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Late payments push Australian small firms into debt
Fintech

Late payments push Australian small firms into debt

Late payments are pushing more Australian small firms into debt, draining weeks on chasing invoices and fuelling rising financial stress.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Wed, 11th Mar 2026
Cohesity boosts AI data resilience with new cloud tools
Data Protection

Cohesity boosts AI data resilience with new cloud tools

Cohesity debuts sovereign cloud tie-ups, AI-driven threat tools and midsize bundle to harden data protection as enterprises scale AI.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Wed, 11th Mar 2026
Melissa podcast probes data quality, risk & identity
Data Analytics

Melissa podcast probes data quality, risk & identity

Data specialist Melissa debuts a podcast probing how flawed customer and identity data fuels risk, fraud and compliance headaches.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Wed, 11th Mar 2026
Ransomware surges across Asia-Pacific as AI fuels risk
Data Protection

Ransomware surges across Asia-Pacific as AI fuels risk

Ransomware attacks in Asia-Pacific surged 59% in 2025 as rapid digitalisation and AI adoption fuel faster, more targeted cyber extortion.

By Kaleah Salmon • 5 min read • Wed, 11th Mar 2026
Stellar Omada lands HMRC testing deal worth GBP £10m
DevOps

Stellar Omada lands HMRC testing deal worth GBP £10m

Edinburgh's Stellar Omada secures five-year HMRC digital testing contract worth more than GBP £10m, bolstering its UK public sector footprint.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Wed, 11th Mar 2026
Ripple to buy BC Payments in Australian licence push
Crypto

Ripple to buy BC Payments in Australian licence push

Ripple seeks to secure an Australian Financial Services Licence via BC Payments deal, aiming to scale regulated cross‑border payments in APAC.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 11th Mar 2026
Ping Identity wins PROTECTED IRAP nod in Australia
Data Protection

Ping Identity wins PROTECTED IRAP nod in Australia

Ping Identity secures PROTECTED IRAP assessment for PingOne Advanced Identity Cloud, boosting its appeal to Australian public sector buyers.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 11th Mar 2026
Anthropic to open Sydney office in ANZ AI expansion
Agricultural Technology

Anthropic to open Sydney office in ANZ AI expansion

Anthropic will open a Sydney office as its ANZ hub, deepening Claude AI partnerships and exploring local compute capacity in Australia.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 11th Mar 2026
Confluent says data streaming will enable faster, better decisions
Data Protection

Confluent says data streaming will enable faster, better decisions

Confluent says organisations must shift to governed data streaming, with AI agents making millisecond decisions at scale.

By Anthony Caruana • 6 min read • Wed, 11th Mar 2026
Nvidia survey shows AI driving revenue, cuts & spend
Manufacturing

Nvidia survey shows AI driving revenue, cuts & spend

Nvidia survey finds AI now widely embedded in operations, driving revenue gains, cost cuts and fresh spend as firms move beyond pilots.

By Mark Tarre • 6 min read • Wed, 11th Mar 2026
Altimetrik names Dhirendra Nath as Chief HR Officer
Manufacturing

Altimetrik names Dhirendra Nath as Chief HR Officer

Altimetrik appoints Dhirendra Nath as Chief HR Officer to steer people strategy and culture integration after its merger with SLK.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Wed, 11th Mar 2026
Smart Communications names David Hamilton as Chairman
Software-as-a-Service

Smart Communications names David Hamilton as Chairman

Smart Communications appoints veteran fintech executive David Hamilton as Chairman to steer global expansion and AI push in regulated sectors.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Tue, 10th Mar 2026
Elastic says AI search & context now decide customer loyalty
Hybrid Cloud

Elastic says AI search & context now decide customer loyalty

Elastic argues that in an AI-obsessed market, robust search across messy data is the real foundation of trustworthy, profitable experiences.

By Anthony Caruana • 6 min read • Tue, 10th Mar 2026
NCS named Check Point's APAC Top Partner of the Year
Firewalls

NCS named Check Point's APAC Top Partner of the Year

NCS has been named Check Point's APAC Top Partner of the Year, leading a slate of regional award winners unveiled in Bangkok for FY25.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Tue, 10th Mar 2026

Stories from Other Regions

Financial Services stories

AI deepfakes trigger 'Great Trust Recession' online
Data Protection

AI deepfakes trigger 'Great Trust Recession' online

Almost half of people now distrust nearly everything they see online as AI deepfakes trigger a 'Great Trust Recession', new research shows.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 11th Mar 2026
Festina urges UK to embed retirement income from outset
Fintech

Festina urges UK to embed retirement income from outset

Festina urges UK pension schemes to embed retirement income choices from day one, warning savings-first systems leave retirees adrift.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 11th Mar 2026
Alkami adds Automated Stage Match to speed SDK work
DevOps

Alkami adds Automated Stage Match to speed SDK work

Alkami adds Automated Stage Match to its SDK, promising dev teams sub-15-minute environment alignment and faster digital banking releases.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Wed, 11th Mar 2026
Datadog to launch UK data centre for regulated cloud
Data Protection

Datadog to launch UK data centre for regulated cloud

Datadog will open a UK data centre in 2026, targeting public sector and regulated industries needing in-country observability data storage.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Tue, 10th Mar 2026