Professional services stories
Customer demand across Europe has fuelled a 72% rise in Kong's regional base, prompting new offices in Milan and Paris.
Email fraud is now the top incident type, accounting for 45% of cases as attackers bypass multi-factor authentication with stolen credentials.
Corporate travellers at hotels and conference centres were quietly sent to fake Microsoft 365 pages after attackers took over guest Wi-Fi gateways.
Accounting firms can now cut manual follow-up by collecting client data and signatures in one workflow, reducing delays in onboarding and AML checks.
Most firms still lack the policies and governance needed to turn widespread AI use in the IT channel into lasting business value.
The deal gives importers and exporters a new tool for tracing deeper supplier networks as regulators intensify scrutiny of labour and sanctions risks.
Mid-market firms in financial, insurance and consulting services face the highest ransomware risk, with attacks now striking faster and costing far more.
Public agencies and enterprise customers could see AI embedded into KPMG software as the firm deepens its OpenAI tie-up.
The broadband provider aims to cut manual contract work and improve oversight as its supply chain and network footprint expand.
The deal is set to bring 250 skilled jobs and GBP £50 million to Teesside, as Alfor builds a freighter conversion campus by 2027.
Smaller businesses could gain board-level marketing expertise without full-time pay as demand grows for flexible senior leadership.
Commercial property teams could spend less time on paperwork and more on tenant and landlord advice as AI takes over routine tasks.
Identity-led attacks are speeding up intrusions, with LevelBlue finding business email compromise accounted for 45 per cent of incidents in Q2 2026.
AI tools will be woven into Baker Tilly's advisory, tax and assurance work as firms race to boost efficiency without losing professional judgement.
Professional services firms could cut manual handovers and lift billable time as Certinia folds Moonnox into its AI platform.
Small businesses could cut manual admin as the new tool links emails, CRM records and chats into one workflow for review.
Clients at CLA's advisory arm will get faster financial insight as the firm trains an in-house AI model on its own workflows and reviews.
Recognition in two Microsoft services quadrants puts the Sydney specialist alongside bigger rivals as AI projects hinge on cleaner data and governance.
Governance is lagging as Australian finance chiefs race to deploy AI agents, with many under pressure to prove ROI and explain errors.
As ServiceNow projects grow more complex, Ondaro has split consulting, delivery and portfolio governance under three senior leaders.