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AI drives wasted cloud spend higher despite FinOps gains
Hybrid Cloud

AI drives wasted cloud spend higher despite FinOps gains

Wasted cloud spend jumps to 29% as AI workloads surge, outpacing gains in FinOps maturity and sharpening focus on governance and risk.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Thu, 19th Mar 2026
Informatica deepens Microsoft Fabric ties, adds Swiss pod
Data Protection

Informatica deepens Microsoft Fabric ties, adds Swiss pod

Informatica widens Microsoft Fabric integration with Open Mirroring support and unveils a Swiss Azure pod for localised EU data control.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Thu, 19th Mar 2026
Island unveils SASE to cut proxy backhaul for AI era
Firewalls

Island unveils SASE to cut proxy backhaul for AI era

Island has rolled out a SASE design that shifts inspection to the endpoint, cutting proxy backhaul and avoiding default SSL/TLS break-and-inspect.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Thu, 19th Mar 2026
Corelight unveils AI triage to speed transparent SOC ops
Firewalls

Corelight unveils AI triage to speed transparent SOC ops

Corelight launches Agentic Triage, an AI-driven workflow to speed SOC investigations while exposing every step for transparent review.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Thu, 19th Mar 2026
XM Cyber adds AI exposure mapping across hybrid cloud
Hybrid Cloud

XM Cyber adds AI exposure mapping across hybrid cloud

XM Cyber rolls out AI exposure mapping to track shadow AI, cloud models and MCP servers across hybrid estates in a single attack graph.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Thu, 19th Mar 2026
Native raises USD $42m for cloud security control plane
Firewalls

Native raises USD $42m for cloud security control plane

Cloud security startup Native launches from stealth with USD $42m to unify preventive, intent-based controls across major public clouds.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Thu, 19th Mar 2026
Kore.ai unveils platform to tackle enterprise AI sprawl
Data Protection

Kore.ai unveils platform to tackle enterprise AI sprawl

Kore.ai has launched an Agent Management Platform to give enterprises a unified control layer over fast-growing, fragmented AI agent estates.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Thu, 19th Mar 2026
GitHub backs Alpha-Omega with fresh open source funds
Security Information and Event Management

GitHub backs Alpha-Omega with fresh open source funds

GitHub joins tech giants in a USD $12.5 million Alpha-Omega push, boosting AI-powered defences for critical open source software.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 18th Mar 2026
Linux Foundation secures USD $12.5m for AI security
Hyperscale

Linux Foundation secures USD $12.5m for AI security

Linux Foundation wins USD $12.5m from tech giants to bolster AI-era open source security and ease pressure on overstretched maintainers.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Wed, 18th Mar 2026
Amazon leads concentrated global hyperscale market
Hyperscale

Amazon leads concentrated global hyperscale market

Amazon leads the concentrated global hyperscale data centre market, as the top 10 providers captured 46% of 2024 revenue.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Tue, 17th Mar 2026
Anthropic commits USD $100m to Claude partner push
Digital Transformation

Anthropic commits USD $100m to Claude partner push

Anthropic launches Claude Partner Network with an initial USD $100m to train, certify and co-market with enterprises building on Claude.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Tue, 17th Mar 2026
EDB tops new ranking of commercial Postgres backers
Hybrid Cloud

EDB tops new ranking of commercial Postgres backers

EDB crowns itself top commercial Postgres backer in new vitality index, as cloud and data giants ramp up investment in the database.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Sat, 14th Mar 2026
Upwind brings runtime cloud security platform to Azure
Digital Transformation

Upwind brings runtime cloud security platform to Azure

Upwind integrates its runtime cloud security with Azure, offering unified protection and Sentinel tie-ins via the Microsoft Marketplace.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Fri, 13th Mar 2026
Secure by default: Moving beyond secure by design
Firewalls

Secure by default: Moving beyond secure by design

SonicWall champions 'Secure by Default', promising built-in, automated protection that tames tool sprawl and misconfigurations at scale.

By Chandrodaya Prasad • 6 min read • Fri, 13th Mar 2026
CIQ unveils Rocky Linux Pro AI for GPU inference at scale
Virtualisation

CIQ unveils Rocky Linux Pro AI for GPU inference at scale

CIQ launches Rocky Linux Pro AI, a tuned RHEL-compatible distro promising higher GPU inference throughput from day one at production scale.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Fri, 13th Mar 2026
DataBahn deepens Microsoft Sentinel tie-up to cut SIEM costs
Hybrid Cloud

DataBahn deepens Microsoft Sentinel tie-up to cut SIEM costs

DataBahn deepens Microsoft Sentinel integration, promising faster SIEM roll-outs, AI-driven telemetry routing and up to 60% cost savings.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026

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Lancom earns Microsoft Modern Work Enterprise status
Data Protection

Lancom earns Microsoft Modern Work Enterprise status

Lancom Technology has secured Microsoft's Modern Work Enterprise status, recognising its capability to deliver Microsoft 365 at scale.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Tue, 17th Mar 2026