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NTT DATA flags privacy, sovereignty as top enterprise AI barriers
NTT DATA says privacy, sovereignty and cross-border data rules are slowing enterprise AI deployments, with APAC respondents showing similar pressure.
Kioxia Rides AI NAND Boom to Record ¥870.4B Profit, Plans US Listing
Kioxia Holdings Corp. reported record full-year operating profit of ¥870.4 billion and confirmed plans to list American depositary shares on a US exchange, as AI-driven demand for NAND flash storage propelled the Japanese memory maker to its strongest performance since being carved out of Toshiba.
Jassy at Five Years: Inside Amazon's $200 Billion AI Overhaul
Five years into Andy Jassy's tenure as Amazon CEO, a leaner, more disciplined company has placed a $200 billion bet on AI infrastructure — a shift with direct implications for the Australian enterprises that run on AWS.
Fin operator: AI-agent oversight is now a standalone product
Fin operator gives enterprises AI oversight tools as contact-centre vendors package governance, debugging and approvals as product features.
NEXTDC opens KL1 in Kuala Lumpur, its first international data centre
The Brisbane-based data centre operator has opened a 65MW facility in Petaling Jaya, marking its first international expansion and a bet on Southeast Asian AI demand.
Gong surpasses $US500m ARR as AI sales platform growth accelerates
Gong has surpassed $US500 million in annual recurring revenue, growing more than 55 per cent year-on-year in its tenth consecutive quarter of accelerating growth, as enterprise AI adoption reshapes the sales technology market.
AWS Australia Boss: Skills Gap, Not Tax, Brakes AI Adoption
AWS ANZ boss Chris Casey says Australia's AI skills gap is the biggest barrier to adoption as the cloud giant pours $20 billion into local data centres.
WiseTech Staff Blast Handling of AI-Led Redundancies: 'We Are Human'
WiseTech staff have confronted management over a drawn-out AI redundancy program cutting 2,000 roles, as the logistics software giant also loses major customer DSV in a $207 million annual revenue blow.
Chalmers makes $20,000 asset write-off permanent, lifts VCLP cap to $480m
Treasurer Jim Chalmers' 2026–27 federal budget delivers a permanent instant asset write-off and expanded venture capital incentives for Australian technology startups, but capital gains tax reforms that raise the effective rate on long-held equity have drawn sharp criticism from founders and investors.
Boomi recasts itself for the agentic era, warns the real AI war is below the chatbot
Boomi has recast itself as a data activation company, arguing that competitive advantage in enterprise AI sits at the data layer — not in chatbot interfaces. The shift comes with a deepened ServiceNow partnership and a sharper thesis from CEO Steve Lucas.
ASIC probes DroneShield as stock plunges on director sales
ASIC opened a formal investigation into the ASX-listed counter-drone company after directors sold $66.8 million in shares. Shares dropped 15 per cent on the news.
OneDrive's Australian enterprise lock-in: pricing, privacy, and the Copilot tax
Microsoft 365 Personal costs $AU159/year in Australia with 1TB of OneDrive storage. But the platform's lack of zero-knowledge encryption and the cost of Copilot integration raise hard questions for enterprise IT buyers.
AWS and Versent sign five-year AI cloud pact
Amazon Web Services and Sydney IT consultancy Versent have signed a five-year Strategic Collaboration Agreement aimed at accelerating AI and cloud adoption across Australian government and enterprise.
Archer Materials targets 2026 qubit demonstration milestone
Archer Materials is on track to demonstrate a working carbon-based qubit in 2026 as its 12CQ chip program advances toward wafer-scale manufacturing using standard semiconductor processes.
SiteMinder slides 6% as SaaS sell-off sweeps ASX tech stocks
SiteMinder shares fell to A$2.96 despite rising revenue and EBITDA doubling, caught in a broader rotation away from high-growth technology names.
Acacia Systems lands $1.6m to build AI undersea surveillance for the Navy
Adelaide-based Acacia Systems will develop AI-powered undersea threat detection technology for the Royal Australian Navy, backed by $1.6 million in South Australian Government funding through the Defence Innovation Partnership's Activator Fund.
Smokeball, Macquarie Cloud Services named Australia's best tech workplaces for 2026
Legal software firm Smokeball led the medium-to-large category in the 2026 Best Workplaces in Technology rankings, with Macquarie Cloud Services and A1 Technologies topping the small and micro categories respectively. The list, compiled from 25,000 employee surveys, reflects an AI-fuelled competition for talent.
Electron: why VS Code, Slack and Discord all run on the same framework
Electron powers the desktop apps used by 200 million people daily, but Tauri and a wave of new frameworks are challenging its dominance with dramatically smaller bundles and faster startup times.
Atlassian opens Teamwork Graph to third-party agents at Team '26
Atlassian opened its Teamwork Graph to third-party AI agents and pushed an expanded Rovo product line into general availability at the Team '26 conference in Anaheim. Chief executive Mike Cannon-Brookes told customers institutional memory, not raw model quality, was the new competitive moat in enterprise AI.
IREN signs $US3.4b Nvidia AI cloud contract, founder slams Australian regulation
Sydney-founded IREN has signed a five-year, $US3.4 billion managed cloud deal with Nvidia, and used the announcement to renew its founder's public criticism of Australian listing rules, planning timelines and grid connections.
Technology One scores 10-year JCU deal as Bell Potter upgrades stock
Bell Potter upgraded Technology One to a buy and lifted its target to $A31.75 after the Brisbane-based vendor secured a 10-year contract with James Cook University. The broker called the deal significant from a product perspective, citing it as evidence the company's Agentic AI features are landing with universities.
BitLocker comes free with every Windows PC. Here is how to set it up.
Windows 11 can encrypt every byte on your hard drive using BitLocker or Device Encryption, and on new PCs it is often turned on before you reach the desktop. The Australian Signals Directorate recommends full-disk encryption for any device handling customer data, and the software is already built into Windows at no extra cost.
The four cloud storage plans Australian households should actually pay for
Most Australians pay for cloud storage they do not use. The typical household runs three or four subscriptions and sits at 15 per cent utilisation while the monthly charges roll on. Here are the four services worth the money.
ElevenLabs opens Sydney office, names Damian Naughton ANZ general manager
Voice AI company ElevenLabs has opened its first regional office in Sydney and named former Slack executive Damian Naughton as ANZ general manager. The London-headquartered firm plans to triple local headcount as Australian enterprise demand for voice agents accelerates.
ZenaTech expands into Australia with drone-as-a-service acquisition of land surveyor
ZenaTech, the Nasdaq-listed drone-as-a-service operator, has signed a binding agreement to acquire a 35-year-old Brisbane-headquartered land surveying and spatial services firm, the company said, in what is its first major Australian deal and its 22nd DaaS acquisition globally…
