IT Procurement stories - Page 2

Temenos wins Microsoft AI Cloud partner status for its Azure-native core banking SaaS, boosting co-sell options and bank modernisation plans.

Edinburgh's Stellar Omada secures five-year HMRC digital testing contract worth more than GBP £10m, bolstering its UK public sector footprint.

Cloudhouse launches free calculator to put a price on IT outages, as research pegs average unplanned downtime at over USD $14,000 a minute.

Datadog will open a UK data centre in 2026, targeting public sector and regulated industries needing in-country observability data storage.

Choosing the right server memory means balancing type, capacity, speed and reliability to match workloads and future growth.

Upwind plugs its CNAPP into AWS Security Hub Extended plan to feed runtime data into findings and streamline cloud security procurement.

Island brings browser-based security and AI governance tools to AWS Security Hub Extended, offering unified buying, billing and support.

GitLab expands its MSP partner programme to deliver agentic AI-powered DevSecOps as a managed service with strict data sovereignty controls.

Most big firms use AI, yet only 12% run truly continuous AI-led IT operations, missing speed, security and architecture gains.

Generative AI surge set to push global enterprise IT spend to USD $4.96tr by 2026, as services and cloud outpace hardware and comms.

CrowdStrike's Falcon platform is now sold via Microsoft Marketplace, letting customers spend existing Azure commitments on security tools.

IT leaders cool on cloud-only and AI-first as lock-in fears rise, eyeing hybrid models, faster VDI swaps and tighter rules on AI spend.

Big firms edge away from VMware after Broadcom deal, shifting select workloads to cloud while keeping core systems in place for now.

Safe Software's FME Flow now on AWS Marketplace, letting AWS customers buy, deploy and manage data integration workflows via existing accounts.

Brinqa lists unified exposure management on Google Cloud Marketplace, streamlining procurement and deployment for committed cloud customers.

Westcon-Comstor signs first EMEA distribution deal for Meter's NaaS platform, targeting partners seeking opex-friendly networking subscriptions.

Calero launches AI-powered assistant to give TEM and MEM teams instant, conversational insight from complex telecom and mobility invoices.

Expereo adds shared Digital Case Management to expereoOne, giving enterprises a single, transparent case timeline across global networks.

AI data centre investment is starving Europe's PC market of key components, driving sharp RAM and SSD price rises into 2026.

AI, quantum threats and tougher regulation will reshape cyber strategies by 2026, forcing new governance, identity models and SOC workflows.