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NZ firms lift tech spend as AI shifts from trials to scale
Disaster Recovery

NZ firms lift tech spend as AI shifts from trials to scale

New Zealand firms plan bigger tech budgets as optimism grows, shifting AI from pilots to scaled deployments despite talent and cyber strains.

By Mark Tarre • 6 min read • Fri, 9th Jan 2026

Global Stories

Cloud stories

DTCC sets 2026 agenda on tokenisation, AI & T+1 shift
Data Analytics

DTCC sets 2026 agenda on tokenisation, AI & T+1 shift

DTCC maps an ambitious 2026 plan, deepening tokenisation and AI while overhauling risk, collateral and post-trade ahead of Europe's T+1 shift.

By Shannon Williams • 8 min read • Sat, 10th Jan 2026
xAI raises USD $20 billion to expand Grok AI platform
Digital Transformation

xAI raises USD $20 billion to expand Grok AI platform

Elon Musk's xAI raises USD $20 billion, turbocharging Grok model training and GPU build-out as rivalry in frontier AI heats up.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Sat, 10th Jan 2026
Anthropic donates MCP to new Agentic AI Foundation
Virtualisation

Anthropic donates MCP to new Agentic AI Foundation

Anthropic donates its Model Context Protocol to the new Agentic AI Foundation under the Linux Foundation to standardise agentic AI tools.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Sat, 10th Jan 2026
Unapproved AI tools widely used by data professionals
Data Protection

Unapproved AI tools widely used by data professionals

Four in ten data professionals rely on unapproved AI tools at work, prompting fresh fears over data security, privacy and skills gaps.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Sat, 10th Jan 2026
Vertiv outlines five key trends reshaping AI data centres
DataCentre infrastructure

Vertiv outlines five key trends reshaping AI data centres

Vertiv flags higher voltage power, digital twins and liquid cooling as critical trends reshaping AI-ready data centre design worldwide.

By Shannon Williams • 5 min read • Fri, 9th Jan 2026
Elite appoints Kirk Rogers to lead APAC sales push
Data Analytics

Elite appoints Kirk Rogers to lead APAC sales push

Elite appoints former law firm executive Kirk Rogers as Head of APAC Sales to drive its next phase of legal tech growth across the region.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Fri, 9th Jan 2026
Leaseweb names Ronald Richardson as Chief Revenue Officer
Software-as-a-Service

Leaseweb names Ronald Richardson as Chief Revenue Officer

Leaseweb appoints Ronald Richardson as Chief Revenue Officer to drive global growth and its sovereign-by-design hybrid cloud push.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Fri, 9th Jan 2026
Microsoft leads on nature in Europe's data centres
Smart Cities

Microsoft leads on nature in Europe's data centres

Microsoft tops rivals for weaving nature restoration into European data centres, but report warns sector lags as AI power demand surges.

By Shannon Williams • 5 min read • Fri, 9th Jan 2026
Thales unveils AI Security Fabric for runtime threats
Data Protection

Thales unveils AI Security Fabric for runtime threats

Thales launches AI Security Fabric to shield enterprise LLM and agentic AI apps from runtime threats like prompt injection and data leakage.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Fri, 9th Jan 2026
A1 Technologies names Amar Bilas Head of Microsoft Cloud
Digital Transformation

A1 Technologies names Amar Bilas Head of Microsoft Cloud

A1 Technologies appoints Amar Bilas to lead Microsoft Cloud Services, bolstering Azure and modern workplace growth across ANZ.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Fri, 9th Jan 2026
Kentico's Xperience platform gains top analyst praise
Digital Transformation

Kentico's Xperience platform gains top analyst praise

Kentico's Xperience platform lands G2 Leader status and top reviews after a year of feature gains and over 100 new digital projects.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Fri, 9th Jan 2026
CrowdStrike to buy SGNL to boost AI-ready identity security
Software-as-a-Service

CrowdStrike to buy SGNL to boost AI-ready identity security

CrowdStrike will acquire identity security specialist SGNL to add continuous, AI-ready access enforcement across human and machine users.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Fri, 9th Jan 2026
AI identities expose gap in modern privileged access
Hybrid Cloud

AI identities expose gap in modern privileged access

Just 1% of organisations fully use Just-in-Time privileged access, leaving AI agents and cloud systems exposed to “always-on” credentials.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Fri, 9th Jan 2026

Stories from Other Regions

Cloud stories

Cloud.in names Vishal Dhanfule West India sales head
DevOps

Cloud.in names Vishal Dhanfule West India sales head

Cloud.in appoints veteran Vishal Dhanfule as West India sales head to drive growth and deepen cloud adoption across key regional markets.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Fri, 9th Jan 2026
LFB boosts Lyon R&D sites to meet data centre cooling demand
DevOps

LFB boosts Lyon R&D sites to meet data centre cooling demand

LFB's data centre arm is investing millions in Lyon R&D and factories to ramp up advanced cooling for Europe's AI-fuelled server boom.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Fri, 9th Jan 2026
Australian firms make cost optimisation a core focus
DevOps

Australian firms make cost optimisation a core focus

Australian businesses are turning cost optimisation into a permanent strategic mandate, reshaping technology, talent and operations for efficiency.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Fri, 9th Jan 2026