Consultancy stories
The acquisition gives the advisory group an Auckland base and adds digital strategy and content expertise as clients rethink growth plans.
Major UK and US professional services firms are shelving AI projects as skill shortages bite, exposing a gap between tech spend and staff readiness.
OpenSearch adds three new members to boost global open-source search and AI infrastructure as hybrid and vector search adoption accelerates.
Persistent hires Hari Abhyankar as EVP and global head of private equity, sharpening its push into investor and professional services markets.
Qualtrics crowns Act XM top Asia Pacific Japan partner as it launches inaugural global Partner of the Year Awards across five categories.
Pattern appoints ex-Amazon eCommerce Specialist David Jennison as Europe MD to spearhead marketplace-driven growth and AI-powered expansion.
Tata Consultancy Services named Top Employer in UK and Ireland for 2026, extending a 16-year UK streak and earning first Irish certification.
Mediazoo relaunches Finer Vision as an AI skills arm for L&D teams, offering certification and consultancy to close enterprise AI skills gaps.
Deloitte Ireland names Noelle Doody and Malcolm Barske partners to bolster AI, data and cybersecurity leadership amid rising client demand.
Auxilion invests EUR €1.5m to expand advisory arm, hiring 12 specialists and targeting EUR €5m revenue amid rising demand for GRC support.
UK's flagship OpenAI partnership has delivered no AI trials in seven months, fuelling doubts over GBP £4 billion government plans.
BDO Canada launches AI Vision 2030 to embed agentic AI across its operations and client services, targeting long-standing productivity gaps.
Cyber fears and skills gaps leave UK SMEs torn between bold 2026 digital ambitions and hesitation over AI adoption and data security.
Axiologik unveils AxioIntelligence to help UK firms judge AI readiness, amid soaring pilots and average spend of GBP £15.94 million.
Expleo appoints Alan Gallagher to spearhead its life sciences expansion in Ireland, targeting pharma growth and digital modernisation.
Vancouver-based Hiswai has launched Zuno, an AI chat layer that turns corporate websites into conversational, data-rich customer hubs.
A tech leader reflects on how trust, mentorship and flexible work can unlock women's voices, reshape teams and build more inclusive products.
Australia has met gender targets on government boards, but experts warn true equity demands women's digital power at the top table.
Australian workers fear an AI “skills cliff” as new data shows training lags behind rapid adoption, fuelling insecurity and scepticism.
From French novels to data models, one woman charts an unlikely journey into big tech and urges others to embrace unexpected STEM paths.
