Tag: Cloud
Retailers worldwide are rethinking the role of physical security, treating it less as a cost centre focused on stopping theft and more as a strategic function that supports operations, …
The Australian Government’s recent focus on ensuring that artificial intelligence develops in line with national interests signals a broader shift in expectations around digital infrastructure. As policymakers consider standards …
Cybersecurity and cloud infrastructure vendor, Sangfor Technologies, has published a whitepaper aimed at organisations navigating VMware modernisation decisions, arguing that simply replacing one hypervisor with another fails to address …
ERP is no longer just the system where finance closes the books. The major ERP trends point toward a broader role. ERP systems are becoming connected operating layers where …
Microsoft will run an AI and Azure masterclass at African Energy Week (AEW) 2026 in Cape Town, focusing on how cloud computing, analytics and AI can be applied across …
Global managed hosting provider Hyve Managed Hosting has entered the Australian market, establishing data centre locations in Sydney and Melbourne and setting up a local office as demand grows …
Bank of Sydney has gone live on the Infosys Finacle Digital Banking Suite, delivered as Software-as-a-Service on Amazon Web Services, completing a core banking transformation designed to support the …
Singapore’s proposed Digital Infrastructure Bill would designate data centres and cloud providers as critical national infrastructure, placing them in the same regulatory category as power grids, water systems and …
Lenovo has expanded its Hybrid AI Advantage portfolio with a suite of AI inferencing and agentic AI products aimed at reducing the cost of running AI workloads across on-premise, …
A research paper produced by RMIT University’s Centre for Cyber Security Research and Innovation has examined Ukraine’s cyber defence strategy during its conflict with Russia, drawing lessons the authors …
Here’s something nobody warns you about when you land that DBA role: you’re going to spend more time putting out fires than building anything. Sound familiar? Most IT teams …
A$33 billion. That’s not a rounding error. Gartner’s May 2026 forecast puts Australian organisations on track to spend that figure on public cloud this calendar year. And if you …
Apptio, an IBM company, has launched a series of updates to its product suite including a new Conversational Insights interface and AI-driven forecasting capabilities designed to help organisations tie …
ASX-listed wagering operator PointsBet has selected Grafana Cloud as its unified observability platform, consolidating telemetry across its proprietary betting infrastructure and introducing AI-powered tooling to accelerate incident resolution. The …
Cloud marketplace Pax8 is expanding its annual Beyond partner conference to the Asia-Pacific region, with the inaugural event set for Sydney in March next year. Beyond APAC 2027 will …
AMD has appointed Vinay Awasthi as Senior Vice President, Sales for Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ), tasking him with leading the chipmaker’s regional sales strategy and execution across one …
Enterprises have updated their security strategies for the AI era but lack the infrastructure to back them up, according to new research from Check Point Software Technologies that reveals …
For many not-for-profit leaders, financial reporting becomes stressful because the final board pack is only the visible endpoint. The real work happens earlier: in the way transactions are entered, …
Blackstone and Google have formed a joint venture to create a new US-based company that will offer Google Cloud’s Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) as a compute-as-a-service offering, giving customers …
As SMEs become more reliant on data, automation and compliance-driven workflows, the decision to build, buy or integrate technology is no longer just an IT question. It is a …
New Zealand-founded content management vendor Author-it has released a new publishing format called AION, designed to give large language models, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines and enterprise AI agents access …
Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 research team has built a multi-agent AI system capable of autonomously executing a full attack chain against a cloud environment, from initial reconnaissance through …
NetApp has signed a four-year enterprise agreement with Google Cloud to deploy its storage solutions within Google Distributed Cloud air-gapped (GDC), the search company’s sovereign cloud platform, enabling government …
A global study from NTT DATA has found that just 14 per cent of organisations have reached the highest level of cloud maturity, despite nearly two decades of cloud …
NEC Australia has acquired Melbourne-based digital services firm Exco Partners, adding cloud, data engineering and AI capabilities to its portfolio as it looks to strengthen its position across government …
Lenovo has used Nvidia GTC to announce a broad expansion of its Hybrid AI Advantage portfolio, spanning workstations, edge servers, data centre platforms and gigawatt-scale AI cloud deployments built …
AMD has announced two strategic collaborations with South Korean technology firms as the chipmaker moves to expand its footprint in the country’s sovereign AI infrastructure market. The deals see …
Google has completed its acquisition of Wiz, a cloud and AI security platform headquartered in New York, with the company set to operate under Google Cloud while retaining its …
AI is reshaping cloud environments faster than most small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) can secure them. As organisations adopt AI to move faster, automate operations and stay competitive, their …
La Trobe University will spearhead a national project that aims to reduce energy consumption and emissions in Australian data centres using quantum computing and AI. The initiative is backed …
As 2026 gets underway, technology leaders across Australia and the broader APAC region are facing a familiar, but intensifying, challenge: How to keep digital services running in an always-on …
Sennheiser has launched DeviceHub, a cloud-based platform designed to give organisations centralised control of their Sennheiser audio-visual infrastructure from anywhere in the world. The platform, which enters public beta …
IFS has named Paul Butterworth as its new Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand, aiming to strengthen its presence across asset-intensive industries in the region. The enterprise software …
Researchers at Canada’s University of Waterloo say they’ve discovered a method for safely backing up quantum information – a longstanding technical hurdle that has stalled efforts to commercialise quantum …
When you’re running a small business, you’ve got pressure coming at you from every angle. There are customers to support, invoices to manage, staff to guide and systems that …
As Ai adoption accelerates, many organisations are discovering that their cloud foundations are not equipped for the scale, governance or interoperability Ai demands. Kyndryl’s 2025 Cloud Readiness Report finds …
ManageEngine has expanded its CloudSpend platform with a new multi-portal architecture aimed at managed service providers, cloud partners and multi-tenant enterprises facing rising complexity in cloud cost management. The …
Australia’s digital economy is ripe for growth. Australians now gamble, pay and interact online in ways that are influenced by artificial intelligence (Ai) and cloud computing. A richer entertainment …
NetApp has celebrated 25 years in Australia with the launch of new products aimed at advancing Ai innovation, cyber resilience and cloud transformation. Speaking at the company’s anniversary event, …
Cybersecurity teams have always grappled with emerging technologies, increasingly sophisticated attacks and new regulations. However, as organisations accelerate Ai and cloud adoption, digitise services and adapt to evolving compliance …
Cognizant has unveiled two new Ai-powered services designed to help small and medium businesses in Australia, New Zealand and India gain access to enterprise-grade marketing and contact centre capabilities. …
Equinix has introduced a new approach to distributed Ai infrastructure designed to support the next generation of intelligent systems. The announcement, made at the company’s inaugural Ai Summit, includes …
MongoDB has extended its search and vector search capabilities to Community Edition and Enterprise Server, opening up features previously limited to the Atlas cloud platform. The announcement was made …
For years, we have watched Australian organisations embrace Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and cloud applications, driven by the promise of agility, scalability and simplified management. However, driven by legitimate data security …
NinjaOne has been included in the Forbes 2025 Cloud 100, a ranking of the top 100 private cloud companies globally, compiled in partnership with Bessemer Venture Partners. The Sydney-headquartered …
Nvidia has announced Spectrum-XGS Ethernet, a networking technology designed to link distributed data centers into unified Ai super-factories. Addressing Data Center Limitations The company said individual data centers are …
Infosys and Telstra have announced a joint venture aimed at accelerating the adoption of Ai-enabled cloud and digital solutions for Australian enterprises. Under the agreement, Infosys will acquire 75 …
In the era of cloud adoption and Ai, the demand for data centre bandwidth has skyrocketed, leading to the exponential sprawl of data centres worldwide. However, new data centres …
Red Hat has been named a Leader for the third year in a row in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Container Management. The company said the recognition reflects …
Wipro Limited has announced the completion of a large-scale cloud ERP transformation for AusNet, Victoria’s largest diversified energy network business. The project, delivered using RISE with SAP S/4HANA Cloud …
Elastic has introduced a new Ai-powered tool designed to work alongside existing security platforms, aiming to reduce alert fatigue and speed up investigations for security operations centre (SOC) teams. …
Artificial intelligence is fundamentally reshaping the security landscape, transforming how cyber threats emerge, evolve and exploit vulnerabilities. What was once a game of defence is now a race against …
Many small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) use cloud systems these days, but often face security and access challenges as they grow. Some turn to VPNs (virtual private networks) to …
Australia’s banking and insurance sectors are no strangers to digital transformation. In recent years, cloud modernisation has become a core priority not just for technology teams but across the …
The contact centre is undergoing a transformation. Faced with rising customer expectations and intensifying workforce pressures, these hubs of customer interaction are rapidly turning to artificial intelligence (Ai) to …
Crayon has launched a new version of its Cloud-IQ platform across the Asia-Pacific region, consolidating partner operations into a single global solution aimed at simplifying cloud licensing and unlocking …
Cybercriminals are becoming faster and more sophisticated. Organisations need to understand the evolving threat landscape and know how to protect sensitive data from escalating risks. As cyber threats grow, …
SMBtech extends an open invite for commentary on World Environment Day, 2025. Newest contributions will appear at the top. World Environment Day is on June 5. Anthony Daniel, MD …
Cloud infrastructure has evolved far beyond its early use cases. Enterprises now need to scale on demand, maintain performance under unpredictable workloads and support increasingly specialised computing requirements driven …
Commonwealth Bank has completed a large-scale migration of its data platform to Amazon Web Services, aiming to accelerate its use of Ai across customer and employee channels. Working with …
Synology has introduced C2 Surveillance, a new cloud-based video monitoring platform designed to streamline deployment and management of surveillance systems, particularly for businesses operating across multiple locations. The service …
There’s a growing sense of frustration across the Australian and New Zealand business landscape and it’s coming from the cloud. For the better part of a decade, cloud storage …
As Australia heads towards the election, public sector spending cuts have been one of the defining issues of the campaign. And with good reason. With over half of Australians …
New workplace trends are constantly emerging, and with them, new security challenges and investments that organisations have to anticipate. The last five years alone have brought significant shifts that …
IFS has been named a Leader in two IDC MarketScape reports: the Worldwide SaaS and Cloud-Enabled Manufacturing ERP Applications 2024–2025 Vendor Assessment and the Worldwide Remanufacturing Management Software 2024 …
Databricks has introduced SAP Databricks, a product that integrates natively with the SAP Business Data Cloud. The move is part of a partnership between Databricks and SAP, aiming to …
As your organisation grows and traffic increases, the resources you rely on need to expand, too. Cloud scalability refers to the flexibility of your cloud infrastructure, which allows it …
Expanded cloud and Ai solutions for customers Lenovo has secured all six Microsoft Solutions Partner Designations under the Microsoft Ai Cloud Partner Program, strengthening its ability to provide cloud …
Mining services provider integrates hybrid cloud for digital transformation Callidus Process Solutions has partnered with Macquarie Telecom to deploy Azure public cloud services, supporting its expansion into emerging mining …
Ingram Micro has entered into a multi-year Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS), aiming to expand cloud solutions and service delivery capabilities for its channel partners. …
In today’s competitive market, security remains a critical concern for small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) in Australia. Traditional on-premises video surveillance systems, while effective, often come with high upfront costs and …
Earlier this year, a tech giant introduced an AI feature that takes screen snapshots and stores them locally on its upcoming AI PCs for future recall. Despite the company’s …
D-Link has been recognised as Cloud Wireless Networking Provider of the Year at the 2024 Cloud Connect Conference and Awards. The accolade highlights D-Link’s contributions to cloud-managed wireless networking, …
Melbourne-based analytics company Prophet has appointed Matthew Winter as its new Head of Engineering, marking a significant milestone in its rapid growth. Winter joins Prophet from Google Cloud, where …
Cloudian has introduced support for Nvidia Magnum IO GPUDirect Storage technology, aiming to simplify Ai data workflows by enabling seamless object storage management. The integration offers performance levels exceeding …
Commvault has announced the availability of its full Cloud cyber resilience platform on Amazon Web Services (AWS), including offerings such as Cleanroom Recovery, SaaS services, Air Gap Protect, and …
Hitachi Vantara has announced the latest generation of its EverFlex infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) portfolio, aiming to simplify and optimise IT operations with scalable, cost-efficient hybrid cloud solutions. The EverFlex offering …
Tecala, a technology service provider, has strengthened its partnership with Netskope by joining the Netskope Managed Services Provider (MSP) Program. This partnership enables Tecala to offer a fully managed …
The evolution of technology, from cloud computing to decentralisation and now generative AI, has made IT environments more complex than ever. This complexity is creating significant challenges for IT …
Hitachi Vantara, a subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd., and Broadcom Inc. have announced a new private and hybrid cloud solution, aiming to assist organisations in navigating the complexities of data …
A few years ago, the metaverse was just a concept on paper. Today it is the next big reality. For a business to evolve and embrace the change, and …
Commvault has announced the integration of Microsoft 365 Backup Storage into its Cloud Backup and Recovery for Microsoft 365 solution. This collaboration aims to provide enhanced cyber resilience and …
Australian organisations reported the highest rate of data breaches globally in 2023, according to a recent report by Rubrik Zero Labs. The findings revealed that data breaches in Australia …
Businesses across Asia Pacific & Japan (APJ) are increasingly embracing the cloud, with predictions that 74% of growth in tech spending in the next four years will be driven …
A new strategic partnership has been unveiled between VAST Data, a prominent AI data platform company, and CoreWeave, a specialized cloud provider known for powering significant generative AI efforts …
Excitement and optimism surround the potential of Generative AI transforming the Asia Pacific technology landscape, as showcased at VMware Explore 2023 in Singapore. Leading innovators, including ComfortDelGro, LG CNS, …
At VMware Explore 2023, Lenovo and VMware unveiled the latest innovations from their joint Edge and Cloud Innovation Labs which are aimed at delivering state-of-the-art hybrid multi-cloud capabilities to …
In uncertain economic times, companies generally look at ways to cut costs. This can certainly reduce overheads and free up capital in the short term, but often leaves the …
LogRhythm, the company specialising in empowering security teams to handle the ever-changing threat landscape, has announced a partnership with cloud security provider Zscaler to address cloud access security challenges …
NetApp has released its 2023 Cloud Complexity Report, detailing how IT decision-makers are handling cloud requirements emanating from digital transformation and AI initiatives. The report surveyed senior IT leaders …
According to a report by IDC, commissioned by Dataiku, 39 per cent of organisations in APAC have already invested in AI and many more organisations are looking to implement …
It’s that time of year where the technology industry gets out its crystal ball and makes its 2023 tech predictions. We’ll be publishing some long-form pieces but, in this …
BT has opened a new office and a new Security Operations Center (SOC) in Sydney. The opening ceremony was officiated by the Hon Victor Dominello MP, Minister for Customer Service and …
NetApp, has announced the appointment of its new Area Vice President and Managing Director for the business in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ), Matthew Hurford, the former Vice President …
The rapid pace of organisations moving to various cloud services is increasing and this trend will accelerate as we head towards 2023. As organisations evaluate software, platform or infrastructure …
NetApp has announced the availability of NetApp BlueXP, a unified control plane that delivers a simple hybrid multicloud experience for storage and data services across on-premises and cloud environments. …
