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Australia replaces Essential Eight with new Essentials
Software-as-a-Service

Australia replaces Essential Eight with new Essentials

Australian businesses face a new cyber baseline as regulators move to align guidance with cloud, SaaS and AI-driven threats.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • This month

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BellSoft launches hardened Paketo builder for containers
DevOps

BellSoft launches hardened Paketo builder for containers

Security and compliance teams can now patch buildpack-based containers from a single hardened base, rather than chasing Dockerfiles across repositories.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Yesterday
Google adds failover for multi-region Cloud Run services
Disaster Recovery

Google adds failover for multi-region Cloud Run services

Downtime risk is lower for apps running across multiple regions, as traffic can now shift to a healthy Cloud Run region within seconds.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Yesterday
BIAN appoints Uganda CIO Rita Akot to executive board
Digital Transformation

BIAN appoints Uganda CIO Rita Akot to executive board

The appointment gives the standards body board-level East African representation as it seeks deeper ties with African banks modernising systems.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • 2 days ago
AI agents force enterprises to rethink infrastructure and governance
Digital Transformation

AI agents force enterprises to rethink infrastructure and governance

Enterprises face rising API traffic, tighter data controls and hidden costs as AI agents begin handling more workflows and queries.

By Sean Mitchell • 6 min read • Last week
Google Cloud boosts AlloyDB search for CJK text with Gemini
Postgres

Google Cloud boosts AlloyDB search for CJK text with Gemini

Developers can now improve Chinese, Japanese and Korean search in AlloyDB without external tokenisers, cutting preprocessing overhead for PostgreSQL users.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week
IDC survey flags networking bottlenecks for agentic AI
Software-as-a-Service

IDC survey flags networking bottlenecks for agentic AI

Security and staffing gaps are slowing enterprise rollouts, with networking now emerging as a key bottleneck for agentic AI projects.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Last week
GK expands open retail platform with DevHub & AI tools
Digital Transformation

GK expands open retail platform with DevHub & AI tools

Retailers could add third-party tools faster as GK opens its CLOUD4RETAIL platform to more partners and prototype app development.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week
Cloudera, VAST Data team up to tackle AI bottlenecks
Private Cloud

Cloudera, VAST Data team up to tackle AI bottlenecks

Enterprises could see better GPU use as the partnership aims to cut data delays that slow AI training, inference and analytics.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last week
Amazon SQS marks 20 years with new AI & scaling tools
DevOps

Amazon SQS marks 20 years with new AI & scaling tools

Developers are using the queue to smooth AI traffic and protect services from spikes, as AWS adds higher throughput, security and recovery tools.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week
AWS Builder Centre expands with free sandbox workshops
Software-as-a-Service

AWS Builder Centre expands with free sandbox workshops

Free workshop sandboxes should make it easier for developers to try AWS training without a personal account, credit card or cleanup.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Last week
Building beneath the app layer: What Upvest shows about the next phase of European fintech
Software-as-a-Service

Building beneath the app layer: What Upvest shows about the next phase of European fintech

European banks are racing to modernise investment services, and the real battle is shifting to the infrastructure layer that keeps them compliant.

By Tim Graczewski • 4 min read • Last week
Valtech launches Nexus SDV platform for connected cars
Data Protection

Valtech launches Nexus SDV platform for connected cars

Carmakers could cut warranty costs and breakdowns as the open-source system unifies telemetry, maintenance and service data in one stack.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week
SBS launches AI foundation for banks on existing systems
Software-as-a-Service

SBS launches AI foundation for banks on existing systems

The rollout could help more than 1,500 institutions use generative AI on trusted in-house data without disrupting core banking operations.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • This month
Google Cloud revives AI agent roadshow for Cloud Run
DevOps

Google Cloud revives AI agent roadshow for Cloud Run

Demand for production-ready AI agents is pushing Google to reframe Cloud Run as a platform for long-running, data-driven workloads.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • This month
Elastic adds native Prometheus support for metrics
DevOps

Elastic adds native Prometheus support for metrics

Cloud-native teams could cut observability bills as Elastic says its rebuilt metrics engine stores data more efficiently and queries up to 30 times faster.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • This month
Kong links Insomnia 13 with Konnect for API workflow
Software-as-a-Service

Kong links Insomnia 13 with Konnect for API workflow

Developers can now avoid manual test setup as Kong's new link keeps API definitions, environments and credentials aligned across Insomnia and Konnect.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Last month

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