Data infrastructure stories
Regional demand for its data and AI tools jumped more than 85% in the fourth quarter, prompting a bigger APJ push from Databricks.
Funding will help Lua expand its developer community and partner network as demand for its AI agent software rises sharply.
Fragmented information is curbing aviation’s return on a USD $50.8 billion technology bill as delays, AI and security efforts suffer.
The new release could help data teams cut manual pipeline work and deliver fresher data for AI and analytics without extra complexity.
It is aimed at cutting manual reformatting and reconciliation of inconsistent custodian records for wealth managers handling multi-source portfolio data.
Most firms lack the live, governed data needed for autonomous AI, with 66% of executives saying real-time access is non-negotiable.
The bank says the new framework is already routing 90 per cent of commercial emails and cutting manual work by 70 per cent.
The AI fund administration software maker now serves more than 80 managers after its AUD $9.3 million raise and rapid growth.
Many firms are still unable to govern or access data fully, leaving AI projects exposed to quality, integration and cost setbacks.
Research shown at the Gold Coast event found 56% of Australian organisations are not AI-ready, as channel partners were honoured.
Demand from AI infrastructure is lifting Backblaze’s storage business, which grew 26% in 2025 and landed its first eight-figure deal.
Poor patient records are driving errors, denied claims and delays as hospitals race to secure the data behind digital care.
Offline footage could become licensable AI training data as legacy tape archives are digitised, cutting storage costs for owners.
Organisations face a growing gap in controls as AI agents and machine identities outpace perimeter defences and widen credential-based attack risk.
As AI workloads swell, the ranking bolsters Hitachi Vantara's case for object storage as a core data layer, not just archive.
The £500 million fund is meant to help British AI start-ups scale, as ministers seek growth and greater control over core technology.
The new fund is intended to boost growth while giving the UK more control over data, chips and AI systems used by public services.
Used by more than 20,000 organisations, FME has been recognised for simplifying data access as Safe Software expands into AI and digital twins.
Fragmented records and weak governance are making health IT roll-outs slower, costlier and less effective than budgets suggest.
Italian universities will gain a shared, Italy-based storage system as GARR and Cubbit begin a 1 petabyte pilot to improve resilience and control.