News from the week beginning March 2 2026

Some interesting research was published last week, with more to come this week. Logicalis released its annual CIO Report, Harnessing AI: IT Leadership in the Next Era of Enterprise Technology. According to the Report, AI adoption is at the forefront of CIOs’ minds. Furthermore, AI is no longer emerging at the edges of the organisation. According to the Report, it is becoming central to how work is done, how decisions are made and how value is created. 90% of UK CIOs said that their organisation’s appetite for AI adoption has increased in the last 12 months.

Appointments

Gong announced the promotion of Simon Frey to the role of Chief Customer Officer.

Lánluas, a leading independent consultancy specialising in TechnologyOne systems, has made two senior appointments to strengthen its leadership team in ANZ. The firm has promoted Lorraine Sinnott to Head of Enterprise and Commercial, and Susan Furber to Head of Public Sector.

Sirion appointed Pat McBrearty as  Executive Vice President and Global Head of Alliances.

Business

Alkira announced the launch of the Connect Partner Program. The new program aims to help partners as they assist customers with complex networks and AI infrastructure challenges.

Silverflow, the Dutch-based cloud-native payments processing company, has raised $40 million in a Series B Funding round led by Picus Capital.

ZyG has emerged from stealth with the launch of its Agentic Operating System to power scale in eCommerce for Direct-To-Consumer (DTC) products. The firm also announced a $58M seed round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, Viola Ventures, and Lightspeed Venture Partners.

Customer Stories

Sasol, a global chemicals and energy company, has migrated its Java estate from Oracle to the Azul platform, Azul has announced.

Stolthaven, a leading provider of storage services for bulk liquids and gases, has continuously improved and extended its deployment of the IFS Ultimo Enterprise Asset Management solution. A recent case study explains the progress to date and future changes.

Product

10x unveiled release 10.0, which is the 100^th release of the 10x Banking Platform.

Rocketlane has launched what it claims is the first agentic execution platform for professional services. Nitro provides Agentic AI agents that deliver automation across delivery, Customer signals, Enterprise Knowledge, and back-office automation.

10x

10x announced a strategic partnership with Validata, an international, independent software company that empowers banks and financial services with continuous quality engineering and automation, powered by AI and analytics.

The partnership combines 10x’s API-first core banking platform with Validata’s composable AI-driven automation platform and 20+ years of transformation experience. This creates an end-to-end modernisation ecosystem. That enables financial institutions to de-risk implementations, shorten deployment timelines, boost ROI, and achieve faster go‑lives.

Tom Bentley, Chief Revenue Officer, 10x Banking, said, “Banks are under immense pressure to modernise at speed, but migration, testing and reconciliation risks can slow progress. By partnering with Validata, we’re strengthening the delivery toolkit available to 10x clients, combining our cloud-native platform with AI-powered automation that helps teams validate, reconcile and move with greater confidence from program start through to go-live.”

Expereo

Expereo announced the appointment of Marek Wasilewski as General Manager for the Americas. Thus, reinforcing the company’s commitment to expanding its footprint and deepening customer relationships and partner engagement across the region.

Ben Elms, CEO of Expereo, said, “This is another exciting moment of acceleration for Expereo and for our Americas business. With focused investment, clear leadership, and a talented team in place, we are well-positioned to strengthen our foundation in the US Accelerating our growth in the US market is a key part of our strategy, and the track record that Marek brings to the team will play an essential role in delivering on that ambition.”

Freshworks

Freshworks announced leadership changes under its CEO and President, Dennis Woodside. It will unify its global sales organisation under its current Chief of Global Field Operations, Ian Tickle. As a result of this decision, Chief Integrated Customer Growth Officer Mika Yamamoto will depart Freshworks.

Woodside commented, “By unifying our sales organisation under a single leader, we believe we can accelerate growth and deliver exceptional value to our global customer base. Ian has a proven track record and played a significant role in Freshworks outperforming for the last five consecutive quarters, underscoring his ability to consistently drive high-impact results.”

Intellistack

Intellistack announced the formation of its inaugural Healthcare Advisory Board. This is a distinguished group of healthcare executives and technology leaders who will help guide the company’s product and go-to-market strategy within the healthcare market.

The Healthcare Advisory Board brings together deep clinical, operational, and global consulting expertise across both public and private healthcare systems in the United States and the United Kingdom. The board will advise Intellistack on market needs, regulatory considerations, technology adoption, and best practices. As the company continues to expand its healthcare offerings.

Aled Miles OBE, CEO of Intellistack, said, “The combination of hands-on clinical leadership, healthcare administration experience across public and private environments, and global consulting expertise makes this a formidable advisory board. Their insights will be invaluable. As we continue to build products that address the real operational and compliance challenges healthcare organisations face today.”

Sparq

Sparq published a case study detailing a global logistics carrier that relied on manual planning to allocate costly reserve flight crews without a measurable accuracy baseline. The study reveals how Sparq built an AI-driven probability model to forecast reserve needs and benchmark performance against real outcomes. Thus, creating a data-driven path to optimise standby staffing and control long-term crew costs.

Thomson Reuters

CFO transition announced

Thomson Reuters announced that Mike Eastwood, Chief Financial Officer, will retire from the role following a planned transition. Mr Eastwood will become Chairman of the Board of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, succeeding Jim Smith, who previously served as President and CEO of Thomson Reuters. Mr Eastwood will also continue to support the company as an advisor to President and CEO Steve Hasker.

Gary E. Bischoping, Jr., will join the company on April 13, 2026, and will succeed Eastwood as Chief Financial Officer on May 8, 2026.

Annual Report filed

Thomson Reuters filed its annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2025. It contains audited financial statements, management’s discussion and analysis (MD&A) and other disclosures.

The annual Report is now available in the Investor Relations section of thomsonreuters.com. It was filed with the Canadian securities regulatory agencies and is available at sedarplus.ca. The annual Report was also filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 40-F and is available at sec.gov.

Zoho

Zoho has introduced PageSense 3.0 – Agency Edition. It is built specifically for agencies, CRO consultants, and growth partners who need to scale experimentation across clients with confidence.

News from the week beginning February 23rd 2026

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