Melbourne stories - Page 2

Orange Business promotes Edmond Wong to Asia-Pacific president as Nick Lambert retires after nearly seven years, signalling a smooth internal handover.

Abbott's new glucose monitor promises a discreet upgrade for diabetics, with smartphone readings, 15-day wear and pump integration in Australia.

BRX Group has launched CM.OSX to help marketing chiefs adopt AI and automation, appointing Alison McKinnon as founding Managing Partner.

Recludo deepens Melbourne mortgage push with 51% Astar Financial buy as it lifts residential loan book to GBP £3 billion.

Assetsaas.io turns to Check Point Email Security to cut mail bounces, simplify SPF fixes and sell inbox delivery as a customer outcome.

Openmarkets hires David Jenkins as Chief Product and Technology Officer to drive crypto trading, tokenised assets and overseas expansion.

Microsoft and Victoria University have launched a fee-free Datacentre Academy in Footscray to train Victorians for in-demand technical roles.

Dubber trims observability run costs by 25% after shifting to Grafana Cloud, simplifying metrics, logs and monitoring across its global platform.

AI-ready data centres risk hitting an energy wall, Vertiv and SUSE warn, as Australia's hyperscale expansion strains power and cooling.

Mimecast chief warns human risk is now cybersecurity's 'eighth layer' as malicious insiders overtake negligence in Australian attacks.

Support Fusion raises AUD $1 million pre-seed to grow US and UK presence and scale AI-led integrations for co-managed enterprise IT.

Compare Club adds HBF, HIF and see-u to its panel, lifting coverage to about 67% of Australia's private health insurance market.

Prophet hires Lia Carruthers and Becky McMillan in Australia as it scales from start-up to growth phase and boosts marketing and customer teams.

PDQ Labels doubles digital inkjet capacity with a second Screen L350UV SAI, boosting multi-SKU output and cementing its digital-first strategy.

Circles.Life rolls out Zerofy Cashback Card in Singapore, touting instant, uncapped rewards on global spend via Airwallex and Visa.

Ion Video pitches virtual video structures to let AI recombine clips on demand, cutting repeated rendering and storage costs by up to 70%.

Pattern debuts LLM Access Audit and GEO Scorecard in Australia to help brands track and optimise visibility across generative AI tools.

Melbourne's Hootnotes launches a visual hub to capture messy early-stage ideas for remote teams, eyeing US expansion from 2026.

Irish tech exports to Australia and New Zealand have surged nearly 60% in five years, with Enterprise Ireland backing rapid sector growth.

SUBCO adds diverse Sydney-Melbourne fibre paths and wider data centre access, aiming to cut single points of failure on key routes.