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Nokia enters cognitive broadband era with agentic AI capabilities

As the telecoms industry looks to invest heavily in agentic AI, Nokia unveils a plan to tackle fibre and Wi-Fi challenges, boost user experience and increase operational efficiency
Space42 appoints Skylo to power D2D satellite connectivity

AI-powered SpaceTech company enlists non-terrestrial network service provider to enable standards-based D2D connectivity over Thuraya-4 geostationary satellite
Europe and US negotiate deal to share citizens’ biometric data

The UK has received a request from the US to share biometric data of citizens, as Europe negotiates a similar deal with US Department of Homeland Security
Celonis acquires MIT-linked decision intelligence firm Ikigai

Celonis has acquired MIT-linked Ikigai to aid in its drive to eliminate artificial intelligence blind spots from enterprise IT, and launched a ‘context model’ digital twin, said to give AI operational clarity
Civil servants to protest amid pension scheme crisis

Public and Commercial Services Union to hold a demonstration at outsourcing giant’s meeting in London
Saudi Aramco deploys AI refinery system with Emerson

The system integrates Emerson’s Aspen Hybrid Models into Saudi Aramco’s refinery planning framework, enabling higher prediction accuracy, smarter feedstock optimisation and scalable AI-driven refinery planning

Workday majors on Sana acquisition to forward agentic AI programme

On a visit to Workday’s Dublin EMEA HQ, we find the supplier aiming to leverage agentic artificial intelligence to improve enterprise operations with its Sana platform, said to enable automation and reskilling for an AI-driven workplace
What businesses need to fix now to avoid expensive 6G lock-ins

6G networks will be coming over the course of the next three to four years, offering more unprecedented capability than their predecessors, but this does not mean unprecedented amounts need to be spent to make them viable
Why IoT grows in agriculture but needs tonic for healthcare

Deployment environments matter far more than sophistication, when it comes to IoT success. This includes scaling costs, on-ground network realities and the difficulty of integrating new tech into legacy systems

Finding NemoClaw, Solo fishes out production agentic runtime for Kubernetes- Open Source Insider

Cloud-native connectivity and infrastructure company Solo has announced support for NemoClaw within kagent, the production-grade agentic runtime. Popular with retail, financial services and ... Continue Reading
definity definitely defines agentic data engineering platform - CW Developer Network

Tricky to spell but easy to pronounce, definity has unveiled its agentic data engineering platform. The technology is purpose-built to operate and optimise enterprise lakehouse and Spark data ... Continue Reading
Sysdig has a head for headless agent-aligned cloud security- CW Developer Network

Sysdig has had a busy month on the newswires (which, in fairness, is most months at the company we know as a cloud-native security specialist offering real-time visibility and threat detection for ... Continue Reading
Astronomer Otto: A data engineering agent built for Apache Airflow - CW Developer Network

Data engineering and data science are the modern software engineering disciplines that run enterprises today. These are the processes needed to keep dashboards current, AI models trustworthy and ... Continue Reading

A new frontier: Identity stack evolves for agentic systems

The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers the intersection of AI and IAM. In this article, explore the changing nature of the identity stack and learn what will change as identity evolves into a real-time control plane for agentic systems.
Why 50% of GenAI projects fail – and how to beat the odds

With half of all generative AI projects failing after the proof-of-concept stage, organisations are discovering that technology alone isn't a silver bullet. Here’s how to turn them into lasting competitive advantages
Realising Britain’s AI ambitions rests on digital inclusion

AI is increasingly being woven into every aspect of our lives - but the technology's full potential cannot be delivered without addressing shortcomings in digital inclusion