Cloud stories
AI, data governance and sovereign edge will reshape how Australian firms run projects, manage risk and design infrastructure in 2026.
Samsung is turning business displays into AI-powered endpoints to drive real-time retail and hospitality operations by 2026.
Boards will pivot AI from hype to hard numbers in 2026, slashing speculative spend and backing smaller models with provable returns.
Autonomous AI and tougher rules are set to transform tech in Australia and New Zealand in 2026, reshaping security and digital sovereignty.
Milestone launches Hafnia traffic VLM and XProtect video summarisation to cut review workloads and false alarms for operators and builders.
Neurair and Hanugra partner to deliver 400MW of AI-optimised, liquid-cooled data centres across Asia-Pacific, with global rollout in view.
MTX APAC has acquired New Zealand Salesforce consultancy Adapt IQ NZ to create a Wellington-based delivery and innovation hub for APAC.
Siemens launches PAVE360 Automotive, a cloud digital twin promising day-one virtual development for complex software-defined vehicles.
Commvault and Pinecone team up to deliver immutable backups and rapid recovery for mission-critical RAG and vector database workloads.
Organisations with robust AI governance are deploying advanced systems faster and more securely, widening the gap with less prepared peers.
Cloudflare and JD Cloud are deepening their alliance to build a cross-border AI cloud, promising up to 80% lower latency for inference.
AirTrunk will pour AUD $5bn into a second Melbourne hyperscale campus, boosting its local AI and cloud data capacity beyond 630MW.
Undersea fibre-optic cables, carrying 95% of international internet traffic, are expanding rapidly to support soaring AI and cloud computing data demands.
Boards enter 2026 pushing AI from experiments to governed, resilient systems as volatile economies demand proof of value and stability.
Arthur D. Little and Vega IT launch Axceler8 Solutions, an AI-driven platform venture debuting with cloud tool Axceler8 Rx for drug trials.
Indosat to spin off fibre network into FibreCo joint venture with Arsari and Northstar, valuing assets at IDR Rp14.6 trillion.
Brandworks and SandLogic join forces to build made-in-India edge AI devices, cutting cloud reliance and boosting on-device intelligence.
UK SMEs told to stop 'dabbling' and urgently hardwire AI, cyber, skills and sustainability into tech strategy before 2026 crunch hits.
UK tech leaders say 2026 will test firms' AI adoption, network resilience and talent strategy, while priming the sector for faster growth.
Alteryx appoints veteran customer experience leader Bill Tabbit-Humphrey as Chief Customer Officer to steer post-sale AI analytics strategy.