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IONOS adds European office suite to Nextcloud Workspace

Businesses and public bodies can now edit files inside a Europe-built alternative to Microsoft-based office software under European legal control.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Today

Hybrid Cloud

SUSE unveils sovereign AI platform with NVIDIA tie-up

Enterprises will be able to keep AI agents and proprietary data inside their own infrastructure under the new SUSE-NVIDIA sovereign AI stack.

By Mara Sugue • 5 min read • Today

Data governance

WWT & Polarise partner on sovereign AI centre in Oslo

European firms are gaining more locally controlled AI capacity, as the Oslo site is set to house 5 MW of liquid-cooled compute under regional jurisdiction.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Today

Data Protection

Orange Business wins second SecNumCloud qualification

The award expands Orange Business's qualified cloud options as France tightens rules for hosting sensitive public-sector and regulated data.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Yesterday

Data Protection

Dell study says EMEA AI rollout hit by security concerns

Security and compliance worries are slowing AI deployment across EMEA, where 55% of IT leaders say they have already delayed rollouts.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Yesterday

Disaster Recovery

Small but mighty - micro data centres are the foundation of security and disaster recovery

Resilience-minded organisations are turning to compact edge systems to keep critical services running if cyberattacks, outages or floods hit.

By Kamil Kwinta • 7 min read • 3 days ago

Data Analytics

SAP launches supply chain centre in Australia & NZ

Businesses in Australia and New Zealand under supply chain strain will get access to more than 26 SAP consultants and AI tools.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • 4 days ago

Email Security

New Zealand leads Five Eyes on government email security

Encrypted delivery of official emails is now more widespread in New Zealand, after 55% of core government domains began enforcing MTA-STS.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • 4 days ago

Malware

Australia targeted in massive phishing network takedown

Financial, healthcare and public-sector organisations face less immediate pressure after a disruption effort hit a phishing network sending more than 1 billion malicious messages.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week

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Breach Prevention

iCOUNTER appoints Mark FitzPatrick as Chief Financial

The cybersecurity company is strengthening financial oversight as it scales its threat intelligence platform to meet demand from enterprises and public bodies.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Today

Security Information and Event Management

BT launches Microsoft Sentinel security service in UK

The managed offering targets UK organisations struggling to keep pace with faster AI-driven attacks, with round-the-clock monitoring and response support.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Yesterday

Partner Programmes

Why is the public sector the next growth market for SME technology providers?

With UK public spending at GBP £407 billion, smaller tech suppliers now have clearer routes into contracts worth up to GBP £214,000.

By Matt Barnett • 6 min read • Yesterday

Manufacturing

mhance buys CPS & City Dynamics to expand Microsoft reach

Customers will gain broader Microsoft support across business systems, AI and workplace tools as mhance folds in CPS and City Dynamics.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Yesterday

Data Protection

Hitachi Vantara wins security certification for VSP One

Government buyers may find procurement easier, as the VSP One Block storage platform has gained independent security approval valid through 2031.

By Mara Sugue • 3 min read • 2 days ago

Data Analytics

Teradata expands sovereign AI with air-gapped cloud

Governments and regulated industries can now run sensitive AI workloads in fully isolated environments without public internet access, Teradata said.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • 3 days ago

Manufacturing

Aerix-led consortium wins GBP £3.1m for private 5G

The 18-month programme aims to make private 5G easier to deploy, with eight UK organisations set to test a single interoperable system.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • 4 days ago

Cybersecurity

Datacom names Kelly Johnson as Australia sales chief

Datacom's Australian expansion gets a boost as experienced sales executive Kelly Johnson takes over customer and partner relationships nationwide.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • 4 days ago

Security Operations Centres

Kinetic IT appoints Pierre Tagle as cyber security head

The hire is intended to strengthen local cyber capability for government and critical infrastructure customers as sovereignty concerns shape buying decisions.

By Mara Sugue • 3 min read • 4 days ago