Skills shortage stories
Mediazoo relaunches Finer Vision as an AI skills arm, promising to close the UK workplace AI gap with new training and consultancy models.
Stable job figures hide 'glass floor' as cautious employers demand experience for entry roles, shutting younger workers out.
ICS.AI unveils a national higher education AI model giving UK students free access to campus tools in a bid to close the AI skills gap.
A paranoid posture and heavy automation promise to transform SOCs, cutting dwell times and exposing stealthy attacks at unprecedented scale.
Wychwood opens AI Futures Oxford, a micro-school offering a post-16 AI A-level-style course that fits around existing sixth-form studies.
Tech Educators secures Ofsted's 'Strong standard' for inclusion, boosting its role in tackling the UK's worsening digital skills gap.
monday.com unveils Agentalent.ai, a marketplace to recruit, vet and onboard AI agents into defined business roles alongside human staff.
Datadog rolls out Bits AI Security Analyst for Cloud SIEM, promising to slash alert investigation times by up to 98% for security teams.
UiPath is pushing AI deeper into software testing, promising autonomous agents that transform quality assurance and developers' roles.
Energy and chemicals groups target 80% autonomous operations by 2030 as AI-led automation accelerates amid costs, labour gaps and demand.
Oracle opens a Sydney AI hub to train, test and fast‑track cloud and AI projects for customers across Australia and Oceania.
Arctic Wolf and Wiz team up to plug the cloud response gap, tying 24/7 SOC workflows to real-time risk insights across global platforms.
CFOs rank AI skills and market shocks as top threats, as talent shortages, rising costs and geopolitical turmoil squeeze finance teams.
IBM will triple US entry-level hiring in 2026, redesigning junior roles around AI oversight and human judgement despite automation pressures.
Firms are freezing hiring on the promise of AI gains, despite scant proof of returns and patchy training in how to use the technology.
NIIT MTS secures a sixteenth straight spot on Training Industry's Top 20 custom content developers list for 2026, citing AI-led design.
Ekco unveils managed risk centre using Qualys technology to give UK and Irish firms continuous, business-focused visibility of cyber threats.
Enterprises shift AI workloads to hybrid and private clouds as digital sovereignty, governance and vendor lock-in fears reshape strategy.
Compliance gaps are forcing firms to forfeit scarce AI talent, as most global hirers admit exposure to cross-border tax and labour risks.
Simbian unveils an AI-driven cyber security platform uniting offence and defence via a shared Context Lake to speed, link and automate response.
