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Australian cloud spending to hit AUD $33.6bn in 2026

AI workloads and cost controls are set to push Australian public cloud spending up 17.9% to AUD $33.6 billion in 2026.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last week

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UK consumers urged to secure passwords & digital assets

Families risk losing access to online wealth and memories, as experts say only a small minority of UK adults have planned for digital inheritance.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • Last week

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McClure deploys PeerGFS to steady multi-office file access

Instability at McClure’s offices has been removed after the firm replaced a strained managed file-sharing setup with PeerGFS.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Last week

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Hands-on review: Pocket AI Notetaker handy, not revolutionary

It captures calls and meetings neatly enough, but hardware quirks and a subscription mean Pocket is more useful than it is essential.

By Jake MacAndrew • 5 min read • Last week

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Affordable cloud backups for all with Exaba and Datacentre220

Many small businesses are skipping backups altogether as a local partnership says it can cut cloud storage costs by up to 90%.

By Donovan Jackson • 5 min read • Last week

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Celebrity stalkerware leak exposes private messages online

A misconfigured database left 86,859 images and private chats from a prominent European celebrity’s device open to anyone online.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • This month

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Backblaze maps neocloud traffic hotspots in AI boom

New heatmaps show AI traffic clustering in California and Virginia, with fresh hotspots emerging in Finland, Brazil, France and Canada.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Last month

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Panzura launches Nexus to connect CloudFS to Copilot

The new tool gives Copilot access to enterprise file stores without opening up records beyond existing permissions, cutting governance risk for users.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month

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Milestone expands XProtect & Arcules with new tools

Reporting for security teams and service providers is being automated as Milestone adds new XProtect and Arcules tools across cloud and on-premises systems.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Last month

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Commvault extends Clumio support to Google Cloud Storage

Customers using Google Cloud Storage will gain air-gapped recovery for AI and analytics data as Clumio reaches early access, with general availability due in summer 2026.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Last month

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ClickHouse deepens Google Cloud tie-up with four updates

Enterprises could query lakehouse data without moving it, as the database firm adds managed deployment, Arm processors and AI tools on Google Cloud.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last month

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ConstructConnect launches AI takeoff boost for estimators

Estimators could save hours on preconstruction bids as AI turns digital plans into structured measurements in seconds.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month

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MacPaw survey finds green concerns may drive file cleanups

Greater awareness of the cloud's environmental footprint could prompt more Mac users to delete old files, a survey suggests.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Last month

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NetApp deepens Google Cloud tie-up with Gemini rollout

The move could cut AI migration costs for enterprises by letting them use existing data in Google Cloud without duplicating it.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Last month

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Foxit launches PDF editor app inside ChatGPT for users

The add-on aims to cut the manual formatting and checking that still slow AI-made documents before they can be shared.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Last month

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Tata Steel expands Google Cloud AI across global operations

More than 300 AI agents are now cutting turnaround times, routine HR queries and maintenance delays across the steelmaker’s global operations.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month

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VAST Data hits $30bn valuation after $1bn Series F round

The fresh capital will fund global expansion as investors back VAST’s AI infrastructure software, now valued at USD $30 billion after its latest round.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Last month

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Milestone adds reporting & cloud storage in update

Organisations running large security estates will get less manual admin work as Milestone adds automated reporting, broader device support and cloud retention.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Last month