Data residency stories
Growing demand from mid-sized teams is driving TOPdesk's latest tools as it looks to ease ticket backlogs and knowledge overload.
A second straight top ranking underlines growing demand for firewall tools that span cloud and on-premise systems without separate stacks.
Users in South Korea, South Africa and Saudi Arabia will get faster Zero Trust access as traffic is kept in-region for compliance.
AI security fears are prompting UK companies to tighten data controls, with half seeking more oversight of sensitive and strategic information.
Banks and large enterprises in Asia-Pacific are rethinking cloud-first AI plans as costs, sovereignty and regulation favour hybrid deployments.
Businesses can now run OpenAI's latest frontier model on AWS without managing infrastructure, as Bedrock gains access to GPT-6 Astra.
As firms scale autonomous AI, Airrived's new control layer aims to expose agent ownership, permissions, data use and costs.
Existing customers will get the redesigned platform free as DocuWare readies AI-driven document search and extraction tools for autumn.
The buildout could give Australian startups, universities and enterprises more local AI compute as demand for training and inference rises.
Businesses are prioritising hybrid, open security systems to protect existing hardware investments while adopting cloud and AI tools more gradually.
Enterprises running PostgreSQL on servers can now automate failover, backups and scaling on-premises as Google broadens AlloyDB Omni support.
It could cut the cost and delay of bringing AI agents to regulated data by letting firms use live SQL systems without migration.
Security-conscious banks and defence agencies can now keep Cursor agents on their own infrastructure, reducing exposure of code, secrets and audit data.
Data sovereignty is now steering UK AI buying, while half of technology leaders say the Chief Information Officer will be blamed if systems fail.
Australian businesses can now keep access control records onshore as Motorola Solutions adds local hosting to its cloud security platform.
If fully built, the project could be Saskatchewan's biggest capital investment, creating thousands of jobs and bolstering data sovereignty.
Human oversight will stay in place for DCB Bank's highest-risk AI decisions as the lender pushes automation to speed up SME services.
Older systems may leave Australian firms unable to meet CDR demands, while modern data architecture is becoming crucial for real-time AI use.
Advisers could reclaim hours each week as the new software auto-fills forms, drafts emails and updates records after client meetings.
Australian developers gain a local option for Apple app AI as SCX.ai says its hosted models can keep data residency under control.
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