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Centacare halves Azure storage costs in DR overhaul
Storage

Centacare halves Azure storage costs in DR overhaul

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

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Wed, 18th Feb 2026

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AlgoSec posts record 2025 growth on hybrid cloud demand
Firewalls

AlgoSec posts record 2025 growth on hybrid cloud demand

AlgoSec posts record 2025 as hybrid cloud surge drives 37% new business growth, strong ARR gains and rapid uptake of its Horizon platform.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Fri, 20th Feb 2026
Proofpoint revamps global channel with new Partner Network
Digital Transformation

Proofpoint revamps global channel with new Partner Network

Proofpoint overhauls its channel with a new Partner Network, adding richer incentives, deal protection and AI-focused services for partners.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Thu, 19th Feb 2026
CrowdStrike Falcon now available via Microsoft Marketplace
Endpoint Protection

CrowdStrike Falcon now available via Microsoft Marketplace

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

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Thu, 19th Feb 2026
Big firms slowly unwind VMware reliance after Broadcom deal
Virtualisation

Big firms slowly unwind VMware reliance after Broadcom deal

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

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Thu, 19th Feb 2026
ACI wins first UK bank for Connetic cloud platform
Software-as-a-Service

ACI wins first UK bank for Connetic cloud platform

ACI clinches its first UK bank for the Connetic cloud platform, unifying SWIFT, CHAPS and Faster Payments on Microsoft Azure.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 18th Feb 2026
Proofpoint revamps global partner network for AI era
Digital Transformation

Proofpoint revamps global partner network for AI era

Proofpoint overhauls its partner network with richer incentives, tighter protections and AI-focused services to fuel recurring security revenue.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Wed, 18th Feb 2026
NVIDIA touts GB300 to slash AI agent inference costs
Hyperscale

NVIDIA touts GB300 to slash AI agent inference costs

NVIDIA claims its GB300 NVL72 platform slashes AI agent and coding assistant inference costs by up to 35x as cloud rollouts accelerate.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Tue, 17th Feb 2026
Anthropic raises USD $30 billion, hits USD $380b value
Data Analytics

Anthropic raises USD $30 billion, hits USD $380b value

Anthropic raises USD $30bn in new backing, lifting the AI group's valuation to USD $380bn as demand for its Claude models surges.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Mon, 16th Feb 2026
Wesfarmers, Microsoft deepen AI & cloud retail pact
Data Analytics

Wesfarmers, Microsoft deepen AI & cloud retail pact

Wesfarmers is deepening its AI and cloud pact with Microsoft to roll out Copilot tools, agents and data platforms across its retail brands.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Fri, 13th Feb 2026
Qodo brings AI-powered code review into Azure DevOps
DevOps

Qodo brings AI-powered code review into Azure DevOps

Qodo launches a beta Azure DevOps integration that embeds its AI-driven, context-aware code review directly into pull request workflows.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 13th Feb 2026
Survey finds enterprises race to agentic AI, lag on scale
Digital Transformation

Survey finds enterprises race to agentic AI, lag on scale

Enterprises rush to adopt agentic AI via external platforms, but few have standardised, organisation-wide deployments in place yet.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Wed, 11th Feb 2026
CDN market to hit USD $42.89bn as edge demand surges
Gaming

CDN market to hit USD $42.89bn as edge demand surges

Global CDN spending is forecast to soar from USD $27.25bn in 2025 to USD $42.89bn by 2030, driven by edge demand and performance pressure.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Tue, 10th Feb 2026
Tech salaries level off as burnout & AI skills surge
Data Analytics

Tech salaries level off as burnout & AI skills surge

Cyber and AI specialists top tech pay into 2026 as entry-level hiring stalls and burnout surges across Australia and New Zealand.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Tue, 10th Feb 2026
Blue Yonder grows FY25 revenue & boosts AI supply chain
Robotics

Blue Yonder grows FY25 revenue & boosts AI supply chain

Blue Yonder posts FY25 revenue of USD $1.42 billion as it expands AI-driven planning and warehouse tools to meet rising supply chain demands.

By Melania Watson • 4 min read • Tue, 10th Feb 2026
TRENDS builds Boomi data backbone to power rapid growth
Manufacturing

TRENDS builds Boomi data backbone to power rapid growth

TRENDS taps Boomi to unify 50+ systems, tackling complexity as revenue surges from NZD $10 million to NZD $130 million in a decade.

By Melania Watson • 4 min read • Tue, 10th Feb 2026

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Tech giants plan USD $650 billion AI investment surge
Robotics

Tech giants plan USD $650 billion AI investment surge

Amazon, Microsoft, Meta and Alphabet eye USD $650 billion AI splurge for 2026, stirring investor unease over margins and cloud growth.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 5 min read • Wed, 11th Feb 2026