Amazon Web Services (AWS) stories
Originally disrupting the book retailing business, Amazon Web Services has since emerged as a world’s
leader in the provision of ‘as a Service’ computing resources. With more than 200 services available
covering infrastructure, platform, compute, storage and applications as a service, AWS solutions are
provided from a network of 38 data centers around the world. A cluster of AWS data centres is planned
for New Zealand, headquartered in Auckland, and likely to be online by 2024.
World Backup Day warnings over ransomware resilience gaps
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Cybersecurity experts say many firms are still relying on fragmented backup tools and untested recovery plans as ransomware attacks and cloud complexity surge.
Jazz wins CrowdStrike & AWS cybersecurity accelerator
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data protection
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Jazz has won a CrowdStrike and AWS-led cybersecurity accelerator, beating five other finalists with its AI-native data loss prevention platform.
FICO names Sol Rashidi keynote speaker for World 2026
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FICO taps former AWS executive Sol Rashidi to headline World 2026 as the conference spotlights AI, fraud prevention and risk in banking.
CrowdStrike launches Charlotte AI AgentWorks ecosystem
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CrowdStrike unveils Charlotte AI AgentWorks ecosystem with Accenture, AWS and OpenAI to let security teams build custom agents without code.
Anaplan launches AI planning tools & apps for business
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data analytics
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Anaplan unveils AI-driven planning tools and 12 apps to speed scenario modelling and embed governed automation across core business functions.
NSS Labs backs AI guardrail tests amid security fears
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digital transformation
NSS Labs warns many enterprise AI guardrails fail basic security tests, urging independent, real-world validation of protections.
BeyondTrust warns of 467% rise in enterprise AI agents
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BeyondTrust warns a surge of unsupervised AI agents is creating a hidden “shadow workforce” with admin-level access inside enterprises.
monday.com launches AI agent marketplace for enterprises
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monday.com unveils Agentalent.ai, a marketplace where enterprises can recruit vetted AI agents for defined roles across their operations.
monday.com launches AI agent hiring platform Agentalent.ai
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monday.com unveils Agentalent.ai, a marketplace to recruit, vet and onboard AI agents into defined business roles alongside human staff.
US disrupts four IoT botnets in record DDoS attacks
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US authorities say they have crippled four vast IoT botnets behind record 30Tbps DDoS attacks, in a major cross-border operation.
Bonfy unveils ACS 2.0 to secure data for AI agents
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Bonfy launches ACS 2.0, a cross-channel data security platform to monitor and control how AI agents access, process and share content.
AI drives wasted cloud spend higher despite FinOps gains
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Wasted cloud spend jumps to 29% as AI workloads surge, outpacing gains in FinOps maturity and sharpening focus on governance and risk.
Boomi tops 2026 Gartner iPaaS rankings for execution
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Boomi tops Gartner's 2026 iPaaS Magic Quadrant for Ability to Execute, extending its run in the Leaders segment to a 12th year.
Island unveils SASE to cut proxy backhaul for AI era
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firewalls
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Island has rolled out a SASE design that shifts inspection to the endpoint, cutting proxy backhaul and avoiding default SSL/TLS break-and-inspect.
Native raises USD $42m for cloud security control plane
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Cloud security startup Native launches from stealth with USD $42m to unify preventive, intent-based controls across major public clouds.
XM Cyber adds AI exposure mapping across hybrid cloud
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hybrid cloud
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cloud security
XM Cyber rolls out AI exposure mapping to track shadow AI, cloud models and MCP servers across hybrid estates in a single attack graph.
Kore.ai unveils platform to tackle enterprise AI sprawl
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digital transformation
Kore.ai has launched an Agent Management Platform to give enterprises a unified control layer over fast-growing, fragmented AI agent estates.
Milestone boosts Hafnia with synthetic data, TaaS & VLMs
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Milestone expands Hafnia with synthetic data, TaaS and VLMs to speed smart city vision AI training and cut bias in rare-event modelling.
GitHub backs Alpha-Omega with fresh open source funds
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GitHub joins tech giants in a USD $12.5 million Alpha-Omega push, boosting AI-powered defences for critical open source software.
AWS unveils AI agents to streamline Partner Central
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AWS rolls out Bedrock-powered AI agents in Partner Central, automating deal admin, sales guidance and funding requests for partners.