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Australian firms lag in AI value despite rising spend

Many Australian companies are still failing to translate rising AI budgets into measurable gains, with 37% showing no meaningful value.

By Raphael Veloso • 4 min read • This month

Software-as-a-Service

AOVO adopts Orca Opti to speed trial document work

The software has cut some clinical trial document checks from 45 minutes to under five, easing a heavy compliance burden at AOVO's Gold Coast site.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month

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Gaming

Azul Prime cuts Java warm-up times with new compiler

The update could reduce cloud costs and latency for autoscaling Java fleets, letting new instances reach full performance much faster on first request.

By Raphael Veloso • 3 min read • This month

DevOps

Stacklet launches Cloud AI FinOps Benchmark for cloud costs

Cloud AI bills are drawing new scrutiny as Stacklet targets waste across AWS, Google Cloud and Azure with tested controls.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month

Hybrid Cloud

Google Cloud launches M4N instances for Oracle workloads

Enterprise Oracle users could cut licensing and infrastructure costs as Google Cloud adds high-memory M4N instances tuned for heavy I/O workloads.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month

Virtualisation

Google Cloud launches Filestore agent volumes for AI

The service aims to cut storage overheads for firms running thousands of AI agents, while keeping workspaces isolated and quick to spin up.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last month

Disaster Recovery

Google Cloud issues six-step guide for outage response

Customers can use the six-step workflow to tell whether an outage stems from Google, their own systems or a third-party service.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Last month

Privileged Access Management

Google Cloud expands session controls with 16-hour default

Administrators can now target shorter reauthentication windows to privileged users and specific apps as Google Cloud rolls out its new 16-hour default.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last month

Virtualisation

Google launches open-source Agent Substrate on GKE

Teams running AI agents at scale could save idle compute and tighten isolation as Google opens Agent Substrate on Kubernetes Engine.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month

Software-as-a-Service

Google Cloud named Leader in Forrester cloud assessment

Enterprises seeking AI-ready infrastructure may see Google Cloud's higher score as validation of its database, analytics and Kubernetes services.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month

High Performance Computing

Google Cloud adds pause & resume to Dataflow batch jobs

Interrupted batch workloads can now resume where they stopped, potentially cutting wasted compute and delays for Google Cloud customers.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month

Software-as-a-Service

Candescent expands Google Cloud AI tie-up for banks

The expanded deal should help more than 1,300 banks and credit unions move AI from pilot projects into day-to-day banking systems.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month

Digital Transformation

Google Cloud & Accenture launch Gemini Enterprise group

A 1,000-person engineering push aims to help firms shift Gemini Enterprise from small pilots to company-wide AI deployment.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last month

DevOps

Google Cloud launches AI coding plugin for developers

The new bundle lets AI coding assistants handle Google Cloud setup and commands with fewer custom integrations, while adding guardrails.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month

Software Development

Google Cloud eases Spanner DML transaction limits

Developers can now keep multi-step updates together as Spanner drops the cumulative DML cap, though the 80,000 limit still applies per statement.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month

Data Analytics

Google Cloud unveils Data Agent Kit for developers

The preview kit could cut the time data developers spend switching between warehouses, databases and storage while still needing approval for each action.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month