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Victoria expands AWS partnership with AUD $20 billion cloud boost
Digital Transformation

Victoria expands AWS partnership with AUD $20 billion cloud boost

Victoria partners with AWS in a AUD $20 billion deal to boost cloud infrastructure, AI, and public digital services, accelerating the state's tech transformation.

By Melvin Hipolito • 4 min read • Wed, 20th Aug 2025

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Serverless architecture stories

SAP agrees to acquire Dremio in data platform push
Manufacturing

SAP agrees to acquire Dremio in data platform push

The deal could help customers analyse SAP and non-SAP data together, as businesses struggle to make artificial intelligence useful across fragmented systems.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • This month
Cogna appoints former Amazon AI leader Sam Ng as CTO
Digital Transformation

Cogna appoints former Amazon AI leader Sam Ng as CTO

The hire strengthens Cogna’s push overseas as it seeks to scale its AI platform for utilities, gas and construction customers.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Last month
Intruder adds container image scanning to cloud platform
Virtualisation

Intruder adds container image scanning to cloud platform

The update gives security teams earlier warning on vulnerable container images before they reach production, reducing blind spots across cloud estates.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Last month
Red Hat & Google Cloud expand OpenShift integration
Virtualisation

Red Hat & Google Cloud expand OpenShift integration

Enterprises can now manage legacy virtual machines and containers together on Google Cloud, easing migration and reducing operational complexity.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Mon, 30th Mar 2026
Gold Lapel launches PostgreSQL proxy to tune queries
Virtualisation

Gold Lapel launches PostgreSQL proxy to tune queries

Gold Lapel unveils a PostgreSQL proxy that auto‑tunes slow SQL, aiming to replace extra cache and pooling layers with in‑database smarts.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Tue, 24th Mar 2026
Akamai rolls out NVIDIA-powered AI Grid at the edge
Gaming

Akamai rolls out NVIDIA-powered AI Grid at the edge

Akamai debuts NVIDIA-powered AI Grid to run low-latency inference across 4,400 edge sites, extending its distributed Inference Cloud.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Tue, 17th Mar 2026
Cloudflare unveils vinext, a Vite-based Next.js rival
Edge Computing

Cloudflare unveils vinext, a Vite-based Next.js rival

Cloudflare launches vinext, a Vite-powered Next.js alternative promising faster builds, leaner bundles and one-command Workers deployment.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • Fri, 27th Feb 2026
Komprise unveils KAPPA to prep unstructured data for AI
Software-as-a-Service

Komprise unveils KAPPA to prep unstructured data for AI

Komprise launches KAPPA, a serverless engine to enrich and orchestrate unstructured data at scale, priming file estates for AI use.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Fri, 20th Feb 2026
Constructive unveils secure-by-default Postgres platform
Virtualisation

Constructive unveils secure-by-default Postgres platform

Constructive launches secure-by-default Postgres platform to hardwire Row-Level Security and permissions into databases from creation.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Sat, 7th Feb 2026
Name.com extends domain tools to Netlify, Vercel, more
DevOps

Name.com extends domain tools to Netlify, Vercel, more

Name.com expands its domain API into Bolt, Netlify, Replit and Vercel, letting developers register custom domains inside their tools.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 7th Jan 2026
Amazon boosts S3 Vectors with bigger scale & faster queries
Storage

Amazon boosts S3 Vectors with bigger scale & faster queries

Amazon Web Services launches Amazon S3 Vectors with 40x more scale, faster queries, and up to 90% cost savings for vast AI vector data storage.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Fri, 5th Dec 2025
Elastic named leader for observability in IDC MarketScape 2025
Physical Security

Elastic named leader for observability in IDC MarketScape 2025

Elastic has been named a leader in the IDC MarketScape 2025 for observability platforms, praised for its scalable architecture and AI-driven data management tools.

By Melania Watson • 3 min read • Thu, 20th Nov 2025
Oracle launches global Exadata service for AI & analytics
Storage

Oracle launches global Exadata service for AI & analytics

Oracle launches Globally Distributed Exadata Database on Exascale Infrastructure, enabling scalable AI workloads and analytics with global data residency compliance.

By Melvin Hipolito • 4 min read • Fri, 8th Aug 2025
NexGen Cloud unveils Hyperstack AI Studio for enterprises
Software-as-a-Service

NexGen Cloud unveils Hyperstack AI Studio for enterprises

NexGen Cloud launches Hyperstack AI Studio, an end-to-end AI platform for enterprises, offering scalable, secure development on a usage-based pricing model.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 10th Jul 2025

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Leighton launches dedicated AWS practice in the UK
DevOps

Leighton launches dedicated AWS practice in the UK

Leighton unveils a dedicated UK AWS cloud practice to meet rising demand for digital transformation and legacy modernisation projects.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Mon, 19th Jan 2026
Multiverse Computing launches CompactifAI API for AWS model compression
Platform-as-a-Service

Multiverse Computing launches CompactifAI API for AWS model compression

Multiverse Computing has launched its CompactifAI API on AWS, enabling efficient compression and deployment of large AI models to reduce costs and boost scalability.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 12th Jun 2025