IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), the world’s leading quantum company, today announced its role as a founding member of Q-Alliance, an ambitious new initiative to establish a world-class quantum computing hub in Lombardy, Italy. Formed in alignment with Italy’s National Strategy for Quantum Technologies, Q-Alliance brings together public and private partners committed to building a future-forward quantum ecosystem. The initiative – launched at the ComoLake2025 Digital Innovation Forum – combines the advance...
Over half (51%) of European IT and cybersecurity professionals fear AI-driven cyber threats and deepfakes will keep them up at night next year, according to new ISACA research. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251020612551/en/ What’s driving this concern is a lack of preparedness for AI-related risks across the industry. Only 14% of respondents feel their organisation is very prepared to manage the risks associated wit...
Riskified (NYSE: RSKD), a global leader in ecommerce fraud prevention and risk intelligence, today released findings from a survey highlighting the increased adoption of agentic shopping, and the rising threat it poses to merchants. Based on a global survey of more than 5,000 consumers, the research reveals a defining moment for ecommerce: nearly three in four shoppers (73%) are already using AI in their shopping journey. Shoppers are embracing AI assistants like ChatGPT for product ideas (45...
Financial inclusion, which improved globally over the last two years, plateaued in 2025, according to the latest Global Financial Inclusion Index (the Index) from Principal Financial Group®. The findings mark an inflection point, with business uncertainty arising from shifting global trade dynamics and geopolitical tensions driving companies to provide measures supporting financial inclusion, such as flexible pay or more generous insurance and pension benefits. In response, the data shows gover...
Sitetracker, the global leader in complete Asset Lifecycle Management for critical infrastructure, today announced that TagEnergy, a fast-growing renewable energy producer, has selected Sitetracker to standardize operations and scale its portfolio across multiple markets. The move underscores TagEnergy’s commitment to delivering clean energy projects more efficiently while maintaining the highest standards of quality and transparency. TagEnergy develops and operates wind, solar, and battery s...
As enterprises race to capture value from AI, Lenovo today unveiled new agentic AI capabilities as the centerpiece of its AI-Enabled Workforce portfolio, a complete suite of devices, services, and lifecycle solutions that turn AI investments into measurable business value. According to IDC, enterprises are already realizing nearly $4 in return for every $1 invested in generative AI, and by 2027 agentic AI is expected to double workforce productivity worldwide1 – evidence that organizations ar...
Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company (SALIC), wholly owned by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), and global agri-tech leader Syngenta Crop Protection AG (Syngenta), have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to combine their expertise to create a resilient agri-food sector in Saudi Arabia and globally. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251020820516/en/ The LOI aligns with the shared mission of both en...
Wolters Kluwer today announced that the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) has successfully launched the Enablon Control of Work (CoW) solution at its first upstream oil gathering location in the Abşeronneft Oil and Gas Production Department (OGPD), located on Pirallahi Island. In line with its digital transformation efforts, the company shifts from manual, paper-based systems to fully integrated digital workflows for managing work permits, isolations, risk assessments, and ...
InterSystems, a creative data technology provider managing over one billion health records worldwide, today announced a new partnership that integrates InterSystems HealthShare with Google Cloud. Announced at HLTH, this collaboration aims to deliver a scalable, real-time, harmonized data foundation for generative and agentic AI applications. The partnership addresses one of the most pressing challenges in healthcare IT: fragmented and inconsistent data. By combining InterSystems expertise in ...