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Collaboration software and productivity software

• July 03, 2026 03 Jul'26

  Zoom inks deal to acquire Common Room

  AI-first communications and collaboration firm enters into definitive agreement to acquire AI-native go-to-market intelligence platform

• June 25, 2026 25 Jun'26

  Intelligent eyewear market sees opportunities

  Study shows accelerating adoption of augmented reality and smart glasses, while virtual reality segment declines after weak consumer demand, ageing product cycles and limited new product introductions

• June 24, 2026 24 Jun'26

  Overwhelming support for Microsoft SMS designation in CMA responses

  Some 25 organisations back Strategic Market Status for Microsoft’s business software ecosystem, while the Open Cloud Coalition estimates £60m in annual public sector costs

• June 24, 2026 24 Jun'26

  The £1,100 lock-in: CMA Microsoft probe exposes software ecosystem at a crossroads

  A parish council, a £60m public sector bill, and the AI question that could define UK digital competition for a generation in responses to the CMA’s Strategic Market Status investigation

• June 22, 2026 22 Jun'26

  HMD Secure, Qualcomm and StreamWIDE forge NR Sidelink collaboration

  Partnership unveils NR Sidelink-powered device-to-device communications boasting tech firsts for first responders and critical infrastructure teams operating beyond network coverage

• June 18, 2026 18 Jun'26

  Snapdragon START kicks off next phase of personal AI with XR smart glasses

  Qualcomm launches AI-based programme to enable brands to design and scale personal AI devices, starting with smart glasses

• June 17, 2026 17 Jun'26

  Motorola Solutions looks to boost public safety with expanded Assist AI

  Tech firm rolls out mission-critical AI for public safety use cases to reduce administrative burden and accelerate incident response

• June 16, 2026 16 Jun'26

  XR market rewriting its own rules as smart glasses use surges

  Research finds that eyewear-form-factor devices are no longer the niche in extended reality, they are the market as devices encompassing AR, XR, MR and VR grew 86% annually in Q1 2026

• June 16, 2026 16 Jun'26

  Ineffable Intelligence strikes Google Cloud deal for Vera Rubin GPU power

  London-based ‘anti-LLM’ developer led by AlphaGo founder David Silver selects Google Cloud Vera Rubin GPU infrastructure to build reinforcement learning ‘superlearners’

• June 12, 2026 12 Jun'26

  Shure, Zoom evolve collaboration with flexible workspaces

  Partnership unveils more flexible solutions for Zoom Spaces to support the growing role of human-AI collaboration in meetings and learning, enabling ‘consistent, high‑quality’ audio capture

• June 11, 2026 11 Jun'26

  Telefónica and Halotech drive smart industrial safety with IoT and AI

  Firms unite to offer advanced industrial safety solutions, combining IoT connectivity with AI-powered sensors, to anticipate risk situations

• June 11, 2026 11 Jun'26

  Established enterprise patching models dead in the water, says report

  Vulnerability discovery and exploitation was surging dramatically even before Anthropic decided to unleash its frontier Mythos model. As such, an Action1 report finds old approaches to patching are no longer fit for purpose

• June 11, 2026 11 Jun'26

  Motive AI Coach connected vehicle tech drives into UK

  Connected vehicle solution deploys AI to deliver high-impact, personalised video feedback at scale, dynamically tailoring each script to drivers’ needs

• June 05, 2026 05 Jun'26

  TeamViewer, Microsoft bring AI, AR for clearer, smarter remote assistance

  TeamViewer inks new partnership with Microsoft to bring on-device AI capabilities to spatial computing platform, enhancing remote assistance for frontline and industrial workers

• June 04, 2026 04 Jun'26

  Cisco Live 26: Networks the key in post-Mythos world

  Platform offers unified approach for humans and AI agents to run critical IT infrastructure together, allowing customers to build their own apps and agents in natural language

• June 02, 2026 02 Jun'26

  Vision 26: Motive gears up to drive improved fleet safety and productivity

  AI is changing behaviours and reducing accidents within fleet operations, helping teams deliver personalised feedback across safety, fuel and compliance, while engaging drivers

• May 20, 2026 20 May'26

  Forward rebrand brings further autonomous networking insight

  Landmark launch and corporate rebrand designed to enable organisations to see full impact of network changes before making them, so they can operate safely, with confidence.

• May 19, 2026 19 May'26

  Miro draws AI framework to close collaboration gap

  Workspace technology provider establishes AI platform as connective layer of modern work ecosystem to turn individual AI productivity into organisation-wide transformation

• May 19, 2026 19 May'26

  Zoom expands AI workflows from conversation to action

  AI-first work platform provider adds series of artificial intelligence capabilities, shifting from tools designed to simply assist work to systems that actively help complete it

• May 19, 2026 19 May'26

  Ford accelerates European business with new models and in-vehicle smart tech

  Car giant revs up European product and services roll-out tailored to customers’ unique demands, including expanding its line-up and connected services that turn vehicle data into measurable productivity gains

• May 13, 2026 13 May'26

  Sapphire 2026: SAP heralds dawn of ‘autonomous enterprise’

  SAP CEO Christian Klein and his top team trumpeted the advent of the ‘autonomous enterprise‘ during the opening keynote at the supplier’s global Sapphire event in Orlando

• May 11, 2026 11 May'26

  HPE announces autonomous networking capabilities

  Self-driving network capabilities added across core lines to enable secure, AI-native, fully autonomous infrastructure through networks that can detect, diagnose and resolve issues in real time without human intervention

• May 04, 2026 04 May'26

  UK’s NCSC warns of ‘wave of patches’

  Vulnerability discovery and mitigation continues to exercise the top minds at Britain’s NCSC as cyber experts continue to debate the impact of frontier AI models such as Mythos

• May 04, 2026 04 May'26

  ANZ enterprises turn to AI for customer and employee insights

  At Qualtrics Experience Live in Sydney, leaders from Zip Co, Fonterra, Swyftx and Commonwealth Bank shared how AI is accelerating research, breaking down data silos and turning feedback into measurable business value

• May 01, 2026 01 May'26

  IAM tools help Oracle Red Bull Racing keep pace with strict F1 regulations

  Oracle Red Bull Racing massively improved the efficiency of its aerodynamics testing procedures after implementing new identity technology from 1Password. Learn more about this unlikely link

• April 24, 2026 24 Apr'26

  London Marathon runners get AI to go the extra mile

  TCS has launched an artificial intelligence-powered digital mapping tool to help runners and spectators lessen the stress and find the fun during the 2026 London Marathon

• April 24, 2026 24 Apr'26

  Capital injection, acquisition further Render Networks in critical infrastructure

  Critical infrastructure software platform provider gains fresh capital to accelerate sector and portfolio expansion

• April 17, 2026 17 Apr'26

  Surging CVE disclosures force NIST to shake up workflows

  NIST announces big changes to the way it categorises and manages CVEs, which are set to have a big impact on how organisations manage patching and remediation

• April 15, 2026 15 Apr'26

  TDX 2026: Salesforce depicts SaaS as an agentic evolution

  Salesforce paints a picture of software as a service evolving in an agentic direction, at its developer conference in San Francisco, with AgentExchange as an ecosystem lubricant

• April 14, 2026 14 Apr'26

  SES gains altitude for in-flight connectivity with Boeing, Japan Airlines

  Satellite operator claims milestone towards line-fit offer for multi-orbit connectivity, with streamlined factory installation on Boeing craft and deal with Japanese carrier

• April 13, 2026 13 Apr'26

  Qualcomm expands strategic advanced driver assistance systems, immersive eyewear collaborations

  Mobile technology platform provider inks deal with Snap company to expand decade-long collaboration on XR services, and with Bosch to make ADAS offerings for enhanced safety and comfort

• April 09, 2026 09 Apr'26

  Physical AI device shipments to reach 145 million units by 2035

  Research finds rising demand for physical AI tech with autonomous vehicles set to be the largest market, while commercial drones will drive shipments growth and service units will lead robotics shipments

• April 08, 2026 08 Apr'26

  XCOM RAN intros end-to-end private 5G for physical AI

  Next-generation private 5G technology provider unveils plans to expands spectrum and partners for global reach of dedicated wireless network

• April 08, 2026 08 Apr'26

  Cisco: Network readiness a determining factor for AI success

  Report reveals how firms are harnessing AI to drive progress and overcome industry challenges, with most expecting ‘significant’ increases in connectivity and reliability demands

• March 30, 2026 30 Mar'26

  Cambridge Mobile Telematics lands $350m strategic investment

  Major investment in automotive telematics company, accompanied by new long-term commercial agreements, seeks to expand global road safety platform and real-time AI risk models

• March 25, 2026 25 Mar'26

  Google Cloud, Openreach expand connectivity collaboration

  UK’s largest broadband operator implements AI to accelerate high-speed internet access and cut carbon, in an expanded collaboration to accelerate Openreach’s sustainability and connectivity goals

• March 24, 2026 24 Mar'26

  Cyber pros must grasp the vibe coding nettle, says NCSC chief

  At RSA in San Francisco, NCSC chief exec Richard Horne says security professionals have an opportunity and a responsibility to get in front of the security issues raised by the popularity of ‘vibe coding’

• March 23, 2026 23 Mar'26

  Fire and rescue services implement shared comms command centre

  Control room technology rolled out across three emergency services to make it possible to jointly manage emergency call handling, crew dispatch and incident coordination in mutual aid scenarios

• March 19, 2026 19 Mar'26

  Infrastructure is back as Orange Business drives trusted agentic platforms

  Annual customer gathering of enterprise arm of global telco sees launch of four key applications taking advantage of agentic AI capabilities and emphasising the need for robust and secure infrastructure

• March 17, 2026 17 Mar'26

  Lab for autonomous agents to drive boost in manufacturing in India

  Frontier AI company launching Emergence India Labs (EIL) to accelerate the nation’s shift from IT services to autonomous systems and advanced process is use cases such as manufacturing

• March 16, 2026 16 Mar'26

  C-suite execs flag core nature of edge AI to business strategy

  Research from edge computing provider observes enterprise edge AI is now an intrinsic part of core business infrastructure, driven by rapid uptake of agentic operations

• March 13, 2026 13 Mar'26

  Unreliable fleet connectivity driving employee exodus

  Study finds fleets experience an average downtime of 25%, equating to three to four days of downtime per month, while a third of fleet operators still rely on hotspots from mobile devices to provide connectivity on the move

• March 12, 2026 12 Mar'26

  Zoom expands enterprise agentic AI platform

  AI-first work platform provider introduces new workflow capabilities across Workplace, phone and customer experience products, expanding its enterprise agentic AI platform

• March 11, 2026 11 Mar'26

  Ford accelerates fleet data capability with Pro AI

  Auto manufacturing giant introduces fleet management software aiming to help organisations manage their fleet operations more effectively and get daily tasks done

• March 10, 2026 10 Mar'26

  Ericsson, Future Technologies scale wireless infrastructure for industrial AI

  Connectivity transformation systems integrator and comms tech giant expand collaboration to accelerate deployment of private 5G and enterprise wireless networks across North America

• February 27, 2026 27 Feb'26

  Wildix looks to bring conversations under enterprise control with eSIM

  AI-powered Fixed Mobile Convergence capability designed to connect native mobile calls to enterprise workflows, preserving identity, context and customer insight without requiring an app

• February 24, 2026 24 Feb'26

  Microsoft CEO opens London AI Tour with Copilot push

  Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella used his event keynote to showcase how the artificial intelligence in M365 is a foundation for agentic AI in the enterprise

• February 20, 2026 20 Feb'26

  Telefónica activates commercial Edge services in Spain

  As part of its Edge Plan in Europe, Spain-based global telco begins marketing business-to-business services in five of the 17 nodes planned for this year supported by FTTH, 5G network and Open Gateway APIs

• February 05, 2026 05 Feb'26

  ISE 2026: Maxhub unveils partnerships, products to enrich unified collaboration

  Provider of integrated commercial display and unified communications takes advantage of enterprise AV expo to announce further collaborations with tech leaders to create enhanced multimedia experiences

• January 27, 2026 27 Jan'26

  GSMA transforms Formula E circuit into 5G testbed

  Global mobile trade association highlights initiative showcasing how mobile connectivity performs in real-world, high-pressure environments