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Open source use rises as firms shun vendor lock-in
DevOps

Open source use rises as firms shun vendor lock-in

Concern over vendor lock-in is driving a global surge in open source adoption, with European organisations leading the shift to digital autonomy.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026
Kingfisher signs Google Cloud deal for AI shopping
Digital Transformation

Kingfisher signs Google Cloud deal for AI shopping

Kingfisher strikes multi-year Google Cloud deal to power AI-driven, conversational shopping across B&Q, Castorama and Brico Dépôt sites.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026

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DE-CIX Launches Google Peering at Brazil Exchanges
Network Infrastructure

DE-CIX Launches Google Peering at Brazil Exchanges

DE-CIX has begun offering Google peering at its São Paulo and Rio exchanges, giving Brazilian ISPs direct local access to Google services.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026
Oracle launches agentic AI apps across Fusion Cloud
Hybrid Cloud

Oracle launches agentic AI apps across Fusion Cloud

Oracle unveils 22 agentic AI apps for Fusion Cloud, aiming to automate core business workflows and embed decision-making into enterprise systems.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026
Zoom showcases AI tools for APAC SMBs in daily work
Unified Communications

Zoom showcases AI tools for APAC SMBs in daily work

Zoom says APAC small firms are moving AI from pilots to daily workflows, boosting productivity while trying to avoid new complexity.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026
Tata Communications launches resilient data centre service
Disaster Recovery

Tata Communications launches resilient data centre service

Tata Communications has unveiled a self-healing global data centre connectivity platform, promising 99.99% uptime and up to 30% cost savings.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026
Google closes Wiz deal & unveils AI security tools
Virtualisation

Google closes Wiz deal & unveils AI security tools

Google folds Wiz into its cloud security arm and launches AI-driven tools to counter rapidly evolving, automated cyber threats.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026
Zoho opens Parramatta office amid strong ANZ growth
Network Infrastructure

Zoho opens Parramatta office amid strong ANZ growth

Zoho opens a Parramatta office as ANZ customer numbers jump 30%, partners 44% and staff 42%, bolstering Sydney's western tech hub.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026
Rimini Street: SaaS-pocalypse spells opportunity to escape AI lock-in
Hybrid Cloud

Rimini Street: SaaS-pocalypse spells opportunity to escape AI lock-in

Rimini Street hails a looming “SaaS‑pocalypse”, pitching its Smart Path as an AI-era escape route from costly cloud and platform lock-in.

By Donovan Jackson • 4 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026
Red Hat survey finds cloud security incidents rife
Data Protection

Red Hat survey finds cloud security incidents rife

Red Hat survey finds 97% of organisations hit by cloud-native security incidents, forcing delays, higher costs and loss of customer trust.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026
AI shifts data centre focus from scale to connectivity
DataCentre infrastructure

AI shifts data centre focus from scale to connectivity

AI is redrawing the data centre map, shifting investment from hyperscale campuses to distributed, tightly connected regional clusters.

By Kaleah Salmon • 5 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026
Cloudflare uses ClickHouse for quadrillion-event analytics
Disaster Recovery

Cloudflare uses ClickHouse for quadrillion-event analytics

Cloudflare taps ClickHouse to run sub-two-second analytics on quadrillion-event data sets, keeping queries alive even amid major outages.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026
AoFrio moves Chief Revenue Officer James Rice to Atlanta
Software-as-a-Service

AoFrio moves Chief Revenue Officer James Rice to Atlanta

AoFrio shifts Chief Revenue Officer James Rice to Atlanta to spearhead US growth and deepen global ties for its connected cooler tech.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026
SUSE adds AI & virtualisation tools to Rancher Prime
Virtualisation

SUSE adds AI & virtualisation tools to Rancher Prime

SUSE expands Rancher Prime with AI agents and deeper virtualisation, unifying VM and container management to streamline modern workloads.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026
Kong hires Bruce Felt as Finance Chief for growth push
Software-as-a-Service

Kong hires Bruce Felt as Finance Chief for growth push

Kong hires veteran finance chief Bruce Felt, whose record of steering three software groups to IPOs bolsters its expansion in API and AI tools.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026
Aspen Medical taps Oracle AI lakehouse for operations
Data Analytics

Aspen Medical taps Oracle AI lakehouse for operations

Aspen Medical rolls out Oracle Autonomous AI Lakehouse worldwide to unify data, trim IT costs and speed real-time insights for care delivery.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026
BeyondTrust warns of 467% rise in enterprise AI agents
Customer Relationship Management

BeyondTrust warns of 467% rise in enterprise AI agents

BeyondTrust warns a surge of unsupervised AI agents is creating a hidden “shadow workforce” with admin-level access inside enterprises.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026

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