Skills shortage stories
A new lab and faculty certification programme aim to widen India's quantum talent pool as universities race to build teaching capacity.
The ranking could help NIIT Learning win attention from corporate buyers as demand grows for AI tools that speed training content creation.
More firms are paying staff incorrectly or incurring penalties as payroll systems face rising cyber attacks and complex cross-border rules.
It aims to turn staff ideas into customer solutions and patentable IP, as the company backs prototypes, mentoring and filing costs.
The ranking underlines rising demand for tools that can modernise legacy systems without disrupting core banking and other regulated operations.
Workday customers can now access 60,000 OpenSesame courses inside its talent tools, cutting procurement friction as employers chase new skills.
Demand for data centre and critical infrastructure work is driving the consultancy's early-career workforce to 17.3% of staff.
Cloud security teams are under pressure to act faster as vulnerabilities are being exploited within hours of disclosure, Sysdig said.
Broader coaching access could help employers turn training into day-to-day performance as Skillsoft trials the tool with selected customers.
Advanced automation remains a minority use case in Europe, where two-thirds of Ajelix users rely on AI mainly for formula generation.
Costly gaps in off-the-shelf software are pushing small firms to build their own tools, with one in three doing so, research finds.
AI-assisted attacks can now progress in hours, prompting Cato to offer autonomous defences that predict and block likely intrusion paths first.
AI is becoming central to corporate training as 58% of surveyed employers report learning programmes are being replaced by digital tools.
Banks and insurers could cut migration risk as Google Cloud's new AI suite maps legacy logic, tests parity and shifts data incrementally.
Women gained senior roles as fintech grew, but fair hiring and inclusive cultures are needed to stop the sector sliding backwards.
Most UK commercial landlords are still only piloting AI, as integration and skills gaps, not cost, slow wider rollout across portfolios.
Job insecurity is weighing on younger Australian workers, with just 18% of 18- to 26-year-olds saying their roles are safe from elimination.
Defenders facing faster credential theft and account takeovers now have a free, hands-on way to practise dark web intelligence before an incident escalates.
Financial barriers for First Nations students studying STEM at UNSW will ease as Baidam and the university fund two perpetual scholarships each year.
Smaller firms risk being left behind as medium-sized companies in New Zealand are far more likely to have AI embedded in daily operations.