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Women tech leaders urge shift from mentoring to sponsorship

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Women tech leaders say firms must move beyond mentoring to sponsorship, trust and reciprocity to keep women in the industry and drive growth.
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In a cost-pressured AI race, operational maturity is now the competitive advantage

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Companies racing to adopt AI risk eroding margins unless they build mature, deliberately designed operations to control cost and complexity.
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Flexera buys ProsperOps, Chaos Genius to boost FinOps

Wed, 7th Jan 2026
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Flexera snaps up ProsperOps and Chaos Genius to fuse AI-driven automation into a single FinOps suite for cloud and data platform spend.
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UK IT leaders put AI first despite budget & security concerns

Fri, 5th Dec 2025
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UK IT leaders prioritise AI integration despite tight budgets and security risks, with 37% naming it their top focus amid rising government interest.
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UK firms lose nearly one in five SaaS pounds to waste & risk

Fri, 14th Nov 2025
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UK firms lose nearly one in five SaaS pounds to wasted or duplicate licences, with 63% facing uncontrolled adoption risking security and overspending.
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Cloud costs: You cannot manage what you cannot see

Tue, 17th Dec 2024
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Amid economic uncertainty, 82% of organisations prioritise managing cloud costs, as unchecked spending has led to staggering bills like Datadog's USD $65 million.
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Flexera survey reveals AI reshaping IT leaders' priorities

Sat, 16th Nov 2024
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Flexera's latest survey reveals that 42% of IT leaders view AI as crucial for transformation, despite concerns over overspending in tech budgets.
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Global cloud governance market to reach USD $3.87bn by 2034

Fri, 5th Jul 2024
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The global cloud governance platform market is set to hit USD $3.87 billion by 2034, driven by AI integration, hybrid cloud adoption, and compliance needs.
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High growth to come from CloudBees new Chief Revenue Officer

Fri, 16th Dec 2022
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CloudBees appoints Marc Gemassmer as Chief Revenue Officer to lead global go-to-market and customer success efforts, partner and channel groups.
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Flexera acquires multi-cloud management provider, RightScale

Fri, 28th Sep 2018
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Flexera has acquired multi-cloud management leader RightScale, bolstering its technology asset management offering.
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Automated Microsoft updates not enough to protect businesses - report

Fri, 6th Jul 2018
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Security professionals need to pay attention to desktop applications because most vulnerabilities found in these types of apps can be dangerous.
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Back to basics: 4 common sense steps to avoid a software attack

Fri, 8th Jun 2018
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Flexera's SVP for EMEA shares inside information into why businesses are more at risk than ever and what they can do to better protect themselves.
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Flexera releases open source security and compliance platform

Thu, 11th Jan 2018
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Software suppliers and buyers can identify high-risk code, prioritise accordingly and channel effort to projects.
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Survey reveals cloud IT asset visibility crucial to cut costs

Thu, 30th Nov 2017
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The general consensus is that IT executives remain extremely concerned about the visibility of applications deployed in the cloud.
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Flexera makes power play with BDNA acquisition

Fri, 15th Sep 2017
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Flexera acquires BDNA to become a titan in technology asset data, aiming to transform software ecosystem decision-making.
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In-depth: Security experts explain the WannaCry ransomware's world domination

Mon, 15th May 2017
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Does it make you WannaCry? Experts from around the world comment on the ransomware's deadly attacks over the weekend, & if there's a way to stop it.
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Flexera says software supply chain is broken as patch rates drop

Wed, 22nd Mar 2017
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While there has been a flurry of activity in releasing security patches, many of those patches are not being applied.
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The stats are in: Japanese PC users at risk of attack through old and unpatched software

Tue, 28th Feb 2017
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The average private user has 63 programs on their PC from 21 different vendors. 7% of those are at the end of their life, meaning they're not patched.
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Flexera Software joins the ranks in ESET's Technology Alliance partner programme

Mon, 17th Oct 2016
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Flexera Software is now part of ESET's Technology Alliance, a partner programme designed to bring partners and customers together for IT security.
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Football mania brings security risks to workplace bring-your-own-device policies

Wed, 22nd Jun 2016
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As football mania is sweeping the world, employees could be a security risk through your 'bring-your-own-device' policies, warns Flexera Software.