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  • February 02, 2023 02 Feb'23

    Symbio acquires Intrado Australia’s UCaaS business

    The all-cash A$5m deal will expand Symbio’s footprint in the UCaaS market and deepen its reach into enterprises and government entities

  • January 31, 2023 31 Jan'23

    ATO renews major Macquarie deal

    The contract renewal will enable the Australian Tax Office to tap Macquarie’s security operations centre, among other services, to secure its IT environment and protect sensitive data

  • January 26, 2023 26 Jan'23

    Zero-trust implementations remain work in progress

    Just one in 10 large enterprises are expected to have mature and measurable zero-trust programmes in place by 2026, study finds

  • January 24, 2023 24 Jan'23

    AWS opens Melbourne region, to invest $4.5bn by 2037

    Amazon Web Services’ new Melbourne cloud region will better serve Australian customers such as ANZ Bank and is expected to benefit over 2,500 full-time jobs in the country

  • January 19, 2023 19 Jan'23

    APAC consumers expect human-like service from chatbots

    Consumer expectations of chatbots in Asia-Pacific have risen in tandem with improved performance of AI applications over the past year, a study has found

  • January 18, 2023 18 Jan'23

    How Aruba is tapping opportunities in networking

    Aruba is planning to expand its product portfolio, make deeper inroads into datacentres and drive adoption of network as a service, among other efforts to tap opportunities in the networking market

  • January 12, 2023 12 Jan'23

    AWS opens first Australian Local Zone in Perth

    AWS’s first Local Zone in Australia will bring low-latency performance to companies such as Woodside Energy and Nearmaps

  • January 10, 2023 10 Jan'23

    How to find winning artificial intelligence use cases

    Choosing use cases for artificial intelligence requires organisations to take a hard look at business value, risk, data and other capabilities required to realise the technology’s full potential

  • January 09, 2023 09 Jan'23

    How to identify a strategic technology platform

    A strategic platform has to be broad enough to support a range of business functions while being open, extensible and modular at the same time, according to Forrester

  • January 05, 2023 05 Jan'23

    How cloud technology is supporting space missions

    Cloud-based machine learning and other services are finding their way into space to analyse satellite imagery and monitor space debris, among other space applications

  • January 05, 2023 05 Jan'23

    How technology is fuelling CommBank’s customer experience

    The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has built up capabilities in cloud and microservices while empowering engineering teams to solve complex customer problems

  • December 21, 2022 21 Dec'22

    Top 10 ANZ IT stories of 2022

    We recap the top 10 stories in Australia and New Zealand, including the opportunities and challenges that organisations in the region have faced over the past year

  • December 19, 2022 19 Dec'22

    GitHub CEO: Artificial intelligence will not replace developers

    Artificial intelligence will enable developers to learn at their own pace and become more productive rather than take over their jobs, says GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke

  • December 13, 2022 13 Dec'22

    Crime Stoppers Tasmania debuts new reporting portal

    Reporting tool will enable the public to share crime-related information with law enforcement agencies to support policing in Tasmania

  • December 12, 2022 12 Dec'22

    Top IT predictions in APAC in 2023

    Robotics, cross-cloud data mobility and cyber insurance are some of the key trends that will shape Asia-Pacific’s technology landscape in 2023

  • December 11, 2022 11 Dec'22

    How Zscaler is cracking APAC’s cloud security market

    Zscaler’s head in Asia-Pacific and Japan talks up the company’s growth momentum in the region and what it is doing to address areas where it can do better

  • December 08, 2022 08 Dec'22

    Australia to develop new cyber security strategy

    New strategy to be developed by top cyber security experts aims to turn Australia into a global cyber leader, among other goals

  • December 08, 2022 08 Dec'22

    How Databricks is easing lakehouse adoption

    Databricks is making it easier for organisations to adopt a data lakehouse architecture through support for industry-specific file formats, data sharing and streaming processing, among other areas

  • December 05, 2022 05 Dec'22

    How HashiCorp is driving cloud provisioning and management

    HashiCorp CEO Dave McJannet talks up how the company is supporting cloud provisioning in a hybrid environment and its investments in Asia-Pacific to capitalise on the region’s growth potential

  • December 02, 2022 02 Dec'22

    Communications runs in his blood

    Symbio Connect CEO Giorgio Mihaila has spent more than two decades in a career dotted with roles at major communications technology providers

  • November 29, 2022 29 Nov'22

    AWS doubles down on data management

    Cloud giant Amazon Web Services declares a bold vision to eliminate the need to extract, transform and load data alongside other efforts to address business problems in domains like cyber security and logistics

  • November 28, 2022 28 Nov'22

    How MongoDB is driving growth in ANZ

    MongoDB, which counts the likes of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank as clients, has been driving skills development and investing in local manpower in Australia and New Zealand

  • November 26, 2022 26 Nov'22

    Nominations open for Computer Weekly Innovation Awards APAC 2023

    Computer Weekly is looking for nominations for the annual Innovation Awards to honour digital transformation initiatives in Asia-Pacific that have transformed organisations in six industries

  • November 25, 2022 25 Nov'22

    Getting data analytics right

    Organisations will need to marry the art and science of data analytics to drive innovation in their analytics initiatives, according to Gartner

  • November 21, 2022 21 Nov'22

    Informatica CEO: ‘We’re the Switzerland of data’

    Informatica CEO Amit Walia talks up the company’s role as the ‘Switzerland of data’, helping organisations to manage data across different platforms as it transitions into a cloud-first supplier of data management tools

  • November 16, 2022 16 Nov'22

    Applying blockchain, Kafka and MongoDB in green energy trading

    Energy trading platform Powerledger has leveraged the power of blockchain, Kafka and MongoDB to make its mark in renewable energy trading in Australia

  • November 14, 2022 14 Nov'22

    How Google and Mandiant are forging synergies in cyber security

    Google’s AI smarts and Mandiant’s intelligence on new and emerging threats could lay the foundation of proactive security

  • November 09, 2022 09 Nov'22

    Optus earmarks A$140m to cover cost of data breach

    Optus sets aside A$140m as an exceptional expense for a customer remediation programme following a massive data breach that affected 10 million customers

  • November 09, 2022 09 Nov'22

    Why Sophos is bullish on managed security services

    Sophos has grown its managed detection and response business to more than $100m over the last three years as more organisations grapple with the increasingly complex cyber security landscape

  • November 08, 2022 08 Nov'22

    How organisations can right-size their data footprint

    More data is not always better, says Gartner, which is calling for organisations to focus on metadata and synthetic data to reduce their data liability and address privacy challenges

  • November 04, 2022 04 Nov'22

    Aiven expands in APAC, builds new capabilities

    Managed service provider of open source databases and data platforms Aiven grew its business in Asia-Pacific by over 100% over the past year, and is now building new capabilities in data warehouses and other areas

  • November 03, 2022 03 Nov'22

    Why technology change is slow at larger firms

    Firms that commit to a single cloud provider and a lack of investment in improving developer productivity can drive up costs and slow down the pace of change, technology leaders say

  • November 01, 2022 01 Nov'22

    How Elastic is going beyond enterprise search

    Elastic has been doubling down on the security and observability capabilities of its open-source platform, going beyond its roots in enterprise search

  • October 31, 2022 31 Oct'22

    SoftIron’s HyperCloud to ease private cloud deployments

    SoftIron claims its technology stack fully automates the provisioning of storage, compute, networking and infrastructure services, providing a fully functioning, multi-tenant cloud

  • October 27, 2022 27 Oct'22

    Medibank breach casts spotlight on data security

    Health insurer Medibank Private recently suffered a major data breach involving the personal and health information of millions of customers, once again casting the spotlight on data security in Australia

  • October 26, 2022 26 Oct'22

    How to attract more women into software development

    Having role models, support systems and upskilling opportunities are just some of the ways to attract and retain more women coders in the industry, according to a panel of women tech leaders and professionals

  • October 26, 2022 26 Oct'22

    Australia budget closes in on digital divide, cyber resilience

    Australia’s latest budget is geared towards providing better broadband connectivity in regional and rural areas, shoring up the cyber security posture of its businesses and plugging tech talent shortages, among other areas

  • October 25, 2022 25 Oct'22

    Global digital trust market to double by 2027

    The global market for digital trust technology is expected to double to $537bn by 2027, up from $270bn today as demand for cyber security and other capabilities continues to grow

  • October 19, 2022 19 Oct'22

    Oracle: We’re punching above our category

    Oracle claims to have debunked the misnomer that Oracle Cloud is only good for Oracle workloads and that its efforts to support and interoperate with other platforms has been driving growth

  • October 18, 2022 18 Oct'22

    Oracle expands cloud infrastructure portfolio, eyes partner cloud market

    Oracle Alloy will enable partners such as systems integrators, telcos and other service providers to offer a full set of cloud services that can be tailored to the needs of specific markets and industries

  • October 14, 2022 14 Oct'22

    Australia becoming hotbed for cyber attacks

    Research by Imperva shows an 81% increase in cyber security incidents in Australia between July 2021 and June 2022, including automated attacks that doubled in frequency

  • October 11, 2022 11 Oct'22

    With Java 19, Oracle boosts developer productivity with an eye on the future

    Major features in Java 19 will make it easier for Java developers to build applications that interface with non-Java code, among other capabilities in the 10th edition of the platform’s six-month release cadence

  • October 10, 2022 10 Oct'22

    How Cloudflare is staying ahead of the curve

    Cloudflare co-founder and CEO Matthew Prince talks up what has changed since the company’s first business plan was written in 2009 and how it keeps pace with the fast-moving network security landscape

  • October 07, 2022 07 Oct'22

    Australia to amend telecoms regulations following Optus breach

    Amendments to Australia’s telecoms regulations are in the works to temporarily allow sharing of individuals’ identifier information between telcos and financial institutions

  • October 04, 2022 04 Oct'22

    Red Hat CEO on OpenShift roadmap, competitive play

    Red Hat’s newly minted CEO Matt Hicks talks up OpenShift’s roadmap, the competition with VMware and opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region

  • September 29, 2022 29 Sep'22

    Optus breach casts spotlight on cyber resilience

    The massive data breach that affected more than 10 million Optus customers has cast the spotlight on API security and other factors that contribute to the cyber resilience of organisations in Australia

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