News from the week beginning 6th April 2026

In a podcast, Raju Malhotra, CPTO at Certinia, discusses the AI readiness gap within professional services organisations. What it means and how organisations can close it. Malhotra challenges the often-quoted statistic that “95% of GenAI projects deliver zero return.”

The real story, he argues, is that early AI initiatives were primarily designed for experimentation and learning, not hard ROI. What’s changed in just the last few months is intent: organisations now expect production-grade ROI, not proofs of concept.

Acquisition

Remote, the leading global employment operating system, announced the acquisition of Bravas. Bravas, headquartered in France, provides a unified device, identity and security management platform for SMBs. Remote will look to embed the mobile device management and identity and access management into its full employee lifecycle platform.

SAP plans to acquire Reltio, a top master data management (MDM) software provider. SAP says the acquisition will make enterprises’ data AI-ready.

Appointment

Precisely has appointed Matt Waxman as its new Chief Product Officer.

Business

Zoho has officially opened its new office in Milton Keynes and announced plans to open two new data centres in the UK.

Zoho filed its annual report for FY 2025, showing that operating revenue rose 17.7% to 23.1 billion rupees (US$1.33 billion).

Research

AccountsIQ has published new research suggesting that finance leaders are cautiously embracing AI while demanding transparency and oversight.

Azul has published a report that looks at how CFOs are shaping through Cloud investments.

The Research Management Institute has published a study, commissioned by Kantata, “Resource Management in the Age of AI “.

CIQ

CIQ, the founding support partner of Rocky Linux, launched Academic Research Computing Advantage, or ARCA. ARCA provides a complete infrastructure solution for R1 research universities and high‑performance computing centres. University research teams benefit from a single vendor, a single support contract, and a single escalation path.

ARCA combines the full infrastructure stack into one commercially supported platform. Included technologies are RLC Pro variants, Warewulf Pro, Fuzzball, Ascender Pro, and Apptainer.

Deel

Travexis Connect announced an integration between Rydoo and Deel that will enable organisations to manage expenses and approval workflows without manual profile creation or data entry.

Freshworks

Freshworks announced the appointment of Kuntal Vahalia as Senior Vice President, Partnership Channel.

Vahalia will lead Freshworks’ global partner strategy, enablement, and execution as the company accelerates its move upmarket and deepens its investment in its employee experience (EX) segment, which includes IT Service Management (ITSM), IT Asset Management (ITAM), IT Operations Management (ITOM), and Enterprise Service Management (ESM). He will report to Freshworks’ Chief Revenue Officer Ian Tickle.

IFS Ultimo

Ultimo published a case study on how Mourik Infra, a Dutch-based construction firm, leverages Ultimo and Esri ArcGIS every day after replacing Excel spreadsheets. It uses Ultimo as its Enterprise Asset Management system, which integrates seamlessly with the ArcGIS platform.

Naures Al-Rufaye – GIS Coordinator at Mourik Infra, commented, “The nice thing about ArcGIS and Ultimo is that the systems feel like a canvas: you get all the tools. A lot is set up, but you can draw your own picture.”

Kantata

Kantata announced that the integration with Provus Inc is officially live, connecting quoting and forecasting directly to project delivery inside Kantata SX.

Logicalis

Logicalis found that securing AI is now a top priority for CIOs worldwide. Over a quarter of CIOs see AI as a significant security risk. AI risks are now comparable to those posed by malware, ransomware, and phishing. The findings come from Logicalis’ annual CIO Report, which surveys more than 1,000 CIOs. Despite its benefits, AI is increasingly part of the cyber threat landscape.

NetApp

State of AI in Technology Marketing 2026 report

NetApp announced its participation in a new marketing research study conducted by Callan Consulting, a Silicon Valley executive marketing consulting firm, joining 18 B2B and B2C technology companies to examine how AI is reshaping modern marketing organisations, marking a clear shift from early experimentation to embedded, enterprise‑wide adoption.

According to the State of AI in Technology Marketing 2026 report, based on in‑depth interviews with CMOs and senior marketing leaders at participating companies, AI is rapidly being integrated across core marketing teams and workflows—from content development and research to campaign optimisation and analytics. As adoption deepens, data quality, accessibility, and governance are emerging as critical priorities.

Gabie Boko, Chief Marketing Officer at NetApp, said, “AI doesn’t change what great marketing is supposed to do. It just removes the excuses for not doing it. When your data is clean, accessible, and trusted, your team stops managing chaos and starts making decisions. That’s when you get to the work that actually moves the business.”

Nutanix

NetApp announced a collaboration to integrate NetApp Intelligent Data Infrastructure, built on NetApp enterprise storage systems, with the Nutanix Cloud Platform (NCP) and the Nutanix AHV hypervisor later this year.

Together, Nutanix and NetApp plan to offer customers greater choice to optimise their virtualisation and data strategies across on-premises, cloud, and containerised environments. The new integration is designed to combine NetApp ONTAP’s data management capabilities, including an intelligent, flexible, and secure data foundation, with NCP’s unified hybrid multicloud operations.

Sandeep Singh, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Enterprise Storage at NetApp, commented, “NetApp and Nutanix are enabling simple, secure and fast modernisation of virtualised environments. Whether seeking to transform their virtualisation layer, data operations, or both, customers need Intelligent Data Infrastructure at the foundation.

“With our combined capabilities, NetApp and Nutanix will make it easy to run virtualised workloads at enterprise scale.”

Panasonic

Panasonic Projector & Display has strengthened its professional MEVIX display portfolio with the introduction of the SQ3 Series of 4K LCDs, reinforcing its commitment to delivering a complete and future-ready ecosystem of visual solutions. All sizes available from Q2 2026, the new range has been designed to support a wide range of always-on applications with high-visibility 4K performance and reliable 24/7 operation.

The introduction of the SQ3 Series forms part of Panasonic’s broader strategy to strengthen and expand its professional MEVIX display offering across both Projection and LED technologies. By continuously refreshing its line-up, the company is enabling customers to deploy scalable, fit-for-purpose visual solutions that meet the diverse demands of modern workplaces and public environments across the full vertical market spectrum.

Hartmut Kulessa, Head of Marketing, Visual Systems at Panasonic Connect Europe, said, “The introduction of the SQ3 Series reflects our ongoing commitment to strengthening our professional display portfolio in line with real-world customer needs. While this range is focused on delivering reliable, high-quality performance for everyday applications, it also plays an important role within our broader strategy to provide a complete and scalable ecosystem across display technologies.

“As customer requirements continue to evolve, we remain focused on expanding our offering with new innovations – including upcoming touch-enabled displays – to ensure we can support a wide range of professional environments both now and in the future.”

Zoho

Zoho announced the latest set of updates to Zoho Analytics. The team has added 9 new connectors, including Zoho ERP, PayPal, Zoho Spend, Odoo Online, Zoho FSM, Adobe Commerce, TallyPrime, Insightly, and Constant Contact.

Users can build customer visualisations with no limitations on the availability of charts. They can now build charts tailored to exact data and business needs using JavaScript libraries. Drill Actions do more than drill down into reports; they enable users to take action to correct issues from within Analytics.

For map-based visualisations, there is a synchronised MapZoom within the dashboards. Meaning that as one map zooms in, the others zoom in as well. Geo map visualisations now support the US Hex Bin projection, offering a cleaner, more balanced way to represent state-level data. There are also several enhancements to Dashboards, a stronger data archive capability and much more.

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