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CIQ expands Fuzzball across five clouds & on-premises
DevOps

CIQ expands Fuzzball across five clouds & on-premises

Users can now route AI and HPC jobs across five clouds and on-premises through one workflow, cutting rebuilds and manual reconfiguration.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last week
Elastic adds Kubernetes incident workflow for AI tools
DevOps

Elastic adds Kubernetes incident workflow for AI tools

Outages in Kubernetes clusters can now be triaged automatically inside AI tools, cutting the time on-call engineers spend hunting root causes.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last week
Datadog launches 100 AI tools for operations & security
Software-as-a-Service

Datadog launches 100 AI tools for operations & security

The rollout aims to help customers tame rising AI-driven complexity as Datadog adds autonomous monitoring, security and agent oversight tools.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Last week
Aviatrix adds Microsoft agent security across clouds
Hybrid Cloud

Aviatrix adds Microsoft agent security across clouds

Security teams may get a single set of controls for AI agents across clouds as Aviatrix enforces Microsoft policy rules at network level.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week
Blue Yonder named Gartner warehouse leader for 18th time
Digital Transformation

Blue Yonder named Gartner warehouse leader for 18th time

Warehouse operators facing labour shortages may see Blue Yonder's latest recognition as proof its software is still central to automation plans.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Last week
PEAK:AIO & Los Alamos launch Lattice for AI storage
High Performance Computing

PEAK:AIO & Los Alamos launch Lattice for AI storage

The open-source system is designed to ease storage bottlenecks that can leave costly GPUs underused in AI and high-performance computing clusters.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • This month
VTEX expands AI commerce architecture across markets
Digital Transformation

VTEX expands AI commerce architecture across markets

Retailers can now automate merchandising, support and ad campaigns as autonomous agents are embedded across VTEX's commerce platform.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • This month
Upwind joins Cisco Cloud Control Studio as launch partner
Hybrid Cloud

Upwind joins Cisco Cloud Control Studio as launch partner

Cisco Cloud Control users will gain live cloud and AI risk data as the partnership aims to cut time spent switching between security tools.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • This month
Persistent expands in eastern Europe with Concise deal
DevOps

Persistent expands in eastern Europe with Concise deal

The deal will add more than 90 engineers in Tallinn and Tartu, strengthening Persistent's nearshore delivery for European clients.

By Mark Tarre • 2 min read • This month
Coralogix raises USD $200 million to expand AI observability
Software-as-a-Service

Coralogix raises USD $200 million to expand AI observability

The funding backs Coralogix's push to help companies cope with heavier AI telemetry and rising observability costs as software becomes more automated.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • This month
Travelport, Cognizant & Anthropic team up on AI bookings
Digital Transformation

Travelport, Cognizant & Anthropic team up on AI bookings

The tie-up aims to cut manual booking work and speed travel software delivery as AI chat tools reshape how trips are planned and sold.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • This month
ClickHouse launches House Mates partner programme in ANZ
Data Analytics

ClickHouse launches House Mates partner programme in ANZ

Customers in Australia and New Zealand will gain more local implementation support as ClickHouse expands its partner ecosystem around ClickHouse Cloud.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month
Socket raises USD $60 million to tackle code risks
DevOps

Socket raises USD $60 million to tackle code risks

The round values the software supply chain security company at USD $1 billion as AI coding boosts the flow of third-party code into production.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Last month

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Kablamo appoints Troy Bebee to lead Google Cloud push
Software-as-a-Service

Kablamo appoints Troy Bebee to lead Google Cloud push

The consultancy is betting on rising demand for data and AI projects by adding senior Google Cloud leadership across Australia and Canada.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • This month
Candescent signs EverBank branch modernisation deal
Fintech

Candescent signs EverBank branch modernisation deal

Branch customers at EverBank are set for faster transactions as the lender replaces legacy teller systems across 41 financial centres.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Last month
Virtana names Daniel Raskin as Chief Marketing Officer
DevOps

Virtana names Daniel Raskin as Chief Marketing Officer

Rising AI failure rates are pushing enterprises to demand better visibility across hybrid cloud systems as Virtana expands its observability push.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month
UK fintech hiring to rise 14% in 2026 as neobanks slow
Risk & Compliance

UK fintech hiring to rise 14% in 2026 as neobanks slow

London will remain the main hiring hub, with fintech vacancies forecast to rise 14% in 2026 as firms prioritise compliance and infrastructure.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Last month
Exabeam taps Chillisoft Australia to widen distribution
Cloud Security

Exabeam taps Chillisoft Australia to widen distribution

Businesses facing rising cyber threats in Australia will gain broader access to Exabeam's security operations tools through a new Chillisoft partnership.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Last month