Canadian stories

Check Point launches Canada data residency for SASE

Check Point expands SASE data residency to Canada, letting organisations keep security telemetry and logs in-country for compliance and sovereignty needs.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Yesterday

Data Protection

Cohere, Aleph Alpha plan transatlantic sovereign AI tie-up

Cohere and Aleph Alpha plan a transatlantic sovereign AI venture, with Schwarz Group pledging USD $600 million to back the tie-up.

By Jake MacAndrew • 3 min read • 3 days ago

Global stories

Software-as-a-Service

team.blue rolls out AI tools across its business brands

team.blue widens AI push with new tools for booking, compliance, website creation and data analysis across four brands.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • 3 days ago

Virtualisation

Kyndryl expands Google Cloud service for AI workloads

Kyndryl broadens Google Cloud deal to help enterprises modernise applications and run AI workloads across regulated hybrid environments.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week

Software-as-a-Service

Zapier expands AI governance controls for enterprise users

Zapier broadens enterprise AI controls with policy enforcement across workflows, agents, assistants and SDK-built apps.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week

Data Protection

Ant International upgrades Alipay+ with privacy tech

Ant International rolls out privacy-enhancing tech across Alipay+ payments, letting encrypted data process at scale as regulators sharpen scrutiny.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last week

Data Protection

SkoolBooks expands classroom platform across AU and NZ

SkoolBooks rolls out across New Zealand and Australia, offering schools a classroom platform with local data hosting and real-time parent engagement.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Last week

Hybrid Cloud

CrowdStrike expands Google Cloud security & wins award

CrowdStrike extends real-time cloud detection to regional Google Cloud infrastructure, aiming to meet sovereignty rules and speed breach response.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Last week

Storage

Hetzner launches EX131 server with Intel Xeon 6731P

Hetzner rolls out EX131 dedicated server line with Intel Xeon Gold 6731P, Gen5 NVMe drives and pricing from EUR €560.70 a month.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last week

Stories from other regions

Data Protection

Beam launches AI social services tools in Australia

Beam opens Melbourne Asia-Pacific office as it brings AI social services tools to Australia, aiming to cut admin in care and housing.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Today

Data Protection

SCX joins Equinix Fabric in Australian AI expansion

SCX taps Equinix Fabric and SambaNova SN50 chips to expand sovereign AI inference across Australia, with new nodes planned in Melbourne and Brisbane.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Yesterday

Data Protection

Most large UK firms cannot explain overseas AI data use

Harbr Data survey finds 61% of large UK firms cannot fully explain how sensitive information is used by AI systems overseas.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • 2 days ago

Digital Transformation

Australian builders warn over data ownership control

Australian builders increasingly fear vendor lock-in as new survey shows data ownership and control now outrank collaboration features.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • 3 days ago

DevOps

Braze launches AI tools for marketers with Europe hosting

Braze unveils AI marketing suite with European hosting as customers report sharper engagement, faster campaign builds and stronger conversions.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • Last week

Storage

BlackBox Hosting partners Everpure for sovereign cloud

BlackBox Hosting and Everpure have teamed up to expand UK sovereign cloud services, as businesses seek more control over data, resilience and compliance.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week

Data Protection

BT launches UK's first sovereign cloud & AI portfolio

BT unveils UK sovereign cloud and AI services for public and private users, as research says digital sovereignty could add GBP £18 billion to the economy.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last week

Customer Relationship Management

Braze launches AI tools for marketers & European hosting

Braze adds AI agents, creative workflow tools and European data hosting as marketers race to automate personalisation and campaign production.

By Shannon Williams • 5 min read • Last week

Firewalls

Why local secure access is becoming critical for New Zealand organisations

Fortinet expands Auckland secure access footprint as New Zealand firms put resilience, performance and data sovereignty at the heart of digital operations.

By Nick Frantzen • 4 min read • Last week

Digital Transformation

SEON eyes doubling Indonesia revenue as fraud risk rises

SEON targets stronger Indonesia growth as banks and payments groups step up fraud controls amid rapid digital finance expansion and tougher oversight.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Last week

Semiconductors

Microsoft to invest AUD $25 billion in Australia AI push

Microsoft commits AUD $25 billion to expand Australian AI and cloud capacity, as it teams with Canberra on cyber defence and skills training.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Last week