Industry News
Equinix launches EPIC facility in Sydney
Equinix has launched an Enhanced Performance Innovation Centre at its SY5 in Sydney, to help enterprises test AI workloads under real-world conditions. [ + ]
Australia has toughest data breach fines in APAC: report
Australia has one of the strictest and most mature cyber regulatory markets in the Asia–Pacific region, according to research from Aon. [ + ]
Siloed data hindering organisations’ AI projects
Research commissioned by Iron Mountain indicates that 86% of organisations have experienced AI project delays or cancellations due to data concerns. [ + ]
Red Hat expands hybrid cloud portfolio on OCI
Red Hat has launched Red Hat Enterprise Linux as a first-party offering on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, as part of an expanded collaboration with Oracle. [ + ]
ASD Essentials cybersecurity framework released
ASD says the Essentials enables organisations to strengthen their cybersecurity in a way that aligns with their risk profiles and operational requirements. [ + ]
Macquarie Telecom and Netskope launch SASE offering
Macquarie Telecom has announced an expanded collaboration with Netskope to provide a single-vendor SASE solution for Australian organisations. [ + ]
Cyber attacks grew 48% year-on-year in September
The average company experienced 2803 cyber attacks per week during the month of September, Check Point Software estimates. [ + ]
SailPoint updates its identity security platform
SailPoint has simultaneously announced updates to its cloud-based Sailpoint Human Fabric and its on-premises IdentityIQ solutions. [ + ]
IBM and Red Hat patch 400 bugs in open source software
Lightwell, the initiative from IBM and Red Hat to patch bugs in open source software, has already remediated more than 400 vulnerabilities in Java libraries. [ + ]
Vaisala launches scalable environmental monitoring for data centres
As data centres scale to support growing AI workloads, environmental monitoring infrastructure must keep pace. [ + ]
NetApp, Oracle building managed storage service for OCI
NetApp and Oracle expect to launch a joint enterprise-grade, fully managed storage service for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure customers within the next year. [ + ]
DigiCert aims to help tame rogue AI agents
DigiCert has announced support for NVIDIA's Open Agent Safety Platform to help equip customers with a kill switch for rogue AI agents. [ + ]
Cloudflare to become public certificate authority
Cloudflare aims to help website operators and web users navigate the transition to a post-quantum world by becoming a public certificate authority. [ + ]
NetApp launches high-speed data storage for AI factories
NetApp's Novus solution has been designed specifically for AI factories, and promises to support aggregate throughput of up to 100 TBps. [ + ]
Akamai signs US$11.6bn agreement with Anthropic
AI developer Anthropic has signed commitments to purchase up to US$11.6 billion in distributed cloud infrastructure and software from Akamai. [ + ]
