IT Procurement stories - Page 2

CrowdStrike's Falcon platform is now sold via Microsoft Marketplace, letting customers spend existing Azure commitments on security tools.

As e-invoicing mandates loom across Australia and New Zealand, businesses must upgrade now or risk losing lucrative government contracts.

Big firms edge away from VMware after Broadcom deal, shifting select workloads to cloud while keeping core systems in place for now.

Safe Software's FME Flow now on AWS Marketplace, letting AWS customers buy, deploy and manage data integration workflows via existing accounts.

Centacare overhauls disaster recovery with 11:11 Systems, boosting cyber resilience while slashing Azure data storage costs by half.

Centacare slashes Azure storage costs by 50% in disaster recovery revamp with 11:11 Systems, boosting resilience against cyber threats.

Brinqa lists unified exposure management on Google Cloud Marketplace, streamlining procurement and deployment for committed cloud customers.

Big consultancies tied to higher failure risk in Australian public IT overhauls, as research links them to delays and cost blowouts.

Calero launches AI-powered assistant to give TEM and MEM teams instant, conversational insight from complex telecom and mobility invoices.

Expereo adds shared Digital Case Management to expereoOne, giving enterprises a single, transparent case timeline across global networks.

NEXTDC has hired Jodi Pearce as Alliance Director to steer AI-focused partnerships and expand its ecosystem around NVIDIA DGX-ready sites.

Fortinet crowns Aussie Broadband its Australia Partner of the Year 2025, also naming it Telco Partner of the Year amid wider channel honours.

AI, quantum threats and tougher regulation will reshape cyber strategies by 2026, forcing new governance, identity models and SOC workflows.

Rimini Street urges ERP users to resist vendor upgrade pressure, touting Smart Path and Agentic AI as cheaper, longer-life alternatives.

Avalara inks multi-year AWS deal to push its AI-driven tax tools via AWS Marketplace, promising simpler cloud procurement and billing.

Ricoh's CloudStream service has achieved SOC 2 Type II audit status, bolstering its cloud security credentials for regulated industries.

Governments are taking a cautious, experimental approach to AI, prioritising public trust, security and stability over rapid innovation.

VDURA launches index and modelling tool as AI-fuelled SSD volatility drives 189% flash cost surge and widens gap with hard drives.

Lancom wins coveted AWS Managed Service Provider status, boosting its cloud credentials and access to joint sales and technical support.

Pax8 taps former Microsoft Asia channel leader Sarah Bowden to spearhead APAC sales, marketing and partner growth from 2026.