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Australian businesses struggle with AI amid data security fears

Poll reveals 34% of Australian firms view data security as a major hurdle in AI adoption, with 51% lacking a clear data management strategy.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Tue, 21st May 2024

Global Stories

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Software-as-a-Service

Fastly appoints Bruce Bennie as ANZ Sales Vice President

The move strengthens Fastly's push for more enterprise and public sector spending in Australia and New Zealand as competition intensifies.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • This month

Capital

Rubber Monkey gears up for Aussie market with latest capital raise

Rubber Monkey is seeking to raise up to NZ$2.5 million of new capital through online investment platform, Snowball Effect.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Wed, 6th Jul 2022

Trade Me

Top Trade Me listings of 2020 revealed

Trade Me's top Marketplace listings of 2020 in New Zealand were all inspired by COVID-19, according to the buy and sell platform.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Tue, 5th Jan 2021

Hyperscale

Trade Me outlaws all 'non-essential' items, announces strict new guidelines

Trade Me enforces strict new guidelines, restricting sales to essential items only in compliance with NZ Government alert level 4 lockdown measures.

By Nick Forrester • 3 min read • Tue, 7th Apr 2020

Unified Communications

Slack hires new head of APAC as remote working business booms

Slack has reported that in the past seven weeks, more than 7,000 new companies have signed up to Slack as remote working becomes the new norm.

By Nick Forrester • 2 min read • Fri, 27th Mar 2020

Virtualisation

Trade Me announces full migration to cloud with Google Cloud partnership

The online auction website says the move will migrate all systems and applications off its on-premise data centres and fully migrate to the cloud.

By Nick Forrester • 3 min read • Mon, 23rd Mar 2020

Stories from Other Regions

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Digital Transformation

Trade Me launches ChatGPT property search app in NZ

Trade Me Property debuts a ChatGPT app that lets New Zealand home hunters search live listings via conversational prompts and an interactive map.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Tue, 10th Feb 2026

Gaming

Trade Me seeks gaming chief to shape E Blacks' global success

Trade Me Jobs and NZ Esports Federation seek a Chief Gaming Officer to lead New Zealand's E Blacks esports team's global competition strategy.

By Jed Nykolle Harme • 4 min read • Tue, 19th Aug 2025

Data Privacy

Tim Richardson joins InfoSum as first NZ team member

Tim Richardson has been appointed as InfoSum's first Client Partner in New Zealand, aiming to enhance local client engagement and data collaboration.

By Melvin Hipolito • 2 min read • Tue, 15th Apr 2025

Cybersecurity

Finalists for the 2024 iSANZ Awards announced

The finalists for the 2024 iSANZ Awards have been announced, recognising exceptional contributions to New Zealand's cybersecurity landscape over the past decade.

By Sean Mitchell • 2 min read • Tue, 8th Oct 2024

Trade Me

Serko appoints Simon Young as new Chief Technology Officer

Serko appoints Simon Young as Chief Technology Officer, effective immediately, leveraging his over 20 years of technology leadership to drive innovation and growth.

By Imee Dequito • 2 min read • Mon, 8th Jul 2024

Data Analytics

Trade Me sees 20% campaign performance improvement using new tools

New Zealand's largest online auction site, Trade Me, has improved campaign performance by 20% using AI predictive models and tools to optimise personalisation.

By Contributor • 8 min read • Tue, 13th Feb 2024