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From chaos to code efficiency: AI's big software development shift

AI is boosting developer output, but Australian firms are finding the bigger challenge is joining up fragmented tools, data and governance.

By Craig Nielsen • 5 min read • Last month

Global Stories

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Security Information and Event Management

Anomali launches ThreatStream Next-Gen with AI triage

Anomali debuts ThreatStream Next-Gen with AI triage to help security teams cut false positives and act faster across intelligence workflows.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • 4 days ago

Data Protection

apexanalytix launches Qubiton for AI-powered supplier checks

apexanalytix brings supplier risk checks to AI tools with Qubiton, opening access to 280 million company records via APIs, chatbots and MCP.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • 5 days ago

Virtualisation

Chainguard launches compliant EKS add-ons in AWS Marketplace

Chainguard brings compliant EKS add-ons to AWS Marketplace, giving regulated organisations FIPS 140-3 validated Kubernetes components with zero known CVEs.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 5 days ago

Software-as-a-Service

Glean expands in Australia as ANZ demand for AI grows

Glean deepens its Australia commitment with a local entity and hiring drive, as ANZ demand for its AI workplace tools accelerates.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last week

Software-as-a-Service

Anthropic names Theo Hourmouzis as ANZ Chief in Sydney

Anthropic expands in Australia and New Zealand with Sydney office and Theo Hourmouzis named Chief Executive Officer to drive regional AI growth.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last week

Digital Transformation

Google Cloud CEO sets out enterprise AI agent plan

Google Cloud's Thomas Kurian unveils Gemini Enterprise as an open, secure workplace AI platform linking models, data, chips and security.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Last week

Data Analytics

Anthropic opens Sydney office, names NZ & Australia chief

Anthropic names Theo Hourmouzis as General Manager for Australia and New Zealand as it opens a Sydney office and deepens local AI ties.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week

Digital Transformation

Exclusive: Google Cloud accelerates shift to agentic data

Google Cloud is betting on AI agents as the main users of enterprise data, unveiling new tools for context, automation and cross-cloud access.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Last month

Hybrid Cloud

Google Cloud launches Agentic Data Cloud for AI agents

Google Cloud broadens its data platform with agent-focused tools, cross-cloud federation and new performance upgrades for enterprise users.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month

Storage

Bedrock Data extends ArgusAI governance to Google Vertex AI

Bedrock Data expands ArgusAI to Google Vertex AI, giving firms one policy layer to govern agents across AWS, Snowflake and Google.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month

Manufacturing

Snowflake expands AI tools for business users & developers

Snowflake adds new AI features for business users and developers, including mobile access, Gmail and Slack links, and broader support across enterprise systems.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Last month

Unified Communications

Snowflake expands AI tools for business users & developers

Snowflake broadens AI platform with new business-user agents and developer tools to move corporate projects from pilots into everyday workflows.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • Last month

Robotics

SAP unveils agentic AI tools for manufacturing supply

SAP rolls out agentic AI for factories, linking planning, production and logistics as it showcases live demonstrations at Hannover Messe 2026.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month

Data Analytics

BlackLine launches AI financial ops model for CFOs

BlackLine courts finance chiefs with a governance-first AI model and New York innovation hub aimed at making accounting automation auditable.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month

Data Analytics

Kumo launches KumoRFM-2 for enterprise relational data

Kumo says its new foundation model for relational enterprise data outperforms supervised rivals, scales to 500 billion rows and answers queries in natural language.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Last month

Digital Transformation

Stop pouring money into cloud providers: The cost of inaction

Britain's organisations are being urged to tackle cloud waste before cutting jobs, as FinOps discipline and independent oversight could trim costs by up to 30%.

By Mark Graham • 5 min read • Last month