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Centacare boosts cyber resilience & halves Azure bill

Wed, 18th Feb 2026
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Centacare overhauls disaster recovery with 11:11 Systems, boosting cyber resilience while slashing Azure data storage costs by half.
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Proofpoint revamps global partner network for AI era

Wed, 18th Feb 2026
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cloud security
Proofpoint overhauls its partner network with richer incentives, tighter protections and AI-focused services to fuel recurring security revenue.
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Centacare halves Azure storage costs in DR overhaul

Wed, 18th Feb 2026
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Centacare slashes Azure storage costs by 50% in disaster recovery revamp with 11:11 Systems, boosting resilience against cyber threats.
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NVIDIA touts GB300 to slash AI agent inference costs

Tue, 17th Feb 2026
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NVIDIA claims its GB300 NVL72 platform slashes AI agent and coding assistant inference costs by up to 35x as cloud rollouts accelerate.
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Anthropic raises USD $30 billion, hits USD $380b value

Mon, 16th Feb 2026
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data analytics
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Anthropic raises USD $30bn in new backing, lifting the AI group's valuation to USD $380bn as demand for its Claude models surges.
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Wesfarmers, Microsoft deepen AI & cloud retail pact

Fri, 13th Feb 2026
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data analytics
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cx
Wesfarmers is deepening its AI and cloud pact with Microsoft to roll out Copilot tools, agents and data platforms across its retail brands.
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Qodo brings AI-powered code review into Azure DevOps

Fri, 13th Feb 2026
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application security
Qodo launches a beta Azure DevOps integration that embeds its AI-driven, context-aware code review directly into pull request workflows.
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Survey finds enterprises race to agentic AI, lag on scale

Wed, 11th Feb 2026
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public cloud
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Enterprises rush to adopt agentic AI via external platforms, but few have standardised, organisation-wide deployments in place yet.
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CDN market to hit USD $42.89bn as edge demand surges

Tue, 10th Feb 2026
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data analytics
Global CDN spending is forecast to soar from USD $27.25bn in 2025 to USD $42.89bn by 2030, driven by edge demand and performance pressure.
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Tech salaries level off as burnout & AI skills surge

Tue, 10th Feb 2026
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data analytics
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ai
Cyber and AI specialists top tech pay into 2026 as entry-level hiring stalls and burnout surges across Australia and New Zealand.
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Blue Yonder grows FY25 revenue & boosts AI supply chain

Tue, 10th Feb 2026
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Blue Yonder posts FY25 revenue of USD $1.42 billion as it expands AI-driven planning and warehouse tools to meet rising supply chain demands.
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TRENDS builds Boomi data backbone to power rapid growth

Tue, 10th Feb 2026
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manufacturing
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hybrid cloud
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data analytics
TRENDS taps Boomi to unify 50+ systems, tackling complexity as revenue surges from NZD $10 million to NZD $130 million in a decade.
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Governance gaps stall Microsoft automation at scale

Mon, 9th Feb 2026
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cartech
Governance gaps and tool sprawl are stalling Microsoft automation at scale, with most large IT teams lacking control, visibility and integration.
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AvePoint boosts AI agent governance & cloud backups

Fri, 6th Feb 2026
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storage
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data protection
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AvePoint extends its Confidence Platform to tighten agentic AI governance and broaden multi-cloud backup across major SaaS and IaaS tools.
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AI, hybrid cloud spur security shift to consolidation

Fri, 6th Feb 2026
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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hybrid cloud
AI, hybrid cloud and SASE are driving a shift from security sprawl to consolidation, with unified policy control now the top priority.
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NeuBird AI hits SRE alert milestone with agentic platform

Fri, 6th Feb 2026
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private cloud
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devops
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hybrid cloud
NeuBird AI's agentic SRE platform autonomously resolved 230,000 alerts in a year, saving 12,000 hours and USD $1.8 million in costs.
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Informotion names new CEO to drive Microsoft AI push

Thu, 5th Feb 2026
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digital transformation
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cloud security
Informotion appoints Shane Parsons as CEO to spearhead a deeper Microsoft AI and cloud pivot, targeting regulated and public sector demand.
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Dragos deepens Microsoft tie-up to secure OT on Azure

Wed, 4th Feb 2026
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manufacturing
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hybrid cloud
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Dragos expands its Microsoft partnership to run OT security on Azure, integrate with Sentinel and offer SaaS from Q1 2026.
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Dynatrace enhances multi-cloud automation & visibility

Mon, 2nd Feb 2026
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virtualisation
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devops
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digital transformation
Dynatrace extends automation and observability tools across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud to simplify complex multi-cloud operations.
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Intruder posts 81% enterprise ARR surge on AI, cloud push

Sat, 31st Jan 2026
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hybrid cloud
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cloud security
London-based Intruder posts 81% surge in enterprise ARR as AI, cloud security and consolidation drive midmarket and enterprise demand.