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Australian Stories

Australian stories

Australian small business owners face succession cliff

Many firms could struggle to survive owners’ retirement, as most lack a documented handover plan and depend on the founder’s reputation.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 22nd Apr 2026

Road Safety

Seeing Machines backs real-time driver impairment checks

Real-time in-cabin cameras could better spot impaired drivers than roadside chemical tests, the Australian firm says, as fatigue and drugs blur risk.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Wed, 22nd Apr 2026

Marketing Technologies

Australians demand AI labelling as trust concerns grow

Most Australians want AI-made content clearly labelled, as 89% back tougher regulation and 62% warn of damaged trust from deception.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 22nd Apr 2026

Human Capital Management

Employment Hero launches HeroForce to ease compliance burden

Australian employers could cut duplicated HR costs as Employment Hero rolls out a platform to handle payroll and award compliance.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 22nd Apr 2026

Data Protection

Persona integrates ConnectID for privacy-first age checks

Australian platforms facing tougher age-check rules can now verify users through bank data, without collecting passports or licences.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Wed, 22nd Apr 2026

Unified Communications

TAL expands Microsoft deal in biggest tech pact yet

The insurer will use cloud and AI tools to cut claims admin and speed up customer service under a five-year agreement with Microsoft.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Wed, 22nd Apr 2026

Data Protection

Australians warned over social media clues aiding scammers

Public profile details are helping criminals guess passwords and impersonate contacts, with 55% of Australians reusing the same password.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Wed, 22nd Apr 2026

Biometrics

Entrust launches Australia-ready identity checks for AML

Australia's widened AML rules are pushing real estate, law and accounting firms to tighten onboarding checks before the reforms bite.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Tue, 21st Apr 2026

Data Protection

SA Power Networks boosts cyber resilience with Tanium

The utility has cut vulnerability response from days to hours, helping protect 900,000 South Australian homes and businesses from outage risk.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Tue, 21st Apr 2026

Global Stories

Australian stories

DevOps

Datadog says AI failures stem mainly from capacity limits

Capacity limits are now behind nearly 60 per cent of AI production failures, risking outages and higher costs as usage scales.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Wed, 22nd Apr 2026

Digital Transformation

Tines to double Australia headcount as APAC hub opens

Local customers will gain more support as Tines expands in response to rising demand from Australian and New Zealand enterprises.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Wed, 22nd Apr 2026

Digital Transformation

Accor Plus lifts conversion 39% after Endava overhaul

Faster checkout and more local payment options helped the travel loyalty group raise product-page conversions to 9.8% across Asia Pacific.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Wed, 22nd Apr 2026

Virtualisation

Elastic launches MCP apps for security & observability

Analysts can now triage threats and trace outages from inside AI tools, as Elastic’s public preview cuts dashboard switching.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 22nd Apr 2026

Customer Relationship Management

GapMaps partners with Panolytica on segmentation data

Retailers and planners in three markets will get finer consumer mapping as GapMaps adds Panolytica’s grid-based segmentation to its data marketplace.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Wed, 22nd Apr 2026

Marketing Technologies

Impact.com deepens YouTube tie-up for creator marketing

Brands will be able to assess creator campaigns with first-party YouTube data as impact.com adds direct discovery, activation and measurement tools.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Wed, 22nd Apr 2026

Data Protection

Fortanix hires duo to boost ANZ data security push

Businesses in Australia and New Zealand are seeking simpler tools as AI adoption and quantum risk sharpen demand for data security.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 22nd Apr 2026

Data Protection

Relativity to open Singapore hub as Asia demand grows

Rising legal and compliance workloads across Asia Pacific are boosting demand for its AI tools, prompting plans for local hiring in Singapore this year.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Tue, 21st Apr 2026

Software-as-a-Service

Broadridge takes stake in CENTRL for AI due diligence

Financial firms could cut manual due diligence and RFP work as Broadridge embeds CENTRL's AI tools across asset management and retirement products.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Tue, 21st Apr 2026

Unified Communications

Data centre market set to hit USD $1.08 trillion by 2034

Cloud and AI demand is driving heavy investment in new facilities, with the global market forecast to more than triple by 2034.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Tue, 21st Apr 2026

Stories from Other Regions

Australian stories

Digital Transformation

Avanade expands in New Zealand on rising AI demand

More Kiwi firms are moving beyond AI pilots, prompting Avanade to bolster local delivery in New Zealand as demand for implementation grows.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Tue, 21st Apr 2026

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