks

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Autonomous AI 'agentic customers' will upend banking, FICO warns, reshaping pricing, risk and customer ties as USD $3tn value beckons.