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Product spotlight · Week 42 · 16 October 2026

Product Spotlight | Three Software Solutions Worth Discovering This Week

Explore three business software solutions from our catalogue: productivity and collaboration, cybersecurity and customer relationship management. Each spotlight links to verified publisher information. Request product details or discuss software licensing and procurement in the UK with our team.

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Selection is editorial, not a paid ranking or recommendation. Product details summarise linked publisher information; suitability depends on your requirements. No vendor relationship or partnership is implied by inclusion in this feature.

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Three software solutions worth discovering this week

This week, we look at productivity and collaboration, cybersecurity and customer relationship management. Each product offers a different set of capabilities to evaluate against your organisation’s requirements, operating context and commercial terms.

Published 16 October 2026 · 12–18 October 2026

Spotlight 01Productivity and Collaboration
Microsoft logo

Microsoft

Microsoft 365

A cloud-based collection of productivity apps, collaboration services and security features for businesses.

Verified capabilities

  • Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook apps, with availability depending on plan
  • Microsoft Teams for chat, meetings and collaboration on plans that include it
  • OneDrive cloud storage and SharePoint team sites

Business problems to explore

  • Work tools and files are spread across separate services
  • Teams need shared documents and communication
  • Organisations need to assess productivity, collaboration and security together

Potential use cases

  • Business email and calendaring
  • Creating and sharing documents across teams
  • Online meetings and team collaboration

Teams who may want to evaluate it

  • IT and digital workplace teams
  • Business operations and collaboration teams
  • Procurement and licensing teams comparing business plans

Three potential business benefits

  • A suite of apps and services to assess together
  • Multiple plan options for different business needs
  • A licensing discussion covering users, apps, collaboration and security scope

Licensing and subscription

Microsoft lists business subscriptions with and without Teams and different app and service inclusions. Business plans described on the UK page are for up to 300 users. Confirm eligibility, included services and current terms before choosing.

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Spotlight 02Cybersecurity
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CrowdStrike

CrowdStrike

CrowdStrike describes endpoint security and endpoint detection and response capabilities on its Falcon platform.

Verified capabilities

  • Endpoint protection
  • Endpoint detection and response (EDR)
  • Falcon platform modules include endpoint-related capabilities; exact scope depends on selection

Business problems to explore

  • Need to assess endpoint protection requirements
  • Security teams need to investigate endpoint events
  • Existing endpoint controls may need review against current operating needs

Potential use cases

  • Evaluating endpoint protection
  • Assessing endpoint detection and response needs
  • Reviewing security operations workflows

Teams who may want to evaluate it

  • Security operations teams
  • IT security and endpoint teams
  • Organisations assessing endpoint protection or EDR

Three potential business benefits

  • A defined area of endpoint security to evaluate
  • Protection and detection capabilities to compare
  • A route to confirm modules, scope and commercial terms

Licensing and subscription

CrowdStrike’s site describes Falcon offers with per-endpoint billing options and product tiers. Which packages are available through the catalogue is unverified; request current licensing and quotation details.

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Spotlight 03CRM
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HubSpot

HubSpot

HubSpot describes its CRM as a platform for keeping customer data and activity together, with contact, deal, task and reporting tools.

Verified capabilities

  • Contact management and CRM data import
  • Deal and pipeline management, tasks and activity tracking
  • Reporting dashboards and integrations through HubSpot Marketplace

Business problems to explore

  • Customer and sales information is fragmented across tools
  • Teams need clearer visibility of deal activity and pipeline
  • Manual activity tracking and reporting take effort

Potential use cases

  • Managing customer and contact records
  • Tracking deals and pipeline activity
  • Reporting on marketing, sales and service data

Teams who may want to evaluate it

  • Sales and business development teams
  • Marketing and customer service teams
  • Operations teams responsible for CRM administration

Three potential business benefits

  • A central place to review customer records and activity
  • Shared pipeline and task visibility
  • Options to assess integrations and additional CRM capabilities

Licensing and subscription

HubSpot’s site describes a free CRM offer and paid product tiers. Limits, features and seats vary; current catalogue supply and commercial options have not been confirmed, so request details rather than assuming availability.

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