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Nearmap builds AI moat from 20 years of aerial data

Property insurers and planners are tapping recurring aerial captures as Nearmap turns 20 years of imagery into AI-driven property data.

By Sean Mitchell • 7 min read • Last month

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DevOps

Percona launches fixed-fee database services portfolio

Database teams could get faster specialist help as the new offering fixes scope and cost for security, tuning and migration projects.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month

Software-as-a-Service

Aziro launches CAWi to link enterprise systems securely

Disparate corporate data may become easier to use as the platform lets staff query and act across systems without moving sensitive records.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month

Agricultural Technology

Google Cloud expands Data Commons on Spanner Graph

The upgrade lets analysts query more than 400 billion public data points directly in a single graph, easing joins with private data.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month

Data Protection

Microsoft fixes Cosmos DB flaw after data access risk

Thousands of cloud customers faced a potential cross-tenant database breach, though Microsoft says the Cosmos DB flaw is now fixed with no sign of abuse.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 6 min read • Fri, 31st Jul 2026

DataCentre infrastructure

Schneider Electric warns AI data centres face power squeeze

Rising electricity demand is emerging as a bottleneck for AI deployment, with some training sites approaching 1 GW and facing delays.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Wed, 29th Jul 2026

Software-as-a-Service

DevRev launches Voice AI for customer support calls

The rollout puts pressure on support teams to resolve calls without losing context, as rivals race to turn voice from routing tool into action.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Fri, 24th Jul 2026

Digital Transformation

BIAN appoints Uganda CIO Rita Akot to executive board

The appointment gives the standards body board-level East African representation as it seeks deeper ties with African banks modernising systems.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Mon, 20th Jul 2026

Data Protection

AI leaders urge pragmatic adoption beyond the hype

Adoption is stalling where firms lack clean data, strong workflows and guardrails, raising risks in retail, healthcare and IT.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Fri, 17th Jul 2026

Software-as-a-Service

Building beneath the app layer: What Upvest shows about the next phase of European fintech

European banks are racing to modernise investment services, and the real battle is shifting to the infrastructure layer that keeps them compliant.

By Tim Graczewski • 4 min read • Tue, 14th Jul 2026

Open source

Linux Foundation to launch the Open Health Stack body

Backed by Google and WHO, the new foundation will give low-income countries and health developers a neutral home for interoperable digital care tools.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • Fri, 10th Jul 2026