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Atturra appoints Kunal Shah as Chief Financial Officer

Continuity in Atturra's finance leadership comes as the ASX-listed tech services group navigates expansion, acquisitions and tighter oversight.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • 2 days ago

DevOps

Gartner sees surge in AI observability tools by 2028

More companies will need dedicated monitoring as AI deployments mature and governance risks rise, Gartner says, with adoption reaching 40% by 2028.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month

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Private Cloud

Gigamon & Splunk join forces on federated telemetry

Joint customers can search distributed telemetry without centralising it, cutting storage and ingestion costs across hybrid cloud and private systems.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Today

Digital Transformation

Vertice buys Vendr to build bigger procurement dataset

The deal will give procurement teams access to a larger pricing dataset spanning USD $75 billion in indirect spend, boosting negotiation insight.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Today

Data Protection

Workday launches tools to build AI agents securely

The package aims to cut development time and curb compliance risks as firms deploy AI agents into HR, finance and IT workflows.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Yesterday

Hybrid Cloud

Cisco launches Cloud Control for humans & AI agents

The platform aims to let firms run networks and security with AI agents in one place, as Cisco expands defences against fast-moving cyber threats.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Yesterday

Data Protection

NVIDIA adds security features to Vera BlueField-4 STX

New silicon-level controls aim to curb unauthorised agent access and data exposure in enterprise AI storage, while keeping traffic fast.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 2 days ago

Software-as-a-Service

Global 2000 downtime costs rise to USD $600 billion

Outages are now costing Global 2000 firms USD $600 billion a year, as a single incident can wipe 3.4% off share prices.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last month

Customer Relationship Management

Gong tops USD $500 million ARR as growth accelerates

Half of the Fortune 10 now use the platform as Gong crosses USD $500 million in ARR after a tenth straight quarter of faster growth.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month

Application Security

Cisco open-sources Foundry Security Spec for AI testing

Security teams will be able to verify AI-generated vulnerability findings more reliably, as Cisco's framework tackles false positives and invented issues.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month

Data Analytics

Tech Mahindra & Cisco launch cyber resilience fabric

Enterprises facing rising cyber risk will gain a single view of alerts and business impact as the firms combine security data and AI analytics.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last month

Unified Communications

BlueVoyant names John Hernandez as Chief Executive Officer

Pressure to simplify fragmented security tools is driving BlueVoyant’s leadership shake-up as John Hernandez takes over as Chief Executive Officer.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last month

Firewalls

AI is biggest cyber threat to CISOs, NCC Group warns

Businesses face rising exposure as AI is used to sharpen phishing, while insecure in-house tools and weak controls widen attack surfaces.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Thu, 30th Apr 2026

Storage

Scality launches Veeam backup appliance for mid-size firms

Mid-size firms gain a simpler way to keep backups online during ransomware attacks, as Scality bundles Veeam with object storage.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Thu, 30th Apr 2026

Document Management

Hyland appoints Tracy Roccasalva as Marketing Chief

The appointment comes as software groups race to prove AI can drive customer deployments, not just trials, in the enterprise content management market.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Tue, 28th Apr 2026

Network Infrastructure

Cisco unveils universal quantum switch for mixed systems

Room-temperature fibre trials could help link incompatible quantum computers, as Cisco says its prototype preserved state fidelity with under 4% degradation.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Mon, 27th Apr 2026