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Information technology (IT) in Australia & New Zealand

  • May 18, 2025 18 May'25

    AI’s thirst for power pushing enterprises into supercomputing

    The compute and energy demands of large-scale AI are turning enterprise AI infrastructure into supercomputing, though the search for a killer app and concerns over initial infrastructure costs remain

  • May 14, 2025 14 May'25

    New security paradigm needed for IT/OT convergence

    Industry leaders and policymakers highlight growing cyber threats from the integration of IT and operational technology systems, calling for collaboration and regulatory frameworks to protect critical systems, among other measures

  • May 14, 2025 14 May'25

    Australian public cloud spending to hit A$26.6bn in 2025

    Gartner forecasts strong growth in cloud infrastructure and platform services even as Australian organisations grapple with scaling AI initiatives and managing rising cloud expenditure

  • May 13, 2025 13 May'25

    Australian data breaches hit record high in 2024

    More than 1,100 data breaches were reported in Australia last year, a 25% jump from 2023, prompting calls for stronger security measures across businesses and government agencies

  • April 21, 2025 21 Apr'25

    Top APAC firms recognised at innovation awards

    Citic Telecom, CapitaLand Investment and DBS Bank were among the region’s top industry innovators recognised for their digital transformation efforts at the Computer Weekly Innovation Awards APAC 2025

  • April 21, 2025 21 Apr'25

    CW Innovation Awards: DBS AI assistant slashes call times and boosts productivity

    The bank’s in-house generative AI tool is streamlining customer service, reducing manual work and speeding up response times, improving both employee and customer experience

  • April 17, 2025 17 Apr'25

    Standard Chartered grounds AI ambitions in data governance

    The bank’s group chief data officer, Mohammed Rahim, outlines how the bank is modernising its data infrastructure and governance practices to support its AI initiatives

  • April 14, 2025 14 Apr'25

    SUSE CEO champions open source choice

    Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen warns against suppliers diluting open source to lock in customers, and touts SUSE’s commitment to providing choice and support across multiple Linux and Kubernetes distributions

  • April 10, 2025 10 Apr'25

    NetSuite bets big on built-in AI

    At its customer event in Sydney, Oracle NetSuite unveiled a suite of AI-powered features integrated directly into its platform at no extra cost in a bid to make AI more accessible to customers

  • March 26, 2025 26 Mar'25

    Oracle bets big on AI, drives Australian business transformation

    At the Oracle CloudWorld Tour in Sydney, Oracle executives talked up the company’s strategy to integrate AI across its entire technology stack, empowering Australian businesses to move beyond experimentation and into practical AI-driven solutions

  • March 24, 2025 24 Mar'25

    APIs key to unlocking AI agent potential, says MuleSoft

    Most Asia-Pacific IT leaders have either implemented or intend to deploy agentic AI in the next two years, but success will hinge on the implementation of APIs that AI agents rely on

  • March 23, 2025 23 Mar'25

    How Jetstar is tapping data analytics

    Low-cost carrier Jetstar is using the Snowflake data platform to optimise the number of meals to carry onboard and to generate flight schedules, among other data analytics initiatives to improve its operations

  • March 20, 2025 20 Mar'25

    Snowflake founders reveal ‘cuckoo cloud’ vision that disrupted big data

    Benoit Dageville and Thierry Cruanes reveal the journey that led to their data platform, their bet against Hadoop and why they still code on weekends to stay connected to their creation

  • March 19, 2025 19 Mar'25

    Air New Zealand takes off with digital transformation deal

    The airline aims to become a digital leader with TCS’s help to improve fleet management, crew scheduling and ground services through the use of artificial intelligence

  • March 18, 2025 18 Mar'25

    Seaco charts course for unified security strategy

    Shipping container leasing giant consolidates security tools onto a single platform, leveraging AI and extended detection and response to improve security operations

  • March 17, 2025 17 Mar'25

    How Oracle is using AI to combat financial crime

    The tech giant is leveraging artificial intelligence to surface fraudulent financial transactions and improve the efficiency of financial crime investigations, offering relief to banks battling high costs and alert fatigue

  • March 13, 2025 13 Mar'25

    Chinese espionage group UNC3886 targets Juniper routers

    Advanced persistent threat group UNC3886 deployed custom backdoors on end-of-life Juniper Networks routers, underscoring the need for timely patching and advanced security monitoring

  • March 13, 2025 13 Mar'25

    Supercars team BJR taps Extranet Systems for racing edge

    As the demands of motorsports grow, Supercars team Brad Jones Racing turns to IT specialist Extranet Systems to manage crucial areas such as security, backup and disaster recovery

  • March 10, 2025 10 Mar'25

    How CISOs are tackling cyber security challenges

    Security chiefs at the recent Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit in Sydney share insights on navigating board communication, organisational resilience and the importance of understanding business needs

  • March 07, 2025 07 Mar'25

    Managing security in the AI age

    Gartner experts offer guidance on harnessing AI’s power while mitigating its risks, from managing shadow AI to implementing security controls and policies

  • March 06, 2025 06 Mar'25

    Going beyond search: Elastic’s observability and security play

    Elastic’s chief product officer Ken Exner talks up the company’s expansion into observability and security and how it balances innovation with community contributions and monetisation

  • March 04, 2025 04 Mar'25

    Jio, AMD, Cisco and Nokia to build telecom AI platform

    India’s Jio Platforms, AMD, Cisco and Nokia have teamed up to develop an Open Telecom AI Platform aimed at improving the efficiency and security of telco networks through artificial intelligence and automation

  • March 04, 2025 04 Mar'25

    Aussie businesses ramp up security spending

    Australian organisations are set to spend A$6.2bn on security and risk management in 2025, a 14.4% jump from the previous year, driven by the rise of AI and a growing threat landscape

  • March 02, 2025 02 Mar'25

    AWS boosts telco cloud offerings with new Outposts

    Amazon Web Services debuts new Outposts racks and servers that extend its infrastructure to the edge to support network intensive workloads and cloud radio access applications

  • February 24, 2025 24 Feb'25

    Zendesk to acquire Local Measure, boosting AI-powered voice capabilities

    The acquisition will strengthen Zendesk’s contact centre offering and integration with Amazon Connect, targeting larger enterprise clients

  • February 24, 2025 24 Feb'25

    Alibaba bets $53bn on cloud and AI

    Chinese tech giant Alibaba unveils massive three-year investment in a move to capitalise on the AI opportunity and position its cloud infrastructure as the backbone for future growth

  • February 23, 2025 23 Feb'25

    Check Point co-founder on AI, quantum and independence

    Gil Shwed, Check Point’s co-founder and executive chairman, discusses the company’s focus on artificial intelligence-driven security and his commitment to remaining an independent force in the cyber security market

  • February 20, 2025 20 Feb'25

    How organisations can secure AI agents

    Dan Karpati, Check Point Software’s vice-president of AI, discusses the unique challenges and potential ways to secure AI agents

  • February 18, 2025 18 Feb'25

    CPX 2025: Check Point CEO talks up hybrid mesh security

    At CPX 2025 in Bangkok, Check Point CEO Nadav Zafrir outlined a vision for network security centred on hybrid mesh architecture and AI-powered capabilities

  • February 14, 2025 14 Feb'25

    Lenovo CSO: AI adoption fuels security paranoia

    Doug Fisher, Lenovo’s chief security officer, outlines the company’s approach to security and AI governance, and the importance of having a strong security culture to combat cyber threats amplified by the use of AI

  • February 12, 2025 12 Feb'25

    MongoDB expands Sydney operations to support local growth

    MongoDB is doubling down on its Australian presence with a new Sydney office, housing engineering, support and go-to-market teams focused on R&D and tackling the region’s legacy technology challenges

  • February 05, 2025 05 Feb'25

    APAC organisations to ramp up tech spending in 2025

    Organisations across the region are prioritising cyber security, customer experience and application development, even as they navigate cloud repatriation and a growing skills gap in AI and security

  • February 03, 2025 03 Feb'25

    New Relic extends observability to DeepSeek

    The observability tools supplier now offers enhanced monitoring for DeepSeek models to help businesses reduce the costs and risks of generative AI development

  • February 03, 2025 03 Feb'25

    Australian government doubles down on AWS

    Federal government signs three-year whole-of-government agreement with Amazon Web Services, expanding access to cloud services for all levels of government

  • January 31, 2025 31 Jan'25

    How Zebra is empowering frontline workers through tech

    Zebra Technologies’ CEO Bill Burns discusses the company’s growth strategy and how it is enhancing frontline worker capabilities through machine vision, artificial intelligence and robotics

  • January 27, 2025 27 Jan'25

    Inside CyberArk’s security strategy

    CyberArk CIO Omer Grossman talks up the company’s security-first ethos, the importance of an assumed breach mentality and how the company is addressing threats from the growing use of AI

  • January 23, 2025 23 Jan'25

    Zebra gallops ahead in APAC, driven by automation and e-commerce

    Zebra Technologies is riding the wave of e-commerce and automation in APAC, fuelling strong growth with RFID technology, tablets and scanners that boost business productivity and efficiency

  • January 22, 2025 22 Jan'25

    APAC businesses face surge in email attacks

    Sophisticated phishing and business email compromise campaigns are increasingly targeting organisations across the Asia-Pacific region, research reveals

  • January 16, 2025 16 Jan'25

    Global IT spending to soar in 2025

    S&P Global Ratings expects a 9% surge in global IT spending for 2025, fuelled by demand for AI and cloud technologies, despite potential trade headwinds and a slowing global economy

  • January 15, 2025 15 Jan'25

    Cohesity CEO on Veritas integration and IPO plans

    Cohesity CEO Sanjay Poonen shares his vision for integrating Veritas’ enterprise data protection business, uniting 12,000 customers, driving AI-powered innovation and building a public-ready company

  • January 14, 2025 14 Jan'25

    NBN boost: A$3bn to upgrade internet speeds for millions

    The Australian government is investing A$3bn to upgrade Australia’s fibre-to-the-node network, bringing faster internet speeds to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses

  • December 27, 2024 27 Dec'24

    Top 10 ANZ stories of 2024

    The 2024 tech landscape in Australia and New Zealand was dotted with developments spanning cloud migrations and AI adoption to heightened data security and real-time data streaming

  • December 17, 2024 17 Dec'24

    VMware customers seek alternatives amid licensing changes

    Research reveals that while most VMware customers are satisfied with their current software, they are exploring alternatives due to concerns over rising costs

  • December 17, 2024 17 Dec'24

    How NCS is tackling the enterprise IT market

    The technology service provider is counting on its government experience, global expert network and cyber security capabilities to penetrate the enterprise IT market