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<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 10:52:17 GMT</pubDate>

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    <title>Google is Keeping Workspace on the Cutting Edge</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133387&amp;rss</link>
    <description>Google announced three voice-activated AI features coming soon to Google Workspace that enable users to complete tasks with less effort. More importantly, the features support two important trends in the team collaboration space.</description>
    <author>Gregg Willsky</author>
    <pubDate>2026-09-25T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Beyond the Hype: The Reality of CX Agentic Orchestration</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133380&amp;rss</link>
    <description>CX agentic orchestration is becoming necessary due to growing complexity emerging from the increasing prevalence of probabilistic/agentic AI. The reality remains fragmented due to infrastructural limits and, most importantly, a trust deficit.</description>
    <author>Oru Mohiuddin</author>
    <pubDate>2026-09-24T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Boomi and Partners Both Stand to Grow Through AI Agent Control</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133377&amp;rss</link>
    <description>Boomi has served as a hub for connecting applications, and it is evolving into a platform for connecting and governing AI agents. It is a worthy partner for service providers helping enterprises with their agentic AI development.</description>
    <author>Siow Meng Soh</author>
    <pubDate>2026-09-23T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Generative AI Quarterly Q3 2026: AI Leaders Voice Safety Fears, but Are Their Warnings Sincere or Mere Posturing?</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133355&amp;rss</link>
    <description>GlobalData’s GenAI Quarterly covers the latest news in this sector, providing insight into several announcements including the OpenAI GPT-6 Astra’s release, and new safety fears voiced by regulators, and AI companies across the world.</description>
    <author>Beatriz Valle - Charlotte Dunlap</author>
    <pubDate>2026-09-16T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Salesforce Expands the Value of Slackbot with the Introduction of Slackforce Surfaces</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133356&amp;rss</link>
    <description>‘Slackforce Surfaces’ is a new Slack platform feature that leverages the ‘Slackbot’ AI-driven work agent. It enables users to automatically generate and refresh tailored views of live data and context residing inside and outside Salesforce.</description>
    <author>Gregg Willsky</author>
    <pubDate>2026-09-16T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Dynamics 365 Activate Could Tip the Balance in Microsoft’s Favor for CX</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133350&amp;rss</link>
    <description>Microsoft launched an AI-powered migration tool called Dynamics 365 Activate designed to run frictionless migration, currently from Salesforce to Dynamics 365, in an efficient and cost-effective manner, complementing its evolution toward a one-stop-shop for IT.</description>
    <author>Oru Mohiuddin</author>
    <pubDate>2026-09-11T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>A New Breed of Conversational AI is Leading to Voice Resurgence in Customer Service</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133344&amp;rss</link>
    <description>There is a voice resurgence in customer service. Modern versions of conversational and agentic AI are enhancing the IP-voice experience by taking away the frictions and customer frustration that have been traditionally associated with it.</description>
    <author>Oru Mohiuddin</author>
    <pubDate>2026-09-10T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Nokia Elevates SaaS with Free-to-Operator Hosted Mobile Core Environment</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133337&amp;rss</link>
    <description>Nokia’s Mobile Core Early Access brings advanced AI-based network connectivity into a hosted, hands-on environment—helping teams move faster from exploration to planning and use case validation, without upfront capital investment.</description>
    <author>Glen Hunt</author>
    <pubDate>2026-09-09T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Cisco - Collaboration and Communications</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=94527&amp;rss</link>
    <description>Cisco's Webex mission is to support hybrid work and customer experience. While the Webex platform continues to be a premier solution for collaboration and customer engagement, Cisco faces intense competition from Microsoft, Google, and Zoom.</description>
    <author>Gregg Willsky</author>
    <pubDate>2026-08-31T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Communications Platform-as-a-Service (CPaaS): Competitive Landscape Assessment</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=118841&amp;rss</link>
    <description>CPaaS vendors are embedding AI into their platforms, offering agentic AI solutions, and enabling developers to connect AI coding tools to communications APIs. The shift from comms APIs to connected omni-channel CX journeys drives demand for CPaaS.</description>
    <author>Siow Meng Soh</author>
    <pubDate>2026-08-31T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Conversation Intelligence Tools Illuminate a Path Toward Greater Organizational Effectiveness, but Hurdles Need to Be Cleared</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133281&amp;rss</link>
    <description>Conversation intelligence tools apply AI to surface insights from conversations that would otherwise be missed, moving work forward and raising customer satisfaction. Conversation intelligence brings challenges, but they are not insurmountable.</description>
    <author>Gregg Willsky</author>
    <pubDate>2026-08-25T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Apple’s Foldable Looks Poised to Shake Up the Market, but Will Consumers Pay the Price?</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133269&amp;rss</link>
    <description>Apple's first foldable should be formidable, but hype won't guarantee adoption. At an expected $2,000-plus price, Apple must prove the foldable is worth the premium—and lean on its ecosystem, financing, and carriers to make the economics work.</description>
    <author>Nicole Teasley - Amanda Mitchell</author>
    <pubDate>2026-08-20T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>AI Changing the Commercial Model for Fiber Build</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133259&amp;rss</link>
    <description>Everyone is looking to build AI factories, but who will connect them? Zayo’s deal with Nvidia could reignite long-haul network investment.</description>
    <author>Brendan Swan</author>
    <pubDate>2026-08-17T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Data Center Watch Q3 2026: European Countries Plan AI Gigafactories while New York Enacts Construction Moratoriums</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133261&amp;rss</link>
    <description>Generative AI has introduced a lot of dynamism but also upheaval in the data center market. As a result, infrastructure providers are enhancing their portfolios through innovation, partnerships, and acquisitions to keep up with the changes.</description>
    <author>Beatriz Valle</author>
    <pubDate>2026-08-17T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>IBM Extends its OpenAI Tie-Up, but How Does This Partnership Stand Out from Other Alliances?</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133256&amp;rss</link>
    <description>IBM and OpenAI are expanding on their existing relationship, with the former making thousands of OpenAI-trained consultants available.  But with so many similar partnerships, how is this one different?</description>
    <author>Amy Larsen DeCarlo</author>
    <pubDate>2026-08-14T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>RingCentral - Collaboration and Communications</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=104709&amp;rss</link>
    <description>RingCentral has enhanced its reputation by growing its portfolio to include cloud communications, video meetings, collaboration, contact center solutions, webinars, and events, while aggressively infusing all of them with AI.</description>
    <author>Gregg Willsky</author>
    <pubDate>2026-08-14T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Telstra Accelerates Toward a Connected Future 30 as Enterprise &amp; International Revenues Remain Under Pressure</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133255&amp;rss</link>
    <description>Telstra reports its full year 2026 results showing positive benefits of its Connected Future 30 foundations, but persistent weakness across its enterprise and international business continues to weigh on the broader results.</description>
    <author>Brendan Swan - Siow Meng Soh</author>
    <pubDate>2026-08-14T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Anthropic Follows Google’s Lead, Bends to EU Pressure for Transparency</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133251&amp;rss</link>
    <description>Anthropic responded to the EU AI Act’s transparency rules, outlining plans to watermark Claude-generated content. The AI giant trails behind rival Google in committing to the daunting task of tagging massive amounts of content.</description>
    <author>Charlotte Dunlap - Beatriz Valle</author>
    <pubDate>2026-08-13T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>AT&amp;T Makes IoT Video Intelligence Easier to Buy by Moving Its Backend to a Managed Cloud</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133249&amp;rss</link>
    <description>AT&amp;T EdgeVis Cloud is a smart packaging move that can ease IoT video rollouts by removing on-premises server hassle. It should speed sales, but AT&amp;T must have clear pricing, SLAs, and integrations before rivals frame it as table stakes.</description>
    <author>John Marcus</author>
    <pubDate>2026-08-13T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Zoom is Delivering Better CX by Combining Communications, AI, and Workflow into One Platform</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133248&amp;rss</link>
    <description>Zoom has a compelling contact center solution and it’s winning larger enterprise customers. It’s now in the race for the customer engagement platform business, which is heating up with various players ramping up capabilities centered on agentic AI.</description>
    <author>Siow Meng Soh</author>
    <pubDate>2026-08-13T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Fujitsu Sets Its Vision for 2035 – Driving Industry Solutions with Technology R&amp;D</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133242&amp;rss</link>
    <description>Fujitsu has laid out its 10-year vision that will see the expansion of AI, and new domains such as sovereignty, physical AI, and intelligent society. Its Oceania business is improving with a focus on consulting, Fujitsu IP, and key industries.</description>
    <author>Siow Meng Soh - Brendan Swan</author>
    <pubDate>2026-08-12T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Certis Demonstrates the Use of Physical AI to Deliver New Business Opportunities</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133240&amp;rss</link>
    <description>Certis has tapped AWS as a key partner to develop its physical AI solution, helping the company to achieve greater operational efficiency, deliver more value to customers, and enable new business opportunities.</description>
    <author>Alfie Amir - Siow Meng Soh</author>
    <pubDate>2026-08-11T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Powering France’s Digital Sovereignty: The Orange–Morrison EUR3 Billion Data Center Joint Venture</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133241&amp;rss</link>
    <description>Orange and Morrison have agreed to create a 50/50 joint venture to scale Orange's French data center platform to 400 MW.  At the center is a EUR3 billion investment leveraging Orange’s sites and capital from Morrison.</description>
    <author>Ismail Patel</author>
    <pubDate>2026-08-11T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Samsung Turned the Foldable Race Into an AI-Supported Ecosystem Battle</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133239&amp;rss</link>
    <description>Samsung used this summer’s Galaxy Unpacked event to redefine the competitive battleground. Hardware matters, but its real play is making foldables the gateway to an AI-powered ecosystem that boosts customer loyalty and widens the competitive moat.</description>
    <author>Amanda Mitchell</author>
    <pubDate>2026-08-10T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>AI Requires a Reinvention of the Modern Data Center</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133235&amp;rss</link>
    <description>The biggest challenge in data center construction today is that AI infrastructure requires simultaneous scaling across multiple constrained layers: electricity, cooling, networking, chips, facilities, capital, and operations.</description>
    <author>Beatriz Valle</author>
    <pubDate>2026-08-07T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>More Than Minutes: Strategic Partnerships Are Transforming International Voice</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133220&amp;rss</link>
    <description>International voice is no longer a race for the lowest price. Strategic partnerships are redefining what was once a declining market, helping carriers improve quality, security, and innovation.</description>
    <author>Brendan Swan</author>
    <pubDate>2026-08-04T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>AT&amp;T and Palo Alto Come Together to Unify Security and Connectivity – but in an Elevated Threat Environment, Is the Tie-Up Enough to Stave Off Adversaries?</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133216&amp;rss</link>
    <description>AT&amp;T is joining forces with Palo Alto Networks to bring more advanced security capabilities into the network itself. The aim is to create a strong security defense built to stand up to AI-driven attacks operating at machine speed.</description>
    <author>Amy Larsen DeCarlo</author>
    <pubDate>2026-08-03T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Infobip Rides the AI Wave with AgentOS</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133212&amp;rss</link>
    <description>Infobip has launched Infobip AgentOS as a strategic move to evolve its business from CPaaS to an agentic AI powered CX platform. AgentOS is well-thought-out, but adoption depends on enterprise readiness to move forward with agentic AI.</description>
    <author>Siow Meng Soh</author>
    <pubDate>2026-07-31T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Microsoft - Collaboration and Communications</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=95210&amp;rss</link>
    <description>Microsoft remains dominant in the UC&amp;C space. Integration between Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365, and Microsoft Dynamics 365 is formidable, but Microsoft faces contemporary and legacy challengers as team collaboration has burgeoned.</description>
    <author>Gregg Willsky</author>
    <pubDate>2026-07-30T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Zoom Has Upped the Ante in Supporting Sales Teams</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133209&amp;rss</link>
    <description>Zoom has strengthened its leadership position in supporting sales teams with updates to its ‘Revenue Accelerator’ tool and pending acquisition of the ‘Common Room’ platform.</description>
    <author>Gregg Willsky</author>
    <pubDate>2026-07-30T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Lumen Takes on Advanced Threats with Palo Alto Networks, but Will the Tie-Up Move the Needle in a Crowded Cybersecurity Field?</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133163&amp;rss</link>
    <description>Lumen is integrating its advanced MDR solution with Palo Alto’s Cortex XSIAM SOC platform. The partnership will add insights from Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs threat intelligence arm to unify threat data on one console, reducing tool sprawl.</description>
    <author>Amy Larsen DeCarlo</author>
    <pubDate>2026-07-15T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Google Cloud Summit Sydney: Putting Agentic AI into Action</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133154&amp;rss</link>
    <description>Google Cloud has offered more examples of customers putting agentic AI into production and achieving better business outcomes. As data is a key asset for AI development, sovereignty and cyber protection become even more crucial for enterprises.</description>
    <author>Siow Meng Soh</author>
    <pubDate>2026-07-13T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Beyond Subsea: Why Australia’s Next Fiber Race Is on Land</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133146&amp;rss</link>
    <description>Forget Subsea Cables. Australia’s biggest infrastructure race is shifting to terrestrial fiber with Vocus and Telstra racing to build Australia’s digital backbone.</description>
    <author>Brendan Swan</author>
    <pubDate>2026-07-10T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Racing to AI: Tata Communications Accelerates Its Connectivity Position to Singapore</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133145&amp;rss</link>
    <description>Tata Communications is accelerating into pole position in an underserved India–Singapore connectivity market, building capacity ahead of rivals to capture rising AI-driven demand.</description>
    <author>Brendan Swan</author>
    <pubDate>2026-07-10T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Zoom - Collaboration and Communications</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=128932&amp;rss</link>
    <description>Zoom has become a major player in the cloud-based collaboration and contact center space and continues to evolve. However, rivals such as Microsoft, Cisco, and Google are innovating as well, and their platforms pose stiff competition to Zoom's.</description>
    <author>Gregg Willsky</author>
    <pubDate>2026-06-30T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Google Cloud Highlights the ROI of Agentic Workloads During UK Summit</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133089&amp;rss</link>
    <description>The Google Cloud UK Summit was held in June 2026, at Tobacco Docks, in London (England), announcing the UK availability of Gemini 3.5 Flash, through the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform and the Gemini Enterprise app, and showcasing partnerships.</description>
    <author>Beatriz Valle</author>
    <pubDate>2026-06-26T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Orange Travel Strikes Second Significant Channel Partner, Wins Asian-Market Leverage with Trip.com</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133061&amp;rss</link>
    <description>Coming after a major deal with the hotel chain Accor’s loyalty program, this new channel partnership with Trip.com could help Orange Travel gain access to one of the fastest growing sectors in the industry – Chinese tourists heading for Europe.</description>
    <author>Emma Mohr-McClune</author>
    <pubDate>2026-06-19T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Cisco Live US 2026: Cisco Stands Out for Its All-In Approach to AI for Collaboration</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133017&amp;rss</link>
    <description>At Cisco Live US 2026, Cisco’s holistic approach to AI with respect to collaboration was on bold display. AI permeates each product and every layer of the Webex platform. Cisco’s ownership of the components making its products a reality is unique.</description>
    <author>Gregg Willsky</author>
    <pubDate>2026-06-10T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Deutsche Telekom Partners with Palo Alto Networks to Bring AI-Driven Security to a Sovereign Cloud; but Will Having an American Partner Raise a Red Flag?</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133018&amp;rss</link>
    <description>Deutsche Telekom is enlisting Palo Alto Networks to provide the security platform for its sovereign cloud solution. Beyond providing data residency mechanisms, DT will also handle all elements of telemetry data, encryption keys, and audit logs.</description>
    <author>Amy Larsen DeCarlo</author>
    <pubDate>2026-06-10T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Zoom Introduces Platform Enhancements That Make Work Easier to Complete</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133014&amp;rss</link>
    <description>Zoom unveiled ZoomMate and AI Productivity Suite, which leverage AI to convert siloed content into finished deliverables, enabling users to move work forward with less effort. The features support Zoom’s vision for creating a ‘system of action.’</description>
    <author>Gregg Willsky</author>
    <pubDate>2026-06-10T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Why Quantum-Safe Connectivity Could Become the Next Differentiator for Wholesale Providers</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133010&amp;rss</link>
    <description>Your data called… It wants quantum safe protection before tomorrow’s computers start decoding today's secrets… The next big thing might not be speed or coverage; it could be who secures data first.</description>
    <author>Brendan Swan</author>
    <pubDate>2026-06-09T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>IBM and Google Cloud Gain an Edge in the AI Arms Race by Creating a Global Practice Aimed at Scaling AI Faster into Production</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133003&amp;rss</link>
    <description>IBM and Google Cloud are jointly addressing the need to accelerate AI application development and deployment.  The pair anticipate the partnership, which will rely on thousands of IBM consultants, to deliver multi-billion dollar returns.</description>
    <author>Amy Larsen DeCarlo</author>
    <pubDate>2026-06-05T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Remote Desktops/VDI – A Persistent Bad Idea</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132979&amp;rss</link>
    <description>Remote desktops have always been touted as the solution for corporate desktop support and cybersecurity ills, but the concept has never taken off outside of niche use cases.</description>
    <author>Steve Schuchart</author>
    <pubDate>2026-05-29T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>BT Group FY2026: Double Digit International Declines – But More Bad News to Come?</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132972&amp;rss</link>
    <description>BT Group reports 2026 full year financial results, with BT International Business slumping sharply during the second half of the year, raising further questions over when the company’s long-promised turnaround will begin to materially take shape.</description>
    <author>Brendan Swan - Gary Barton</author>
    <pubDate>2026-05-28T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>AWS APAC Analyst Forum 2026 Part 2 – Expanding Amazon Connect from a Contact Center Solution to AI-Powered Customer Experience and Business Workflow Solutions</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132964&amp;rss</link>
    <description>AWS has expanded its Amazon Connect to four agentic AI solutions. This helps to drive adoption of AI and also highlights its strategy to expand its business beyond infrastructure and platforms – leveraging AI to simplify workflows.</description>
    <author>Siow Meng Soh - Alfie Amir</author>
    <pubDate>2026-05-26T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Zoom Enhancements Help Move Work Forward but Fall Short in Other Areas</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132944&amp;rss</link>
    <description>Zoom unveiled a suite of capabilities designed to convert siloed content into actionable outcomes, though the new features deliver mixed success in advancing the company’s broader objectives.</description>
    <author>Gregg Willsky</author>
    <pubDate>2026-05-20T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Palo Alto Networks Sets Sights on Agent Wizardry with Portkey Acquistion</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132900&amp;rss</link>
    <description>Palo Alto Networks’ planned acquisition of Portkey is another part of its fast-moving plan to become a top player in the AI/agentic security space for enterprises.</description>
    <author>Steve Schuchart</author>
    <pubDate>2026-05-05T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>8x8 - Collaboration and Communications</title>
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    <description>8x8 continues to undergo a fundamental transformation into a customer experience organization. It is making the pivot while facing entrenched competitors who enjoy deep resources, great brand equity, and large customer bases.</description>
    <author>Gregg Willsky</author>
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    <title>Google Cloud Next: AI Juggernaut Beefs Up Infrastructure Portfolio for the Agentic Era</title>
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    <description>Google overhauled its infrastructure portfolio including its eighth generation (tensor processor units (TPUs), with two distinct, purpose-built architectures for training and inference, TPU 8t and TPU 8i, which will power Google’s supercomputers.</description>
    <author>Beatriz Valle</author>
    <pubDate>2026-04-24T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>RingCentral’s Expanded Partnerships with Cox and Spectrum Position Each for Growth in the Contact Center Space and Beyond</title>
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    <description>RingCentral has recently expanded its partnerships with Cox Business and Spectrum Business by supplying contact center capabilities for their portfolios. The partnerships provide each party with opportunity to capitalize on multiple market trends.</description>
    <author>Gregg Willsky</author>
    <pubDate>2026-04-21T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Nokia Expands DAC Private Wireless Reach with “Ease of Adoption” as the New Battleground</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132809&amp;rss</link>
    <description>Nokia’s Hannover Messe updates sharpen its private wireless pitch but also raise the bar on simplicity. Rivals will still attack on complexity while Nokia tries to establish “industrial-grade, but easier-to-deploy” credibility.</description>
    <author>John Marcus</author>
    <pubDate>2026-04-17T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Innovation Alert – From Static to Smart: Tata Communications Powers the Next Era of Data Center Connectivity</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132755&amp;rss</link>
    <description>Tata Communications launches IZO Data Centre Dynamic Connectivity, a software-defined platform with self-healing network technology as it looks to reshape data center connectivity for enterprises worldwide.</description>
    <author>Brendan Swan</author>
    <pubDate>2026-04-01T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Digital Workspace: Competitive Landscape Assessment</title>
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    <description>Despite pressure from falling usage among enterprises, IP voice is seen as a core product by most providers with the contact center market offering the biggest opportunity for growth.</description>
    <author>Gary Barton</author>
    <pubDate>2026-03-26T00:00:00+00:00</pubDate>
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    <description>Mitel has launched its latest chapter featuring a new go-to-market approach, restructured finances, and fresh leadership at the helm. The challenge will be maintaining the momentum generated under former CEO Tarun Loomba since the acquisition of Unify.</description>
    <author>Gregg Willsky</author>
    <pubDate>2026-03-26T00:00:00+00:00</pubDate>
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    <title>8x8’s New Customer Experience Capabilities are Contemporary but Confusing</title>
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    <description>Over the past two months, 8x8 has reinforced its customer experience (CX) portfolio with fresh rounds of features. While the features align with market trends, their presentation risks causing customer confusion.</description>
    <author>Gregg Willsky</author>
    <pubDate>2026-03-24T00:00:00+00:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Enterprise Connect 2026: AI is Spreading Across the Universe</title>
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    <description>As in the past, AI dominated the airwaves at Enterprise Connect. However, in 2026, the reach and influence of AI within organizations was the hottest topic. The biggest challenge for competitors will be navigating the pitfalls of this environment.</description>
    <author>Gregg Willsky</author>
    <pubDate>2026-03-18T00:00:00+00:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Voice Reimagined: Orange Wholesale and ng-voice Bring Voice Services into the Cloud Era</title>
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    <description>Orange Wholesale partners with ng-voice to launch IMS-as-a-service, a cloud voice solution without the telecom headache. Though are telecom operators ready to ditch their beloved legacy mess, or will they keep running voice on telecom fossils.</description>
    <author>Brendan Swan</author>
    <pubDate>2026-03-17T00:00:00+00:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Generative AI Quarterly Q1 2026: Google Goes After Amazon’s Commerce Dominance and Alibaba Disrupts the Market with the Groundbreaking Qwen3.5</title>
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    <description>GlobalData provides a comprehensive view of the quarter’s key GenAI news including the announcements that Google is making a grab for Amazon’s e-commerce dominance and Anthropic’s Claude Code could modernize legacy programming language COBOL.</description>
    <author>Charlotte Dunlap - Beatriz Valle</author>
    <pubDate>2026-03-02T00:00:00+00:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Ooredoo Carves Out Fiber and Subsea Unit to Accelerate Regional Connectivity Ambitions</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132583&amp;rss</link>
    <description>With bandwidth and diversified connectivity surging, Ooredoo is carving out its fiber and subsea assets to fast track its ambition to become the Middle East’s leading regional connectivity powerhouse – but will this bold move secure that position?</description>
    <author>Brendan Swan</author>
    <pubDate>2026-02-23T00:00:00+00:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Telstra H1 FY2026: Profit Up, but Enterprise Fixed Still Searching for Growth</title>
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    <description>Telstra reported H1 FY2026 results with strong profit growth, but its enterprise fixed business still remains under pressure amid another round of workforce reductions across its enterprise and consumer segments.</description>
    <author>Brendan Swan</author>
    <pubDate>2026-02-19T00:00:00+00:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise - Collaboration and Communications</title>
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    <description>ALE's sizable partner network coupled with a global market presence are ALE's greatest hallmarks. However, the pace of innovation when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) must be strengthened to compete successfully.</description>
    <author>Gregg Willsky</author>
    <pubDate>2026-02-18T00:00:00+00:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Vodafone’s Network-as-a-Weather Sensor Is a Smart Differentiator, but Is It a Product?</title>
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    <description>Vodafone is turning microwave backhaul into rainfall intelligence and mast sites into sensor hubs. Its data will be compelling for public sector resilience needs – but only if Vodafone productizes data accuracy, SLAs, and integrations.</description>
    <author>John Marcus</author>
    <pubDate>2026-02-18T00:00:00+00:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Telefonica’s 5G Edge Play for Industrial Rail is Only a Pilot, but Plans for Scaling Are Significant</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132541&amp;rss</link>
    <description>Telefónica’s rail pilot with OEM partner CAF is a strong proof point that edge and 5G can deliver real industrial outcomes. The challenge now for its edge compute footprint is advancing to repeatable, scalable deployments and more use cases.</description>
    <author>John Marcus</author>
    <pubDate>2026-02-05T00:00:00+00:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Avaya - Collaboration and Communications</title>
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    <description>Avaya continues rebuilding under CEO Patrick Dennis, who took over in the wake of a transformation completed by his predecessor Alan Masarek. The challenge will be convincing the market that the company is sailing on smooth waters.</description>
    <author>Gregg Willsky</author>
    <pubDate>2026-01-28T00:00:00+00:00</pubDate>
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    <title>RingCentral - Cloud-Based Collaboration</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=129594&amp;rss</link>
    <description>RingCentral continues to invest and expand its cloud-based communications portfolio, expanding its AI capabilities while building and deepening new strategic partnerships to strengthen its platform and market position.</description>
    <author>Gregg Willsky - Brendan Swan</author>
    <pubDate>2025-12-22T00:00:00+00:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Cisco - Cloud-Based Collaboration</title>
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    <description>Cisco's Webex mission is to elevate hybrid work and enhance customer experience.  It continues to expand and strengthen its AI capabilities across the portfolio as competition from Microsoft, Google, and Zoom intensifies.</description>
    <author>Gregg Willsky - Brendan Swan</author>
    <pubDate>2025-12-18T00:00:00+00:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Microsoft - Cloud-Based Collaboration</title>
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    <description>Microsoft 365 serves as the company’s flagship hybrid work suite, with Teams at its core. The company continues to expand its AI capabilities with a concentration on AI-driven agents, enhancing collaboration and productivity.</description>
    <author>Gregg Willsky - Brendan Swan</author>
    <pubDate>2025-12-17T00:00:00+00:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Cloud-Based Collaboration: Competitive Landscape Assessment</title>
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    <description>Enterprises continue to operate in hybrid work mode, galvanizing demand for collaboration solutions and further entrenching the importance of cloud delivery. Vendors have made cloud-based collaboration a centerpiece of their value proposition.</description>
    <author>Gregg Willsky</author>
    <pubDate>2025-12-08T00:00:00+00:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Zoom - Cloud-Based Collaboration</title>
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    <description>Zoom has blossomed into a holistic cloud-based collaboration player and continues to evolve. However, rivals such as Microsoft, Cisco, and Google are innovating as well, and their platforms pose stiff competition to Zoom's.</description>
    <author>Gregg Willsky</author>
    <pubDate>2025-12-08T00:00:00+00:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Google - Collaboration and Communications</title>
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    <description>Google is well-positioned for the burgeoning hybrid work environment and the emergence of  agentic AI. However, rivals continue to innovate. The company needs to sustain the high level of enhancement it has brought to the platform.</description>
    <author>Gregg Willsky</author>
    <pubDate>2025-11-13T00:00:00+00:00</pubDate>
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    <title>RingCentral Unveils a Wide Range of Enhancements, but Differentiation is Limited</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132263&amp;rss</link>
    <description>RingCentral revealed a motherlode of capabilities for its platform that canvas team collaboration, contact center, and sales support. While they enrich RingCentral’s portfolio, they are largely reflected by the likes of Cisco, Zoom, and 8x8.</description>
    <author>Gregg Willsky</author>
    <pubDate>2025-11-05T00:00:00+00:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Telstra Goes Back to Core Network and Building Partnerships for Services</title>
    <link>http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132241&amp;rss</link>
    <description>Telstra is focusing on the core connectivity business while looking for partners to create new pathways for its technology services business. This allows Telstra to focus on what it does best and build partnerships for market expansion.</description>
    <author>Siow Meng Soh</author>
    <pubDate>2025-10-30T00:00:00+00:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Google - Cloud-Based Collaboration</title>
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    <description>Google is well-positioned for the burgeoning hybrid work environment and the emergence of agentic AI. However, rivals continue to innovate. The company needs to sustain the high level of enhancement it has brought to the platform.</description>
    <author>Gregg Willsky</author>
    <pubDate>2025-10-21T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Telstra’s Evolves Adaptive Mobility Product with Dynamic 5G Network Slicing Using Cellular to Redefine How It Engages Connected Digital Industries - Part One</title>
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    <description>Telstra is focusing on the core connectivity business while looking for partners to create new pathways for its technology services business. This allows Telstra to focus on what it does best and build partnerships for market expansion.</description>
    <author>Dustin Kehoe - Siow Meng Soh</author>
    <pubDate>2025-10-16T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Cisco WebexOne 2025: Cisco Backs Up a Strong AI Vision with Meaningful Enhancements to the Webex Platform</title>
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    <description>At WebexOne 2025, Cisco detailed it AI vision and associated enhancements to the Webex platform. But in a twist from past year’s events, that vision was more front and center with the enhancements cast in a supporting role.</description>
    <author>Gregg Willsky</author>
    <pubDate>2025-10-08T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>North American Telco AI Services for Enterprises – A Complex New Battleground</title>
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    <description>The enterprise AI market is complex, covering everything from legacy activities and connectivity to added-value apps and new offerings. Telcos, at different stages on their journeys, cannot avoid AI’s impact and must articulate their strategies.</description>
    <author>Robert Pritchard - Rena Bhattacharyya</author>
    <pubDate>2025-10-01T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <description>Money and time spent on cybersecurity, businesses continuity, and disaster recovery isn’t wasted, and the risk to the business is too great to resort to do more with less tactics.</description>
    <author>Steve Schuchart</author>
    <pubDate>2025-10-01T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Liquid Cooling Could Be the Answer to the AI Profitability Problem</title>
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    <description>Liquid cooling is evolving from experimental to wider use, moving into the colocation space and enterprise workloads. However, the bifurcation between AI workloads requiring liquid cooling and traditional workloads with air cooling remains.</description>
    <author>Beatriz Valle</author>
    <pubDate>2025-09-30T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <title>SailPoint Raises Its Identity Game with New Features for the Modern Enterprise</title>
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    <description>Security provider SailPoint is adding new capabilities to its cloud identity management. The enhancements address the evolving enterprise with features for managing access for a range of identities including AI agents and non-employees.</description>
    <author>Amy Larsen DeCarlo</author>
    <pubDate>2025-09-30T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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    <description>A Verizon survey finds that cutting-edge technology, iwill be an increasingly important part of public safety work. Contrary to their reputation as technology laggards, first responder organizations plan widespread deployment of things like AI.</description>
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