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Amazon Web Services (AWS) stories

Originally disrupting the book retailing business, Amazon Web Services has since emerged as a world’s leader in the provision of ‘as a Service’ computing resources. With more than 200 services available covering infrastructure, platform, compute, storage and applications as a service, AWS solutions are provided from a network of 38 data centers around the world. A cluster of AWS data centres is planned for New Zealand, headquartered in Auckland, and likely to be online by 2024.
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MiQ unveils Sigma AI platform to unify programmatic advertising
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MiQ has launched Sigma, an AI-driven platform uniting over 300 data feeds to streamline and optimise programmatic advertising globally.
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AWS launches AI Spring Australia to boost local AI innovation
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AWS is launching AI Spring Australia to boost local innovation, supporting startups with new AI programmes and expanding cloud infrastructure investment.
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LogicMonitor appoints Garth Fort as Chief Product Officer to boost AI
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LogicMonitor has appointed Garth Fort as Chief Product Officer to advance its AI-driven observability platform and accelerate growth in hybrid IT operations.
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Core tech skills still key for Australian jobs in 2025
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Traditional tech skills like SQL, Python and cloud platforms remain crucial for Australian digital jobs in 2025, despite growing interest in AI, says new research.
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Zscaler unveils new Zero Trust tools to protect cloud & IoT
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Zscaler launches new Zero Trust tools enhancing cloud, IoT, and branch security with AI-driven microsegmentation and seamless multi-cloud protection.
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Commonwealth Bank completes major AWS data migration for AI push
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Commonwealth Bank has completed one of the Southern Hemisphere's largest AWS data migrations, boosting its AI capabilities with 2,000 models and 157bn data points.
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Akamai launches DNS solution for unified, multicloud security
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Akamai launches DNS Posture Management, offering multicloud visibility and real-time monitoring to enhance DNS security and compliance across major providers.
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ROI·DNA expands globally with integrated AI marketing platforms
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ROI·DNA expands across EMEA and APAC, integrating AI-driven platforms to offer unified global marketing for enterprise tech brands.
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Snowflake launches Openflow to speed AI data integration
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Snowflake launches Openflow, a service enabling rapid, seamless data integration to accelerate AI initiatives across diverse enterprise ecosystems.
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Akamai launches DNS Posture Management for multicloud security
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Akamai has launched DNS Posture Management, offering centralised control over DNS assets across multicloud platforms to enhance security and compliance.
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Elastic & AWS partner to enable secure generative AI apps
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Elastic partners with AWS in a five-year deal to help organisations build secure generative AI applications, targeting highly regulated sectors like finance and public services.
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Mirantis k0rdent unifies AI, VM & container workloads at scale
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Mirantis updates k0rdent platform to unify AI, containerised, and VM workloads, simplifying management across cloud, data centres, and hybrid environments.
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Kurrent unveils open-source MCP Server for AI-driven databases
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Kurrent's new open-source MCP Server allows AI-driven natural language interaction with KurrentDB, simplifying database tasks and boosting developer productivity.
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Dynatrace launches Live Debugger to simplify cloud debugging
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Dynatrace unveils Live Debugger, enabling developers to debug live cloud services up to 95% faster without disrupting application performance in production.
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Decidr & eBev partner to bring AI procurement to hospitality
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Decidr partners with eBev to deploy AI procurement across 3,500 Australian hospitality venues, streamlining sourcing, pricing and inventory management.
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Myriad360 maintains spot on 2025 CRN Solution Provider 500
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Myriad360 is named to the 2025 CRN Solution Provider 500 for the 13th year, marking its place among North America's top IT solutions providers.
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The data-led marketer: Driving growth through insight and alignment
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Effective B2B growth hinges on data-driven marketing aligned with sales, building trust and clarity to meet revenue targets across Asia Pacific and Japan.
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FICO & AWS expand AI decision platform via marketplace
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FICO and AWS have teamed up to expand global access to AI-driven decision workflows, now available via AWS Marketplace Private Offers.
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If you view AI as purely technical, your projects will fail
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Focusing solely on the technical aspects of AI leads to failure; organisations must adopt company-wide training and business-driven strategies for success.
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Netskope named leader in Gartner SSE Magic Quadrant for 4th year
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Netskope has been named a Leader in Gartner's Security Service Edge Magic Quadrant for the fourth year running, recognised for vision and execution.