Category: Global IT News

Australia’s Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) has been a beacon of innovation, from its pioneering beginnings in 1928 to its bold embrace of new technologies today. Founded as the world’s first air ambulance service, the RFDS transformed outback healthcare with Alfred Traeger’s pedal wireless — a foot‑pedal powered radio that let remote communities summon medical…

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COMPANY NEWS:  Pioneers like Thermo Fisher, Axos Bank, and Ascot Insurance have more than 5,500 AI agents in development, delivering measurable efficiency gains and optimizing 

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COMPANY NEWS:  Pax8, the leading cloud commerce Marketplace, announced the launch of Pax8 Labs, its groundbreaking innovation arm dedicated to shaping the future of AI-powered services to benefit small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) via Pax8’s partner community. Pax8 Labs’ charter is to make bold bets and investments in agent commerce, focusing on new initiatives that drive…

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COMPANY NEWS: Rapid7 announced the launch of Curated Intelligence Rules for AWS Network Firewall to deliver industry-leading, curated threat intelligence directly into customers’ native AWS environments. This new offering empowers organisations to scale their cloud defences effortlessly and reduce the significant operational overhead associated with managing network security rules.

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COMPANY NEWS:  Eliminates inefficiencies of digital advertising platforms that rely on broad, online signals for targeting

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GUEST OPINION: Suunto has introduced two flagship GPS watches: the Vertical 2 and the Race 2. While both share core Suunto DNA, premium AMOLED screens, dual-band GNSS, offline maps, and over 115 sport modes, they serve very different types of athletes. The Vertical 2 is an outdoor companion, designed to go off the grid and…

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Meta Platforms — incorporating Facebook and Instagram, will begin enforcing a sweeping new chapter in Australia’s digital-youth protection landscape (this will be two weeks ahead of the requirement). From that date, Australian users under the age of 16 will no longer be able to create new accounts on Facebook, Instagram or Threads — and existing…

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The barrier of entry for pre-teens and teens into a world of cybercrime has never been lower. This trend will continue in 2026. Many young people drift into cybercrime through gaming, where the line between competition and misconduct can blur. What begins with harmless curiosity – using cheats or trying to outmaneuver rivals – often…

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New research reveals that 81% of Australian supply chain leaders expect new technologies to reduce freight costs by at least 5% by 2030, highlighting growing confidence in the role of digital innovation to drive efficiency and resilience.

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Strategic collaboration enables organisations to enhance critical data protection, speed operations recovery, and transform backup repositories into AI-ready data assets AI-powered data security company Cohesity has signed a strategic collaboration agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to expand its use of advanced AWS technologies to help customers protect, backup, and recover data at scale.

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COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT:  As AI reshapes enterprise workflows, Check Point works with Microsoft to enable secure agent innovation powered by real-time guardrails, DLP, and threat prevention

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With the integration of Trino, Cloudera SDX, and Cloudera Octopai Data Lineage, Cloudera arms enterprises with seamless access and control of their data, anywhere, automating workflows and boosting efficiency

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COMPANY NEWS:  The graph intelligence leader turns 150,000 data points into a predictive map of what may happen in Hawkins next

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COMPANY NEWS: IDeaS, a SAS company and the world’s leading provider of hospitality revenue management software and services, announced that Novotel Bali Nusa Dua has implemented the IDeaS G3 Revenue Management System (RMS) to enhance its commercial approach and streamline hotel operations. Since going live, the property has reported a 9% boost in Average Daily Rate…

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COMPANY NEWS:  Kore.ai, a global leader in enterprise Agentic  AI platforms and solutions, announced that it will be a release partner for Microsoft Agent 365, unveiled at Microsoft Ignite 2025 in San Francisco.

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COMPANY NEWS:  Employee experience leader expands observability across global engineering teams, boosting performance insights and efficiency

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GUEST OPINION:  We should be living in the golden age of intelligence in enterprises.

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COMPANY NEWS:  Informatica, a leader in enterprise AI-powered cloud data management, today announced three strategic innovations with Microsoft. The announcement, at the Microsoft Ignite 2025 conference, showcases the integration of Informatica’s Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) platform with Microsoft Foundry, Microsoft’s enterprise-grade agentic AI platform

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COMPANY NEWS: Empowers IT teams to block threats earlier, reduce manual rule maintenance and accelerate time to protection Natively integrates into AWS Network Firewall and deployable via AWS Management Console for seamless activation and management Extends DNS-based threat intelligence across AWS environments, enabling consistent perimeter enforcement and reducing exposure to phishing, C2 and data exfiltration

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Alex Papli, former data and AI lead at Microsoft Australia and now founder of startup AI consultancy Hypergen, says workflow automation will be the “killer app’ for business uses of AI.

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As our lives become increasingly intertwined with technology, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed by the constant pings of email notifications, video calls, and pokes that fill our days. This holiday season, why not give a gift that helps your loved ones reclaim a sense of focus and presence that puts less emphasis on…

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COMPANY NEWS:  OEM partners including Rockwell Automation and Schneider Electric help drive the fundamental shift in asset identification

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Summers in Australia are no joke. Between the scorching afternoons, sweaty nights, and back-to-back heatwaves, your home’s energy use can skyrocket fast. While staying cool is essential, it doesn’t mean your power bill has to take the hit. 

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Tech companies in Australia and New Zealand are fast ramping up their AI services to tap into the rapidly growing market, yet only half of local tech firms back their AI pitch with ROI data New report reveals uncertainty over customers’ willingness to pay for AI features is driving mispricing and lost revenue among local…

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Java platform for cloud enterprise provider Azul has entered into a definitive agreement to receive a majority strategic investment from Thoma Bravo, a leading software investment firm.

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COMPANY NEWS: Software Combined acquires WCC Group from Avedon Capital Partners.

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Up to 83 per cent of Australian business leaders say they’re under growing pressure to drive business value with data. Yet Salesforce’s new State of Data and Analytics report reveals their biggest hurdle is still incomplete, out-of-date, or poor-quality data. 

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For decades, contact centres have relied on spreadsheets, historical data, and manual effort to forecast staffing needs. While these tools have served their purpose, they are increasingly outmatched by the complexity of today’s customer expectations and the volatility of global markets. Enter AI-powered forecasting—a transformative shift that’s turning workforce planning into a strategic lever rather…

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Developed in partnership with Canopus Networks, “Astrotel AI Connect” uses Agentic AI and SuperNetflow to autonomously monitor, repair and secure network connectivity and devices in real-time Cloud  and AI Native telecommunications provider Astrotel today announced the global launch of Astrotel AI Connect, available on broadband or dedicated fibre services for commercial premises worldwide.

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COMPANY NEWS: Now Generally Available, Delivering Real-Time Visibility, Auditability, and Optimization for Agentic Workflows

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COMPANY NEWS:  Anomali, the leading global AI-Powered Security and IT Operations Platform, has announced the launch of its Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) Program, designed to help Australian and New Zealand MSSPs deliver faster, more efficient, and more secure services across multiple clients through a unified, multi-tenant platform built on an open security data lake architecture.

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For decades, contact centres have relied on spreadsheets, historical data, and manual effort to forecast staffing needs. While these tools have served their purpose, they are increasingly outmatched by the complexity of today’s customer expectations and the volatility of global markets. Enter AI-powered forecasting—a transformative shift that’s turning workforce planning into a strategic lever rather…

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COMPANY NEWS:    Directly integrated and available through AWS Management Console, AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) and AWS Software Development Kit (SDK), as well as the Infoblox Portal Bridges NetOps and CloudOps teams to accelerate application provisioning, improve collaboration and reduce operational risk Unifies IP address management across AWS and on-premises environments, eliminating conflicts and preventing…

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GUEST OPINION:  Avalara, the agentic tax and compliance leader, has today released five Australian trend predictions for the year ahead highlighting 2026 will be the year that  e-invoicing transforms from a “nice-to-have” efficiency tool into an absolute necessity for doing business.

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Milestone Systems, a world leader in data-driven video technology, has announced a forthcoming generative AI-powered video analytics plug-in for its XProtect video management software, developed in collaboration with NVIDIA.

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As the world races toward AI‑driven transformation, enterprises are facing unprecedented storage demands. The rise of large language models (LLMs), real‑time analytics, and automation has redefined what “mission‑critical” means. Synology has the solution for enterprises seeking high availability on mission-critical workloads without sacrificing ease of use.

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Despite its relatively recent arrival into the mainstream, AI is already synonymous across every sector. According to a recent Zoho survey of professionals in the country, 82% of the larger organisations in Australia have adopted AI, for applications ranging from data entry and document processing to marketing automation and more. But as we move past…

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GAMING NEWS: It took us a while to, ahem, get to grips with gaming handhelds. These portable gaming consoles are essentially mini touchscreen Windows PCs with built-in buttons and joysticks and no physical keyboard.

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COMPANY NEWS: New platform capabilities expand agentic AI, enhance continuous security and broaden support for OT and mobile endpoints get showcased at company’s Converge conference.

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GUEST OPINION:  Somewhere inside a government data centre right now, an aging server is still quietly online. Its licence expired years ago. The person who built it has long since moved on. No one has patched it, no one is monitoring it, and yet it remains connected to the network, a digital orphan in a system…

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Multi-year strategic partnership empowers Silicon Labs to maximise SAP ECC 6.0 value, accelerate transformation and avoid costly upgrades and disruption

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Transforming Storage Cost Management from Guesswork to Data-Driven Decision Making

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COMPANY NEWS:  Stops Threats at the Prompt-level Before Reaching the LLM Model

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COMPANY NEWS: New Intelligent Business Recovery for Microsoft 365 restores core workflows, data, and drives operational resilience Unveils DevOps Protection to safeguard critical Azure DevOps and GitHub data

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COMPANY NEWS:  VSP One Block High End delivers advanced data protection and cyber resilience, providing continuous availability and meeting the latest NIST-certified standards for security and authentication

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COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT:  Strategic integration enables security teams to move from reactive to proactive with real-time threat context and automated response

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COMPANY NEWS: Amber Technology has announced the availability of two new streaming soundbars from premium audio brand Bluesound, the PULSE CINEMA and PULSE CINEMA MINI. These redesigned all-in-one systems combine immersive audio, low-profile design, and intuitive setup to suit any TV.

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COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT:  Rubrik (NYSE: RBRK), the Security and AI Operations company, today announced that Rubrik Agent Cloud will integrate with Microsoft Copilot Studio to accelerate trusted enterprise AI agent adoption. As AI transformation expands across organisations, Rubrik Agent Cloud helps them to adopt agents at scale with the ability to monitor, govern, and remediate, reducing risk.

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COMPANY NEWS:  Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), a pioneer and global leader of cyber security solutions, today announced the successful completion and delivery of an Australian Government Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) assessment Report for its Check Point Cloud Infinity products, at the Protected classification level, conducted by NJOY Security, an Australian Signals…

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GUEST OPINION:  Technology continues to evolve at bewildering speed and businesses that want to stay ahead of the pack must adopt and adapt apace.    We’re racing towards another brand-new year and, in common with the last few, it’s likely to be marked by volatility and challenge.

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COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT:  Microsoft Azure customers will gain access to the VAST AI OS, built for the demands of agentic AI in hybrid and multi-cloud environments

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COMPANY NEWS:  Nutanix (NASDAQ: NTNX), a leader in hybrid multicloud computing, today announced at Microsoft Ignite 2025 that its Nutanix Cloud Platform solution will support Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop for hybrid environments. This will enable organisations to run Azure Virtual Desktop on premises on the Nutanix AHV hypervisor, offering a new level of flexibility in how…

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Businesses can drive growth and reduce downtime by harnessing the power of AI to predict, prevent, and orchestrate issues By integrating with New Relic’s MCP server, engineering teams can now automate incident detection, root cause analysis and remediation across the entire stack Developers, ITOps, DevOps, SREs and platform engineering teams who design and manage AI…

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Key Takeaways By 2027, AI is expected to handle half of all customer service cases — up from just 31% today.  That sharp climb reflects a broader shift underway: AI has leapt from the margins to the mainstream, becoming the top priority for Australian service leaders. New research from Salesforce’s 7th State of Service report also reveals…

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Thoughtworks, a global technology consultancy that integrates design, engineering and AI to drive digital innovation, today announced a strategic partnership with Groq, creator of the LPU which is purpose-built for fast, low cost AI inference. This partnership is set to transform how organisations design, build and scale intelligent systems to deliver performance without compromise.

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New capability empowers clinicians with faster, safer access to unified patient data

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OutsourcedCISO warns that ‘the time to find cyber talent is before a breach’ Australian organisations face a concerning cybersecurity leadership gap, and many of the organisations are unknowingly operating with a critical cybersecurity blind spot in their team, according to Australian cybersecurity consultancy OutsourceCISO.

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New Initiatives Enable Partners to Thrive in the Era of Managed Intelligence

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GUEST OPINION:  Qualtrics report reveals widening competitive gap as AI-first research teams capture significantly more budget and strategic influence 78% of researchers predict AI agents will run more than half of all research projects by 2028 Qualtrics’ Ali Henriques: “The research teams embracing AI build advantages that latecomers will find difficult to overcome”

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To determine if your Samsung phone requires a software update or a full device upgrade, you should first check for carrier notifications and then manually check for a software update on your device. If a software update is not possible, contact your carrier for upgrade options.

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HONOR is a smartphone brand that is well known around the world, but is just making its official debut into Australia, and in 2025, positions itself as a global leading AI device ecosystem company. The launch introduces the HONOR Magic V5, the world’s thinnest inward-folding smartphone to date, and the HONOR 400 Pro, which “brings…

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HONOR is a smartphone brand that is well known around the world, but is just making its official debut into Australia, and in 2025, positions itself as a global leading AI device ecosystem company. The launch introduces the HONOR Magic V5, the world’s thinnest inward-folding smartphone to date, and the HONOR 400 Pro, which “brings…

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Brisbane-based enterprise software provider TechnologyOne has announced its financial results for the year ended 30 September 2025, delivering a 16 th consecutive year of record profit, record revenues, and record SaaS fees.

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COMPANY NEWS: New integration delivers centralised visibility, automation, and crypto-agility for enterprise application delivery infrastructure.

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Global contractor Multiplex has reached a major construction milestone with the topping out of stage two of NEXTDC’s Perth data centre development.

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Kamal Brar is promoted to Senior Vice President of the Global Partners and Technology Group, while Greg Taylor joins as Senior Vice President and General Manager for APAC.

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IT products and services company Ingram Micro has officially opened its new Sydney headquarters in the landmark A-grade office tower at 40 Mount Street, North Sydney.

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OPINION: Back in the ADSL days, you could get a ADSL connection without adding a phone line. Now Telstra has brought the concept back, but with relatively meagre savings that removes 4G/5G data as a backup, is the discount truly worth it?

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GUEST OPINION: The business world isn’t slowing down anytime soon. From fully automated workflows to AI-powered analytics, companies that adapt and adopt quickly are the ones that grow. But this growth can’t always be achieved with pre-built tools.

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The Rise of Seamless Connectivity Australians have always been keen travellers — whether for business, leisure, or a mix of both. Thailand, with its mix of tropical beaches, modern cities, and an affordable lifestyle, continues to attract millions each year. But in today’s digital world, the way Australians travel is changing. Reliable mobile connectivity is…

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ITWIRE OPINION STORY   When my iPhone went overboard, diving in after it wasn’t my concern, for diving and saving lives in the water are two things I’m known for, but after 90 minutes lying at the bottom of the ocean, was my iPhone destined for a watery grave?   My iTWire colleagues have encouraged…

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With online orders, delivery updates, and digital payments at an all-time high, criminals are taking advantage of the chaos with AI-crafted messages that look more legitimate than ever, according to global digital security and privacy company Avast.

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AI chip maker and cloud inference service provider, Groq, has expanded its global AI infrastructure footprint to the Asia-Pacific region with an installation into Equinix’s International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre in Sydney.

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Human risk management platform Mimecast has revealed that cybercriminals are bombarding Australians with tens of thousands of fake government emails in a massive new phishing campaign that uses the names of trusted agencies like Services Australia and Centrelink to trick unsuspecting victims.

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COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT:  AI-driven threat containment, supported by specialist implementation services, helps organisations respond faster to breaches and reduce risk.

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COMPANY NEWS: New Agentic RAG capabilities transform enterprise knowledge into verified, dynamically generated digital experiences—delivering instant, hyper-personalised journeys no other CMS can match.

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GUEST RESEARCH: New Trend Micro research finds that half of Australians are under financial strain, with economic stress driving riskier online behaviour.

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With Fraud Awareness Week here, we wanted to look at the sudden rise.  Here some comments from Knowbe4, Delinea and Rackspace Technology they offer timely insights into the operational aspects of fraud prevention, in line with this year’s theme, ‘preventing fraud is a team effort – don’t sit on the sidelines’.

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Despite the nation falling behind in its housing targets, the Federal Government has left apprentices and employers in limbo with uncertainty of funding beyond Christmas, says the Housing Industry Association (HIA).

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From Rebel Wilson to Robert Irwin, McAfee says scammers are hijacking fans’ trust to push fake endorsements, giveaways, and AI-driven deepfakes, with its latest research revealing who’s most impersonated, and how people can fight back with awareness and technology.

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AI-driven threat containment, supported by specialist implementation services, helps organisations respond faster to breaches and reduce risk. Illumio, Inc. has announced a collaboration with Kyndryl that aims to help organisations reduce cyber risk, improve resilience, and accelerate their adoption of Zero Trust security models. The collaboration combines Illumio’s AI-powered breach containment technology with Kyndryl’s Microsegmentation Implementation…

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Artificial intelligence is rewriting the rules of digital communication, according to Sinch 2026 predictions, and AI agents, voice technology, and conversational messaging will converge to drive a “fivefold increase in customer interactions, with smarter systems, data flows, and security layers redefining on brands connect with consumers worldwide”.

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COMPANY NEWS:  Sydney-headquartered customer experience and digital transformation company, Customer Science, today announced that it has been named in The Australian Financial Review Fast 100 List for the second consecutive year. 

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COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT:  New integration enables customers to automate majority of cloud operations tasks

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COMPANY NEWS:  Fastly, Inc. (NYSE: FSLY), a leader in global edge cloud platforms, has announced the launch of its new partner certification program, the Fastly Certified Services Partner Program. This new initiative is designed for technical security professionals at partner organisations, providing them with comprehensive training and certification to implement and manage Fastly’s advanced security…

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COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT: Modern 42, a specialist provider of Identity and Access Management, Privileged Access Management, CIAM and Securing Entra ID, today announced that it has been appointed the first BeyondTrust Advanced Implementation Partner in Australia.

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It would be almost cliche to say this pair of Laifen razors are as if Apple made a razor, but the comparison to Apple is so hard to avoid. These razors shave, of course, but also look absolutely stunning, CNC-machined out of a single block of aluminium and with magnetic swappable heads.

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HPE has expanded its next-gen Cray supercomputing portfolio, unveiling new liquid-cooled compute blades, unified management software, and high-performance interconnects designed to push performance, efficiency and AI scalability to new heights. Universities in Germany have already selected the platform for their next flagship systems.

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