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MATTR launches digital credential platform on AWS NZ
Data Protection

MATTR launches digital credential platform on AWS NZ

MATTR makes its VII digital credential platform available on AWS New Zealand, enabling local data residency and lower-latency identity services.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026

Global Stories

High availability stories

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
Atlassian scales AI search with OpenSearch on Kubernetes
Software-as-a-Service

Atlassian scales AI search with OpenSearch on Kubernetes

Atlassian rebuilt its search on OpenSearch and Kubernetes to power AI-ready, compliant, multi-tenant search for millions of global users.

By OpenSearch • 5 min read • Fri, 20th Mar 2026
StorMagic & HiveRadar launch mobile edge data centre
Virtualisation

StorMagic & HiveRadar launch mobile edge data centre

StorMagic teams with HiveRadar on a rugged mobile edge data centre, bringing virtualised compute and storage to remote, off-grid sites.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 19th Mar 2026
Island unveils SASE to cut proxy backhaul for AI era
Firewalls

Island unveils SASE to cut proxy backhaul for AI era

Island has rolled out a SASE design that shifts inspection to the endpoint, cutting proxy backhaul and avoiding default SSL/TLS break-and-inspect.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Thu, 19th Mar 2026
ZEDEDA, Submer unveil liquid-cooled modular edge AI
Unified Communications

ZEDEDA, Submer unveil liquid-cooled modular edge AI

ZEDEDA and Submer unveil modular liquid‑cooled edge AI pods, packs and containers to run GPU inference in harsh, remote industrial sites.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Wed, 18th Mar 2026
Edera unveils vendor-agnostic control plane for GPUs
Virtualisation

Edera unveils vendor-agnostic control plane for GPUs

Edera debuts a vendor-neutral GPU control plane to boost secure multi-tenancy, speed start-up times and unify mixed-accelerator fleets.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Fri, 13th Mar 2026
OpenLegacy unveils AWS hub for safer mainframe shift
DevOps

OpenLegacy unveils AWS hub for safer mainframe shift

OpenLegacy debuts an AWS-integrated hub to modernise mainframes incrementally, enabling parallel legacy-cloud operations with less risk.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026
Everpure adds file mobility to ActiveCluster fleet
Storage

Everpure adds file mobility to ActiveCluster fleet

Everpure extends ActiveCluster with fleet-wide file mobility, promising policy-driven availability and simpler protection of unstructured data.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026
SIOS wins triple honours for leadership & support teams
Disaster Recovery

SIOS wins triple honours for leadership & support teams

SIOS Technology nets triple industry honours for leadership, customer success and support as demand for mission-critical resilience grows.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026
Manulife picks Akka to power enterprise agentic AI
DevOps

Manulife picks Akka to power enterprise agentic AI

Manulife taps Akka's runtime to harden and scale its beta enterprise agentic AI platform for regulated, business-critical workloads.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026
Vertiv unveils rugged UPS for harsh industrial sites
Manufacturing

Vertiv unveils rugged UPS for harsh industrial sites

Vertiv launches PowerUPS 6000 Industrial, a compact rugged UPS built to shield automated factories and harsh sites from power instability.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Wed, 11th Mar 2026
Percona names Kyle Davis to lead Redis & Valkey push
Digital Transformation

Percona names Kyle Davis to lead Redis & Valkey push

Percona has appointed open source veteran Kyle Davis to spearhead its Redis and Valkey strategy amid shifting database licensing models.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Wed, 11th Mar 2026
MariaDB to acquire GridGain to power low-latency AI
Hybrid Cloud

MariaDB to acquire GridGain to power low-latency AI

MariaDB moves to buy in-memory specialist GridGain in a bid to deliver sub-millisecond latency for agentic AI and real-time workloads.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Sat, 7th Mar 2026
Tech leaders urge action to lift women into senior roles
Fintech

Tech leaders urge action to lift women into senior roles

Tech leaders across three continents mark International Women's Day 2026 urging structured support and clearer paths for women in cyber.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Thu, 5th Mar 2026
Tencent Cloud boosts Frankfurt AI capacity for Europe
Hybrid Cloud

Tencent Cloud boosts Frankfurt AI capacity for Europe

Tencent Cloud opens a new Frankfurt zone, expanding AI-ready capacity in Germany to meet rising European demand and data residency needs.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 4th Mar 2026

Stories from Other Regions

High availability stories

Kyndryl brings Cloud Uplift to Canada
Hybrid Cloud

Kyndryl brings Cloud Uplift to Canada

Kyndryl has launched Cloud Uplift for IBM Power on Microsoft Azure in Canadian regions, aiding legacy migrations while keeping data in-country.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026