Managed IT stories
The move comes as the IT services group seeks stronger brand recognition and a bigger share of crowded enterprise technology markets.
The consolidation should simplify cloud spending and accountability across hummgroup, after A1 Technologies cut Azure costs by 10% in earlier work.
Customers facing outages and cyber threats will get round-the-clock monitoring as HCS expands support across Ireland and New Zealand.
Mid-market firms in Australia and New Zealand can now buy round-the-clock threat monitoring as AI adoption widens security gaps.
Mid-market clients should gain broader threat visibility and tighter remote access control as Thrive upgrades its managed security platform.
The deal will widen Cloud5's hospitality footprint as hotel groups in Latin America and the Caribbean boost technology spending.
The fresh capital will help Flamingo turn beta users into paying customers as it takes on the high staffing costs of managed IT services.
The deal gives Río Hondo College extra ERP and application support as it seeks to ease strain on internal IT staff and improve continuity.
The certification gives clients a formal benchmark on AI governance as scrutiny rises over how systems are built, monitored and deployed.
The ranking may bolster Kinetic IT's bid for government contracts as agencies seek suppliers with local delivery, governance and security controls.
The badge strengthens customer confidence as firms racing to deploy Copilot and other AI tools face tighter scrutiny over data access and governance.
Demand for cyber and compliance help is driving the firm's Dublin expansion, which will lift headcount from 60 to 110 by 2029.
The hire deepens Thrive's push into cybersecurity as customers seek outside help with threat detection, response and risk management.
Growth now rests on managed IT and cyber defence as the Bromsgrove firm serves more than 400 organisations and builds AI voice agents.
The rollout aims to cut outages and speed fault response across Daimler Truck's global factories, offices and cloud systems.
Australian mid-market firms gain a second way to buy Huntress security tools as blueAPACHE adds direct resale alongside managed services.
Retailers' shift to secure digital payments and ordering systems helped lift annual revenue in Northern Ireland by 30%, with five jobs added.
Nearly every adult in Ireland was targeted by scam texts or phishing attempts last year, with more than one in five paying out and losing money.
Internal testing is already cutting security response times from 40 minutes to seven, as Interactive prepares to sell the same AI methods to customers.
The combined group will serve more than 70,000 UK organisations, but the deal still needs clearance under the National Security Investment Act.
