IT Procurement stories

Hetzner rolls out EX131 dedicated server line with Intel Xeon Gold 6731P, Gen5 NVMe drives and pricing from EUR €560.70 a month.

Check Point clinches Miercom's 2026 hybrid mesh security test, scoring 99.8% and blocking every malicious phishing URL.

Commvault broadens Flex support with Hitachi Vantara and NetApp as enterprises seek scalable cyber recovery for AI-heavy storage demands.

Anthropic replaces flat enterprise seats with token-based charges and monthly spending commitments, pushing more cost risk onto customers at renewal.

MetTel unveils a connected laptop service that uses SingleSIM to ship, activate and support enterprise devices across multiple mobile networks.

10ZiG launches UK information office as organisations rethink endpoint security, repurposing ageing hardware and cutting desktop costs.

Owl Labs wins Microsoft Teams approval for its Meeting Owl 5 Pro, bringing full certification to its current hybrid meeting device range.

CIQ unveils free C3 compatibility catalogue for Rocky Linux, giving vendors and enterprise buyers a three-tier way to verify support.

Fasthosts says UK SMEs may be paying for nearly 40% of their software they never use, with AI agents emerging as a possible fix.

Leaseweb adds autoscaling, load balancing and developer tools to its European Cloud Campus as it pushes sovereign cloud build-out.

Cato Networks rolls out modular SASE buying, letting customers start with AI Security, SD-WAN, SSE or Universal ZTNA and expand later.

IONOS and Nextcloud unveil Euro-Office, a European open-source suite aimed at public bodies seeking a Microsoft-compatible, sovereign alternative.

Komprise debuts Flash Stretch service to analyse NAS data, reclaim flash capacity and counter rising DRAM and SSD costs for enterprises.

CMA Technology will resell Rivada's gateway-less LEO “Outernet” to deliver secure, low-latency satellite links for US federal and commercial users.

OpenID Foundation names four partners to deliver new independent conformance testing for fast-growing digital identity schemes from 2026.

UK firms say they will scale AI fastest when platforms are sovereign, energy-efficient and UK-hosted amid concerns over domestic compute.

Object storage emerges as the quiet workhorse of private AI, with 91% of enterprises relying on it to scale production deployments.

Global PC shipments are set to slump 12% in 2026 as memory shortages push component costs sharply higher and force up system prices.

'Good enough' voice tools quietly drain time, frustrate staff and erode service, as hidden frictions multiply across calls, teams and offices.

1Kosmos named overall, product and innovation leader in KuppingerCole's 2026 passwordless authentication ranking after review of 26 vendors.