Data Strategy stories
Alation is tying sales and customer operations together as it tries to prove its data-governance tools can support AI projects at scale.
The recognition gives the Asia-Pacific consultancy formal backing from Databricks as demand grows for partners who can deliver regulated data and AI projects.
Private equity-backed businesses are adopting paid AI tools faster than the wider market, yet still lag venture-funded peers on full rollout.
Pressure is mounting on industrial firms to prove returns from AI, as Radix prepares a Houston forum aimed at scaling projects beyond pilots.
Many organisations in Australia and New Zealand are still waiting for AI to pay off, as 77% of CFOs report no meaningful return yet.
The ranking reflects rising demand for tighter control over AI links to legacy systems, with APIs now central to security and compliance.
Many UK organisations still cannot prove they can restore vital systems quickly if ransomware, cloud outages or device failures strike.
The move should give the consumer health group tighter control of global operations as it replaces fragmented systems with AI-enabled cloud tools.
Regulators and AI systems are exposing costly gaps as firms discover policy frameworks mean little without continuous, verifiable data quality.
Weak foundations could leave AI programmes exposed to security, compliance and scaling risks, as data quality becomes a boardroom priority in 2026.
Demand for real-time security insights is pushing airports and public spaces towards AI tools that can analyse hundreds of cameras at once.
Businesses risk biased outputs and compliance failures unless older data estates are rebuilt for AI, as the ODI and SAP launch research and governance work.
UK firms are still manually fixing flawed datasets before decisions, with weak ownership and data culture now seen as bigger risks than technology.
KPMG Canada urges tech chiefs to sharpen data, AI and cloud execution as a survey of 150 executives flags gaps in scaling and returns.
Poor data and patchy workflows are limiting AI in finance, leaving teams with quick wins in reporting but little wider transformation.
Stronger oversight is helping the wool body curb risk on major digital projects as federal funding and traceability demands intensify.
Open Media links with VIOOH to trade 42 UK digital out-of-home screens programmatically, offering 120m monthly impressions to buyers.
Australian retailers face rising insolvencies and online giants; those failing to harness delivery data risk becoming 2026's biggest losers.
Most UK firms now use AI, but with only 31% seeing clear returns, questions grow over costs, strategy and how success is defined.
Mental health charity Mind brings data integration in-house with SnapLogic, building AI-ready pipelines and cutting risk and delivery times.