2026 stories - Page 27

Red Hat unveils Red Hat AI 3, enhancing enterprises' AI deployment with scalable inference, collaboration tools, and support for diverse hardware platforms.

By 2027, AI will transform hiring, regional platforms, and business processes, with USD $58bn market shifts and 90% of B2B trades handled by AI agents by 2028.

By 2030, all IT work is forecast to involve AI, with CIOs predicting 75% will be human-AI collaboration and 25% fully autonomous AI tasks.

Gartner reveals key tech trends for 2026, spotlighting AI supercomputing, cybersecurity, cloud sovereignty, and digital provenance shaping business futures.

Canada unveils its first National Anti-Fraud Strategy and a Financial Crimes Agency to tackle rising fraud losses, which hit CAD $643 million in 2024.

Only 25% of mid-market firms have fully deployed AI, yet stock valuations assume full adoption, revealing a gap between hype and reality in AI investment.

Salesforce and Google deepen AI partnership with Agentforce 360, integrating Gemini Enterprise to boost productivity and streamline workflows across Google Workspace.

Visa's new Acquirer Monitoring Programme, effective October 2025, imposes stricter fraud and dispute thresholds, charging USD $8 per transaction dispute over 2.2%.

Bentley Systems unveils new AI tools and a collaborative initiative to boost productivity and innovation in infrastructure engineering workflows.

Global spending on AI-optimised infrastructure as a service is set to surge to USD $37.5bn by 2026, driven by demand for inferencing workloads, Gartner forecasts.

Informatica and Oracle deepen their partnership to enhance AI and data management with new native solutions on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, launching 2025-26.

Oracle will launch a public AI supercluster in 2026 powered by AMD MI450 GPUs, starting with 50,000 units to boost large-scale AI workloads.

Microsoft will end Windows 10 support on 14 October 2025, urging firms to migrate soon as security updates and technical support will cease.

Deep Sky will invest in building the largest carbon removal hubs in Southwestern Manitoba, aiming to remove 500,000 tonnes of CO2 annually.

Dayforce unveils AI Agents and Workspace to enhance HR efficiency, offering smarter workflows and real-time collaboration within its platform from 2025-2026.

SolarWinds launches AI Agent to boost IT resilience, automating incident response and simplifying operations for more proactive innovation in complex systems.

Toronto startup Nüu Catering launches a platform allowing office employees to order individual meals, easing group orders and boosting local restaurants.

A global shortage of cyber experts and rising AI use are driving cyber breach costs above USD $1 million for over half of organisations in 2024, says Fortinet.

Pax8 launches Agent Store and Managed Intelligence Provider Playbook to help MSPs adopt AI and boost growth with tailored digital solutions.

Canadian firms increasingly adopt AI in cybersecurity but face a talent shortage that hinders progress and raises breach risks, finds Fortinet's 2025 report.