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Governed choice: the key to scaling AI safely in Australian business

Many Australian firms are failing to turn AI pilots into scalable gains because scattered tools are outpacing governance and business context.

By Scott Wiltshire • 4 min read • 2 days ago

DevOps

Before you adopt AI in quality engineering, ask if you're ready for it

Without strong governance and clean data, AI in quality engineering can add workload, erode trust and expose weak foundations instead of cutting defects.

By Anthony Lockstone • 5 min read • 2 days ago

Hybrid Cloud

Kinetic IT report flags AI & sovereign execution gap

Funding and skills shortages are leaving Australian agencies unable to safely deploy AI while keeping ageing systems resilient and under control.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • 3 days ago

Digital Transformation

Altman says businesses lag AI adoption amid rapid change

Businesses face pressure to speed up AI rollouts as OpenAI chief Sam Altman says enterprise adoption remains very early.

By Mark Tarre • 6 min read • 4 days ago

Disaster Recovery

Why Australian SMEs can't afford to treat cybersecurity as an afterthought

Rising attack volumes are exposing under-resourced SMEs to downtime, lost contracts and regulatory risk unless security is built in now.

By Corp IT • 5 min read • Last week

Global Stories

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Data Protection

Vertesia signs reseller deal with Prime Force Group

The deal gives Vertesia a wider route into German and Central European enterprise accounts as AI vendors lean on local service partners for sales.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Today

Hybrid Cloud

Westcon-Comstor launches SASEvolution with Palo Alto

Partners across EMEA can now resell bundled SASE services as Westcon-Comstor seeks to cut deployment risk and speed up cloud security sales.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • 5 days ago

Data Analytics

The 6-step AI readiness checklist

Poor data quality could cost supply chains millions a year, and AI will only magnify errors unless records are cleaned first.

By Edmund Ng • 5 min read • Last week

Data Protection

Education bodies boost AI budgets despite poor returns

Storage and cloud fees are eroding education AI returns, even as 46% of institutions plan bigger budgets this year.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last week

Data centers

Computle study questions cloud workstation pricing

Architectural firms could save GBP £21,500 a year under a new metered model after telemetry showed cloud workstations rarely use full GPU capacity.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week

DataCentre infrastructure

Gartner sees AI spending hit USD $2.59 trillion in 2026

Infrastructure demand and vendor spending will drive most of the surge as AI outlays are set to jump 47% next year.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Last week

Digital Transformation

Dell Technologies makes all the hardware cool again

Renewed AI spending is boosting demand for Dell's secure, certified infrastructure as companies chase faster deployment and lower cloud costs.

By Donovan Jackson • 4 min read • Last week

Digital Transformation

From AI Adoption to AI Advantage

Enterprises that fail to embed AI into workflows risk being outpaced by rivals already turning pilots into real business gains.

By Roop Singh • 6 min read • Last week

Virtualisation

Dell numbers the days for hyperconverged infrastructure

Rising hypervisor costs and AI demand are pushing customers towards disaggregated systems, as Dell says HCI is becoming too expensive and inflexible.

By Donovan Jackson • 4 min read • Last week

Software-as-a-Service

CortexForge unveils client-owned systems inside Microsoft

The consultancy says its approach keeps records and governance inside existing Microsoft tools, reducing reliance on outside vendors and scattered spreadsheets.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week