Productivity stories - Page 5

Oracle unveils 25 AI-powered apps across finance, HR and customer service, as it pushes agentic software deeper into core business workflows.

Optimizely training programme sees 375 AI agents built in five days as waitlist tops 1,500 amid rising enterprise marketing demand.

Sinch Mailgun warns weak inbox placement and limited AI use are eroding email returns, with many firms unable to measure ROI confidently.

Twilio survey shows conversational AI is moving from pilots to live use, with current adopters reporting stronger governance confidence and clearer business gains.

Executives now see managed services as a critical route to scaling agentic AI, with most prioritising AI know-how and security over cost savings.

Nasuni pivots from cloud file storage with Active Everywhere and AI Activate, aiming to give enterprises governed access to unstructured data for AI.

Outpayce and Riskified to roll out airline fraud and chargeback protection worldwide, with first Asia-Pacific airline launch due in 2026.

Everest Group names Sapiens Decision a Luminary in AI decision intelligence watch as insurers and lenders seek governed automation.

DXC to use ServiceNow's agentic AI across its back office first, creating a live blueprint for client offerings as the pair deepen a 17-year partnership.

Private equity-backed firms use paid AI tools more than most peers, but many still struggle to turn sponsor pressure into practical finance gains.

Rithum brings in former Realtor.com executive Mausam Bhatt to steer product strategy as it ramps up AI-led tools and automation across its platform.

Acronis rolls out globally available managed detection and response for MSPs, bundling 24/7 monitoring, incident response and recovery tools.

Data quality gives banks a scalable route to digital trust, cutting fraud and false positives while speeding onboarding, KYB and AI-driven checks.

Celerity adds IBM automation specialist Ranger4 as BGF-backed group deepens AI and cost-efficiency offer across hybrid IT.

Bybit EU taps Fourthline to streamline EEA customer checks as MiCA raises the bar for crypto onboarding and compliance in Austria.

Infobip uses DevDays 2026 to push AI into workflows, training and product design as it marks 20 years and expands its global cloud platform.

AI agents prompt accounting firms to redesign bookkeeping and tax workflows as junior staff tasks are automated and human oversight stays central.

Apograph's £60-a-month firewall plan helps clients dodge emergency refresh costs, cut downtime and strengthen security across 1,500 endpoints.

Cisco report finds firms are ramping up wireless budgets as AI, security pressures and staff shortages push networks into a strategic role.

ServiceNow research says Irish customers lose 284 million hours a year to poor support, as fragmented systems and weak empathy blunt AI gains.