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AI document tools slash manual workloads at Wellington City Council and Fire and Emergency New Zealand, boosting compliance and payment speed.

AI data management is set to surge to USD $239.15bn by 2034 as cloud, streaming data and governance needs reshape enterprise data strategy.

RecordPoint appoints a new revenue chief and partner director to ramp up global AI data governance push for heavily regulated sectors.

Heavily regulated sectors and in-house legal teams are set to spearhead enterprise AI in 2026, turning compliance into a competitive edge.

Forward Edge-AI expands its global partner network to meet surging government and enterprise demand for post-quantum security tools.

Gallagher wins NPSA compliance for its High Security C7000 controller, targeting critical national infrastructure and high-assurance sites.

Concentric AI launches Private Scan Manager on Azure, letting regulated sectors keep sensitive data in private cloud while using SaaS tools.

Horizon3.ai names veteran marketer Andres Botero CMO to spearhead global expansion after a USD $100 million funding boost.

Accenture to acquire UK AI specialist Faculty for USD $1bn, in its biggest British AI startup deal and a major bet on AI safety expertise.

iProov and HYPR integrate liveness checks with passwordless login to stop deepfake workers infiltrating enterprises at onboarding.

New Zealand firms plan bigger tech budgets as optimism grows, shifting AI from pilots to scaled deployments despite talent and cyber strains.

ManageMyHealth says it has fixed code flaws and tightened logins after a hack that may have exposed health documents of up to 7% of users.

Proofpoint flags a sharp rise in Microsoft 365 account takeovers via device code phishing, hitting firms from finance to government.

Cloudflare says it now blocks nearly 10 billion cyber attacks a month on elections, media and NGOs, amid rising AI and security threats.

Teradata named a leader in Forrester's Q4 2025 Data Fabric Wave, highlighting its AI-focused roadmap, scale and real-time performance.

Radware doubles its global DDoS cloud capacity to 30 Tbps, adding AI-driven DefencePro X to counter rising large-scale and complex attacks.

Incode launches Deepsight AI, a three-layer defence to spot and block deepfakes in real time for banks, tech platforms and governments.

Hitachi Vantara has named veteran executive Wendy Koh vice president of sales for Asia Pacific to drive AI data and hybrid cloud growth.

Tanium named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Management Tools, underscoring its role in unified cyber and IT operations.

Government orders urgent review into ManageMyHealth cyber breach as hackers threaten to leak 400,000 patient files over NZD $60,000.