Australian Stories

Hexicor Telematics, AMA Fleet unite to form major telematics partner

Hexicor and AMA Fleet merge as Hexicor Telematics, creating a major Australian Teletrac Navman partner focused on safety-led fleet services.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Fri, 27th Feb 2026

Global Stories

Software-as-a-Service

Xero unveils AI business health scorecards for users

Xero rolls out AI-powered business health scorecards as 4.6 million subscribers gain deeper KPI tracking, cash flow forecasts and sharing tools.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last week

DevOps

OpenSearch 3.6 debuts with new observability stack

OpenSearch 3.6 lands as first LTS release with new observability stack, APM and agent tools for search, tracing and relevance tuning.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • This month

Smart Cities

Nuvola & Certis tie up on predictive security tech

Nuvola Media and Certis partner to fuse AI-powered visual analytics with security ops, promising more predictive, data-driven protection.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Wed, 25th Feb 2026

Data Analytics

Google unveils Scenario Planner for Meridian MMM use

Google has launched Scenario Planner for its open-source Meridian MMM, giving marketers a no-code way to test budget scenarios and ROI.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Fri, 20th Feb 2026

Data Analytics

Xero rolls out AI analytics suite for small businesses

Xero launches AI analytics across its platform, giving small firms dashboards, forecasts and scorecards once reserved for larger rivals.

By Melania Watson • 3 min read • Fri, 16th Jan 2026

Productivity

Canva launches global brand system to boost workplace design

Canva unveils a refreshed brand system geared towards global workplaces, aiming to boost productivity and design capabilities.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 9th Aug 2024

Data Analytics

Progress launches MarkLogic FastTrack to enhance data insights

Progress launches MarkLogic FastTrack toolkit, boosting efficiency in developing data-driven apps with enhanced visual exploration of complex data.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 1st Aug 2024

Data Analytics

Progress launches MarkLogic FastTrack to accelerate app development

Progress has launched MarkLogic FastTrack, a UI toolkit that claims to speed up data-driven app development by 90%, aiding firms in rapid data analysis and visualisation.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Mon, 29th Jul 2024

Data Analytics

NZ hospital deploys Qlik's visual analytics platform & gets staff excited about data

Pennsylvania-based visual analytics company Qlik has partnered with private hospital provider MercyAscot in New Zealand to improve patient care.

By Julia Gabel • 3 min read • Wed, 2nd Aug 2017

Data Analytics

Global visual analytics a five billion dollar industry, APAC set for fast growth

APAC is predicted to be the fastest growing region in the global visual analytics market, set to surpass $5 billion by 2020.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Mon, 5th Dec 2016

Stories from Other Regions

IoT Security

Blackwired & NTT Japan launch ThirdWatch in market

Blackwired teams with NTT Japan to launch AI-driven ThirdWatch threat intelligence platform for pre-emptive cyber defence in Japan.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Last month

Data Protection

Qlik to invest USD $1.5bn in Europe & launch agentic AI

Qlik to pour USD $1.5bn into Europe, join AWS European Sovereign Cloud and debut agentic AI via its new Qlik Answers experience.

By Kaleah Salmon • 5 min read • Mon, 22nd Dec 2025

Smart Cities

Tapway partners with Thai firms to boost Vision AI reach in Thailand

Tapway partners with three Thai firms to expand its Vision AI platform SamurAI, aiming to install 500 licences and boost AI use in Thailand within a year.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Wed, 10th Sep 2025