Cloud Services stories - Page 3
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.
Assured, BackBox launch managed network backup service
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Assured teams with BackBox on a managed backup service to automate network and security device configuration recovery after incidents.
Avanade names Chris Howarth CEO as Caserta joins Microsoft
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Avanade has appointed Chris Howarth as CEO, succeeding Rodrigo Caserta, who departs after 11 years to lead SME and channel for Microsoft.
BW Digital and Squareroot8 plan quantum-secure link
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BW Digital and Squareroot8 plan quantum-secure link between Singapore and Batam, targeting post-quantum protection for data and AI workloads.
Zendesk names Craig Flower COO to drive AI first shift
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Zendesk promotes Craig Flower to chief operating officer, tasking him with accelerating its AI-first customer service and operations strategy.
India budget boosts tech, data centres & MSME support
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India’s Union Budget backs tech infrastructure, data centres and MSMEs, signalling policy continuity and long-term digital growth plans.
New high-tech manufacturing plant opens in Canterbury
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Enatel opens an 8000sqm high-tech plant in Christchurch, uniting staff and boosting export capacity for its specialised battery chargers.
Fieldguide raises USD $75m to expand agentic AI in audit
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Fieldguide secures USD $75m Series C from Goldman Sachs to scale agentic AI for audit firms, lifting its valuation to USD $700m.
Snowflake unveils Cortex Code AI agent for developers
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Snowflake launches Cortex Code, an AI coding agent that embeds Snowflake-aware assistance into developers’ everyday tools and workflows.
Snowflake unveils Postgres to make enterprise data AI-ready
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Snowflake launches Postgres and new governance, sharing and backup tools to keep enterprise data ready for production AI workloads.
Cognizant, Uniphore team on sector-specific AI tools
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Cognizant and Uniphore ally to build small-model, sector-specific AI tools for tightly regulated fields, starting with life sciences and banking.
Security tops 2026 tech spend for Australian retailers
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Security, privacy and data protection will command the biggest tech spend for Australian retail SMBs in 2026, ahead of AI and global growth.
Tata Communications unveils AI-ready multi-cloud suite
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Tata Communications has rolled out an AI-ready multi-cloud suite to help APAC enterprises scale hybrid AI with integrated network, edge and visibility.
Commvault unveils Geo Shield for sovereign cloud data
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Commvault has launched Geo Shield, a sovereign cloud approach giving regulated customers tighter data residency, control and encryption key choice.
Observability & AI spark Australia’s business edge
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Australian firms are turning observability from backroom monitor into strategic engine, fusing AI and data to drive growth and resilience.
OpenAI Codex app rollout includes Australian education pilot
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OpenAI has launched its Codex app for agent-based software development, with an Australian education provider integrating the tool into IT degrees.
Netpoleon, Hack The Box boost ANZ cyber skills training
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Netpoleon partners with Hack The Box to deliver hands-on cyber skills training and readiness tools to address ANZ’s growing security gap.
Data#3, Perfekt, Secureware win 11:11 APAC honours
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Data#3, Perfekt and Secureware have been named 11:11 Systems’ top Asia-Pacific partners in inaugural awards for cloud and security projects.
Snowflake, OpenAI agree USD $200m enterprise AI deal
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Snowflake strikes USD $200m deal to embed OpenAI models across its data platform, promising native AI tools for 12,600 enterprise customers.
Okta names Dan Mountstephen to lead APJ identity push
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Okta appoints Dan Mountstephen to steer Asia Pacific and Japan growth, sharpening its identity-led cyber and AI security strategy.
Dynatrace enhances multi-cloud automation & visibility
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Dynatrace extends automation and observability tools across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud to simplify complex multi-cloud operations.