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Cloudera rides hybrid AI surge with strong FY26 gains

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Cloudera posts surging FY26 growth as enterprises embrace governed hybrid AI, fuelling expansion, fresh hires and multi-cloud innovation.
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Illumio & Armis link tools to secure IT & OT estates

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Illumio and Armis expand their partnership to deliver integrated Zero Trust security for converged IT, OT and IoT estates worldwide.
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Southern hospital IT outage caused by third-party hardware failure, Health NZ says

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Health NZ says a third-party hardware failure caused a 36-hour South Island hospital IT outage that forced staff back to pen and paper.
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Exclusive: Rohini Sharma on monday.com's AI shift

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Australian organisations are moving past AI hype, demanding tools that simplify daily work, scale across teams and prove practical value.
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FDATA appoints Kat Cloud to strengthen open finance security

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FDATA names Sumsub policy lead Kat Cloud to its board, signalling a sharper focus on identity, fraud and security in North American open finance.
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Hackers ditch noisy ransomware for stealthy data theft

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Hackers are abandoning noisy ransomware to quietly steal data, as a report finds 80% of top attack techniques now focus on evasion.
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Percona maps 2026 growth with new tech & leadership

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Percona sets out its 2026 growth plan with fresh leadership, new PostgreSQL security tech and expanded support for Valkey users.
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Wordly launches Workspaces for everyday AI translation

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Wordly debuts Workspaces to bring its AI translation and captioning platform from big-ticket conferences into everyday corporate meetings.
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Ecommpay recognised among CNBC’s top UK fintechs list

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Ecommpay has been named in the CNBC/Statista Top 150 UK FinTechs, highlighting London’s enduring strength as a global payments hub.
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Myriota debuts AssetHawk satellite tracker for remote assets

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Myriota launches AssetHawk, a 5G NTN satellite tracker promising decade-long battery life for monitoring remote fleets and equipment.
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Fime opens Melbourne lab to bolster SoftPOS security

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Fime opens a Melbourne software security lab to certify rising SoftPOS payments under PCI MPoC, targeting booming NFC mobile acceptance growth.
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Telehouse Europe appoints Chris Lamb as Enterprise Director

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Telehouse Europe names Chris Lamb Enterprise Director to drive sector-led growth and tailored infrastructure for demanding workloads.
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Paysecure wins Best Payments Industry Newcomer award

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Paysecure wins Best Payments Industry Newcomer at the 2026 Card and Payments Awards in London for its fast-growing orchestration platform.
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Cloud providers launch SME onboarding drive for data

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European cloud providers unite to onboard 10,000 SMEs into trusted data spaces within 18 months, easing access to secure data-sharing.
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Visa survey shows trust gap on AI at online checkout

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Visa survey finds most Asia Pacific shoppers use AI to browse, but many still distrust it with payment details at online checkout.
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Enterprises urged to act now on post-quantum security

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Quantum leaps from Google, IBM and Microsoft are shrinking the Q‑Day countdown, forcing enterprises to race toward post‑quantum cryptography.
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Bitget, BlockSec unveil new security standard for UEX

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Bitget and BlockSec launch a UEX Security Standard, urging provable, system-wide safeguards for unified multi-asset trading platforms.
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CrowdStrike names Jonathon Dixon to lead JAPAC growth

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CrowdStrike appoints veteran executive Jonathon Dixon to lead JAPAC, driving Falcon platform adoption and regional cyber security growth.
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Arts Centre Melbourne deploys MDR services to contain phishing incident

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Arts Centre Melbourne tightens cyber defences after a foiled phishing attack exposed gaps filled by Arctic Wolf’s round-the-clock monitoring.
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DXC rolls out Amazon Quick AI workspace to 115,000 staff

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DXC deploys Amazon Quick AI workspace to 115,000 staff in 70 countries and launches a practice to push enterprise AI beyond pilot stage.