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CrowdStrike named Omdia's overall champion for ecosystem
Hyperscale

CrowdStrike named Omdia's overall champion for ecosystem

The ranking underscores CrowdStrike's push to win sales through partners, with its managed services and cloud marketplace business growing sharply.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Today
Confluent adds AI tools to secure live data pipelines
Software-as-a-Service

Confluent adds AI tools to secure live data pipelines

Security and compliance hurdles are being tackled as Confluent rolls out tools to help firms move AI data pipelines from pilot to production.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Yesterday
Dell launches AI-ready storage, servers & cloud tools
Virtualisation

Dell launches AI-ready storage, servers & cloud tools

Businesses face rising data centre pressure as Dell adds storage, servers and automation tools for AI and legacy workloads.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Yesterday
NTT DATA buys WinWire to boost Microsoft AI cloud push
Digital Transformation

NTT DATA buys WinWire to boost Microsoft AI cloud push

The purchase will add more than 1,000 Azure engineers and AI specialists as NTT Data targets larger enterprise roll-outs on Microsoft cloud tools.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • 2 days ago
BeyondTrust named leader in KuppingerCole PAM report
Software-as-a-Service

BeyondTrust named leader in KuppingerCole PAM report

The ranking underscores growing demand for tools that secure human, machine and AI identities across cloud and hybrid environments.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • 3 days ago
SonicWall launches Gen 8 virtual firewall for MSPs
Digital Transformation

SonicWall launches Gen 8 virtual firewall for MSPs

Small offices and branch sites now get Gen 8 protection as SonicWall expands its firewall range into cloud and hypervisor environments.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • 3 days ago
Virtual vs. physical firewalls: A practical guide for modern networks
Private Cloud

Virtual vs. physical firewalls: A practical guide for modern networks

Hybrid networks need the right mix of hardware and software firewalls to avoid bottlenecks, gaps and policy drift.

By Leelin Thye and Lokesh Kannaiyan • 7 min read • 3 days ago
Qualys wins FedRAMP High for TotalCloud cloud security
Data Protection

Qualys wins FedRAMP High for TotalCloud cloud security

FedRAMP High approval lets federal agencies and suppliers use TotalCloud to secure sensitive cloud workloads with stricter controls.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Last week
Keycard launches access platform for multi-agent apps
Software-as-a-Service

Keycard launches access platform for multi-agent apps

It aims to curb over-privileged AI systems by giving each agent its own identity and limiting access to specific tasks and sessions.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last week
Red Hat AI 3.4 adds governance for agentic systems
Hybrid Cloud

Red Hat AI 3.4 adds governance for agentic systems

Governance and safety controls are now central as businesses push autonomous AI from pilots into production across hybrid cloud systems.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week
Versa adds cloud posture management to SASE platform
Digital Transformation

Versa adds cloud posture management to SASE platform

Security teams can now spot cloud misconfigurations and compliance gaps in real time as VersaONE adds posture management across major public clouds.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last week
SAP launches Business AI Platform & Autonomous Suite
Digital Transformation

SAP launches Business AI Platform & Autonomous Suite

The move could speed finance closes and ERP migrations for customers as SAP ties more than 50 assistants to business data and controls.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • Last week
CloudBolt adds MCP support to cloud management platform
Virtualisation

CloudBolt adds MCP support to cloud management platform

Enterprises can now let AI agents handle approved infrastructure tasks in CloudBolt CMP while keeping permissions and audit controls in place.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week
AMD hands AI networking protocol to Open Compute Project
Data centers

AMD hands AI networking protocol to Open Compute Project

The move could help ease bottlenecks as huge AI clusters struggle to keep hundreds of thousands of GPUs synchronised during network faults.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • This month

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Using AI in your ERP? You should know where your data goes
Data Protection

Using AI in your ERP? You should know where your data goes

Finance teams need to know whether ERP AI queries cross borders, because model routing can affect sovereignty, compliance and audit trails.

By Annexa • 5 min read • Yesterday
Lexsoft links T3 legal knowledge tool to AI platforms
Customer Relationship Management

Lexsoft links T3 legal knowledge tool to AI platforms

Law firms can now pull reviewed T3 knowledge into Copilot, Claude and Gemini without moving data outside approved environments.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • 3 days ago
Snowflake wins IRAP approval in Google Cloud Melbourne
Hybrid Cloud

Snowflake wins IRAP approval in Google Cloud Melbourne

Australian government agencies can now use Snowflake on Google Cloud in Melbourne for PROTECTED workloads, broadening cloud choice and assurance.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last week