Performance management stories
The expanded programme could cut unplanned downtime across more than 13,000 monitored assets as AI shifts from alerts to fixing faults.
Businesses using AI now face tougher scrutiny over whether decisions, communications and management still feel human, fair and accountable.
Routine HR and finance tasks will move into Gemini Enterprise, as employees gain self-service access to Workday data without leaving Google Cloud's AI tool.
The deal gives line managers AI help with meetings, feedback and team issues, while Betterworks tests a phased integration with its software.
HR teams under pressure to prove value may gain faster workforce insights as Cezanne embeds natural-language analytics into its existing HR system.
It aims to cut alert fatigue and speed investigations by using network data to prioritise issues and automate routine remediation for IT teams.
Revenue teams can now pull call transcripts, coaching notes and pipeline data into AI tools, reducing manual prep for forecasts and account reviews.
For users and vendors, the new body offers a neutral forum to coordinate MySQL development and keep the database relevant.
Strategic deployment, rather than bigger budgets, is emerging as the key way finance chiefs can turn AI into revenue and margin gains.
Employees will be able to handle HR and finance tasks inside Gemini Enterprise, reducing the need to switch between workplace apps.
The high-level clearance could ease uptake of Riverbed's cloud tools by US agencies and bolster its credentials in regulated commercial markets.
Many finance chiefs are seeing efficiency gains from AI, but slower rollouts and weak decision-making returns are worrying boards.
By 2030, AI-enabled finance teams could speed up scenario planning, sharpen risk calls and change how enterprises make decisions.
Only 31% of UK finance chiefs are leading long-term investment calls, leaving strategy, AI adoption and investor messaging underpowered.
Clients across Australia and New Zealand stand to gain from a boost in planning tools after Cortell and CorPlan were named IBM partners of the year.
The warning follows fresh questions over the loss of Level 7 apprenticeships, which CIMA says could weaken UK finance training and recruitment.
Connected coolers could help beverage brands cut emissions by up to 68% while replacing guesswork with real-world energy data.
Retailers and distributors may now be able to test supply chain changes against ROCE before acting, as hidden costs often erode profits.
The renewal gives customers added assurance on large Azure estates as Microsoft keeps its most selective managed service badge for proven delivery.
Businesses with outdated policies and lax probation processes could face higher tribunal costs as new employment rights rules take effect.