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IT teams in Australia and New Zealand can now police AI apps on managed Macs as Jamf adds endpoint-level controls and audit reporting.
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Daon wins Frost & Sullivan recognition for biometric model
The award highlights rising pressure on identity vendors to stop fraud that now slips between login checks, account recovery and contact-centre calls.
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Unit4 wins public sector deals as demand for cloud grows
Tight budgets and ageing back-office systems are driving more public bodies to cloud software, as Unit4 adds new customers across Europe and North America.
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F5 expands AI Gateway to curb costs & secure agents
Enterprises could trim AI inference bills as the updated gateway adds central controls for models, agents and data access across systems.
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