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Over the last decade the IT world has seen a mass transition from in-house computer assets to everything-as-a-service in the cloud, with hardware, platform and services now all commonly cloud-resident. Ideally positioned to support distributed working and working from home, most major players are currently moving or planning to move more than half of their operations to the cloud. The current direction of travel is to multi-cloud deployment, seen as providing greater flexibility, specialisation and security. The main bumps in the road have shown up in skills shortages reported by many organisations, complexity leading to misconfiguration and the need to operate and integrate multiple security dashboards. Consequently, third-party cloud security providers are a hot growth area.
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Microsoft patches major SQL Server flaw in March update

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Microsoft's March Patch Tuesday fixes 77 flaws, including a severe SQL Server bug that could grant attackers sysadmin rights remotely.
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F5 boosts AI app security with zero trust, post-quantum

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F5 expands its app security platform with AI risk tools, zero trust access and post-quantum crypto to protect modern hybrid workloads.
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CIQ unveils Rocky Linux Pro AI for GPU inference at scale

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CIQ launches Rocky Linux Pro AI, a tuned RHEL-compatible distro promising higher GPU inference throughput from day one at production scale.
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monday.com gives AI agents full user status on platform

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monday.com now lets AI agents sign up and work as full platform users, with direct workspace access, shared governance and unified pricing.
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NAKIVO adds vSphere 9, Proxmox 9.1 in backup update

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Nakivo updates Backup & Replication to v11.2, adding support for VMware vSphere 9, Proxmox VE 9.x and OAuth 2.0 email authentication.
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Contrivian to resell Amazon Leo for US gov networks

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Contrivian to resell Amazon Leo LEO satellite services for resilient US government networks, blending space links with fibre and 5G.
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Oracle Q3 boosted by AI cloud surge & USD $553bn RPO

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Oracle Q3 revenue jumps 22% to USD $17.2 billion as AI-fuelled cloud demand soars and contracted backlog swells to USD $553 billion.
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Fake Claude AI ads spread malware to target developers

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Fake Claude AI search ads are spreading info-stealing malware, hijacking developer credentials and cloud access via spoofed download sites.
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Bitget unveils GetClaw, a download-free AI trading bot

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Bitget launches GetClaw, a download-free AI trading bot delivering real-time crypto insights and alerts across its app and chat platforms.
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Mastercard debuts SME cross-border payments suite in APAC

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Mastercard launches Global Commerce Suite in Hong Kong, targeting SME cross-border payments as Asia Pacific digital trade surges.
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monday.com opens workspace doors to external AI agents

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monday.com now lets external AI agents sign up, verify and work natively inside its platform, collaborating alongside human users.
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Everpure adds file mobility to ActiveCluster fleet

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Everpure extends ActiveCluster with fleet-wide file mobility, promising policy-driven availability and simpler protection of unstructured data.
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MATTR launches digital credential platform on AWS NZ

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MATTR makes its VII digital credential platform available on AWS New Zealand, enabling local data residency and lower-latency identity services.
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AI speeds up workdays but doesn't lighten workloads

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AI is speeding up shorter workdays but piling on more tasks, with rising collaboration, multitasking and weekend work, a study finds.
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Google expands Gemini in Chrome with new languages

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Google is rolling out Gemini in Chrome to India, New Zealand and Canada, adding over 50 languages and deeper links to Gmail, Maps and YouTube.
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SIOS wins triple honours for leadership & support teams

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SIOS Technology nets triple industry honours for leadership, customer success and support as demand for mission-critical resilience grows.
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Rackspace & Uniphore target USD $100m regulated AI push

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Rackspace and Uniphore ally on sovereign agentic AI for regulated sectors, aiming for USD $100m in outcomes-based enterprise roll-outs.
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Tetrate unveils Built on Envoy open source extension hub

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Tetrate launches Built on Envoy, an open source extension hub to speed enterprise adoption of Envoy, especially for AI-heavy workloads.
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Worley Consulting & Bloomfire in AI knowledge push

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Worley Consulting partners with Bloomfire to embed AI-powered knowledge governance and search into asset-intensive energy and resources projects.
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Manulife picks Akka to power enterprise agentic AI

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