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Snowflake and Anthropic deepen Claude tie-up with a USD $200m deal to push compliant AI agents across Snowflake's global data cloud.

Australian mid-sized firms warned they face rising cyber risk as a lack of senior security leadership leaves core threats unchecked.

A global NTT DATA study finds AI leaders are 2.5 times likelier to see double-digit revenue growth and triple the profit margins of peers.

Hack The Box launches HTB AI Range, the world's first controlled AI cyber range for testing autonomous security agents in live scenarios.

China-linked WARP PANDA cyberespionage group targets US cloud networks, exploiting vulnerabilities in Microsoft 365, VMware, and more for sustained data access.

A survey reveals most cybersecurity pros see AI as a tool to aid their work amid rising breaches and a global shortfall of 4.7 million security experts.

Jane Livesey is appointed President of Microsoft Australia and New Zealand, returning to tech to lead amid a pivotal AI-driven transformation.

HP Australia has honoured 2025 Partner Award winners for innovation, recognising firms excelling in tech, AI, sustainability and hybrid work solutions.

Australian digital firms topping growth charts rely on robust cloud ERP systems like NetSuite to manage scaling revenue, operations and expansion.

Australia faces an inconvenient truth in AI sovereignty; reliance on overseas data and services challenges true local control over AI technology and data.

Beau Tydd has been elected President of the Australian Computer Society for 2026-27, succeeding Helen McHugh to lead Australia's tech profession forward.

By 2026, AI assistants in businesses are predicted to cause more internal data leaks than human employees, raising new cybersecurity and compliance challenges.

Australian organisations are reassessing cloud strategies amid rising costs and AI demands, balancing public cloud, private servers, and data sovereignty concerns.

Firmus Technologies appoints Mike Ferraro to its Board as it accelerates growth and innovation in the artificial intelligence and industrial technology sectors.

SAFE has acquired Balbix to launch a unified AI cyber risk platform, linking vulnerabilities and business impact for real-time risk management.

ETB Technologies sees 33% rise in GPU sales revenue, driven by AI and mixed reality markets boosting demand across multiple industries.

Software Combined broadens its European presence with WCC Group acquisition, marking its 13th global deal since 2020 and third in the region this year.

Australian ex-serviceman Brett Earle's shift to senior web developer highlights a surge in mid-career changes, amid rising demand for tech skills nationwide.

Scam rates have doubled globally, with young adults aged 18-34 twice as likely as seniors to fall victim to rising digital deception, says F-Secure.

The global Cloudflare outage has revived concerns about single-provider dependence as businesses confront rising risks from large-scale IT disruptions.