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Australian Stories

Resilience stories

UBS picks BT to modernise global trader communications

The rollout gives more than 2,400 traders a single cloud-based voice platform, replacing fragmented systems across 17 countries and improving compliance.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Last week

Supply Chain

Australian firms face cyber supply chain risk gaps

More than half of Australian organisations still manage supply chain risk reactively, leaving them exposed to cyber incidents, BSI found.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • Last week

Data governance

Cybersecurity's Next Challenge: Knowing What to Trust

Australia's cyber strategy is shifting as firms race to control AI agents, with June's Medicare portal incident exposing fresh integrity risks.

By Vini Cardoso • 5 min read • This month

Housing

Actuaries institute backs intergenerational report push

Younger Australians face mounting pressure from housing, tax and climate costs as the Actuaries Institute urges ongoing policy reform.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 6 min read • This month

Global Stories

Resilience stories

Manufacturing

Private 5G in Australia and New Zealand: a guide for industrial organisations

Industrial firms can use private 5G to cut downtime, improve safety and support automation where Wi-Fi and public mobile networks fall short.

By John Boladian • 5 min read • Last week

Manufacturing

Businesses urged to tighten AI governance beyond awareness

Boards are being pushed to set clear controls as AI decisions spread beyond cyber teams and into daily work, raising governance and outage risks.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • Last week

Unified Communications

FedEx study sees Asia Pacific semiconductor expansion

Geopolitical risks are prompting chipmakers to spread production across Asia Pacific, with 35% planning expansion into new regional markets.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • This month

Manufacturing

MIT & Mecalux launch AI course for supply chain leaders

The two-day programme aims to help senior executives turn AI experiments into practical supply chain projects, from warehousing to forecasting.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • This month

Storage

Google flexible VMs aim to keep Spark jobs running

The change could reduce failed cluster setups as AI demand tightens compute supply and Spark users lose access to preferred machine families.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • This month

Facilities management

AI workloads & modern facilities driving Honeywell growth

Data centre operators are under pressure to supply their own electricity, opening the door for Honeywell to add on-site power and utilities.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • This month

Data Privacy

Study says cash in Germany is worth EUR 54 billion

Cash's resilience, privacy and local spending benefits in Germany were estimated at nearly three times the cost of keeping the system running.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • This month

Artificial Intelligence

Subco unveils 40,000km Indo-Pacific subsea cable plan

The build aims to ease capacity shortages for AI traffic and trans-Pacific data flows, with installation due over just over three years.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • This month

Stories from Other Regions

Resilience stories

Sustainability

Whakatāne's sponge reserve wins national sustainability award

By storing 4000 cubic metres of stormwater and easing flood risk, a former pipe corridor is now being hailed as a model for councils.

By Diane McCarthy • 4 min read • This month

Emergency services

Vulnerable 114-year-old bridge into Martinborough closing for debris removal

Drivers to Martinborough face two days of delays this week as flood debris is cleared from the only direct road link into town.

By Emily Ireland • 4 min read • This month

Heavy Rain

Rangiora's failing water pipes set for 'once in a generation' overhaul

Businesses in Rangiora face months of disruption as ageing mains under High Street are replaced to avoid further bursts and flooding.

By David Hill • 3 min read • This month

Hyperscale

Cushman & Wakefield, APTelecom study Vietnam data centre

The feasibility work could shape whether a proposed Ho Chi Minh City campus gets built, with connectivity now a key factor for investors.

By Raphael Veloso • 4 min read • This month

Data centers

Schneider Electric: Electrifying everything else, flexibly

New Zealand businesses and homes could ease grid strain and cut fossil fuel reliance by shifting to microgrids, batteries and solar, says Schneider Electric NZ.

By Donovan Jackson • 5 min read • This month