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Over the last decade the IT world has seen a mass transition from in-house computer assets to everything-as-a-service in the cloud, with hardware, platform and services now all commonly cloud-resident. Ideally positioned to support distributed working and working from home, most major players are currently moving or planning to move more than half of their operations to the cloud. The current direction of travel is to multi-cloud deployment, seen as providing greater flexibility, specialisation and security. The main bumps in the road have shown up in skills shortages reported by many organisations, complexity leading to misconfiguration and the need to operate and integrate multiple security dashboards. Consequently, third-party cloud security providers are a hot growth area.
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Manulife picks Akka to power enterprise agentic AI

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Manulife taps Akka's runtime to harden and scale its beta enterprise agentic AI platform for regulated, business-critical workloads.
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NTT DATA unveils global Nvidia-powered AI factories

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NTT DATA launches Nvidia-based 'enterprise AI factories' to help global firms standardise, scale and govern production AI deployments.
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Tech Mahindra & Rubrik launch AI cyber recovery service

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Tech Mahindra and Rubrik unveil AI-powered cyber recovery service to speed post-ransomware restoration and cut operational downtime.
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Thrive unveils governed AI workspace & adoption model

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Thrive launches a governed AI workspace and phased adoption model to tame shadow AI, uniting access to 50-plus major language models.
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Entrust launches cloud cryptographic security platform

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Entrust unveils cloud-based cryptographic security platform to centralise key, certificate and secrets management across hybrid IT estates.
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Unlimit names Irene Skrynova CEO of global payments

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Unlimit appoints Irene Skrynova CEO of global payments to unify its processing, product and tech as it pivots to financial infrastructure.
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RingCentral unveils AIR Pro no-code AI contact agents

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RingCentral debuts AIR Pro voice-first AI agents with no-code tools, aiming to move enterprises beyond basic IVR to scalable automation.
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Temenos gains Microsoft AI Cloud core banking status

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Temenos wins Microsoft AI Cloud partner status for its Azure-native core banking SaaS, boosting co-sell options and bank modernisation plans.
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Azul Prime delivers 129% ROI & major cloud savings

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Azul Prime customers see 129% ROI, USD $10.2 million in benefits and nearly USD $4 million in cloud savings over three years, says study.
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Tech Mahindra & Rubrik launch AI-led cyber recovery

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Tech Mahindra and Rubrik roll out AI-led cyber recovery service to speed clean data restoration and cut downtime after ransomware attacks.
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Saviynt appoints Exclusive Networks to boost APJ reach

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Saviynt taps Exclusive Networks to distribute its identity security tools across APJ, targeting surging AI-driven machine identities.
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Google report warns identity is weak link in cloud

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Attackers are ditching malware for stolen identities, misconfigurations and abused AI tools, Google warns in its latest cloud threat report.
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Cohesity boosts AI data resilience with new cloud tools

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Cohesity debuts sovereign cloud tie-ups, AI-driven threat tools and midsize bundle to harden data protection as enterprises scale AI.
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Samsung debuts Galaxy S26 & Buds4 with privacy focus

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Samsung has launched its Galaxy S26 phones and Buds4 earbuds in Australia, highlighting on-device privacy tools, AI features and upgrade perks.
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Ransomware surges across Asia-Pacific as AI fuels risk

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Ransomware attacks in Asia-Pacific surged 59% in 2025 as rapid digitalisation and AI adoption fuel faster, more targeted cyber extortion.
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OpenText launches Secure Cloud for Australian MSPs

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OpenText rolls out its revamped Secure Cloud in Australia, targeting MSPs with unified security, backup and local AUD $ billing tools.
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GenAI drives patient data policy breaches in healthcare

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GenAI use in healthcare is fuelling patient data policy breaches, with regulated records making up 89% of AI-linked violations, research shows.
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Macquarie wins AUD $200m boost for sovereign cloud

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Macquarie secures AUD $200m hybrid investment from Australia's National Reconstruction Fund to scale sovereign cloud and cyber services.
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Anthropic to open Sydney office in ANZ AI expansion

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Anthropic will open a Sydney office as its ANZ hub, deepening Claude AI partnerships and exploring local compute capacity in Australia.
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Cohesity unveils Enterprise AI Resilience for safe scale

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Cohesity launches Enterprise AI Resilience to protect production AI, contain rogue agents and speed recovery across hybrid data estates.