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Sports organizations can’t build it themselves—partners like Sportian can help

Sportian was built by the sports sector, for the sports sector.

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Canva’s enterprise gambit: From DIY design to content powerhouse

Canva is evolving from a DIY design tool into an enterprise platform aiming to unify content, creativity, and workflows at scale.

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NTT Upgrade reminds leaders to stay on course as the world flip-flops

Enterprises must look beyond short-term ROI and avoid knee-jerk budget cuts in response to daily market disruptions.

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AI Risk delivers the trust layer enterprises need to scale GenAI safely

AI Risk helps enterprises scale GenAI with GRCC, AI agents, real-time controls, and traction in regulated markets.

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We need to talk about accent bias—the hidden productivity killer

Biases related to accents in spoken English are a productivity barrier restricting your talent pool - AI can break it down.

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GPT-4.1 is a warning: Own the blueprint, or engineering will get automated without you

As OpenAI’s latest release — GPT-4.1 — accelerates toward agentic engineering, CIOs must decide — take control or be sidelined.

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Innova Solutions’ Orion empowers GCC leaders to articulate their strategic value

Orion by Innova Solutions helps GCCs scale innovation & align with parent goals through tailored support and ecosystem integration.

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Bridge the chasm between business and IT with Writer’s AI HQ

Writer's AI HQ fixes a critical disconnect in enterprise AI - between IT’s governance fears, and business's hunger for automation.

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Appian bets on process discipline to rescue enterprises drowning in process debt

Appian tackles process debt with a unified platform for scalable, governed automation and AI readiness.

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Hyderabad as a tech hub is scaling the AI ecosystem—enterprises should take notice

Hyderabad is rising fast with low risk, AI talent, robust infra, and cost advantage—rewriting India’s IT growth story.

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Five Sigma aims to disrupt insurance with smarter AI claims tech

Five Sigma offers insurers a low-disruption path to AI-powered, scalable claims modernization.

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Prepare for lower cost, democratized insight—Inflection AI’s agents show the way

Agentic AI changes how enterprises must access and act on data - offering the democratization of insight while cutting data debt.

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Time to connect the data dots: Databricks pushes AI-integrated platform for enterprises

A broader market shift is underway, with enterprises increasingly integrating AI directly into their core data platforms.

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Driving the future: How AI and Hitachi Digital Services keep Penske’s fleet on the road

Penske & Hitachi Digital integrate AI-powered Proactive Diagnostics & Guided Repair to transform fleet operations.

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Ascendion’s new era promises AI innovation at scale

Ascendion has fully integrated sister company Collabera Digital, in a move to compete in AI-led engineering outside North America.

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Ops leaders must embrace DoubleO’s agentic-by-default approach

Agentic AI is disrupting ops. If your next hire's job description doesn't include the need to manage agents, you're already behind.

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