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Synology gains ISO 27001:2022 for security management

Tue, 10th Feb 2026
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Synology secures ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification, bolstering its global information security management and risk governance credentials.
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Governance gaps stall Microsoft automation at scale

Mon, 9th Feb 2026
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Governance gaps and tool sprawl are stalling Microsoft automation at scale, with most large IT teams lacking control, visibility and integration.
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Boomi hits 30,000 customers as AI integration surges

Mon, 9th Feb 2026
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Boomi tops 30,000 customers and runs 75,000 AI agents in production, as enterprises shift from AI experiments to large-scale automation.
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AvePoint boosts AI agent governance & cloud backups

Fri, 6th Feb 2026
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AvePoint extends its Confidence Platform to tighten agentic AI governance and broaden multi-cloud backup across major SaaS and IaaS tools.
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AI, hybrid cloud spur security shift to consolidation

Fri, 6th Feb 2026
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AI, hybrid cloud and SASE are driving a shift from security sprawl to consolidation, with unified policy control now the top priority.
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Developers' AI agents pose rising software supply risks

Fri, 6th Feb 2026
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Developers granting AI agents broad, unsupervised access to code and systems are creating new software supply chain and data exposure risks.
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Gartner names Komodor key vendor in AI SRE tooling

Fri, 6th Feb 2026
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Gartner names Komodor a Representative Vendor in its AI SRE tooling guide, as it predicts 85% of enterprises will adopt such tools by 2029.
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Fico outlines four AI trends reshaping banking by 2026

Fri, 6th Feb 2026
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Fico says by 2026 banking AI will be standard infrastructure, heightening fraud risks and putting CIOs and human cyber oversight centre stage.
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AI boosts engagement but 'shadow AI' risk grows in UK

Thu, 5th Feb 2026
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AI rollouts are lifting UK staff engagement, but new research warns unapproved 'shadow AI' use is outpacing employers' controls.
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Half of corporate AI agents running without oversight

Thu, 5th Feb 2026
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New research warns that nearly half of over 3 million AI agents in US and UK firms run ungoverned, exposing data and systems to rising risks.
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Forrester warns AI spend outpaces core IT readiness

Thu, 5th Feb 2026
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Forrester warns firms chasing AI hype risk failure and rising costs if weak IT foundations, governance and data are left unresolved.
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SUSE rolls out APAC cloud sovereignty self-assessment

Thu, 5th Feb 2026
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SUSE has launched a 20-minute cloud sovereignty self-assessment for APAC firms, benchmarking them against the 2025 EU framework.
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Cynomi extends NIS 2 & AI governance tools for MSPs

Thu, 5th Feb 2026
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Cynomi expands its governance platform for MSPs with new NIS 2 tools for Croatia and Belgium and broader AI oversight across Europe.
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Semperis buys MightyID to bolster cloud identity resilience

Thu, 5th Feb 2026
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Semperis has bought MightyID to extend its identity resilience platform with Okta and Ping backup and recovery across hybrid environments.
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AI agents expose risks in insecure default databases

Wed, 4th Feb 2026
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A security lapse at AI agent service Moltbook exposes risky default database settings, raising fresh alarms over agentic system safeguards.
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UK staff confident with AI but lack training & strategy

Wed, 4th Feb 2026
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Confident but undertrained, UK staff are embracing AI tools at work despite patchy strategies, rollout plans and formal learning support.
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Commvault unveils Geo Shield for sovereign cloud data

Tue, 3rd Feb 2026
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Commvault has launched Geo Shield, a sovereign cloud approach giving regulated customers tighter data residency, control and encryption key choice.
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Panera breach exposes 14m in wave of SaaS extortion attacks

Tue, 3rd Feb 2026
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Panera data breach exposes details of 14 million customers, spotlighting a surge in SaaS-focused extortion and identity-driven cyber attacks.
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Italy & Poland power Europe's shifting cyber market

Tue, 3rd Feb 2026
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Europe's cyber market grew 5.2% in 2025 as Italy and Poland surged, offsetting late-year declines in the UK and Germany.
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IBM unveils Sovereign Core to embed AI data control

Mon, 2nd Feb 2026
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IBM launches Sovereign Core, embedding digital sovereignty into cloud and AI stacks to give enterprises and governments direct control.