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Utho Cloud launches migration tools to help Indian firms save costs

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Utho Cloud launches tools enabling Indian firms to migrate from foreign cloud providers with up to 60% cost savings and enhanced data sovereignty.
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AMD powers world’s fastest supercomputers & expands AI reach

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AMD powers 40% of the world's top ten supercomputers, including El Capitan and Frontier, driving advances in AI and energy-efficient HPC globally.
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Blue Yonder named Microsoft Global ISV Partner of the Year 2025

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Blue Yonder has been named Microsoft Global ISV Partner of the Year 2025 for outstanding AI and cloud supply chain solutions, chosen from over 4,600 nominations.
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Dynatrace expands AI cloud operations with new Azure integration

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Dynatrace unveils next-gen AI cloud operations, integrating directly with Microsoft Azure SRE Agent for smarter, automated issue detection and resolution.
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Dell boosts PowerProtect with new cyber resilience updates

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Dell Technologies upgrades its PowerProtect portfolio with new features to strengthen cyber resilience across cloud, edge, and hybrid environments for organisations.
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Australian IT firms win top Asia Pacific innovation awards

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Australian IT firms Precision IT, ASI and Fuse Technology have won top Asia Pacific awards for growth, sustainability and digital innovation at Ingram Micro's 2025 summit.
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Willow named finalist for Microsoft education award for AI use

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Willow is a finalist for the 2025 Microsoft Education Partner of the Year Award, recognised for using AI to optimise campus operations and sustainability.
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Oracle expands AI, multi-cloud & local partnerships in ANZ

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Oracle is broadening its AI and multi-cloud partnerships in Australia and New Zealand, focusing on data sovereignty and sector-specific cloud solutions.
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InfoSum unveils Beacons for secure AI-powered data collaboration

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InfoSum launches Beacons, a secure AI-ready platform enabling cross-cloud data collaboration with no data movement, adopted by Disney and WPP Media.
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JupiterOne launches CCM platform with AI & graph modelling

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JupiterOne launches a graph-based continuous controls monitoring platform using AI to ensure real-time security compliance across multi-cloud and legacy systems.
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Dell unveils PowerProtect upgrades for enhanced cyber resilience

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Dell upgrades its PowerProtect portfolio with new appliances and cloud features to boost cyber resilience and simplify data backup across edge, core, and cloud.
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Commvault unveils Unity platform for unified multi-cloud data protection

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Commvault launches the Cloud Unity platform, offering centralised, AI-driven data protection across multi-cloud, on-premises, and edge environments for cost efficiency.
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CNCF brings AI discipline to Kubernetes deployments

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The CNCF has launched a Certified Kubernetes AI Conformance Program to set open standards for deploying AI workloads across platforms.
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Atturra & EncompaaS partner to accelerate agentic AI adoption

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Atturra and EncompaaS partner to help Australian and NZ firms adopt agentic AI by combining data-prep tech with consulting for real-world deployments.
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Crossplane graduates CNCF, ranking in top 10% of projects

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The graduation marks a milestone with widespread enterprise adoption and over 3,000 contributors supporting multi-cloud platform engineering.
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Is OpenAI planning an AI cloud to rival AWS, Azure & Google?

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman signalled plans to launch an AI cloud platform, aiming to rival AWS, Azure and Google Cloud in offering computing power.
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Avanade unveils suite of Microsoft-powered tools for midmarket firms

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Avanade launches Microsoft-based tools to help midmarket firms optimise cloud costs, enhance security and improve customer experience with ready-to-deploy solutions.
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Why culture and collaboration matter more than ever in IT partnerships

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Australian MSP AC3 builds resilience through decades-long partnerships with vendors like Cisco and Microsoft, ensuring seamless, trusted IT services for clients.
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Cloud breaches driven by identity failures & process flaws

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ReliaQuest reveals identity compromises and process flaws, not zero-day exploits, drive most cloud breaches, with 99% of cloud identities still over-privileged.
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Snowflake unveils new AI-powered data tools & expands platform

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Snowflake launches AI-enhanced data tools and expands its platform with Horizon Catalog, Openflow, and Snowflake Postgres for secure, integrated data management.