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Smart CT wins Toshiba deal to support 32 UK retailers

Thu, 5th Feb 2026
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Smart CT secures three-year Toshiba deal to maintain tills and tech for 32 UK high street retailers, handling 10,000 callouts annually.
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Pure Storage unveils new top partner tier & services push

Thu, 5th Feb 2026
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Pure Storage launches an Ambassador partner tier and boosts services focus, aiming to deepen channel skills in AI, cyber resilience and cloud.
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Pure Storage unveils Ambassador tier in EMEA revamp

Thu, 5th Feb 2026
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Pure Storage launches elite Ambassador tier and solution badges in EMEA, sharpening services-led partner focus on AI, cloud and cyber resilience.
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WD maps 100TB-plus hard drives for AI data centres

Wed, 4th Feb 2026
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WD maps a path to 100TB-plus hard drives, unveiling faster, lower-power designs as cloud data centres scale storage for AI workloads.
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SPhotonix adds senior hires to scale 5D optical memory

Tue, 3rd Feb 2026
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SPhotonix taps Project Silica talent and optics veteran to scale 5D glass memory and advanced optics after an oversubscribed USD $4.5 million pre-seed.
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AI outpaces data privacy, exposing governance gaps

Mon, 2nd Feb 2026
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AI investment is surging faster than data privacy and board oversight, leaving storage gaps and weak access controls to fuel rising risk.
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Gartner warns of rising lock-in to regional AI stacks

Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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Gartner warns 35% of nations will be locked into region-specific AI by 2027 as sovereignty, security and cultural fit overtake scale.
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VDURA pledges 50% undercut on rival all-flash storage

Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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VDURA launches Flash Relief Programme, vowing to beat rival all-flash file system quotes by 50% amid surging SSD prices and supply strain.
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VAST Amplify aims to unlock stranded enterprise flash

Wed, 28th Jan 2026
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VAST Data's new Amplify programme promises up to 6× more usable flash by reclaiming stranded SSD capacity amid global supply constraints.
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Nokia picks Pure Storage to power Red Hat telco cloud

Tue, 27th Jan 2026
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Nokia taps Pure Storage and Red Hat OpenShift for a new telco cloud blueprint targeting cloud-native, AI-ready, low-energy networks.
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UK ambulance data breaches surge past 4,000 in three years

Wed, 21st Jan 2026
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ransomware
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digital transformation
UK ambulance services logged over 4,000 data breaches in three years, with incidents rising annually amid growing digital and cyber risks.
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VDURA index tracks volatile SSD pricing & AI impact

Wed, 21st Jan 2026
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VDURA launches index and modelling tool as AI-fuelled SSD volatility drives 189% flash cost surge and widens gap with hard drives.
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Royal Navy tests sovereign AI at sea on flagship ship

Tue, 20th Jan 2026
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ai
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ai ethics & governance
The Royal Navy is trialling a sovereign AI system on HMS Prince of Wales, processing mission data at sea without relying on shore-based links.
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Nasuni names new CTO & CFO to drive AI data growth

Thu, 15th Jan 2026
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Nasuni appoints Jerry Carter as CTO and Ross Grainger as CFO, strengthening leadership to scale unstructured data and AI-focused growth.
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AI data management market to hit USD $239.15bn by 2034

Thu, 15th Jan 2026
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AI data management is set to surge to USD $239.15bn by 2034 as cloud, streaming data and governance needs reshape enterprise data strategy.
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Dell boosts PowerStore QLC density & replication features

Wed, 14th Jan 2026
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Dell boosts PowerStore with 30TB QLC drives, metro sync replication and new NFSv4.2 features to pack in more data and harden resilience.
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Hybrid storage & cloud set to reshape data in 2026

Wed, 14th Jan 2026
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Hybrid cloud and mixed-media storage will overtake single-cloud and all-flash designs in 2026 as AI, costs and outages reshape data strategy.
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Index Engines to showcase AI cyber resilience at Gartner

Thu, 8th Jan 2026
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Index Engines to demo AI-driven CyberSense at Gartner Las Vegas, pitching continuous data integrity checks to speed ransomware recovery.
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MocaProof beta brings gamified Web3 identity to testnet

Tue, 6th Jan 2026
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encryption
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crypto
Moca Network launches MocaProof beta on Moca Chain testnet, gamifying privacy-preserving Web3 identity with rewards and NFT campaigns.
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Cloudera forecasts disposable apps & AI governance shift

Wed, 17th Dec 2025
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data protection
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Cloudera predicts 2026 will bring disposable AI-built apps, tougher scrutiny of patchwork systems and AI agents policing data governance.