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Ingram Micro strengthens Australian team with two new Directors

Tue, 24th Jun 2025
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Ingram Micro appoints Kaaren Lewis and Mo Kandeel as directors, enhancing its Australian leadership to boost growth in AI, cloud, cybersecurity, and endpoint tech.
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Circumvent raises $6 million to advance proactive AI cloud security

Wed, 18th Jun 2025
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Circumvent raises $6 million to develop AI-driven cloud security platform that helps teams prioritise and remediate risks efficiently.
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Gartner: Generative AI to power 75% of analytics by 2027

Wed, 18th Jun 2025
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By 2027, generative AI will power 75% of new analytics content, transforming business decisions with perceptive, autonomous insights, predicts Gartner.
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Deputy names Ciaran Hale as Chief Technology Officer to drive AI

Tue, 17th Jun 2025
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Deputy has named Ciaran Hale as Chief Technology Officer to spearhead AI innovation and enhance technology for shift-based businesses globally.
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Databricks unveils Agent Bricks to streamline enterprise AI agents

Thu, 12th Jun 2025
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Databricks launches Agent Bricks, an automated tool to help enterprises build custom AI agents swiftly with built-in governance and no manual tuning required.
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Sinch appoints Angus Mansfield to lead APAC channel sales growth

Wed, 11th Jun 2025
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Sinch has named Angus Mansfield as Vice President of Channel Sales for APAC, aiming to expand partnerships and boost growth in the region's booming customer communications market.
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Accelex launches Sydney office as APAC private equity hits USD $138 billion

Tue, 10th Jun 2025
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Accelex has opened a Sydney office to tackle data challenges as Asia-Pacific private equity hits USD $138 billion, its second-highest deal volume in a decade.
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SX Tasman Express to boost Australia–New Zealand bandwidth

Thu, 5th Jun 2025
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Southern Cross, Alcatel Submarine Networks and OMS Group will build the SX Tasman Express, adding 400Tbps capacity between Sydney and Auckland by 2028.
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BW Digital sets 1.2 Tb/s record on Hawaiki cable with Ciena

Tue, 3rd Jun 2025
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BW Digital has set a new data record, transmitting 1.2 Tb/s per wavelength over 4,300km of the Hawaiki Transpacific Cable using Ciena's WaveLogic 6 Extreme.
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Vertiv opens new Sydney HQ with customer experience centre

Tue, 27th May 2025
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Vertiv has opened its new Sydney HQ with the first Customer Experience Centre in Australia, enhancing support for the nation's growing digital economy.
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RØDE launches NTH-50 on-ear headphones for audio creators at USD $99

Thu, 22nd May 2025
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RØDE launches NTH-50 on-ear headphones at USD $99, designed for pros with balanced sound, comfort, noise isolation, and modular durability.
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RØDE updates Wireless Micro with Bluetooth, new app features

Thu, 22nd May 2025
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RØDE's new firmware update adds Bluetooth to its Wireless Micro, enabling direct pairing with iOS via the free RØDE Capture app for seamless audio recording.
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Bravura boosts Midwinter team as assets reach AUD $9 trillion

Thu, 22nd May 2025
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Bravura Solutions boosts Midwinter team with senior hires and promotions to fuel growth in financial planning technology across Australia and beyond.
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Nintex unveils Solution Studio to streamline business automation

Wed, 21st May 2025
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Nintex launches Solution Studio, a portal enabling businesses to build custom AI-powered automation solutions to streamline operations and boost efficiency.
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ECU Worldwide partners with Rackspace for AWS cloud migration

Wed, 14th May 2025
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Rackspace Technology partners with Allcargo's ECU Worldwide to migrate logistics operations across 180 countries to AWS, boosting security, scalability, and customer service.
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Kinetic IT appoints Lara Barnett as Head of Marketing for growth

Wed, 14th May 2025
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Kinetic IT appoints Lara Barnett as Head of Marketing to lead national growth and brand strategy across public and private sectors in Australia.
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Datadog names Yadi Narayana CTO for Asia-Pacific & Japan

Wed, 14th May 2025
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Datadog has named Yadi Narayana as Chief Technology Officer for Asia-Pacific and Japan to drive growth amid rising demand for observability and security solutions.
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Gartner outlines six key trends shaping global cloud adoption

Tue, 13th May 2025
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Gartner forecasts that by 2029, AI will consume 50% of cloud resources and digital sovereignty and sustainability will reshape global cloud strategies.
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Nozomi integrates with NVIDIA BlueField to boost AI cyber defences

Thu, 8th May 2025
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Nozomi Networks and NVIDIA have partnered to integrate AI-powered cybersecurity on BlueField DPUs, enhancing threat detection for industrial and critical infrastructure systems.
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Ground truth: the critical step bridging GenAI prototypes and production-ready applications

Wed, 7th May 2025
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Australian start-ups in GenAI face the challenge of turning prototypes into reliable applications by grounding AI outputs in verified data for accuracy and compliance.