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Netos & Nebula launch global FinOps push for networks

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Netos picks Nebula as its first global services partner to scale FinOps-style network spend management for channel-led enterprise roll-outs.
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Circles, Airwallex bring embedded finance to global telcos

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Circles partners with Airwallex to plug embedded banking into CirclesX, letting telcos launch financial services across more than 70 markets.
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Circles.Life launches Zerofy card with instant cashback

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Circles.Life rolls out Zerofy Cashback Card in Singapore, touting instant, uncapped rewards on global spend via Airwallex and Visa.
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Employment Hero names James Keene APAC managing director

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Employment Hero appoints long-serving executive James Keene as APAC managing director to drive regional growth and AI-led expansion.
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Datagrid signs 140MW deal to power Southland AI campus

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Datagrid strikes 140MW, 15-year power deal with Mercury to anchor a renewable AI data centre campus planned for Southland by 2028.
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Commvault Cloud brings in-country data protection to NZ

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Commvault extends its cloud data protection platform to New Zealand, promising in-country sovereignty, faster recovery and unified resilience.
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Independent Reserve plans APAC crypto push from 2026

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Independent Reserve to launch new regulated crypto services for corporates and institutions across Singapore, Australia and UAE from 2026.
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NCS links agentic AI to NVIDIA stack for sovereign use

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NCS integrates its agentic AI platforms with NVIDIA AI Enterprise to deliver sovereign, production-grade AI for regulated sectors across Asia.
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Okta unveils security blueprint for enterprise AI agents

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Okta launches AI agent security blueprint and upcoming Okta for AI Agents product to govern identity, access and kill-switch controls.
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Cloudera and Svitla Systems bring trusted AI to healthcare

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Cloudera and Svitla team up to build trusted, clinician‑centric AI that unifies patient data while safeguarding privacy and consent.
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Synechron unifies three Australian consultancies under one

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Synechron merges Chamonix IT, Exposé and iGreenData into a single Australian consultancy, unveiling a new national leadership team.
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Biznet Gio scales cloud performance for AI era with AMD

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Indonesia's top local cloud player Biznet Gio boosts AI-ready performance, efficiency and scale by standardising on AMD EPYC CPUs.
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Datadog names Renee Mitsis to lead ANZ channel push

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Datadog appoints Renee Mitsis to spearhead ANZ channel and alliances, sharpening partner-led growth around security, AI and DevOps.
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Global CISO Council launched to steer AI governance

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EC-Council launches the Global CISO Council to unify AI governance, tech risk oversight and regulatory response for senior security leaders.
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PixVerse hits unicorn status with record AI video round

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AI video platform PixVerse becomes a unicorn after a record Asia Series C funding round valuing the company at over USD $1 billion.
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Wonderful raises USD $150m to scale global AI agents

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Wonderful secures USD $150m Series B at a USD $2bn valuation to scale its agentic AI platform and triple headcount for global expansion.
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AI reshapes ANZ jobs as staff turn to shadow tools

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AI is reshaping ANZ jobs as firms hire and cut roles, while 67% of staff quietly turn to unapproved generative tools to get work done.
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Seedtag unveils Liz Agent AI to speed media planning

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Seedtag launches Liz Agent, an AI media planning assistant that turns chat-style briefs into end-to-end contextual campaigns in minutes.
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Blippar buys Plattar to boost regional AR commerce push

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Blippar has bought Australian AR specialist Plattar to deepen its regional footprint and accelerate sector-focused AR commerce products.
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New Relic to open first Japan data centre in Tokyo

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New Relic will open its first Japan data centre in Tokyo in July 2026, targeting local data residency, latency and governance demands.