NTT Data stories
The alliance aims to help enterprises curb security and recovery risks as AI agents write and deploy code more widely.
The tie-up seeks to help firms turn AI pilots into live systems, with 5,000 experts trained and hundreds of agents planned.
The purchase will add more than 1,000 Azure engineers and AI specialists as NTT Data targets larger enterprise roll-outs on Microsoft cloud tools.
Broader partnerships on AI, satellite links and 6G are now on offer as the event widens beyond handsets and networks.
Privacy and sovereignty demands are exposing legacy systems, with only 29% of firms making sovereign AI a near-term priority.
A widening gap is emerging as firms struggle to meet tighter data rules, with only 29% prioritising sovereign AI in the near term.
Enterprises using Microsoft Defender will get round-the-clock human-led threat hunting, as CrowdStrike also broadens its AI risk coalition across partners.
The deal gives NTT DATA a way to offset hard-to-abate emissions as it presses ahead with net-zero targets for its data centres and offices.
It aims to cut manual work for IT teams by unifying multivendor infrastructure management through natural language prompts and human oversight.
Banks are under pressure to modernise legacy systems and prove where AI can improve service, risk control and security at scale.
Only 14% of organisations have reached top cloud maturity, leaving many AI projects at risk as spending lags behind demand.
AI growth is straining enterprise cloud budgets, with 88% of firms saying underinvestment now puts modernisation and migration plans at risk.
A voluntary regional framework aims to ease scrutiny of data centre power and water use as cloud and AI demand surges across Asia-Pacific.
New Relic will open its first Japan data centre in Tokyo in July 2026, targeting local data residency, latency and governance demands.
NTT DATA launches Nvidia-based 'enterprise AI factories' to help global firms standardise, scale and govern production AI deployments.
Ericsson and NTT DATA strike global deal to deliver managed private 5G and edge AI for large enterprises across multiple industries.
NTT DATA has deployed private 5G across 50 Cargill plants, underpinning connected workers, robotics and edge AI in complex factories.
The consultancy is betting on rising demand for data and AI projects by adding senior Google Cloud leadership across Australia and Canada.
Rising scam losses in Singapore are pushing police tech investment, as the pair plan forensic and AI tools to speed investigations.
Logicalis Australia expands Erica Smith's remit to lead marketing and vendor alliances, unifying partner strategy to drive channel growth.
