SAP headlined AstraZeneca's cloud move as AI adoption. Its own release says the 20-year customer is "exploring" AI.

Also in 30 seconds: an EU agency suing IBM, Atos and Leonardo over delays on a €212 million border system, and Qantas planning 850 job cuts as back-office work goes to Accenture.

1. AstraZeneca is leaving ECC, the older SAP system that companies run in their own data centres, for SAP Cloud ERP Private, a newer version that SAP hosts for a single customer. SAP said the move covers all of the drug maker's SAP systems. The release is headlined as AstraZeneca adopting SAP's AI, but its text says the company is "exploring" the AI assistant Joule. SAP gave no contract value and no completion date.

2. eu-LISA, the EU agency that runs its border and security IT systems, filed a claim in an Estonian court on 22 December 2025, the Guardian reported on Monday. IBM, Atos and Leonardo built the Entry/Exit System, which fingerprints travellers from outside the EU. Their contract grew from €142 million to €212 million, Biometric Update reported, citing the Financial Times. The agency told the Guardian the system "is fully operational". Atos declined to comment. No response from IBM or Leonardo was reported. The claim is civil and no court has ruled.

3. Qantas plans to cut 850 corporate jobs, ABC News reported on Tuesday. Accenture signed a multi-year agreement to modernise the airline's back-office systems, the Guardian reported, and some of the work goes to its teams in India. Neither report gave a contract value or quoted Accenture.

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