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Beyond Key opens Sydney office to drive APAC growth
Data Analytics

Beyond Key opens Sydney office to drive APAC growth

Beyond Key has opened a Sydney office to anchor its APAC expansion, targeting digital transformation and cloud projects across the region.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Mon, 9th Mar 2026
SBS Bank taps Deloitte for cloud core banking overhaul
Software-as-a-Service

SBS Bank taps Deloitte for cloud core banking overhaul

SBS Bank has chosen Deloitte to deliver a multi-year cloud core banking overhaul using Engine by Starling to modernise services.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Mon, 9th Mar 2026
Finastra unveils AI tool to speed up bank payments ops
Fintech

Finastra unveils AI tool to speed up bank payments ops

Finastra launches OperatorAssist AI to cut banks' payment investigation work, promising 20-30% faster exception handling and reduced costs.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Mon, 9th Mar 2026
Lancom names Aimee Lin Chief Technology Officer for growth
Virtualisation

Lancom names Aimee Lin Chief Technology Officer for growth

Lancom Technology has appointed Aimee Lin as its first Chief Technology Officer to steer cloud, AI and security strategy across three markets.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Mon, 9th Mar 2026
Tycoon 2FA phishing service disrupted in major sting
Ransomware

Tycoon 2FA phishing service disrupted in major sting

Police and tech firms have dismantled Tycoon 2FA, a phishing service used to bypass MFA and hijack cloud accounts at industrial scale.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Mon, 9th Mar 2026
Salesforce unveils Agentforce AI tools for healthcare
Marketing Technologies

Salesforce unveils Agentforce AI tools for healthcare

Salesforce launches Agentforce for Health, promising AI agents to cut admin burdens and streamline patient access, public health and research.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Sat, 7th Mar 2026
Deskpro brings cloud & VPC help desks to AWS shopfront
Unified Communications

Deskpro brings cloud & VPC help desks to AWS shopfront

Deskpro launches cloud and VPC help desk on AWS Marketplace, giving organisations flexible hosting, AI options and streamlined procurement.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Sat, 7th Mar 2026
OpenAI unveils GPT-5.4 with advanced computer use tools
Software-as-a-Service

OpenAI unveils GPT-5.4 with advanced computer use tools

OpenAI launches GPT-5.4 with “Thinking” mode and native computer control, targeting advanced coding, office workflows and safer automation.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Sat, 7th Mar 2026
OpenAI launches Codex desktop app for Windows devs
DevOps

OpenAI launches Codex desktop app for Windows devs

OpenAI brings its Codex desktop app to Windows, targeting the nearly half of professional developers who use the platform daily.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Sat, 7th Mar 2026
MariaDB to acquire GridGain to power low-latency AI
Hybrid Cloud

MariaDB to acquire GridGain to power low-latency AI

MariaDB moves to buy in-memory specialist GridGain in a bid to deliver sub-millisecond latency for agentic AI and real-time workloads.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Sat, 7th Mar 2026
Misconfigured Microsoft 365 leaves big firms exposed
Data Protection

Misconfigured Microsoft 365 leaves big firms exposed

Misconfigured Microsoft 365 is leaving big organisations exposed, with 45% hit by incidents and many turning warily to AI for relief.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Sat, 7th Mar 2026
Forcepoint adds ARIA AI assistant to Data Security Cloud
Data Protection

Forcepoint adds ARIA AI assistant to Data Security Cloud

Forcepoint adds ARIA AI assistant and a faster endpoint agent to Data Security Cloud to tighten policy control for generative AI workloads.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Sat, 7th Mar 2026
Alkira Connect partner programme targets AI-led growth
Firewalls

Alkira Connect partner programme targets AI-led growth

Alkira launches Connect partner programme to drive AI-native network services growth, prioritising recurring services over one-off resale.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Cato unveils Dynamic Prevention engine for SASE security
Firewalls

Cato unveils Dynamic Prevention engine for SASE security

Cato launches Dynamic Prevention, a SASE-native engine that auto-detects multi-stage attacks by correlating months of security telemetry.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026

Stories from Other Regions

Cambodia steps up AI push to narrow regional tech gap
Unified Communications

Cambodia steps up AI push to narrow regional tech gap

Cambodia steps up its AI push under a draft strategy to drive growth and narrow regional digital gaps by 2030.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Mon, 9th Mar 2026
Why women must be seen in AI's hidden enablement layer
High Performance Computing

Why women must be seen in AI's hidden enablement layer

Women in tech are urged to look beyond shiny apps to the hidden AI infrastructure where high-impact, world-changing work quietly happens.

By Dolores Saiz • 3 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Career expert reveals which tech roles are most in-demand right now - and how women can break into them
DevOps

Career expert reveals which tech roles are most in-demand right now - and how women can break into them

Data, AI and cloud roles are surging as a career expert outlines the most in-demand tech jobs and how women can successfully enter them.

By Claudia Cohen • 3 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026