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This time last year, @confluent.io’s Richard Timperlake shared his predictions on data streaming for 2025. He's back to review how those panned out, in a world where AI adoption has outstripped many of our expectations, and to share his predictions for 2026: bit.ly/4pVYAG3
December 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Part 2 introduces us to Bobbi - the first AI police virtual assistant at large in England and Wales: bit.ly/48t4CbB
Hello, hello, hello - Bobbi's on the beat as the first police agentic AI assistant in England & Wales
Bobbi is the first AI police virtual assistant at large in England and Wales. It's a work-in-progress, but already shows signs of delivering on the promise of agentic tech.
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December 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
In the first of a two-parter from Stuart Lauchlan we look at how AI could be a power enabler of change in the way policing is carried out around the world, but is no silver bullet: bit.ly/4a655lc.
Policing the bots - why the role of AI in law enforcement is encouraging, but fraught with danger
AI could be a power enabler of change in how policing is carried out around the world, but it is not a silver bullet - and forget about Tom Cruise and the pre-crime corps...
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December 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
With new approaches, starting small, and planning for problems, agentic AI can deliver real productivity gains, argues Tim Mitrovich, CEO of digital consultancy Artisan Studios. But it does require thinking through and testing new guardrails. George Lawton has the story: bit.ly/3MN0R8c
December 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
A new report from McKinsey paints a bold vision of an emerging partnership between humans and machines. But, argues @thechrismiddleton.bsky.social, does it make too many flimsy assumptions? bit.ly/4oMbTYB
December 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The UK is still struggling to attract a new generation of talent into logistics, transport, and physical operations. But there's an answer. Seth Stanfield of Samsara examines how organizations can use AI and tech to recruit, onboard and retain a new generation of tech-savvy drivers: bit.ly/4oL9XzP
December 9, 2025 at 11:48 AM
It's a bold statement from Rimini Street CIO Vijay Kumar - but if ERP as we know it 'is' dead, what's next? Stuart Lauchlan hears why we need to get ready for Agentic AI ERP and how enterprises can get there: bit.ly/3KlYKrn
December 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
As the last event closes, what were our highlights this week? Stranger Things, robodogs, break-ups and acquisitions, AI project lessons, a workplace digital exhaustion, plus our analysis on the latest numbers. All these and more, from @jon.diginomica.com in Hits and Misses: bit.ly/48qiwev
December 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Agentic AI in insurance: UK insurtech provider CDL is using Dynatrace to help it prepare for an agentic future, as it consolidates 10 monitoring tools into one. @alyx.diginomica.com has the story: bit.ly/48Omxse
December 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
It wouldn’t be Christmas without some big spending! Is IBM’s acquisition of Confluent recognition that enterprise AI needs a real-time data backbone? Get Derek du Preez's take: bit.ly/4qfUMzV
December 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The aerospace industry is in transition. And it's an extremely important sector for TCS’s growth. In a recent survey of aerospace leaders across N America and Europe it looked at concerns, plans and the rise of digital twins in the sector. Katy Ring looks at findings and implications: bit.ly/4rIQbaL
December 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
We all know from recent major outages how exposed centralized infrastructure has become.

Patrick Smith of Pure Storage says true resilience starts at the storage layer – with security woven into the architecture so organizations can detect, withstand and recover from disruption. bit.ly/4rFbHgN
Cyber resilience success at scale demands synchronized security and storage
A major outage showed how exposed centralized infrastructure has become. Patrick Smith of Pure Storage argues that true resilience starts at the storage layer – with security woven into the architectu...
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December 8, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Atlassian has bolstered the reach of its AI toolset with the acquisition of AI-powered data cataloging tool Secoda. Phil Wainewright takes a look at how this could democratize access to enterprise data for business analysis. bit.ly/4iDeC5f
December 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
As Elon Musk’s Social-Media-Platform-Formerly-Known-As-Twitter gets landed with a €120 million fine for failing to comply with the requirements of the European Union’s (EU) Digital Services Act (DSA), our Stuart brings us some thoughts to mull over this weekend! bit.ly/48jco7K
Something for the weekend - X marks the spot as Europe takes on Elon with a €120 million fine. Now, what will his on/off BFF in the White House have to say about that?
'Pay up!' say the Eurocrats to Elon Musk. How likely do we think that is given the current febrile US political climate?
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December 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Danish retailer Pandora is the world's largest jewellery brand with a retail network of around 2,700 stores as well as a significant online presence. It's also an early adopter of Salesforce's Agentforce. Stuart Lauchlan explores its success story bit.ly/4pUWuq8
Agentic tech sparkles at jewellery giant Pandora - here are some of the lessons learned to date
Retailer Pandora is one of early adopters of Agentforce. Meet Gemma and Clara!
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December 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Salesforce UK&I CEO Zahra Bahrololoumi sees the AI story moving into its next stage across the region. Stuart Lauchlan has the latest from the Salesforce Agentforce London World Tour bit.ly/449zPxO
Salesforce's Agentforce London World Tour - agentic messaging from both sides of the Pond as customers move beyond pilot phase
Salesforce UK&I CEO Zahra Bahrololoumi sees the AI story moving into its next stage across the region.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
UiPath just posted its first GAAP profitable third quarter – and says it is on track to be GAAP profitable for the full fiscal year for the first time. @alyx.diginomica.com talks us through the latest numbers:
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UiPath posts first profitable quarter. Here's why it thinks orchestration is the missing piece
First profitable Q3 as the orchestration pitch gains traction.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Not all models are the same and the pricing is all over the place right now, but here's why agentic AI is going to play a big part in Colgate-Palmolive's future productivity, from Stuart Lauchlan. bit.ly/3MjXQw0
How agentic AI will help Colgate-Palmolive in its pursuit of "perceivable superiority"...with human intelligence factored in
Not all models are the same and the pricing is all over the place right now, but agentic AI is going to play a big part in Colgate-Palmolive's future productivity.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Ian Thomas was in Miami last month to witness OutSystems set out its agentic AI reinvention at its annual event. As a 20-year-old in a market being reshaped by AI-native entrants and shifting expectations, it's been facing the risk of being overshadowed if it can't renew its appeal: bit.ly/49SmPjR
December 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
You wouldn't send your kid to the store without insisting on some dos and don'ts. In an age where Agentic AI could disrupt the financial services payments sector, Stuart Lauchlan shares why Visa views agents positively but advises setting ground rules: bit.ly/4iD7WEb
December 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
It's been a busy quarter for Salesforce - with Agentic use cases, the Informatica acquisition, public sector growth and a 'divorce' from a Life Sciences partner. Stuart Lauchlan reviews the latest numbers for us:
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Agentforce use cases now number 18,500 as Salesforce turns in a $10.9 billion quarter
Agentic use cases, the Informatica acquisition, public sector growth and a 'divorce' from a Life Sciences partner - a busy quarter for Salesforce.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Designing infrastructure for the agentic enterprise - as Agentic AI re-shapes how systems are designed, Paul Constantinides of Salesforce argues that the real shift isn’t in the tools, but in the architecture beneath them: bit.ly/4pHNLr4
December 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
What does the future of Industrial Operations in an AI age look like? @brianssommer.bsky.social was at the IFS Unleashed show in NYC to see robots, AI tools and a glimpse of what could be commonplace in just a few years' time for customers and prospects: bit.ly/44OeaLL
December 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM