Australia & New Zealand stories - Page 2

Cloudera says most firms have embraced AI, but weak data governance, access controls and integration are still blocking real-world gains.

Hitachi Vantara has honoured five Australia and New Zealand partners at its 2025 awards, as the vendor steps up channel investment amid AI readiness concerns.

Thryv has rolled out Thryv AI Lead Flow in Australia and New Zealand, aiming to help small businesses capture enquiries, score prospects and automate follow-up.

Gigabyte pairs Surfshark One with select AERO X16 and GAMING A16 laptops in Australia and New Zealand to boost its AI PC pitch.

Ping Identity appoints Antony Collins as Regional Vice President for Channels and Alliances across Asia Pacific and Japan to expand partner ecosystem.

Workday's higher education software wins a second Gartner Leader nod as it rolls out student records tools to universities in Australia and New Zealand.

Zoom names Frank Skiffington as Head of Australia and New Zealand as the software group seeks deeper partner-led growth across ANZ.

New Zealanders fear online fraud as Experian survey finds rising scams, with identity theft and AI-driven attacks among the top concerns.

Outsized rolls out enhanced Client Portal to streamline independent consultant hiring and project oversight for financial services and consulting clients.

MYOB and Microsoft strike five-year AI pact to bring cash-flow forecasts, compliance prompts and staff copilots to SMEs.

V2 AI has secured Databricks Silver Partner status, strengthening its credentials as it targets more data and AI work across Asia-Pacific.

VITG broadens ANZ cyber offering with Security Centric deal and names founder Sash Vasilevski Chief Security Officer in combined group.

Executives at Docusign, BeyondTrust and Saviynt say identity, data sovereignty and tighter access controls are now shaping cloud security priorities.

Woolworths and Google push AI shopping agents into retail as loyalty schemes face a real-time test in the emerging agentic commerce era.

New Zealand will extend regulated open banking to SME banking channels from June 2027, giving smaller firms wider access to fintech tools and automation.

Asia-Pacific firms warned that weak backup controls, poor endpoint hygiene and legacy systems could worsen ransomware losses and breach penalties.

PagerDuty says Australia and New Zealand firms are lifting resilience spend and AI use, while keeping people in charge of critical recovery decisions.

Wavelink has added Acromove's portable edge-cloud kit to its ANZ line-up, targeting remote industries with faster AI inference and private 5G.

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

8x8 is bolstering its partner-led push after CRN named two regional channel chiefs and Palomarr ranked its platform across nine categories.