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G2's 2026 Best Software Awards reveal major market shifts

Fri, 20th Feb 2026
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G2's 2026 Best Software Awards show buyer loyalties shifting fast, with 47% new top products and a major shake-up in global rankings.
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Firgun backs Quantum Elements in quantum software bet

Wed, 18th Feb 2026
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Firgun backs Los Angeles quantum start-up Quantum Elements to scale its AI-powered Constellation software platform for circuit design.
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ControlUp adds product & alliances leaders to fuel growth

Thu, 5th Feb 2026
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ControlUp names Gadi Feldman chief product officer and Bob Johnson SVP alliances to drive product innovation and partner-led global growth.
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NeuBird AI names Venkat Ramakrishnan president & COO

Thu, 5th Feb 2026
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NeuBird AI appoints Venkat Ramakrishnan president and COO to scale its agentic AI SRE platform and expand global commercial operations.
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Cybersecurity as a Service market to hit USD $83.96bn

Thu, 5th Feb 2026
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Cybersecurity as a Service market forecast to soar from USD $17.60bn in 2024 to USD $83.96bn by 2034, driven by threats and skills gaps.
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Canadian executives back AI despite global jitters

Wed, 4th Feb 2026
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Canadian bosses bet big on AI for 2026 as global economic optimism lags, embracing autonomous agents while employees resist AI managers.
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Forward Networks unveils AI twin for safer operations

Sat, 31st Jan 2026
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Forward Networks debuts Forward AI, a digital twin-powered agentic assistant promising safer, verifiable automation for network operations.
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Qubitra plots quantum push for finance & marketplace

Wed, 21st Jan 2026
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Qubitra, backed by SC Ventures and Fujitsu, maps out quantum apps and a marketplace to push finance use cases into production by 2026.
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Practical DevSecOps launches hands-on security course

Wed, 21st Jan 2026
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Practical DevSecOps unveils a hands-on Certified Security Champion course to embed security advocates inside software development teams.
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Index Engines expands CyberSense reach & OEM alliances

Fri, 16th Jan 2026
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Index Engines' CyberSense spreads to 82 countries as ransomware fears fuel demand and a new US patent and OEM deals extend its reach.
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Linux Foundation launches Agentic AI open standards hub

Fri, 9th Jan 2026
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Linux Foundation unites Anthropic, Block and OpenAI in new Agentic AI hub to standardise tools and protocols for autonomous AI agents.
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Linux Foundation unveils Agentic AI standards group

Fri, 19th Dec 2025
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Linux Foundation launches Agentic AI Foundation to standardise open protocols for interoperable AI agents with backing from major tech firms.
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MITRE flags deepfake KYC threat using face-swap tools

Thu, 18th Dec 2025
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MITRE warns that cheap face-swap deepfakes can defeat banks' remote KYC checks, bypassing liveness tools to open fraudulent accounts.
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Red Hat buys Chatterbox to bolster AI safety tools

Thu, 18th Dec 2025
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Red Hat snaps up UK AI safety specialist Chatterbox Labs to add model-agnostic security testing and guardrails across its hybrid cloud platform.
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HackerOne hires new leaders to drive AI security push

Thu, 11th Dec 2025
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HackerOne hires new revenue and marketing chiefs to target soaring enterprise demand for AI-driven security and threat exposure tools.
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IRIS names Jens Ulrik Knudsen & Shemin Nurmohamed to lead growth

Fri, 5th Dec 2025
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IRIS Software Group appoints Jens Ulrik Knudsen as CFO and Shemin Nurmohamed as President for the Americas to boost growth in North America.
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IBM to boost OpenSearch with AI & analytics expertise

Thu, 20th Nov 2025
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IBM joins OpenSearch Software Foundation as Premier Member, boosting AI, search and analytics with enterprise-grade enhancements and open source commitment.
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IBM & Palo Alto Networks launch solution for quantum threats

Thu, 20th Nov 2025
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IBM and Palo Alto Networks launch a Quantum-Safe Readiness solution to help firms tackle security risks from emerging quantum computing threats.
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IBM, Polytechnique Montréal launch sustainable forest AI

Fri, 14th Nov 2025
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IBM and Polytechnique Montréal partner to develop AI and quantum tech tools for sustainable management in Canada's CAD $33.4 billion forestry sector.
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Crossplane graduates CNCF, ranking in top 10% of projects

Tue, 11th Nov 2025
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The graduation marks a milestone with widespread enterprise adoption and over 3,000 contributors supporting multi-cloud platform engineering.