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Data#3, Perfekt, Secureware win 11:11 APAC honours

Tue, 3rd Feb 2026
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Data#3, Perfekt and Secureware have been named 11:11 Systems' top Asia-Pacific partners in inaugural awards for cloud and security projects.
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Snowflake, OpenAI agree USD $200m enterprise AI deal

Tue, 3rd Feb 2026
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Snowflake strikes USD $200m deal to embed OpenAI models across its data platform, promising native AI tools for 12,600 enterprise customers.
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Mphasis gains AWS AI Competency for generative AI work

Sat, 31st Jan 2026
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Mphasis wins AWS AI Competency, bolstering its generative AI credentials and signalling readiness to scale enterprise deployments on AWS.
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Gartner warns of rising lock-in to regional AI stacks

Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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Gartner warns 35% of nations will be locked into region-specific AI by 2027 as sovereignty, security and cultural fit overtake scale.
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VDURA pledges 50% undercut on rival all-flash storage

Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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VDURA launches Flash Relief Programme, vowing to beat rival all-flash file system quotes by 50% amid surging SSD prices and supply strain.
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Melbourne to host Data Centre World & new AI awards

Thu, 29th Jan 2026
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Melbourne will host Data Centre World in 2026, signalling Australia's rising status as a global AI and data centre investment hub.
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Avalara expands AWS Marketplace access for tax tools

Wed, 28th Jan 2026
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Avalara inks multi-year AWS deal to push its AI-driven tax tools via AWS Marketplace, promising simpler cloud procurement and billing.
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Microsoft unveils Maia 200 AI chip to power inference

Wed, 28th Jan 2026
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Microsoft has unveiled its Maia 200 AI chip, claiming up to 10 PFLOPS FP4 performance to power large-scale inference and “reasoning AI”.
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AMD EPYC chips gain ground across major cloud giants

Wed, 28th Jan 2026
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AMD's EPYC chips win wider deployment at AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and Oracle as cloud providers ramp AI, HPC and database workloads.
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THE ICONIC scales Datadog to handle peak sales surges

Wed, 28th Jan 2026
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THE ICONIC expands Datadog observability across AWS microservices to keep Black Friday traffic spikes and checkouts running smoothly.
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Cloudflare reports sharp global fall in shutdowns, outages

Wed, 28th Jan 2026
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Cloudflare reports government-ordered internet shutdowns plunged in late 2025, even as cable damage, storms and war kept outages high.
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XYZ Reality hires Operations & Finance Chiefs to scale

Tue, 27th Jan 2026
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XYZ Reality names new Operations and Finance Chiefs to steer global expansion as demand surges for its mission-critical construction platform.
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OVHcloud buys Seald to boost end-to-end encryption

Tue, 27th Jan 2026
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OVHcloud snaps up French encryption specialist Seald to bake end-to-end protection into its cloud services and bolster zero-knowledge security.
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Cloudflare reports Q4 fall in shutdowns amid outages

Tue, 27th Jan 2026
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Cloudflare logs steep Q4 drop in state-ordered shutdowns, but flags more than 180 2025 outages from cable damage, storms and conflict.
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AI goals outpace IT infrastructure, Netskope warns

Tue, 27th Jan 2026
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AI ambitions are outstripping legacy IT, as Netskope finds most infrastructure leaders doubt they can meet rising performance and security demands.
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New Relic links AI observability to faster deployments

Tue, 27th Jan 2026
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New Relic data links use of its AI observability tools to 27% less alert noise, 25% faster fixes and up to fivefold higher deployment rates.
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Dynatrace wins top observability & cloud security nods

Tue, 27th Jan 2026
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Dynatrace wins dual accolades as Gartner customers' choice and ISG Leader for observability and cloud-native security in 2025 reports.
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Microsoft unveils Maia 200 AI chip to cut token costs

Tue, 27th Jan 2026
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Microsoft launches Maia 200 AI chip in US data centres, claiming 30% cheaper token generation and triple FP4 speed over Amazon Trainium.
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Nokia picks Pure Storage to power Red Hat telco cloud

Tue, 27th Jan 2026
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Nokia taps Pure Storage and Red Hat OpenShift for a new telco cloud blueprint targeting cloud-native, AI-ready, low-energy networks.
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Gigamon honours global partners in channel-first push

Fri, 23rd Jan 2026
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Gigamon crowns top global partners as it doubles down on a channel-first strategy and claims 50% share of deep observability market.