How Red Teaming Reduces Breach Risk?
Red Teaming, also known as adversary simulation, pits authorized security experts against an organization’s defenses to expose real‑world attack gaps. By mimicking the full cyber kill chain—from OSINT‑driven reconnaissance to covert data exfiltration—teams reveal weaknesses that traditional scans miss. The exercise culminates in a collaborative debrief where Red findings are handed to the Blue Team, often via a Purple Team, to harden detection and response capabilities. This holistic approach transforms theoretical vulnerabilities into actionable security improvements.
How AI, Automation and Services Drive Synnex’s Value Vision
Australian IT distributor Synnex has opened a $150 million, AI‑enabled logistics centre in Melbourne, marking a shift from traditional distribution to a platform‑focused model. The new facility incorporates advanced automation, improving speed, safety and scalability while supporting a broader suite of...
ITC Infotech Opens APAC HQ, Digital and AI Hub in Melbourne
ITC Infotech opened its Asia‑Pacific headquarters and digital‑AI hub in Melbourne, the fourth such centre globally. The hub targets sectors including consumer‑packaged goods, retail, manufacturing, banking and especially agriculture, aligning with Victoria’s $20 billion agri‑economy. ITC plans to hire about 150...
The Rise of Credential Stuffing Attacks
Credential stuffing attacks are surging as attackers exploit reused passwords harvested from past breaches. The technique is cheap, highly automated, and blends into normal traffic, making detection difficult. Small‑to‑mid‑size businesses, SaaS platforms, and customer‑facing portals are prime targets because they...
V2 AI Bolsters Senior Exec Team with Three New Hires
V2 AI announced three senior executive hires—Hannah Williams as Managing Director, Peter Burns as Partner, and Michael Ewald as Director. Williams joins from Amazon LEO after a decade in IT, Burns arrives from Google with nearly 30 years of experience,...
Digitas Australia Names Miriam Healy as Chief Technology Officer
Digitas Australia announced Miriam Healy as its new chief technology officer. Healy, who joins from a previous engineering director role, brings more than 25 years of experience delivering large‑scale digital products for household brands. In her CTO role she will...
Recovery Plans Must Assume Active Directory Can Fail
If Active Directory is down, can you even log in to start restoring backups? A lot of recovery plans assume core services are intact but that's not always a safe bet.
OneKloudX Partners with Epicor for Industry-Specific Cloud ERP Demand
OneKloudX has partnered with Epicor to add the cloud‑based Kinetic and Prophet 21 ERP platforms to its service portfolio, targeting manufacturers and distributors in Australia and New Zealand. The consultancy will deploy these solutions using its FlexSafe implementation methodology and provide on‑site...
MCP Leaves Much to Be Desired when It Comes to Data Privacy and Security
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) was introduced as a universal interface that lets AI agents tap into enterprise data and services. In practice, the protocol has become a lightning rod for privacy breaches: a rogue MCP server harvested WhatsApp chats...
Apple Warns macOS Users: Rosetta 2 Support Is Ending Soon
Apple announced that Rosetta 2, the translation layer for Intel‑only apps, will be phased out after macOS 27 and disappear by macOS 28. The upcoming macOS 26.4 beta adds on‑screen warnings for apps still relying on Rosetta, signaling the end of support. This marks...
Physical AI: The Next Leap for Human‑Device Workforce
In this follow-on clip, I unpack why physical AI (and world models) is the next major leap. It introduces an entirely new kind of workforce: intelligent devices and humanoids working alongside people. The move from pilot to production won’t be...
Comprehensive AI Management Framework Landscape
The Comprehensive AI Management Framework Landscape is a vendor‑neutral reference that maps six distinct categories of AI governance, strategy, risk, operating, and maturity frameworks. It helps leaders match specific management decisions to the appropriate framework, avoiding overlap and friction. By...
Vertiv’s AI Infrastructure Surge: Record Orders, Liquid Cooling Expansion, and Grid-Scale Power Reshape Data Center Growth
Vertiv reported a record Q4 2025, with net sales rising 23% to $2.88 billion and organic growth of 19%. Orders exploded 252% year‑over‑year, pushing the backlog to $15 billion and a 2.9× book‑to‑bill ratio. The company unveiled high‑density prefabricated cooling platforms, modular...
NetSuite Next Brings AI-Centric ERP to the UAE as Oracle Redefines How Businesses Work
Oracle NetSuite unveiled NetSuite Next at SuiteConnect Dubai, positioning AI as the operational core of its cloud ERP for the UAE market. The platform introduces Ask Oracle, a natural‑language assistant that delivers context‑aware insights across the entire data set, and...
Fake CAPTCHA Scam Tricks Windows Users Into Installing Malware
A new social‑engineering campaign uses a fake Cloudflare‑style CAPTCHA to trick Windows users into pasting a malicious PowerShell command. The clipboard‑to‑run technique launches the fileless StealC malware, which injects reflective shellcode into svchost.exe and exfiltrates browser credentials, cryptocurrency wallets, Outlook...
When ERP Falls Short: How No-Code Platforms Are Reshaping Business Systems
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) remains a cornerstone for integrated business processes, but high licensing fees, lengthy implementations, and costly customizations limit its appeal for small and mid‑sized firms. Larger enterprises also struggle to adapt rigid ERP modules to regional or...
Andrew Baker Is New CIO of Capitec
Andrew Baker has been promoted from chief technology officer to chief information officer at Capitec, succeeding Wim de Bruyn who led the role since 2014. Baker joins the CIO post after four years driving Capitec’s migration to Amazon Web Services and...
Dell VP Says Discrete Beats Disaggregated Storage for AI
Dell VP David Noy announced that discrete storage architectures outperform disaggregated designs for large‑scale AI workloads, reversing Dell’s earlier promotion of disaggregation. He cites PowerScale’s integrated controller‑drive chassis as delivering lower rack space, fewer switches, and reduced power consumption. The...
Virtual IT Group Crowns Maurice McCarthy as New CEO
Virtual IT Group has appointed Maurice McCarthy, a former Optus customer‑success director, as its new chief executive officer, succeeding founder Christian Pacheco. McCarthy brings 25 years of telecom leadership and will focus on client outcomes, service reliability, and responsible AI integration. Pacheco transitions...
French AI Cloud Startup Policloud Plans 1,000 Sovereign Micro-Data Center Deployments by 2030
Policloud, a French AI‑focused cloud startup, announced a plan to deploy up to 1,000 sovereign micro‑data centers by 2030, delivering more than 250,000 GPUs. The company has already installed eight sites across France, the Gulf Cooperation Council and the United...
Oracle Vows 'New Era' For MySQL as Users Sharpen Their Forks
Oracle announced a decisive new approach to MySQL, installing fresh engineering leadership and unveiling a public development roadmap. The vendor pledged to shift key commercial‑only features, such as vector functions for AI workloads, into the open‑source Community Edition. Greater transparency,...
IT Budgets May Be Rising, but Inflation Is Killing Value, Tech Economist Warns
Howard Rubin, founder of The Technology Economists, warns that rising IT budgets are being eroded by inflation that outpaces spending, with average budget growth of 3.1% versus 6.9% inflation. His research shows that even sectors like banking see real IT...
Cubbit Powers Swiss Cantonal-Level Sovereign Cloud for Ailanto
IT integrator Ailanto announced a sovereign cloud service for Swiss organizations built on Cubbit’s DS3 Composer software‑defined object storage. The offering launches with 1 PB of capacity hosted in Swiss‑based data centres and will expand later in 2026. It provides S3‑compatible,...
BCX CEO Jonas Bogoshi to Retire After Seven Years at the Helm
BCX chief executive Jonas Bogoshi will retire after seven years, with long‑time Telkom veteran Hasnain Motlekar stepping in as acting CEO on 1 March 2026. The transition comes as BCX reports a 5.9% year‑to‑date revenue decline and a 9.3% drop in the...
AI Threats Demand Distinct Policy Beyond Existing Security Frameworks
Thinking a lot about AI security vs traditional security. Do we actually need a separate AI policy, or should this live inside the security and governance structures we already have? To answer this we need to consider how AI and...
SAP-Microsoft Integration Simplifies Adoption, Erodes D365 Edge
SAP integrating with Microsoft tools blunts any perceived strategic advantage D365 has. User adoption becomes easier when tied to products people already use. #PowerBI #SAP https://t.co/rkRNfWeI6s
Passwork 7.4 Enhances Enterprise Security with Centralized User Vault Restrictions
Passwork has launched version 7.4, adding centralized restrictive settings for User vaults. Administrators can now block adding users, sending passwords, creating links, and shortcuts across all personal vaults. The controls apply automatically to existing and new vaults, tightening data‑leak defenses and...
Future‑Ready Infrastructure Must Pivot With Market Shifts
Resilience today means being future ready. Can your infrastructure pivot as rates change, markets shift, or new competitors emerge? https://t.co/jCrVklXEuZ
Start Crypto Agility Now Before Quantum Day Arrives
⏳ Data stolen today will be cracked tomorrow. Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) isn't a "next year" problem—it’s a multi-year migration that starts now. I’m looking for "Crypto Agility" on the floor at #RSAC2026. Are you ready for the Q-Day countdown? https://t.co/6PIC4o7OmO #QuantumSecurity...
Microsoft Equips CISOs and AI Risk Leaders with a New Security Tool
Microsoft has launched a public‑preview Security Dashboard for AI, consolidating posture and real‑time risk signals from Microsoft Defender, Entra, and Purview into a single interface. The tool inventories AI assets—including models, agents, and third‑party applications—and surfaces AI‑related security risks in...
2026: Scale AI Agents Safely with Checklist
If 2025 was the year of "launch an AI pilot," 2026 must be the year of "launch AI agents safely at scale." This 10 point checklist is built for that shift. #AI #CIO #DigitalTransformation https://t.co/1tg10UmJNv
Human-Centric Release Readiness: Train Teams, Update Runbooks, Set Escalation Rules
Release readiness now includes humans: training frontline teams, updating runbooks, and defining when agents must escalate, not improvise. #ChangeManagement #AI #CIO https://t.co/1tg10UmJNv
260K+ Chrome Users Duped by Fake AI Browser Extensions
Researchers at LayerX uncovered 30 malicious Chrome extensions masquerading as AI assistants, collectively amassing over 260,000 downloads. These extensions embed attacker‑controlled iframes that capture user prompts, emails, and webpage data, then relay them to remote servers while returning plausible AI...
AI Threat: Controlling Institutional Knowledge Over Job Replacement
The real fear is not replacement. It’s ownership of knowledge. AI systems are capturing workflows, decisions and expertise that once lived inside employees’ heads. The strategic question is no longer who loses a job, but who controls the institutional intelligence being built....
Breaking the Silos: The Rise of the Open Lakehouse Architecture in 2026
In 2026 the open lakehouse has become the de‑facto enterprise data strategy, merging low‑cost data‑lake storage with warehouse‑grade ACID transactions via open standards. By adding a metadata and transactional layer atop object storage, organizations achieve a single source of truth...
Adastra Enters AWS Partner Greenfield Program
Adastra announced its participation in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Greenfield Program, a multi‑year collaboration designed to accelerate migration, modernization, and responsible generative AI adoption for organizations not yet on AWS. As an AWS Premier Tier Services Partner, Adastra...
How to Develop AI Literacy in Your Organization? A Useful Leadership Guide
Organizations are prioritizing AI literacy to boost comprehension and effective use of AI agents. Leaders are urged to set pragmatic AI goals, secure top‑level sponsorship, and embed responsible data security practices. Fostering critical thinking skills is highlighted as essential for...
City of Atlanta Modernizes Constituent Services with Oracle Permitting, Licensing, and Embedded AI
The City of Atlanta announced an expansion of its partnership with Oracle and Deloitte to deploy Oracle Permitting and Licensing (OPAL) across planning, zoning, code enforcement and inspections. The new ATLcloud Permitting solution builds on the city’s existing Oracle Fusion...
IT Governance Frameworks: A Practical Guide to What Works, Where, and Why
The guide offers a pragmatic look at modern IT governance frameworks, emphasizing purpose over checklist compliance. It breaks down each framework’s intended problem‑solving role, highlighting strengths, limits, and the hidden risks of fragmented application. By mapping overlaps and friction points,...
Tract’s Fleet Data Centers Seeks $3.8bn to Fuel Nevada Build-Out
Fleet Data Centers, the development arm of Tract, announced a $3.8 billion senior secured note issuance to fund a 230 MW data center campus in Reno, Nevada. The facility, built on a 252‑acre site, is 100 percent leased to an unnamed investment‑grade tenant...
Interview: Richard Corbridge, CIO, Segro
Richard Corbridge joined Segro as CIO in November 2024, bringing digital leadership experience from the NHS, Boots and the Department for Work and Pensions. He is steering a three‑pillar transformation plan through 2026: simplifying complex processes with IBM and HCL, unlocking...
AI Threatens Coding, Signals End of Subscription Model
The silent death of the “Subscription”: Why AI is eating coding, then SaaS by @Timothy_Hughes https://t.co/jRk0X4g4rC @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Sales #SalesTips #SalesLeader #Salesforce #SalesEnablement #Marketing #SaaS #Cloud #CloudComputing #MarketingStrategy https://t.co/LIE9FRBtYg
Fossefall Targets Data Center in Harpefoss, Norway
Norwegian data‑center specialists Fossefall and Polar DC are unveiling new projects aimed at scaling AI‑focused, renewable‑powered facilities. Fossefall plans a data centre on the former Harpefoss childcare site, part of its ambition to reach 500 MW of clean AI infrastructure by 2030,...
AWS Security Digest #248 - MCPs Denied
AWS introduced new IAM condition keys that specifically target requests routed through Managed Control Plane (MCP) servers, allowing administrators to deny actions taken via that path. The feature is designed to mitigate risks posed by AI agents that programmatically call...
Blackstone-Owned Link Logistics Files to Develop Data Center Campus Outside Atlanta, Georgia
Blackstone‑owned Link Logistics, through its affiliate B9 Union City Owner LLC, has filed a Developments of Regional Impact application to build a new data‑center campus called the Crossings outside Union City, Georgia. The 231‑acre site could host up to five...
IT Sustainability Think Tank: AI Infrastructure, Shared Responsibility and the Real Cost of Progress
Microsoft is urging a community‑first approach to AI infrastructure, highlighting the growing energy and environmental costs of AI‑driven data centres. The call emphasizes that responsibility for these impacts must be shared between hyperscalers and the enterprises that consume AI services....
South Korean Cloud Firm Okestro Could Build 5MW Data Center
South Korean cloud provider Okestro has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with data‑center developer DC Korea to construct a 5 MW facility at Okestro’s headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul. DC Korea will handle design and construction while Okestro will supply cloud‑orchestration services...
Ransomware Gangs Are Using Employee Monitoring Software as a Springboard for Cyber Attacks
Threat actors have weaponized Net Monitor for Employees, a legitimate workforce‑tracking product, as a remote access trojan and paired it with SimpleHelp RMM software to stage ransomware attacks. Huntress identified two separate incidents where the dual‑tool chain was used to...
Telkom Indonesia Revisits NeutraDC Sale Plans - Report
Telkom Indonesia is re‑engaging advisors to sell a majority stake in its data‑center subsidiary NeutraDC, targeting a valuation between $1 billion and $1.5 billion. The company previously explored a sale in 2022 and considered minority stakes in 2024, with Goldman Sachs and...
The Mobile Stack at Work: How Allied Technologies Are Reshaping Enterprise Mobility
Enterprise mobility is evolving from a smartphone‑centric model to a comprehensive mobile stack that includes silicon, 5G connectivity, edge AI, and specialised peripherals. IDC projects global spending on these solutions to exceed $700 billion by 2026, while Gartner expects over half...