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Fastly appoints Peter Scott as ANZ Channel Manager

The hire signals a sharper push into partner-led sales across Australia and New Zealand, as Fastly seeks specialised local reach.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Mon, 1st Jun 2026

Data governance

Australia's sovereign AI adoption stays governance-led

Security, privacy and skills shortages are slowing Australian agencies, even as most weigh sovereign AI for defence and public health.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Mon, 1st Jun 2026

Digital Transformation

Governance teams face AI oversight strain, report finds

Rising workloads and weak systems are leaving governance teams with more compliance risk and little room to manage AI oversight.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Sat, 30th May 2026

Fintech

xBratAI launches in Asia-Pacific, seeks broker ties

Retail traders in Asia-Pacific could gain direct broker-linked alerts as xBratAI begins talks with partners in Hong Kong and beyond.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Fri, 29th May 2026

Digital Transformation

The global content challenge slowing Australian brands down

Rigid global workflows are leaving Australian marketers with slower publishing, duplicated content and weaker local relevance across markets.

By Sam Hoare • 4 min read • Fri, 29th May 2026

Semiconductors

AMD names Vinay Awasthi Senior Vice President for APJ

The hire strengthens AMD's push in Asia Pacific and Japan, a key growth market as demand for AI and computing products rises.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Thu, 28th May 2026

Streaming

Nexxen launches Smart TV home screen ads in Asia-Pacific

Advertisers can now buy prominent TV home screen slots programmatically in four Asia-Pacific markets as streaming shifts viewing habits and ad budgets.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Thu, 28th May 2026

Data Privacy

Samsung Ads, Eyeota team up on connected TV targeting

Advertisers in Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines can now target Connected TV households using Samsung Smart TV viewing data and Eyeota consumer profiles.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Tue, 26th May 2026

Software-as-a-Service

Autodesk names Dr. Haren Samarasekera as ANZ director

The appointment comes as construction, infrastructure and housing demand keep pressure on software suppliers serving Australia and New Zealand.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Tue, 26th May 2026

Software-as-a-Service

Zana Stojanovski wins Dynatrace APAC special award

The award underscores rising demand for local observability expertise as Avocado's Dynatrace business has grown more than 500% year on year.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Mon, 25th May 2026

DataCentre infrastructure

Dow launches coolant care network for data centres

The service aims to ease maintenance and fault diagnosis as AI-driven data centres increasingly rely on direct-to-chip liquid cooling.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Sat, 23rd May 2026

Unified Communications

Completing the 5G journey: Why APAC's 6G ambition depends on what we do next

Asia Pacific operators must turn 5G investment into enterprise revenue if the region is to make 6G more than a distant ambition.

By Julian Gorman • 3 min read • Fri, 22nd May 2026

Data Protection

Asia Pacific tops financial cyberattack target list

Banks and fintechs face mounting risk as application-layer attacks and bot activity increasingly exploit Asia Pacific's expanding digital finance links.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Fri, 22nd May 2026

Digital Transformation

Cursor names Pete Short for Australia & New Zealand

Growing demand for AI coding tools has prompted Cursor to strengthen its regional sales team as it expands closer to customers in ANZ.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Fri, 22nd May 2026

Data centers

Asia Pacific data centre investment hits record USD $11.6bn

Power access is steering AI-driven expansion into Malaysia, Australia and India, as Asia Pacific data centre investment reached USD $11.6 billion.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Fri, 22nd May 2026

Digital Transformation

AI readiness gap widens across Asia-Pacific, report finds

Employers may be underestimating training needs, as a survey found employees far less confident than HR leaders about AI readiness across Asia-Pacific.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Thu, 21st May 2026