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Aspia & Stelia revamp AI for satellite land insight
Agricultural Technology

Aspia & Stelia revamp AI for satellite land insight

Aspia teams with Stelia to overhaul AI backbone, speeding real-time land intelligence from petabyte-scale satellite data for business use.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Fri, 13th Feb 2026
IT jobs most applied for in UK as salaries outpace rest
Manufacturing

IT jobs most applied for in UK as salaries outpace rest

IT roles top UK job applications as Software Engineer leads with average pay of GBP £61,268, outpacing salaries in other major sectors.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Fri, 13th Feb 2026
Serbus completes executive team for UK security push
Hyperscale

Serbus completes executive team for UK security push

Serbus completes six-strong executive team with new finance and security chiefs to drive UK “connect and protect” critical services push.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Fri, 13th Feb 2026
Vizst named Gigamon's EMEA Partner of the Year 2025
Data Protection

Vizst named Gigamon's EMEA Partner of the Year 2025

Gigamon has named Vizst its 2025 EMEA Partner of the Year, underscoring a deeper channel push around deep observability and cloud security.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Feb 2026
Scottish firms talk up AI but lack clear strategies
Digital Transformation

Scottish firms talk up AI but lack clear strategies

AI dominates Scottish boardroom talk, yet most organisations still lack clear strategies or ownership to turn enthusiasm into action.

By Catherine Knowles • 5 min read • Thu, 12th Feb 2026
OSINT tools speed up probes into tax & benefit fraud
Data Protection

OSINT tools speed up probes into tax & benefit fraud

Open source intelligence tools are helping investigators rapidly uncover tax and benefit fraud by exposing inconsistencies in online data.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Feb 2026
Ailanto, Cubbit launch sovereign S3 storage in Switzerland
Storage

Ailanto, Cubbit launch sovereign S3 storage in Switzerland

Ailanto partners with Cubbit to launch sovereign, canton-aware S3 cloud storage in Switzerland, targeting strict data residency needs.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Feb 2026

Global Stories

Public Sector stories

Vape Guardian raises funds to develop vape-detection tech
Internet of Things

Vape Guardian raises funds to develop vape-detection tech

Vape Guardian secures seed funding of GBP £350,000 via Angel Investment Network to expand its vape-detection tech in schools and beyond.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Sun, 15th Feb 2026
Netmore unveils Pulse partner push for global IoT scale
Smart Cities

Netmore unveils Pulse partner push for global IoT scale

Netmore launches its Pulse partner scheme to streamline global IoT roll-outs, unifying over 200 partners and prioritising LoRaWAN at scale.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Sat, 14th Feb 2026
Quantexa picks London South Bank for new HQ at Delft
Data Analytics

Quantexa picks London South Bank for new HQ at Delft

Data and AI firm Quantexa will move its global headquarters to The Delft on London's South Bank when the new development completes in 2027.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Fri, 13th Feb 2026
BADIIS malware hijacks IIS servers for covert SEO fraud
Malware

BADIIS malware hijacks IIS servers for covert SEO fraud

BADIIS malware is hijacking over 1,800 IIS servers worldwide, quietly boosting illicit gambling and crypto phishing sites via poisoned SEO.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Fri, 13th Feb 2026
Paragon buys majority stake in South Yorkshire firm Parseq
Unified Communications

Paragon buys majority stake in South Yorkshire firm Parseq

Paragon has acquired a majority stake in South Yorkshire outsourcing specialist Parseq from Parabellum, boosting its back-office and payments arm.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Feb 2026
MoD signs Red Hat deal to boost hybrid cloud and AI
Virtualisation

MoD signs Red Hat deal to boost hybrid cloud and AI

UK Ministry of Defence signs Red Hat enterprise deal to standardise hybrid cloud, automation and AI platforms across Defence Digital Foundry.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Feb 2026
Rapid7 crowns Orro APJ Partner of the Year for 2026
Customer Experience

Rapid7 crowns Orro APJ Partner of the Year for 2026

Rapid7 names Orro its 2026 APJ Partner of the Year as four other Australian security specialists secure top regional award honours.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Thu, 12th Feb 2026

Stories from Other Regions

Public Sector stories

Notitia & Rod Jager form Tasmanian data partnership
Data Analytics

Notitia & Rod Jager form Tasmanian data partnership

Notitia partners with Rod Jager Consulting to establish a formal Tasmanian base, expanding data and digital transformation services statewide.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Sun, 15th Feb 2026
Big consultancies linked to failing public IT projects
Digital Transformation

Big consultancies linked to failing public IT projects

Big consultancies tied to higher failure risk in Australian public IT overhauls, as research links them to delays and cost blowouts.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Fri, 13th Feb 2026
ZeroEyes hires Stephen Billy to drive US federal push
Robotics

ZeroEyes hires Stephen Billy to drive US federal push

ZeroEyes taps former White House advisor Stephen Billy to spearhead federal strategy as it accelerates its push into the US government market.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Fri, 13th Feb 2026