https://itbrief.com.au/story/ai-is-everywhere-but-where-s-the-return IT Brief Australia en 2026-07-29T23:36:00+12:00 AI is everywhere, but where's the return? New Zealand (NZ), Productivity, Workplace, IT service management (ITSM), Manufacturing, Digital Transformation, IT Department, Skills shortage, Business strategy, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Australia & New Zealand, Australian, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Hybrid & Remote Work, AI Agents (Agentic AI), Logistics, AIOps, IT Automation, Knowledge Management, Generative AI (GenAI), TeamViewer, Service management, Employee Experience (EX), IT operations management, Workflow Automation, Business Continuity, IT support, Opinion, Tristan Ohlenrott 2026-07-30T05:00:06+12:00 https://itbrief.com.au/story/ai-firms-urged-to-ditch-tokens-for-outcome-pricing IT Brief Australia en 2026-07-29T18:15:00+12:00 AI firms urged to ditch tokens for outcome pricing Productivity, Digital Transformation, IT Department, Large Language Models (LLMs), Artificial Intelligence (AI), AI Ethics & Governance, AI Adoption, Business Process Optimisation, Process automation, AI Strategy, SpaceX, Prompt Engineering, Opinion, Sam Harris 2026-07-29T18:15:07+12:00 https://itbrief.com.au/story/neosearch-opens-source-code-to-boost-search-transparency IT Brief Australia en 2026-07-29T16:14:00+12:00 NeoSearch opens source code to boost search transparency Market competition, Application Programming Interface (API), Data Privacy, Australian, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Developer tools, Cookies, Sydney, Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), Google, Machine learning (ML), Search engines, Big Tech, User experience (UX), Data Protection, IP addresses, Source code, Affiliate Marketing, Open source 2026-07-29T16:15:05+12:00 https://itbrief.com.au/story/dematic-report-shows-progress-on-sustainability-goals IT Brief Australia en 2026-07-29T14:19:00+12:00 Dematic report shows progress on sustainability goals Sustainability, Energy efficient, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Warehouse Management Solutions (WMS), Waste Management, Logistics, Carbon emissions, Industrial Automation, Carbon footprint, Corporate social responsibility (CSR), United States (US), Health and safety, Energy consumption, Workforce development, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), Dematic, Industrial software 2026-07-29T16:45:06+12:00 https://itbrief.com.au/story/cloudflare-reports-iran-recovery-amid-global-outages IT Brief Australia en 2026-07-29T13:55:00+12:00 Cloudflare reports Iran recovery amid global outages Disaster Recovery (DR), Undersea cables, Data centers (DC), Public Internet, Germany, Cloudflare, Application infrastructure, Telcos, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Earthquakes, Digital Infrastructure, Middle East, Online services, Network monitoring, Critical Infrastructure, Censorship, Business Continuity, Amazon Web Services (AWS), DNS 2026-07-29T14:00:06+12:00 https://itbrief.com.au/story/zebra-study-links-ai-to-frontline-productivity-gains IT Brief Australia en 2026-07-29T13:52:00+12:00 Zebra study links AI to frontline productivity gains New Zealand (NZ), Productivity, Manufacturing, Digital Transformation, Zebra Technologies, Financial results, Industry 4.0, Supply Chain, Australian, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Retail, Logistics, Oxford Economics, Intelligent operations, AI Adoption, Labour, Automation, Shipping, Customer Expectations, Point of Sale (POS), Employee Retention, Workflow Automation 2026-07-29T14:00:06+12:00 https://itbrief.com.au/story/best-buy-adopts-google-cloud-federation-for-developers IT Brief Australia en 2026-07-29T12:45:00+12:00 Best Buy adopts Google Cloud federation for developers Productivity, Data Analytics, Digital Transformation, Security Operations Centres (SOCs), Identity and Access Management (IAM), Risk & Compliance, Application Programming Interface (API), Zero Trust Security, Cloud, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Enterprise Billing, Google Cloud, Cloud adoption, Single Sign-On (SSO), Digital Experience (DX), Active Directory, Google Workspace, Ping Identity, Multi-cloud, Enterprise security, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Power BI, Key management, Hybrid Cloud, Cloud Security 2026-07-29T12:45:05+12:00 https://itbrief.com.au/story/google-cloud-adds-ai-spend-caps-early-anomaly-alerts IT Brief Australia en 2026-07-29T12:30:00+12:00 Google Cloud adds AI spend caps & early anomaly alerts Digital Transformation, IT Department, Application infrastructure, Serverless architecture, Cloud, Google Gemini, Google Cloud, IT Governance, FinOps, Generative AI (GenAI), Financial Management, Risk Management, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Business Continuity, Cloud Security 2026-07-29T12:30:06+12:00 https://itbrief.com.au/story/fortinet-launches-fortigate-1200g-with-fortisase-outpost IT Brief Australia en 2026-07-29T11:59:00+12:00 Fortinet launches FortiGate 1200G with FortiSASE Outpost Digital Transformation, International Data Corporation (IDC), Data centers (DC), AI Security, Data sovereignty, Risk & Compliance, IT Infrastructure, Zero Trust Security, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Hybrid & Remote Work, Cybersecurity, AI Agents (Agentic AI), AI Infrastructure, Data residency, Network Security, Hybrid IT, Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), Edge Security, ZTNA, Multi-cloud, Secure web gateway, Infosec, Fortinet, Hybrid Cloud, Cloud Security, Analyst report 2026-07-29T14:00:06+12:00 https://itbrief.com.au/story/agscent-raises-aud-5-million-to-boost-ai-scent-tech IT Brief Australia en 2026-07-29T11:57:00+12:00 Agscent raises AUD $5 million to boost AI scent tech Agricultural Technology, Sustainability, Data Analytics, Internet of Things (IoT), Australian, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Startups, Precision agriculture, New South Wales (NSW), Venture Capital, Carbon footprint, United States (US), Biosecurity, Capital raising, Sensors, Canberra, Machine learning (ML), Patents, Climate change, NASA, Animal welfare 2026-07-29T12:00:06+12:00 https://itbrief.com.au/story/rockwell-augury-launch-industrial-ai-partnership IT Brief Australia en 2026-07-29T11:33:00+12:00 Rockwell & Augury launch industrial AI partnership Data Analytics, Digital Transformation, Internet of Things (IoT), Industry 4.0, Operational Technologies (OT), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Asset Management, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Partnerships, Rockwell Automation, Computerised maintenance management system, Industrial software, Industrial IoT (IIoT) 2026-07-29T11:45:05+12:00 https://itbrief.com.au/story/australian-firms-race-to-appoint-chief-ai-officers IT Brief Australia en 2026-07-29T11:00:00+12:00 Australian firms race to appoint chief AI officers Productivity, Chief Technology Officers (CTO), Leadership, Digital Transformation, IT Department, Business strategy, Australian, Artificial Intelligence (AI), AI Ethics & Governance, IT Governance, Regulation, Public Sector, AI Adoption, Australian Government, Generative AI (GenAI), C-Suite, Automation, Business Transformation, Datacom, AI Strategy, Risk Management, Change Management, ROI 2026-07-29T11:00:15+12:00 https://itbrief.com.au/story/dell-powerstore-joins-nutanix-cloud-platform-in-apj IT Brief Australia en 2026-07-29T10:42:00+12:00 Dell PowerStore joins Nutanix Cloud Platform in APJ Disaster Recovery (DR), IT Department, IT Strategy, Partner Programmes, Application infrastructure, IT Infrastructure, Dell Technologies, Cloud, PowerProtect, Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), Virtualization, Virtualisation, PRISM, Private Cloud, NVMe, Cyber resilience, Nutanix, Asia Pacific Japan (APJ), Data Protection, Enterprise Storage, Japan, Business Continuity, Omdia, Hybrid Cloud 2026-07-29T10:45:05+12:00 https://itbrief.com.au/story/babeltext-expands-translation-platform-to-249-languages IT Brief Australia en 2026-07-28T18:47:00+12:00 Babeltext expands translation platform to 249 languages Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Application Programming Interface (API), Cloud, Australian, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Job moves, AI Ethics & Governance, AI Agents (Agentic AI), Digital services, Sydney, Omnichannel, Startups, Messenger, Mental Health, Facebook Messenger, New South Wales (NSW), Public Sector, Chatbots, Customer Experience (CX), Customer service, Telegram, Australian Government, NSW government, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Emergency Communications, Data Security, eGovernment, WeChat, User experience (UX), Whatsapp, Instagram, Risk Management, Short Message Service (SMS), GovTech, Digital Inclusion, Immigration, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Accessibility, Babeltext 2026-07-28T19:00:05+12:00 https://itbrief.com.au/story/cohesity-mitigating-shadow-ai-by-empowering-staffers IT Brief Australia en 2026-07-28T16:21:00+12:00 Cohesity mitigating shadow AI by empowering staffers Workplace, Digital Transformation, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), OpenAI, Data Privacy, Large Language Models (LLMs), Cloud, Artificial Intelligence (AI), AI Ethics & Governance, Cybersecurity, Software Development, IT Governance, Data management, Cloud Services, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Knowledge Management, AI Adoption, Data governance, Intellectual property, Information Governance, Generative AI (GenAI), Microsoft Copilot, Data Security, ChatGPT, Shadow IT, Data Protection, Risk Management, Cohesity, Change Management, Source code, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Claude, AI Safety, Editor interview 2026-07-28T16:30:05+12:00 https://itbrief.com.au/story/supply-chain-pressures-threaten-australia-s-ai-data-centres IT Brief Australia en 2026-07-28T15:08:00+12:00 Supply chain pressures threaten Australia's AI data centres IT Industry, Sustainability, Manufacturing, Digital Transformation, Data Centre Cooling, Data centers (DC), Industry 4.0, Supply Chain, Application infrastructure, Data sovereignty, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), IT Infrastructure, Cloud, Australian, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Digital services, AI Infrastructure, Logistics, Blue Yonder, Carbon emissions, Digital Infrastructure, Digital Economy, Automation, Australian economy, Energy consumption, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), Risk Management, Transport, Servers, Climate change, Business Continuity 2026-07-28T15:15:06+12:00 https://itbrief.com.au/story/dynatrace-adds-ai-agents-for-governed-it-operations IT Brief Australia en 2026-07-28T11:30:00+12:00 Dynatrace adds AI agents for governed IT operations IT service management (ITSM), Digital Transformation, IT Department, Public Cloud, Microsoft Azure, International Data Corporation (IDC), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Real time data, Cloud, AI Ethics & Governance, AI Agents (Agentic AI), DevSecOps, Google Cloud, AIOps, IT Governance, DevOps, Atlassian, Service management, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), PagerDuty, Dynatrace, Multi-cloud, IT operations management, Enterprise Automation, Risk Management, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Incident management, Business Continuity, ServiceNow, Observability, Amazon Web Services (AWS), AI Safety, Analyst report 2026-07-28T11:30:05+12:00 https://itbrief.com.au/story/hyve-launches-australian-hosting-hub-in-sydney-melbourne IT Brief Australia en 2026-07-28T11:00:00+12:00 Hyve launches Australian hosting hub in Sydney, Melbourne Equinix, Digital Transformation, IT Department, Data centers (DC), Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Application infrastructure, Data sovereignty, Risk & Compliance, IT Infrastructure, Financial Services, Cloud, Australian, Cybersecurity, Hyve Managed Hosting, Melbourne, Sydney, Data residency, Perth, Red Hat, Public Sector, Cloud Services, Customer Experience (CX), OpenShift, Managed cloud, Data Localisation, Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), Private Cloud, Cloud provider, APAC, Business Continuity, Service Model, GRC, Hybrid Cloud 2026-07-28T11:00:08+12:00 https://itbrief.com.au/story/logitech-backs-sydney-hackathon-for-high-school-coders IT Brief Australia en 2026-07-27T18:06:00+12:00 Logitech backs Sydney hackathon for high school coders New Zealand (NZ), TechEd, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), Australian, Software Development, Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Logitech, Corporate social responsibility (CSR), Collaborative learning, Mentorship, Secondary School, United States (US), EdTech, Computer Science, Logitech G, Engineering, Steam, High School, APAC, Hackathon 2026-07-27T18:15:07+12:00 https://itbrief.com.au/story/shadow-ai-upends-australian-workplaces-as-firms-catch-up IT Brief Australia en 2026-07-27T17:20:00+12:00 Shadow AI upends Australian workplaces as firms catch up Digital Transformation, Risk & Compliance, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Data Privacy, Large Language Models (LLMs), Cloud, Australian, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Hybrid & Remote Work, AI Ethics & Governance, Cybersecurity, SmartPhones, IT Governance, Chatbots, AI Adoption, Data governance, Generative AI (GenAI), Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Automation, Data Security, ChatGPT, Shadow IT, AI Strategy, Data Protection, Risk Management, Personal data, IT Procurement, Change Management, Mobile Apps, GRC, AI Safety, Corp IT, Opinion 2026-07-27T17:30:05+12:00 https://itbrief.com.au/story/google-adds-trust-provenance-to-open-knowledge-format IT Brief Australia en 2026-07-27T12:13:00+12:00 Google adds trust & provenance to Open Knowledge Format Data Quality, Risk & Compliance, Data Privacy, AI Agents (Agentic AI), BitCoin, Knowledge Management, Data governance, Open Standards, Google, Google Analytics, Metadata, Observability, Stack Overflow 2026-07-27T12:15:05+12:00 https://itbrief.com.au/story/equinix-names-jarrod-nink-as-managing-director-for-australia IT Brief Australia en 2026-07-27T11:54:00+12:00 Equinix names Jarrod Nink as Managing Director for Australia Equinix, Digital Transformation, IT Department, Data centers (DC), Vocus group, Cloud, Australian, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data centre interconnect (DCI), Market Growth, Telcos, Managing Director, Sydney, Cloud Services, Digital Infrastructure, Australian Graduate School of Management, Colocation, Digital Economy, C-Suite, Cloud Connectivity, Multi-cloud, Carriers, APAC, University of Sydney, Edge Computing, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Job moves 2026-07-27T12:00:06+12:00 https://itbrief.com.au/story/bsi-sets-ai-quality-standard-for-eu-high-risk-systems IT Brief Australia en 2026-07-27T11:30:00+12:00 BSI sets AI quality standard for EU high-risk systems Artificial Intelligence (AI), AI Ethics & Governance, Quality Management, BSI, Risk Management, European Commission, AI Safety 2026-07-27T11:30:05+12:00 https://itbrief.com.au/story/why-the-next-breakthrough-in-ai-agents-comes-down-to-leadership-not-technology IT Brief Australia en 2026-07-24T21:32:00+12:00 Why the next breakthrough in AI agents comes down to leadership, not technology New Zealand (NZ), Productivity, Sustainability, Semiconductors, Digital Transformation, Skills shortage, Data centers (DC), Kyndryl, IT Infrastructure, Australia & New Zealand, Cloud, Australian, Artificial Intelligence (AI), AI Ethics & Governance, Software Development, AI Agents (Agentic AI), AI Adoption, Data governance, Workplace automation, Business Value, Energy consumption, Enterprise Automation, Risk Management, Change Management, GitHub, ROI, AI Safety, Opinion, Graeme Beardsell 2026-07-24T21:45:05+12:00 https://itbrief.com.au/story/agent-island-update-keeps-claude-code-status-local IT Brief Australia en 2026-07-24T17:06:00+12:00 Agent Island update keeps Claude Code status local Windows, Data Privacy, Software Development, AI Agents (Agentic AI), Developer tools, AI Coding, Data Protection, macOS, Open source 2026-07-24T17:15:05+12:00