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US company Bourns tries to take over New Zealand chip maker Rakon

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US firm Bourns launches NZD $356m bid for loss‑making Rakon, offering NZD $1.55 a share and locking up 41% of the chip maker’s stock.
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Syspro buys Evocon to boost real-time shop floor data

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Syspro buys Estonia’s Evocon to plug real-time shop floor monitoring into its ERP, promising sharper visibility and performance insights.
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AI agents to reshape retail, squeeze SaaS & ad spend

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AI agents will reshape how shoppers discover brands, forcing retailers to rethink visibility as SaaS vendors and ad budgets come under strain.
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11:11 Systems buys Ntirety in VMware cloud partner push

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11:11 Systems snaps up Ntirety, bolstering its VMware-focused private cloud portfolio as Broadcom narrows its cloud partner ecosystem.
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CommScope becomes Vistance after cable sale to Amphenol

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CommScope rebrands as Vistance Networks after selling its cable arm to Amphenol, pledging debt repayment and at least USD $10 a share dividend.
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PebblePad buys myday to expand global education reach

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PebblePad acquires student portal myday in its first NorthEdge-backed deal, creating an edtech group serving over 200 institutions globally.
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Rapid Loans reshapes leadership with new CEO & CFO

2 days ago
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Rapid Loans names Kane Jones CEO and Lois Zhang CFO as founder Russell Birse becomes executive chair amid tighter lending regulation.
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NIIT buys SweetRush for up to USD $26m in AI learning push

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NIIT Learning Systems snaps up US learning designer SweetRush for up to USD $26m to boost AI-driven custom training and near-shore reach.
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Horizon3.ai hires Andres Botero to drive global push

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Horizon3.ai names veteran marketer Andres Botero CMO to spearhead global expansion after a USD $100 million funding boost.
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Accenture to buy UK AI firm Faculty in USD $1bn deal

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Accenture to acquire UK AI specialist Faculty for USD $1bn, in its biggest British AI startup deal and a major bet on AI safety expertise.
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Mollie to acquire GoCardless & form EU payments giant

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Mollie to buy GoCardless in 2026, uniting 350,000 merchants into a single European payments group handling USD $130 billion yearly.
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CrowdStrike to buy SGNL to boost AI-ready identity security

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CrowdStrike will acquire identity security specialist SGNL to add continuous, AI-ready access enforcement across human and machine users.
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AI supercharge drives USD $3 trillion data centre boom

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AI-driven demand is set to unleash up to USD $3 trillion in global data centre investment, doubling capacity to 200GW by 2030.
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Cloud security firms, Brivo & Eagle Eye, form AI security giant

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Brivo and Eagle Eye Networks will merge under the Brivo name to create what they claim is the world’s largest AI cloud security platform.
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Accordion buys FCM to boost private equity services

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Accordion buys FCM to fuse data-led finance consulting with operator-led transformation in a push to deepen private equity value creation.
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Leaseweb names Jan Willem des Tombe to lead global ties

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Leaseweb hires Jan Willem des Tombe as Global Strategic Relations Director to sharpen its sovereign and hybrid cloud push worldwide.
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Flexera buys ProsperOps, Chaos Genius to boost FinOps

Last week
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Flexera snaps up ProsperOps and Chaos Genius to fuse AI-driven automation into a single FinOps suite for cloud and data platform spend.
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SafePay ransomware zeroes in on smaller firms

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SafePay ransomware is quietly crippling small firms, with leaked data showing over 90% of victims are SMBs and many attacks never disclosed.
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GTreasury buys Solvexia to boost finance automation

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Ripple-owned GTreasury buys Australian fintech Solvexia to fuse treasury, reconciliation and compliance in one automated finance platform.
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AI expansion triggers global race for power and real estate

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AI growth is straining power grids and land as data centre deals soar past USD $10 billion, with the UK emerging as an AI infrastructure hub.