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Westcon-Comstor launches a New Zealand data centre Centre of Excellence, led by Rob Purdy, to drive multi-vendor, solutions-first channel sales.

Glasgow-based Pelion has been named Emerging Company of the Year for Enterprise at the 10th annual Internet of Things Breakthrough Awards.

Tempo has hired Kevin Nanney as Chief Product Officer and Shams Chauthani as CTO to accelerate its adaptive strategic portfolio management push.

Elon Musk’s xAI raises USD $20 billion, turbocharging Grok model training and GPU build-out as rivalry in frontier AI heats up.

Linux Foundation unites Anthropic, Block and OpenAI in new Agentic AI hub to standardise tools and protocols for autonomous AI agents.

Hoppr appoints former Synamedia executive Olivier Bastard as Chief Sales Officer to spearhead global growth in addressable TV advertising.

Coder.com launches AI governance stack to run coding agents in self-hosted workspaces, giving enterprises centralised control and security.

Hitachi Vantara has named veteran executive Wendy Koh vice president of sales for Asia Pacific to drive AI data and hybrid cloud growth.

NetApp names Premalakshmi Ramakrishnan to head India and SAARC, targeting accelerating demand for AI-ready data infrastructure.

Cohesity lands Cisco’s FY25 durable growth and AI security prize as partners deepen data protection and launch Gaia on Cisco AI PODs.

Linux Foundation launches Agentic AI Foundation to standardise open protocols for interoperable AI agents with backing from major tech firms.

MITRE warns that cheap face-swap deepfakes can defeat banks’ remote KYC checks, bypassing liveness tools to open fraudulent accounts.

Agentic AI is helping overstretched Australian SOCs fight rising, AI-driven cyber threats by automating legwork while keeping humans in control.

Nutanix launches distributed sovereign cloud upgrades to secure AI and Kubernetes workloads across dark sites, public clouds and on-premise.

Cohesity has honoured global and APAC partners including NVIDIA, AWS and NCS for driving AI-led data security and cyber resilience.

Amazon launches Nova 2 AI suite with four new models and introduces Nova Forge for firms to create custom AI solutions tailored to diverse industries and tasks.

Cohesity wins Cisco SolutionsPlus top partner award for 2025, recognised for growth, innovation and joint data protection and AI solutions.

Virsae and VOSS have partnered to enhance AI-driven workplace analytics, combining expertise to boost collaboration and customer experience across major platforms.

NetApp has appointed Puneet Gupta as Area Vice President for the UK and Ireland, bringing 30 years' experience and leadership from India to the role.

Most consumers distrust open-access guest Wi-Fi, urging businesses to enhance network security and build trust through transparent data privacy practices.