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Lanas appoints Rob Hutcheson to drive acquisitions

The Irish-headquartered group is stepping up dealmaking in healthcare software, with more than 20 products and €100 million earmarked for acquisitions.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last month

Software-as-a-Service

Keepit ups credit line to USD $90 million for AI push

The refinancing gives the Copenhagen-based software group room to expand enterprise sales and fund AI services built on backup data.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month

Data Protection

NiCE & Sopra Steria roll out AI service centre tool

About 800 agents are already using AI guidance as Sopra Steria looks to meet a 90% call-answer target within 20 seconds.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month

Data Protection

A strategic blueprint for governing AI-enabled software development

Security risks are rising as AI coding tools become routine, leaving many firms unable to track how machine-generated code reaches production.

By Pieter Danhieux • 3 min read • Last month

Software-as-a-Service

Gartner warns agentic AI threatens $234bn SaaS spend

Enterprise buyers could shift billions from seat licences as agentic AI is set to undercut up to 20% of SaaS spending by 2030.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month

Digital Transformation

NiCE names five launch partners for AI specialisation

Enterprise buyers will get a new way to assess AI service partners after NiCE introduced a specialism based on certified staff and proven results.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month

Software-as-a-Service

Agentic AI creates enterprise challenge beyond LLM boom

Enterprises face rising costs and governance gaps as thousands of AI agents begin operating alongside staff across multiple systems.

By David Shilovsky • 5 min read • Last month

Data Protection

Commvault named Gartner backup leader for 15th time

The designation underlines rising demand for cyber recovery and AI-era data protection as enterprises shift from backup alone to broader resilience.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month

Software-as-a-Service

SAP appoints Verena Siow as Asia Pacific President

Asia Pacific customers will get a new regional lead as SAP doubles down on AI-linked growth across one of its biggest markets.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month

Data Analytics

Google Cloud expands AlloyDB with new AI functions

Businesses could gain faster in-database AI queries as Google Cloud adds summarisation, sentiment analysis and new speed options to AlloyDB.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month

Privileged Access Management

Mandiant study finds USD $4.3 million annual benefit

Large firms are using security consulting to cut risk and costs, with IDC saying Mandiant customers gained USD $4.3 million a year on average.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month

Digital Transformation

Endava & Wiz partner on AI cloud security services

Enterprise AI roll-outs will get closer monitoring as Endava adds Wiz tools to spot cloud risks earlier across multi-cloud systems.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Last month

DevOps

Amazon EKS adds Kubernetes rollback option for clusters

Administrators can now reverse failed EKS upgrades within seven days, reducing rebuilds and easing pressure on teams running many clusters.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last month

Disaster Recovery

DXC launches Private Cloud+ for regulated workloads

Enterprises and agencies handling sensitive data now have a sovereign hybrid option as DXC targets stricter compliance and AI-ready workloads.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month

Gaming

AWS launches Graviton5-based EC2 C9g & C9gd instances

AWS customers get faster compute options for heavy workloads, with the new Graviton5-based instances offering up to 25% more performance per vCPU.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last month

Stories from Other Regions

IT Department stories

Virtualisation

Citrix launches XenServer 9 under existing licences

Existing Citrix customers can avoid extra virtualisation fees as XenServer 9 is folded into current licences for deployments of up to 10,000 sockets.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month

Software-as-a-Service

Zoho doubles Adelaide headcount as growth shifts regional

Adelaide is now the centre of Zoho's Australian operations, after the software group doubled local staff as revenue and customers climbed.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month

Network Infrastructure

Affinity MSP tops Australian MSPs in global 2026 ranking

The result underscores the rising importance of dependable connectivity as businesses increasingly outsource support, security and network operations.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month