Energy sector stories

Leadership and communication top 2026 workplace learning as employees prioritise human and business skills alongside rising AI adoption.

Viasat survey finds 91% of industrial IoT decision-makers plan to add satellite-powered D2D connectivity within 18 months despite cost fears.

London Tech Week 2026 unveils an AI-heavy agenda, with founders and global enterprises set to debate sovereign models and large-scale deployment.

Cegal has completed a complex IT and OT transition for Tenaz’s newly acquired Dutch North Sea assets, avoiding downtime across platforms.

Illumio and Armis expand their partnership to fuse asset intelligence with microsegmentation, tightening OT and IT security controls.

ANYbotics becomes first four-legged robot maker with ISO 27001, easing security reviews for scaling autonomous industrial inspections.

QuSecure hires ex-Navy SEAL commander Brian Cunningham as EVP for strategy and growth to scale post-quantum cryptography adoption.

DigiCert hires Christian Stanford as EMEA Partner Chief, sharpening channel strategy amid rising digital trust and compliance demands.

OpenAI has launched Frontier, an enterprise platform to deploy AI coworkers at scale by unifying data, tools and governance across firms.

Yokogawa is integrating its OpreX Robot Management Core with ANYbotics’ ANYmal robots to automate hazardous industrial site inspections.

Rockwell opens a Singapore Security Operations Centre to deliver 24/7 industrial cyber defence and OT threat response across Asia Pacific.

LTE and 5G critical communications investment to surge from USD $5.4bn in 2025 to more than USD $9.2bn by 2028, SNS Telecom & IT says.

Siemens launches Siprotec V, a virtual substation protection platform that replaces up to 60 devices, slashing costs, space and cabling.

Open ECX wins PEPPOL access point status as the UK edges towards mandatory e-invoicing, expected to be introduced by 2029.

Rosendin names two co-presidents and expands its senior leadership team to accelerate growth in specialised construction and energy markets.

ENCS and DIVD have agreed a new cyber pact to uncover and disclose vulnerabilities in Europe’s high-impact energy and critical systems.

Xelix research warns large UK and US firms lose up to USD $53 billion a year to accounts payable errors, duplicates, missed credits and fraud.

Dragos expands its Microsoft partnership to run OT security on Azure, integrate with Sentinel and offer SaaS from Q1 2026.

DLA Piper has promoted Edward Eisdell-Moore to partner in its Auckland technology and data practice, effective 1 January 2026.

NTT DATA and AWS sign multi-year deal to speed enterprise cloud modernisation and move agentic AI systems from pilots to production at scale.