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Kinetic IT & CSIRO team up to boost Indigenous women in STEM
EduTech

Kinetic IT & CSIRO team up to boost Indigenous women in STEM

Kinetic IT collaborates with CSIRO's Young Indigenous Women's STEM Academy, aiming to encourage First Nations women to seek tech industry opportunities in Australia.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 3rd Apr 2024

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Quality Engineering Forum unveils new charter to fix tech fails
Health Technologies

Quality Engineering Forum unveils new charter to fix tech fails

The Quality Engineering Forum has launched the first Quality Engineering Charter, aiming to mitigate tech failure risks and enhance reliability.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Fri, 7th Jun 2024
Lakshan 'Wicky' Wickramaarachchi joins BrainStorm as ERP consultant
Enterprise Resource Planning

Lakshan 'Wicky' Wickramaarachchi joins BrainStorm as ERP consultant

Lakshan Wickramaarachchi, a seasoned ERP specialist, joins BrainStorm as an ERP Consultant, poised to elevate the firm's engineering software solutions.

By Imee Dequito • 3 min read • Tue, 4th Jun 2024
Hitachi partners with Google Cloud to drive AI innovation
Storage

Hitachi partners with Google Cloud to drive AI innovation

Hitachi partners with Google Cloud to leverage AI technologies, including Vertex AI and Gemini models, enhancing Lumada's digital transformation capabilities.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Thu, 30th May 2024
Lt Gen Larry James joins SmartSat & Monash University
EduTech

Lt Gen Larry James joins SmartSat & Monash University

Monash University and SmartSat have appointed ex-NASA leader Lt Gen Larry James to boost their space research, leveraging his extensive expertise.

By Imee Dequito • 3 min read • Mon, 27th May 2024
Siemens & Microsoft expand partnership to boost innovation
Unified Communications

Siemens & Microsoft expand partnership to boost innovation

Siemens and Microsoft expand their 35-year partnership, integrating Siemens' industrial software with Azure's cloud and AI.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Fri, 17th May 2024
Exclusive: How Cohesity is managing complex cloud-based data
Digital Transformation

Exclusive: How Cohesity is managing complex cloud-based data

Cohesity leverages AI and strategic partnerships to manage complex cloud-based data, with an emphasis on cyber resilience, says APAC Director of Cloud Alliances, Matt Old.

By Tom Raynel • 4 min read • Mon, 13th May 2024
Abi Nourai appointed as MongoDB's Regional VP for Australia, NZ
Unified Communications

Abi Nourai appointed as MongoDB's Regional VP for Australia, NZ

Abi Nourai named new Regional Vice President for ANZ at tech giant MongoDB, set to accelerate AI adoption and business growth in the region following his strategic success in the UK.

By Imee Dequito • 2 min read • Thu, 9th May 2024
Exclusive: Analysing the trends of today with Thoughtworks
Digital Transformation

Exclusive: Analysing the trends of today with Thoughtworks

Thoughtworks CTO Scott Shaw discusses the company's 30-year evolution, its impact on tech strategies, and the increasing importance of AI in their influential Technology Radar report.

By Tom Raynel • 4 min read • Tue, 7th May 2024
Trustwave appoints new SVP of engineering, Keith Ibarguen
Advanced Persistent Threat Protection

Trustwave appoints new SVP of engineering, Keith Ibarguen

Cybersecurity giant, Trustwave, announces the appointment of Keith Ibarguen as Senior VP of Engineering, tasked with leading product development and driving innovation based on his 25-year industry track-record.

By Imee Dequito • 3 min read • Tue, 7th May 2024
Deltek introduces Dela, an AI-powered tool to transform project delivery
DevOps

Deltek introduces Dela, an AI-powered tool to transform project delivery

Deltek unveils AI-powered assistant Dela, designed to enhance project delivery by automating processes and predicting needs using past behaviour.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 18th Apr 2024
Intel unveils Hala Point, world's largest neuromorphic system
Supply Chain

Intel unveils Hala Point, world's largest neuromorphic system

Intel's Hala Point, the world's largest neuromorphic system with 1.15 billion neurons, will elevate brain-scale computing research at Sandia National Labs and optimise telecoms via Ericsson Research.

By Tom Raynel • 3 min read • Thu, 18th Apr 2024
Cat Starkey named as new CTO of cybersecurity firm Expel
Cybersecurity

Cat Starkey named as new CTO of cybersecurity firm Expel

Expel's new CTO, Cat Starkey, former VP of engineering, is set to foster growth and innovation, utilising her extensive SaaS expertise to steer the firm's technical strategy.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Thu, 4th Apr 2024
Starfish Storage celebrates 10 years of unstructured data management
Risk & Compliance

Starfish Storage celebrates 10 years of unstructured data management

Celebrating a decade of innovation, Starfish Storage boasts managing over an exabyte of capacity for a range of industries including healthcare and entertainment.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Fri, 15th Mar 2024

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NG Bailey forms partnership with PlatformX to boost connectivity
Unified Communications

NG Bailey forms partnership with PlatformX to boost connectivity

NG Bailey IT Services partners with PlatformX Communications to bring enhanced end-to-end communications solutions to multiple sectors, promising GBP £500,000 in new business annually.

By Kaleah Salmon • 2 min read • Tue, 21st May 2024
Universal Robots & MathWorks deepen partnership for advanced cobot deployment
Robotics

Universal Robots & MathWorks deepen partnership for advanced cobot deployment

Universal Robots joins MathWorks Connections Program, a strategic collaboration set to enable engineers design, test, simulate, and launch advanced cobot applications using advanced mathematical computing software.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 10th Apr 2024
Google Cloud & Gamuda expand collaboration for AI capabilities
Data Analytics

Google Cloud & Gamuda expand collaboration for AI capabilities

Google Cloud and Gamuda have intensified their partnership, utilising advanced AI and cloud technologies to enhance the efficiency and innovation of construction and infrastructure projects.

By Imee Dequito • 3 min read • Mon, 11th Mar 2024