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Spinning to success: MAAP CFO reveals growth strategy with Annexa

MAAP Chief Financial Officer Matthew Nott says a NetSuite rollout with Annexa is helping the cycling brand scale across eight countries, while eyeing AI to do more with less.

By Annexa • 8 min read • Yesterday

EduTech

Macquarie University & tech group deepen digital ties

Macquarie University and Macquarie Technology Group strike strategic pact to bolster cloud, cyber security and data centre skills.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Yesterday

Manufacturing

Claroty finds flaws in EnOcean SmartServer IoT platform

Claroty says two new vulnerabilities in EnOcean's SmartServer IoT platform could let attackers seize control of building systems and expose memory.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Yesterday

Software-as-a-Service

xReality lifts revenue 67% as cashflow turns positive

xReality Group's US defence push lifts annual recurring revenue 67% to GBP £5.6 million as quarterly cashflow turns positive at GBP £1.3 million.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Yesterday

DevOps

Training lags behind AI use in Australian workplaces

Australian workplaces use generative AI daily, but Plain English Foundation says formal training is missing as workers still battle errors and weak output.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Yesterday

Surveillance

Microlise launches AI distraction cameras for fleets

Microlise rolls out AI-powered distraction cameras in Australia as fleet managers face rising pressure to prove driver safety and compliance.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Yesterday

Data Protection

Cybersecurity experts warn of password risks as day nears

Experts warn organisations are still exposed as password reuse, phishing and weak access governance persist despite growing push for passkeys and MFA.

By Shannon Williams • 6 min read • Yesterday

Firewalls

Ip.Glass modernises Baiada Poultry's network with Fortinet

Ip.Glass and Fortinet overhaul Baiada Poultry's network with Secure SD-WAN and security tools, bolstering resilience across IT and OT operations.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Yesterday

Unified Communications

Sefiani & Staffbase launch Australia, NZ partnership

Sefiani and Staffbase join forces to help Australian and New Zealand employers tackle worker unease over AI, change and frontline comms.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Yesterday

Data Analytics

Eptura adds AI tools & real-time workplace analytics

Eptura rolls out AI assistants and live workplace analytics to unify desk, asset and space data for facility teams.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Yesterday

Storage

Milestone expands XProtect & Arcules with new tools

Milestone adds remote reporting, longer cloud storage and broader camera support in XProtect 2026 R1 and Arcules update.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Yesterday

Data Protection

Healthcare faces growing AI medical device security risks

Healthcare providers adopt AI medical devices faster than security controls can keep up, leaving legacy systems, model trust and data integrity exposed.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Yesterday

Privileged Access Management

Qualys warns cloud risk now stems from identity design

Qualys report says cloud breaches are increasingly driven by identity design, delegated trust and slow remediation as AI widens exposure.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Yesterday

Digital Transformation

Visa adds Australian banks to agentic payments trial

Visa expands Australian bank testing of AI-led payments, with ANZ, NAB and others joining a controlled trial of agentic commerce.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Yesterday

Data Analytics

Sage branding itself on trust in AI world of "big voices"

Sage courts trust in AI with its 'glass box' pitch, as Steve Hare says finance chiefs still need human accountability in the boom.

By Jake MacAndrew • 5 min read • Yesterday

Hyperscale

Cortical Labs CL1 commercial milestone after AUD $245k grant

Melbourne startup Cortical Labs turns its biological computer from prototype to product, opening a global cloud service and Singapore data centre deal.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Yesterday