Data residency stories
Check Point launches Australia-based cloud security for Harmony SASE and CloudGuard WAF, ensuring compliance with local data privacy laws and boosting performance.
Australian banks invest heavily in AI but struggle to realise value amid complex compliance, fragmented data, and rising customer trust concerns, experts say.
Victoria partners with AWS in a AUD $20 billion deal to boost cloud infrastructure, AI, and public digital services, accelerating the state's tech transformation.
Boomi launches a Sydney-based data integration platform to enhance fast, secure, and compliant data handling for regulated Australian sectors.
CrayonIQ's new guide ranks 17 AI-powered contact centre platforms, highlighting hyperscalers' growing impact on APAC CX strategies for 2025.
SAP expands its Sovereign Cloud services in Australia and New Zealand, enhancing data control and security for public sector and regulated industries.
AfricAI, a joint venture led from Nigeria, launches to develop and deploy sovereign AI solutions across Africa, starting with healthcare and public services.
Oracle launches Globally Distributed Exadata Database on Exascale Infrastructure, enabling scalable AI workloads and analytics with global data residency compliance.
ASI Solutions launches InfiniStor, a cloud storage platform offering cost-effective, resilient data backup with local hosting to meet New Zealand's data sovereignty needs.
Ping Identity named Leader in three 2025 KuppingerCole reports for Access Management, Identity Fabrics, and Policy Based Access Management.
Datadog has named Roz Gregory as Regional Vice President for Australia and New Zealand, aiming to boost enterprise growth and customer support.
Harbr Data joins Databricks as a partner, integrating a secure AI data marketplace to enhance compliant data sharing for enterprises and governments.
TELUS has opened Canada's first fully sovereign AI centre in Rimouski, Quebec, offering secure, locally controlled AI compute power and data residency.
Cohere raised USD $100 million, reaching a USD $7 billion valuation, to advance secure, compliance-focused AI for enterprises globally.
Bell launches Bell Cyber to unify AI-driven cybersecurity services, boosting enterprise protection with an autonomous Security Operations Centre in Canada.
8x8 has opened a data centre in France to offer secure, GDPR-compliant AI-powered customer experience services for local businesses and public sector.
AWS launches a NZD $7.5 billion cloud region in New Zealand, creating 1,000 jobs and boosting the country's GDP by NZD $10.8 billion.
Google Cloud expands its Gemini AI models and data residency services in Singapore, boosting AI capabilities for public and private sector organisations.
ICS.AI has upgraded its SMART: AI platform with GPT-5 to boost automation and support across UK public sector services, enhancing efficiency and compliance.
Kiwibank, MATTR, and Deloitte will adopt the new AWS Asia Pacific (New Zealand) Region, enhancing cloud services and data sovereignty locally.