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Marisa scullion

Hiding in plain sight? The revenue advantage of female founders

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Female-founded startups earn up to 35% higher returns, yet receive just 2.3% of capital, leaving a vast revenue edge underexploited.
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Female representation in AI is a win-win situation for businesses

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Boosting female representation in AI is key to cutting bias, building trust and unlocking more innovative, profitable business outcomes.
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HPE complete care service: Refocused for your AI advantage

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HPE revamps Complete Care Service into a unified, AI-powered support model to simplify hybrid IT, bridge silos and scale enterprise AI.
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Women own the most underrated skill in tech: Translation

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As AI reshapes workplaces, women's overlooked gift for translating ideas into action is emerging as tech's most critical skill.
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Manufacturers see AI gains but data gaps stall scale-up

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Manufacturers reap early AI returns but poor data quality, fragmented tools and network limits block efforts to scale projects enterprise-wide.
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Moving the goalposts: Why the CRO role needs a rebrand

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Fintech must retire the heroic closer myth: today's CRO is a data-led architect of long-term, cross-functional revenue growth.
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UK AI budgets shift to data infrastructure & storage

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UK firms are funnelling most AI budgets into data infrastructure and storage, as hybrid cloud, security gaps and soaring fees reshape spending.
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Flexitech turns to Rimini Street to extend SAP ECC 6

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Flexitech shifts SAP ECC 6 support to Rimini Street to cut maintenance costs, extend ERP life and fund security, compliance and R&D plans.
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Globality named on Hackett '50 to Know' procurement list

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Globality has secured a place on The Hackett Group's 2025-2026 '50 to Know' list, as the only autonomous sourcing pure-play specialist.
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Operationalising “gIve to gain” in the age of AI

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As AI booms, tech is wasting vital female talent; embracing 'give to gain' could close skills gaps, cut costs and build fairer systems.
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Why imposter syndrome is an asset for female leaders

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Imposter syndrome is not a flaw to fix for female leaders in AI-era marketing, but a quiet advantage that drives curiosity and better decisions.
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Identity management tops 2026 security & IT agenda

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Identity management is set to dominate 2026 security agendas as HID research shows rising convergence, biometrics use and privacy scrutiny.
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Mortar AI partners with DAIVID to support marketers

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Mortar AI and DAIVID launch MMM + Creative, fusing emotional response data with marketing mix models to link creative quality to sales.
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OutSystems Elevate revamps global partner rewards model

Fri, 27th Feb 2026
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OutSystems launches Elevate partner programme, tying rewards to AI skills, customer outcomes and market impact via a new Earned Level model.
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ServiceNow unveils Autonomous Workforce & EmployeeWorks

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ServiceNow debuts Autonomous Workforce and EmployeeWorks, promising AI “specialists” that autonomously resolve most employee IT requests.
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Tempo study finds one in three enterprise projects fail

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Nearly one in three enterprise projects fail to deliver meaningful ROI, Tempo warns, with misalignment wasting up to USD $260 million a year.
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OutSystems unveils Elevate partner scheme for AI era

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OutSystems debuts Elevate partner scheme, tying rewards to AI credentials, delivery outcomes and customer satisfaction metrics.
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Linux report shows open source giving fivefold returns

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Linux Foundation research finds active open source contributors gain up to a fivefold ROI, while passive users rack up hidden technical debt.
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Firms pour billions into AI but struggle to scale value

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Firms spent USD $252 billion on AI in 2024, yet only 4% report repeatable, scalable value as governance and skills gaps hold back returns.
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Forrester predicts cautious surge in humanoid robots

Wed, 25th Feb 2026
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Forrester sees humanoid robots shifting from trials to targeted deployment, promising efficiency gains but slowed by cost, complexity and risk.