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Forrester flags cooler optimism for 2026 tech budgets as leaders juggle AI-driven investment plans with rising geopolitical and cyber risks.

Security teams are moving from gatekeepers to strategic partners, with ROI and integration now central to security investment decisions.

Global enterprises now see AI less as a cost cutter and more as a revenue engine, with agentic tools and Chief AI Officers rising in boardrooms.

Business leaders now see AI chiefly as a growth engine, with most shifting strategies from cost-cutting to revenue and innovation gains.

APAC retailers are rapidly adopting Agentic AI to tackle mounting supply-chain volatility and tighten inventory control by 2026.

Freshworks names AI-focused marketer Kady Srinivasan as CMO to sharpen its global brand and go-to-market engine in crowded SaaS markets.

SLK named Major Contender in Everest Group 2025 AI app transformation ranking as enterprises rush to modernise legacy tech for AI at scale.

APAC firms are shifting from AI pilots to real-time, scaled deployments in 2026 as data, ROI demands and regulation rapidly converge.

Retailers brace for a “Christmas Returns Hangover” as eDesk reports a 45% spike in return requests from 26 December, denting profits.

As AI reshapes marketing teams, experts warn of a global redundancy wave-and argue human experience is now the industry's rarest asset.

A global NTT DATA study finds AI leaders are 2.5 times likelier to see double-digit revenue growth and triple the profit margins of peers.

The x402 protocol revives HTTP 402, enabling AI agents to make instant micropayments autonomously using crypto, transforming digital commerce in 2025.

Datadog launches Bits AI SRE, an AI-driven agent that automates incident response, cutting troubleshooting time and enhancing resolution speed for engineering teams.

Smartsheet appoints Scott Torrey as Chief Revenue Officer to drive global revenue growth and boost enterprise adoption of its work management platform.

E-commerce firms are urged to view payments as profit drivers, with C-suite support key to boosting revenue and enhancing customer experience, says Ecommpay.

Emirates has partnered with OpenAI to integrate AI, including ChatGPT Enterprise, across its operations, enhancing services and staff training in aviation.

Portal26 unveils GenAI Licence Intelligence module, helping firms oversee AI software licences, control costs, and maximise investment returns.

NiCE has appointed Arun Chandra as COO to lead its AI-first Global Customer Operations, leveraging his experience from Disney and Meta.

Rackspace Technology appoints Lata Varghese and Phani Kishore Burre as Senior VPs to boost AI, cloud services and business transformation efforts.

Research teams not using AI risk losing influence, with AI-powered insights driving 72% of teams to increased demand and budget, Qualtrics finds.