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Canadian employers face fiercer battle for tech talent

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Canadian firms are finding that pay is no longer enough, as hybrid working and AI skills reshape how employers recruit and promote tech staff.
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NetApp deepens Google Cloud tie-up with Gemini rollout

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NetApp expands Google Cloud storage partnership with Flex Unified availability and Gemini Enterprise adoption, as it wins a 2026 partner award.
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Lineaje survey finds AI code confidence outpaces visibility

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Lineaje survey flags a widening governance gap as most firms use AI-generated code, yet few can fully see or track it.
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CodeRabbit launches Slack agent for engineering teams

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CodeRabbit brings its AI engineering assistant into Slack, aiming to keep planning, coding and deployment decisions in one shared workflow.
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Exabeam widens AI agent monitoring for Google tools

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Exabeam extends behaviour analytics to Google-built AI agents and multi-agent workflows, giving security teams deeper visibility into automated activity.
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Datadog launches GPU Monitoring to cut AI compute costs

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Datadog rolls out GPU Monitoring worldwide as AI teams race to rein in soaring compute bills and spot idle capacity across model workloads.
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Google Cloud study says 52% of firms use AI agents

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Google Cloud study finds 52% of executives have deployed AI agents, with early adopters reporting stronger returns and wider business use.
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Redgate survey says hybrid cloud is now long-term reality

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Redgate survey finds 43% of firms view hybrid cloud as permanent, with security worries and stalled database moves making migration harder than planned.
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AI coding speeds up, but security teams fall behind

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AI coding accelerates software delivery, but security teams struggle to keep up as more code, alerts and manual checks pile up.
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Exclusive: Google sees success with niche AI playbooks

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Google is tailoring AI playbooks for 19 industries as enterprises shift from pilots to production, with faster rollouts and ROI now the focus.
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Google Cloud unveils Gemini agent platform & new TPUs

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Google Cloud unveils Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, new cybersecurity tools and eighth-generation TPUs as AI demand lifts cloud push.
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Acronis launches AI protection for managed service providers

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Acronis rolls out GenAI Protection for managed service providers to spot shadow AI, curb data leakage and block prompt injection.
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Cast AI report finds 5% GPU use in Kubernetes clusters

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Cast AI says businesses are burning cash on AI infrastructure, with just 5% GPU use across 23,000 Kubernetes clusters and rising H200 costs adding pressure.
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Companies spread AI across multiple models amid failures

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Datadog says firms are spreading AI workloads across several models as production failures climb, with capacity limits emerging as a key bottleneck.
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Forrester warns AI marketing spend lacks business impact

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Forrester says most firms cannot show AI marketing spend is lifting revenue or profit, as buyers rely on generative search and AI agents.
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ShareGate survey says AI exposed data at 29% of firms

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ShareGate survey finds AI tools have surfaced sensitive data at 29% of firms, exposing a widening gap between confidence in governance and reality.
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Vercel breach linked to compromised Context.ai integration

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Vercel says an attack on a third-party AI tool let hackers hijack a staff Google Workspace account and reach internal systems.
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Protegrity hires 10-plus AI & data protection experts

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Protegrity bolsters AI security push with more than 10 senior hires across engineering, product and machine learning as data protection demand grows.
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Snowflake expands AI tools for business users & developers

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Snowflake broadens AI platform with new business-user agents and developer tools to move corporate projects from pilots into everyday workflows.
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UK firms face AI data exposure despite Copilot confidence

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UK firms race ahead with Microsoft Copilot, but ShareGate survey finds AI tools are exposing sensitive data and exposing governance gaps.