Interoperability stories

TP-Link's VIGI PTZ5425 camera targets business sites with 25x zoom, auto-tracking and flashing lights for faster outdoor security response.

Ant International unveils open-source mobile AI payment protocol for wallets and wearables, aiming to secure agentic commerce across devices.

Oracle NetSuite rolls out AI coding skills for developers, aiming to speed custom app building and reduce errors across 25 platforms.

Australian builders increasingly fear vendor lock-in as new survey shows data ownership and control now outrank collaboration features.

Amazon, Meta and Microsoft join Universal Commerce Protocol council as AI shopping standard draws major backing from retailers and payments groups.

Cisco research prototype promises to link mismatched quantum systems, using room-temperature fibre to tackle a major networking bottleneck.

Google expands Media CDN with flexible shielding, bigger segments and savings plans to help broadcasters cut latency and costs for major live streams.

Grafana Labs rolls out Grafana 13 and a Loki overhaul as it pushes open observability, Kubernetes support and simpler dashboarding.

EU wallet rules could turn digital identity into the next payments backbone, forcing banks to rethink onboarding, fraud and customer trust.

Adobe unveils CX Enterprise to knit together AI agents, cloud partners and governed marketing workflows across large enterprise tech stacks.

MacDrive 12 brings encrypted APFS read and write support to Windows, easing cross-platform file access for mixed Mac and PC teams.

Adobe launches CX Enterprise Coworker to connect fragmented marketing systems and let AI agents carry out customer experience tasks with human oversight.

Opera brings ChatGPT and Claude into its desktop browsers with a free connector that can read live tabs, pages and screenshots.

Schneider Electric and Microsoft say their Azure AI-powered industrial copilot can cut engineering time, speed plant changes and streamline automation.

VQ Communications' latest Conference Manager release adds operator-led conferencing controls, faster failover and automation for regulated sectors.

Legrand adds Open Compute Project rack, power and cooling gear as data centre operators brace for AI-driven density and heat demands.

Aqara's Camera Hub G350 lands in Australia, pairing 4K security monitoring with Matter interoperability, local storage and privacy features.

Visa takes a direct stake in Tempo's blockchain operations, joining an early group of outside validators as it deepens its stablecoin and payments push.

iManage strengthens its global partner push with two senior hires as the software group looks to widen ecosystem links and sharpen channel execution.

Gallagher Security says ISC West 2026 underlined demand for easier migrations and tighter integrations as it unveiled QuickSwitch and AccessNow.