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Funlab expands Dayforce rollout across three countries

3 days ago
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Funlab extends Dayforce across Australia, New Zealand and the US, giving 2,500 staff one workforce system and cutting onboarding time by up to five days.
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Snowflake expands AI tools for business users & developers

4 days ago
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Snowflake adds new AI features for business users and developers, including mobile access, Gmail and Slack links, and broader support across enterprise systems.
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Finance chiefs warned over shadow AI as staff paste ERP data into consumer tools, risking model training and bypassing governance.
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Datadog launches Experiments to track product impact

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Datadog broadens observability push with Experiments, letting product teams run A/B tests and link release decisions to warehouse and usage data.
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Nasuni partners with Oracle for cloud file storage

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Nasuni teams with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to deliver global file storage, aiming to cut legacy costs and prepare data estates for AI.
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Origin raises USD $30 million to streamline global benefits

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Origin secures USD $30 million to scale its AI-driven platform simplifying fragmented global employee benefits for large multinationals.
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Aspen Medical taps Oracle AI lakehouse for operations

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Aspen Medical rolls out Oracle Autonomous AI Lakehouse worldwide to unify data, trim IT costs and speed real-time insights for care delivery.
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Panzura CloudFS 8.7 readies AEC firms for agentic AI

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Panzura rolls out CloudFS 8.7 to help AEC firms unify project files, cut storage overheads and ready data estates for agentic AI workflows.
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DTCC to launch Snowflake-powered equity data portals

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DTCC will roll out Snowflake-powered equities data portals from 2026, unifying NSCC, DTC and ITP metrics in new analytics dashboards.
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Lexful launches AI-first IT documentation tool for MSPs

Fri, 6th Feb 2026
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Lexful unveils an AI-native IT documentation platform for MSPs, aiming to replace static records with automated, contextual knowledge.
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Alteryx deepens Google Cloud BigQuery analytics tie-up

Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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Alteryx and Google Cloud deepen BigQuery integration to run no-code analytics in place, promising tighter data governance and AI-ready workflows.
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Kani & TransactPay expand data partnership for scale

Fri, 23rd Jan 2026
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payment technologies
Kani deepens its tie-up with TransactPay, adding Data-as-a-Service to streamline global payments data as the issuer ramps up scale.
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Heidi scales AI clinical documentation with MongoDB

Wed, 21st Jan 2026
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Heidi scales AI clinical note-taking to 81 million consultations worldwide after migrating its data platform to MongoDB Atlas.
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WTW links Radar with Databricks to speed insurer data

Tue, 13th Jan 2026
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WTW links its Radar platform with Databricks to cut insurer data turnaround to minutes and tighten governance on pricing and analytics work.
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J.P. Morgan adds Crunchbase AI to Fusion for private data

Tue, 6th Jan 2026
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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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Emirates Flight Catering transforms data management for efficiency

Thu, 13th Nov 2025
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Emirates Flight Catering adopts Informatica's cloud-based data platform to boost efficiency, supplier collaboration and sustainability in its meal production.
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Bitdefender unveils Security Data Lake to cut alert overload

Mon, 10th Nov 2025
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Bitdefender launches GravityZone Security Data Lake to unify security data, reducing alert overload and cutting costs for organisations facing growing cyber threats.
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EY US partners with CrowdStrike to modernise cyber operations

Tue, 4th Nov 2025
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EY US partners with CrowdStrike to modernise cyber operations using Falcon Next-Gen SIEM, enhancing AI-driven security and accelerating legacy system migration.
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Saviynt & CrowdStrike unify identity & endpoint security data

Thu, 23rd Oct 2025
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Saviynt has integrated with CrowdStrike Falcon to share security data, enhancing real-time threat detection and speeding response in hybrid and multicloud environments.
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Dayforce unveils AI-driven workforce planning with Agentnoon merge

Tue, 14th Oct 2025
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Dayforce launches Strategic Workforce Planning tool, integrating Agentnoon platform to enhance AI-driven workforce planning and streamline business decisions.