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QuSecure appoints Brian Cunningham to drive PQC growth
Firewalls

QuSecure appoints Brian Cunningham to drive PQC growth

QuSecure hires ex-Navy SEAL commander Brian Cunningham as EVP for strategy and growth to scale post-quantum cryptography adoption.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Feb 2026
Percona maps 2026 growth with new tech & leadership
Virtualisation

Percona maps 2026 growth with new tech & leadership

Percona sets out its 2026 growth plan with fresh leadership, new PostgreSQL security tech and expanded support for Valkey users.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Feb 2026
Survey finds enterprises race to agentic AI, lag on scale
Digital Transformation

Survey finds enterprises race to agentic AI, lag on scale

Enterprises rush to adopt agentic AI via external platforms, but few have standardised, organisation-wide deployments in place yet.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Wed, 11th Feb 2026
Camunda names Chris White Chief Revenue Officer amid AI push
Digital Transformation

Camunda names Chris White Chief Revenue Officer amid AI push

Camunda appoints Chris White as Chief Revenue Officer to drive sales and partner growth as demand for agentic AI orchestration accelerates.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Wed, 11th Feb 2026
Fireblocks & Thales deepen bank crypto key control
Fintech

Fireblocks & Thales deepen bank crypto key control

Fireblocks deepens its Thales tie-up to keep bank crypto keys in customer-owned HSMs, tightening control, compliance and resilience.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Tue, 10th Feb 2026
Synology gains ISO 27001:2022 for security management
Storage

Synology gains ISO 27001:2022 for security management

Synology secures ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification, bolstering its global information security management and risk governance credentials.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Tue, 10th Feb 2026
Governance gaps stall Microsoft automation at scale
Digital Transformation

Governance gaps stall Microsoft automation at scale

Governance gaps and tool sprawl are stalling Microsoft automation at scale, with most large IT teams lacking control, visibility and integration.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Mon, 9th Feb 2026
Boomi hits 30,000 customers as AI integration surges
Digital Transformation

Boomi hits 30,000 customers as AI integration surges

Boomi tops 30,000 customers and runs 75,000 AI agents in production, as enterprises shift from AI experiments to large-scale automation.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Mon, 9th Feb 2026
AvePoint boosts AI agent governance & cloud backups
Storage

AvePoint boosts AI agent governance & cloud backups

AvePoint extends its Confidence Platform to tighten agentic AI governance and broaden multi-cloud backup across major SaaS and IaaS tools.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Feb 2026
AI, hybrid cloud spur security shift to consolidation
Firewalls

AI, hybrid cloud spur security shift to consolidation

AI, hybrid cloud and SASE are driving a shift from security sprawl to consolidation, with unified policy control now the top priority.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Feb 2026
Developers' AI agents pose rising software supply risks
Data Protection

Developers' AI agents pose rising software supply risks

Developers granting AI agents broad, unsupervised access to code and systems are creating new software supply chain and data exposure risks.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Feb 2026
Gartner names Komodor key vendor in AI SRE tooling
Virtualisation

Gartner names Komodor key vendor in AI SRE tooling

Gartner names Komodor a Representative Vendor in its AI SRE tooling guide, as it predicts 85% of enterprises will adopt such tools by 2029.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Feb 2026
Fico outlines four AI trends reshaping banking by 2026
Data Analytics

Fico outlines four AI trends reshaping banking by 2026

Fico says by 2026 banking AI will be standard infrastructure, heightening fraud risks and putting CIOs and human cyber oversight centre stage.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • Fri, 6th Feb 2026

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Australian leaders target stronger data & AI by 2026
Data Analytics

Australian leaders target stronger data & AI by 2026

Australian executives ramp up data governance and AI for reporting by 2026, tackling siloed information and slow access to real-time insight.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Tue, 10th Feb 2026
Safer Internet Day and the New Reality of Cyber Responsibility in Education
Data Protection

Safer Internet Day and the New Reality of Cyber Responsibility in Education

As Safer Internet Day nears, schools face rising cyber threats, third-party risks and new duties that push security into the boardroom.

By Ben Le Huray • 5 min read • Tue, 10th Feb 2026
Logicalis Australia appoints Luke Gardiner to lead new Technology Assurance Services practice
Disaster Recovery

Logicalis Australia appoints Luke Gardiner to lead new Technology Assurance Services practice

Logicalis Australia launches Technology Assurance Services to help regulated sectors meet CPS 230-era resilience and third-party risk demands.

By Melania Watson • 3 min read • Mon, 9th Feb 2026
AI agents surge in Australia, but integration lagging
Software-as-a-Service

AI agents surge in Australia, but integration lagging

Australian firms race to deploy AI agents, but siloed systems and weak integration threaten hoped-for productivity gains.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Feb 2026