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The Channel Partner as a Strategic Compass to Navigate the AI Boom

F5 and its channel partners are helping EMEA organisations move AI from hype to measurable business value by prioritising governance, security and scalable delivery. By embedding security and visibility from the start with F5’s ADSP and using Distributed Cloud (XC) to address sovereignty and multi‑cloud flexibility, partners guide customers ...

by Spencer Izard

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Why Data and Application Security Is Now a Business Imperative

In a digital era where businesses rely more on technology, data and applications are essential assets that drive operations, generate revenue, and build trust. A comprehensive, end-to-end strategy for protecting data and applications is crucial. Integrating security into the product lifecycle enables faster scaling, smoother launches, and more ...

by Wolfgang Schwab

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NTT DATA Business Solutions Transformation NOW! 2025 – Unlocking the Future of AI-Driven ERP

This week, PAC attended the annual NTT DATA Business Solutions Transformation NOW! 2025 event in London. Keynotes and sessions led by UK&I leaders and customers revealed a clear message: AI is no longer a future consideration; it is foundational to ERP transformation from day one. NTT DATA believes AI must be embedded across the enterprise, in ...

by Sidney Siegertsz

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The mid-tier playbook gets a new chapter on GCC growth

Hexaware’s acquisition of SMC Squared reflects a deliberate pivot to the intersection of platforms, AI, and GCCs. It underscores the shift from labor arbitrage to value creation and positions GCCs as environments where digital and human talent come together.

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Accenture buys UK AI Challenger Faculty Nick Mayes

Accenture buys UK AI Challenger Faculty

January 06, 2026

Accenture has agreed a deal to snap-up UK AI platform vendor Faculty for an undisclosed sum. Faculty has seemed a likely target for Accenture’s unstoppable M&A engine since it named Accenture as its preferred systems integration partner two years ago. The company was launched in 2014 as a data strategy consultancy, initially called ...

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Infographie – Reprise du marché du numérique en France au S2 2025 Franck Nassah

2025 : année difficile mais des signes d’amélioration sur la fin de l’année

January 05, 2026

En 2025, le marché du numérique français connaît un fort ralentissement après plusieurs années de croissance soutenue. L’étude semestrielle PAC & numeum met en évidence la baisse des activités de services, la résilience des éditeurs et du cloud, ainsi qu’une reprise progressive en fin d’année portée par l’IA et la conformité.

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France software and cloud platform market growth driven by AI and public cloud adoption Eric Beaudet

Why France’s Software and Cloud Platform Market Is Accelerating in 2025 and Beyond

December 19, 2025

France’s software and cloud platform market is experiencing strong and sustainable growth, driven by accelerating cloud adoption, rising demand for generative AI infrastructure, and increased investment in sovereign digital technologies. In 2025, the market reached €29.2bn, supported by dynamic SaaS growth, rapid expansion of public cloud ...

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Transforming Midmarket Enterprises: Strategic Modernization with Hitachi Digital Services and Oracle Sidney Siegertsz

Transforming Midmarket Enterprises: Strategic Modernization with Hitachi Digital Services and Oracle

December 17, 2025

Midmarket businesses are reaching a critical point in the evolution of their core enterprise applications, as legacy platforms lose vendor support and long-standing environments lack the flexibility required for meaningful AI and automation. To move forward, organizations are increasingly adopting modern, cloud-based solutions that provide a ...

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Exploring the Future of Enterprise AI: Inside HCLTech’s AI and Cloud Native Lab with SAP Joachim Hackmann

Exploring the Future of Enterprise AI: Inside HCLTech’s AI and Cloud Native Lab with SAP

December 17, 2025

In December 2024, HCLTech inaugurated its combined AI and Cloud Native Lab with SAP, a state-of-the-art facility that reflects HCLTech’s commitment to driving innovation and helping enterprises future-proof their operations in an era of rapid technological change. Nearly one year later, at the end of November 2025, PAC had the opportunity to ...

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Hitachi Digital Services – an established IT/OT integration expert with a strong heritage and growing ambitions Arnold Vogt

Hitachi Digital Services – an established IT/OT integration expert with a strong heritage and growing ambitions

December 17, 2025

There are only a handful of global players with a strong heritage in IT and OT. Hitachi is definitely one of them. The industrial giant has been active in the IT space for over 60 years and has been present in the OT world for over 110 years. Today, out of 270,000 Hitachi employees across 70+ countries, more than 100,000 bring digital capabilities ...

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Part 3: Endpoint Security—Is It Still the Weakest Link? Wolfgang Schwab

Part 3: Endpoint Security—Is It Still the Weakest Link?

December 16, 2025

Before we dive in, if you're looking for real data on cybersecurity trends, key vendors, and market direction, explore our Cybersecurity Intelligence Page. You'll find free reports and insights to help you make confident decisions. Introduction In today’s distributed, always-connected digital enterprise, the concept of an "endpoint" has become ...

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IBM and Confluent: Designing the Middleware Layer for Agentic AI Dan Bieler

IBM and Confluent: Designing the Middleware Layer for Agentic AI

December 15, 2025

The Emerging ‘Nervous System’ Of Agentic Value Streams IBM’s acquisition of Confluent for about $11 billion, subject to regulatory approvals, represents a strategically important step in the evolution of enterprise AI, data, and cloud platforms. From PAC’s perspective, this deal has the potential to position IBM to design a ...

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Part 2: Not All Industries Are Made the Same: Sector-Specific Security Challenges Wolfgang Schwab

Part 2: Not All Industries Are Made the Same: Sector-Specific Security Challenges

December 09, 2025

Before we dive in, if you're looking for real data on cybersecurity trends, key vendors, and market direction, explore our Cybersecurity Intelligence Page. You'll find free reports and insights to help you make confident decisions. Introduction As we discussed in Part 1 of this series, infrastructure security has become a top concern for boards. ...

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Palo Alto Networks’ EMEA Gambit: From Product Vendor to AI-Driven Security Platform Powerhouse Wolfgang Schwab

Palo Alto Networks’ EMEA Gambit: From Product Vendor to AI-Driven Security Platform Powerhouse

December 09, 2025

Palo Alto Networks hosted an EMEA Strategy Analyst Briefing that PAC attended. Palo Alto Networks is transforming its presence in EMEA: not just as a firewall company or a collection of products, but as a suite of integrated security platforms powered by AI and wrapped in services. The main message is clear: attackers are moving faster than ever, ...

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The Dawn of A New Era for Germany’s Digital Economy Dan Bieler

The Dawn of A New Era for Germany’s Digital Economy

December 04, 2025

Deutsche Telekom Is Pushing Deeper Into GPUaaS And Sovereignty With Industrial AI Cloud While hyperscalers and cloud providers have led the early wave of AI infrastructure, telcos are emerging as critical players in this new market. Their trusted role as national infrastructure providers, combined with data center assets, energy strategies, and ...

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Workday Updates on Europe, Sana & AI Progress Nick Mayes

Workday Updates on Europe, Sana & AI Progress

December 03, 2025

PAC recently attended the Workday EMEA Rising event in Barcelona, where the vendor updated on the progress it is making a year after unveiling a major investment drive in the region. It has been a big 12 months for Workday, with a string of eye-catching acquisitions and a raft of new AI features, as the company positions as what CEO Carl ...

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Orange Cyberdefense PQC roadmap diagram Eric Domage

Orange Cyberdefense's 'Come to Jesus' moment: getting closer to the mother, facing eternity, whispers & prayers

December 03, 2025

Orange Cyberdefense is reshaping its MSSP strategy through deeper integration with Orange Group, major bets on PQC and agentic AI, and a renewed focus on threat intelligence. This article analyses the key insights from Orange Cyberdefense’s Analyst Day.

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New Realms of Cyber Defense: Key Takeaways from Orange Cyberdefense’s Analyst Day in London Wolfgang Schwab

New Realms of Cyber Defense: Key Takeaways from Orange Cyberdefense’s Analyst Day in London

December 02, 2025

Orange Cyberdefense’s Analyst Day in London revealed a sharpened strategy built on intelligence-led security, tighter integration with Orange Business and Orange Telco, and a strong focus on CTEM, CTI, AI, and quantum-safe technologies. The event highlighted how the company aims to scale across enterprises and SMBs while reinforcing its European ...

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Why Infrastructure Security Is Now a Boardroom Priority Wolfgang Schwab

Why Infrastructure Security Is Now a Boardroom Priority

December 02, 2025

Introduction to the Series The nature of enterprise IT is evolving quickly. From cloud-native architectures to remote work, from IoT devices at the edge to highly regulated multi-cloud data flows, the modern digital business relies on an increasingly complex, distributed, and dynamic infrastructure. This complexity creates a strong need for ...

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Part 9: What’s Next? Emerging Trends in Data and Application Security Wolfgang Schwab

Part 9: What’s Next? Emerging Trends in Data and Application Security

December 01, 2025

In the previous eight posts, we have thoroughly covered the full scope of securing data and applications, from business strategy and compliance to architecture, implementation, and operations. As we look ahead, it’s evident that the security field is changing quickly. The digital landscape is changing rapidly. AI is transforming how development ...

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Trend Topics from SPS 2025 Arnold Vogt

Trend Topics from SPS 2025

November 28, 2025

The SPS fair in Nuremberg, Germany, just closed its doors. From November 25 to 27, the SPS brought together 1,175 exhibitors (2024: 1,114 exhibitors) and approximately 56,000 trade visitors (2024: 51,300 visitors) to discuss the latest trends in smart factory and digital automation.

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The Core Ingredients Fuelling Sage’s AI Momentum Sidney Siegertsz

The Core Ingredients Fuelling Sage’s AI Momentum

November 18, 2025

Earlier this month, PAC attended the Sage Future for Partners event in Barcelona, where the software provider highlighted the launch and expansion of its offering, closer ties with partners, and how AI is the most transformative opportunity of our time. With a core focus on the SMB segment, Sage is embarking on a journey to embed AI across every ...

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Part 8: Choosing the Right Partners – Navigating the Security Tooling and Services Ecosystem Wolfgang Schwab

Part 8: Choosing the Right Partners – Navigating the Security Tooling and Services Ecosystem

November 18, 2025

No matter how strong your application architecture or how advanced your controls are, securing data and applications at scale is rarely a one-person job. This section examines the crucial process of selecting the best partners—when to build internally, when to buy, when to outsource, and how to evaluate technology that meets your needs and ...

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PAC at the Google Cloud Digital Sovereignty Summit in Munich Jennifer Jonat

PAC at the Google Cloud Digital Sovereignty Summit in Munich: Europe’s Moment of Decision

November 17, 2025

Last week, PAC attended the Google Cloud Digital Sovereignty Summit in Munich, where leaders from government, industry, and the technology sector came together to discuss one of Europe’s most urgent strategic questions: how to accelerate AI and cloud innovation while maintaining sovereignty, trust, and compliance.

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