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Exclusive: VyOS Networks CRO on why networks are becoming software

Wed, 8th Oct 2025
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Santiago Blanquet discusses the growing importance of open-source networking in shaping modern technology landscapes.
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CyberArk unveils enhanced tools to protect growing machine identities

Wed, 8th Oct 2025
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CyberArk has enhanced its Machine Identity Security tools to help firms manage rising machine identities amid AI growth and shorter certificate lifespans.
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Peter Farkas returns as Chief Executive Officer of Percona

Wed, 8th Oct 2025
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Peter Farkas has returned as CEO of Percona, bringing over a decade of experience in open source database technology to lead innovation and growth.
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Dynatrace & Crest Data partner to speed AI observability migration

Tue, 7th Oct 2025
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Dynatrace partners with Crest Data to help enterprises swiftly migrate from legacy log tools to its AI-powered observability platform, enhancing real-time insights and automation.
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Pax8 Playbook guides MSPs in AI transition for SMB sector

Tue, 7th Oct 2025
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Pax8 unveils the Managed Intelligence Provider Playbook, guiding MSPs to lead SMB AI adoption with outcome-focused services and agentic workflows.
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Hitachi Vantara & Index Engines launch AI data recovery service

Tue, 7th Oct 2025
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data protection
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Hitachi Vantara and Index Engines launch AI-powered data recovery service, promising twice the speed and 99.99% accuracy to combat ransomware threats for enterprises.
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Fastly earns seventh consecutive Gartner choice for cloud WAAP

Fri, 3rd Oct 2025
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Fastly has secured its seventh consecutive Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice award for Cloud WAAP, praised for its Next-Gen WAF by 130 verified reviewers.
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IBM & AMD power Zyphra's USD $1B open-source AI push

Fri, 3rd Oct 2025
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IBM and AMD partner to equip Zyphra's AI lab with AMD Instinct GPUs on IBM Cloud, powering its USD $1 billion open-source AI superintelligence project.
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Google Workspace isn't built to handle shadow SaaS

Thu, 2nd Oct 2025
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Google Workspace's native tools struggle to manage unapproved SaaS apps, exposing firms to data risks amid rising shadow IT use.
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AI vulnerability reports surge as hackbots reshape cyber risks

Thu, 2nd Oct 2025
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AI vulnerability reports surged 210% as organisations boosted AI security by 270%, with prompt injection attacks rising 540%, HackerOne's report shows.
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Hitachi Vantara names Dave Wardrop CTO for Australia & New Zealand

Thu, 2nd Oct 2025
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Hitachi Vantara has appointed Dave Wardrop as CTO for Australia and New Zealand to lead technical sales amid growth in data storage and cloud markets.
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ServiceNow launches unified AI Experience with multimodal agents

Thu, 2nd Oct 2025
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ServiceNow unveils AI Experience, a unified, multimodal AI platform that streamlines enterprise workflows with voice, text, image, and web agents for smarter work.
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Commvault launches Clumio for Iceberg on AWS to boost AI data security

Wed, 1st Oct 2025
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Commvault unveils Clumio for Apache Iceberg on AWS, offering air-gapped, Iceberg-aware backups to strengthen AI and analytics data lakehouse security.
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Australian firms cut cyber training despite rising threat levels

Wed, 1st Oct 2025
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Despite rising cyber threats and staff shortages, fewer Australian firms train non-security staff for cybersecurity, risking resilience amid growing attacks.
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Dynatrace awarded AWS Generative AI Competency for observability

Wed, 1st Oct 2025
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Dynatrace has earned the AWS Generative AI Competency, highlighting its expertise in observability and governance of generative AI apps on AWS platforms.
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ServiceNow unveils AI Experience to unify workflows & boost productivity

Wed, 1st Oct 2025
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ServiceNow launches AI Experience, a unified conversational AI platform integrating workflows to enhance productivity across enterprises with secure, multimodal tools.
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Cybersecurity in 2025: Focus where it matters

Wed, 1st Oct 2025
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In 2025, cybersecurity centres on layered data protection, privacy compliance, shadow IT control and responsible AI to safeguard trust and resilience in organisations.
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SailPoint enhances identity & data security with AI-driven tools

Wed, 1st Oct 2025
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SailPoint unveils AI-powered platform updates to unify identity, data, and security, enhancing governance and threat response in complex digital environments.
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AI projects & machine identities shift cybersecurity focus

Wed, 1st Oct 2025
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cloud security
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risk & compliance
As AI projects rise and non-human identities outnumber humans in IT, firms must strengthen cybersecurity and governance to meet new regulatory demands.
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Hitachi Vantara & Red Hat unite to simplify VM migration costs

Wed, 1st Oct 2025
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Hitachi Vantara and Red Hat have teamed up to ease virtual machine migration costs by integrating OpenShift Virtualization with VSP One for hybrid cloud platforms.