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SALESmanago boosts WhatsApp & AI-led eCommerce tools
Unified Communications

SALESmanago boosts WhatsApp & AI-led eCommerce tools

SALESmanago upgrades its eCommerce platform with richer WhatsApp journeys and AI-led recommendations, targeting smarter real-time engagement.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Wed, 21st Jan 2026
Heidi scales AI clinical documentation with MongoDB
Robotic Process Automation

Heidi scales AI clinical documentation with MongoDB

Heidi scales AI clinical note-taking to 81 million consultations worldwide after migrating its data platform to MongoDB Atlas.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Wed, 21st Jan 2026
Twilio, AEG partner to enhance live sport & ticketing
Customer Relationship Management

Twilio, AEG partner to enhance live sport & ticketing

Twilio and AEG sign a multi-year deal to power personalised fan engagement across Crypto.com Arena, LA Kings and ticketing platform AXS.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Wed, 21st Jan 2026
flydubai taps Amperity to drive data-led retail shift
Digital Transformation

flydubai taps Amperity to drive data-led retail shift

flydubai partners with Amperity to unify passenger data and accelerate a shift to modern, Offer-Order-based airline retailing.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Tue, 20th Jan 2026
MongoDB boosts AI startup support with Voyage models
Generative AI

MongoDB boosts AI startup support with Voyage models

MongoDB expands its AI-focused startup programme and bakes Voyage AI models into Atlas to unify retrieval and operational data in one stack.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Fri, 16th Jan 2026
DoiT buys SELECT to boost Snowflake FinOps tooling
Digital Transformation

DoiT buys SELECT to boost Snowflake FinOps tooling

DoiT snaps up SELECT to fold Snowflake spend optimisation into its Cloud Intelligence platform, advancing a USD $250 million AI push.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Wed, 14th Jan 2026
Amperity unveils AI agent to build live customer journeys
Customer Experience

Amperity unveils AI agent to build live customer journeys

Amperity has debuted an AI Customer Data Agent that turns natural-language prompts into live segments and customer journeys for marketers.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Wed, 14th Jan 2026
iManage forecasts AI reality check & data overhaul by 2026
Digital Transformation

iManage forecasts AI reality check & data overhaul by 2026

iManage predicts 2026 will bring an agentic AI reality check, routine hallucination risk management and machine-led data restructuring.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • Tue, 13th Jan 2026
SAP reveals new AI retail tools spanning planning to orders
Manufacturing

SAP reveals new AI retail tools spanning planning to orders

SAP is rolling out AI tools for retailers, linking planning, merchandising, promotions and orders with “agentic commerce” capabilities.

By Melania Watson • 4 min read • Tue, 13th Jan 2026
Talkdesk unveils new AI tools for retail & consumer goods
Unified Communications

Talkdesk unveils new AI tools for retail & consumer goods

Talkdesk unveils Commerce Orchestration and Consumer Goods Experience Cloud to coordinate AI-driven retail journeys end to end.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Mon, 12th Jan 2026
Forrester names Ververica a Leader in streaming data
Private Cloud

Forrester names Ververica a Leader in streaming data

Forrester names Ververica a Leader in its Q4 2025 streaming data platforms Wave, citing its Apache Flink core and real-time scale focus.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Mon, 12th Jan 2026
How poor data is holding your organisation back - and how to fix it
Data Protection

How poor data is holding your organisation back - and how to fix it

Outdated, inaccurate and duplicate records are crippling data-driven decisions, but simple verification and cleansing tools can reverse the damage.

By Barley Laing • 4 min read • Mon, 12th Jan 2026
Brands shift to centralised platforms as channels grow
Digital Transformation

Brands shift to centralised platforms as channels grow

Brands are ditching fragmented martech stacks for centralised platforms as AI, richer messaging and costs expose the limits of siloed channels.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Sat, 10th Jan 2026

Stories from Other Regions

Data Platform stories

Pathzero links climate data across public, private assets
Disaster Recovery

Pathzero links climate data across public, private assets

Pathzero teams with major climate data providers to unify emissions and risk reporting across public and private investment portfolios.

By Melania Watson • 4 min read • Wed, 21st Jan 2026
Distil.ai links with OpenTable to boost restaurant revenue
Software-as-a-Service

Distil.ai links with OpenTable to boost restaurant revenue

UK startup Distil.ai links its forecasting engine with OpenTable data to help multi-site restaurant groups predict demand and lift revenue.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 5 min read • Thu, 15th Jan 2026
SaleCycle buys BEYABLE to build unified eCommerce stack
DevOps

SaleCycle buys BEYABLE to build unified eCommerce stack

SaleCycle snaps up French personalisation specialist BEYABLE to create a unified European eCommerce marketing and conversion platform.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Wed, 14th Jan 2026
Leeds partners with Oakland to transform student data
EduTech

Leeds partners with Oakland to transform student data

University of Leeds teams with Oakland Everything Data to build a 'single version of the student' and embed data in decisions campus-wide.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Mon, 12th Jan 2026
AI-driven loyalty programs open $2 trillion opportunity in Southeast Asia
Data Analytics

AI-driven loyalty programs open $2 trillion opportunity in Southeast Asia

AI-powered loyalty schemes promise a USD $2 trillion revenue windfall in Southeast Asia as retailers race to master personalisation.

By Aaron Crowe • 6 min read • Mon, 12th Jan 2026