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OpenAI launches Australia-wide drive for AI skills & jobs

Tue, 3rd Feb 2026
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OpenAI unveils an Australia-wide AI push, pairing a Sydney supercomputer campus with skills training and new startup support schemes.
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Salesforce disputes reports it cut 4,000 roles over AI

Tue, 3rd Feb 2026
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Salesforce denies axing 4,000 jobs for AI as critics question Agentforce reliability and the need for hard-coded fallbacks in workflows.
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Commvault unveils Geo Shield for sovereign cloud data

Tue, 3rd Feb 2026
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Commvault has launched Geo Shield, a sovereign cloud approach giving regulated customers tighter data residency, control and encryption key choice.
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Observability & AI spark Australia's business edge

Tue, 3rd Feb 2026
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Australian firms are turning observability from backroom monitor into strategic engine, fusing AI and data to drive growth and resilience.
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AI use surges in Australian public sector amid data siloes

Tue, 3rd Feb 2026
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AI use has surged among Australian public servants, but rising data siloes and fragmented systems threaten to blunt productivity gains.
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Data#3, Perfekt, Secureware win 11:11 APAC honours

Tue, 3rd Feb 2026
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Data#3, Perfekt and Secureware have been named 11:11 Systems' top Asia-Pacific partners in inaugural awards for cloud and security projects.
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Panera breach exposes 14m in wave of SaaS extortion attacks

Tue, 3rd Feb 2026
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Panera data breach exposes details of 14 million customers, spotlighting a surge in SaaS-focused extortion and identity-driven cyber attacks.
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Snowflake, OpenAI agree USD $200m enterprise AI deal

Tue, 3rd Feb 2026
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Snowflake strikes USD $200m deal to embed OpenAI models across its data platform, promising native AI tools for 12,600 enterprise customers.
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Okta names Dan Mountstephen to lead APJ identity push

Mon, 2nd Feb 2026
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Okta appoints Dan Mountstephen to steer Asia Pacific and Japan growth, sharpening its identity-led cyber and AI security strategy.
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Australia's digital health trends redefine connected care

Mon, 2nd Feb 2026
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Australia's GBP £270 billion health system eyes 2026 as the year disciplined, trusted digital engineering turns AI and data into safer care.
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Dynatrace enhances multi-cloud automation & visibility

Mon, 2nd Feb 2026
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Dynatrace extends automation and observability tools across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud to simplify complex multi-cloud operations.
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Guidewire names Phil Joel VP of Solution Advisory APAC

Mon, 2nd Feb 2026
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Guidewire has appointed Phil Joel as VP of Solution Advisory for APAC, strengthening support for insurers' core modernisation and data projects.
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Weak data practices waste AUD $154bn in global AI spend

Mon, 2nd Feb 2026
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Weak data governance is squandering an estimated $154bn of global AI investment each year, Hitachi Vantara warns in new research.
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Data privacy urged as strategic board issue in AI era

Mon, 2nd Feb 2026
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Cybersecurity leaders warn boards must treat data privacy as a strategic imperative as AI drives explosive growth in personal data use.
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Data Privacy Day warns AI, cloud outpacing governance

Sat, 31st Jan 2026
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Data Privacy Day warns AI and cloud adoption is racing ahead of data governance, as boards and regulators demand proof of control.
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Etleap unveils unified Iceberg data pipeline platform

Sat, 31st Jan 2026
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Etleap launches a unified Iceberg data pipeline platform, promising simpler, scalable management of Apache Iceberg table operations.
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Forward Networks unveils AI twin for safer operations

Sat, 31st Jan 2026
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Forward Networks debuts Forward AI, a digital twin-powered agentic assistant promising safer, verifiable automation for network operations.
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Black Kite unveils ThreatTrace to bolster third-party risk

Sat, 31st Jan 2026
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Black Kite debuts ThreatTrace, harnessing NetFlow and DNS telemetry to reveal hidden third‑party compromises and sharpen cyber risk ratings.
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Mphasis gains AWS AI Competency for generative AI work

Sat, 31st Jan 2026
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Mphasis wins AWS AI Competency, bolstering its generative AI credentials and signalling readiness to scale enterprise deployments on AWS.
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SCALA & Optilogic partner on AI supply chain design

Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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SCALA partners with Optilogic to formalise use of its AI-driven Cosmic Frog platform for advanced supply chain network design and risk analysis.