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How to overcome the hidden holdup of the battery revolution
02 November 2025 in EnergyWith 11 battery business bankruptcies and over $15 billion erased in the process in the past year alone, it’s clear…
VIDEO: Executive commentary from Elastic, Smartsheet, HCLTech, Cybermindz.org and the ASD on Cyber Security Awareness Month 2025
31 October 2025 in SecurityIt's the last day of October - and the last day of the annual Cyber Security Awareness month for 2025,…
Coles accelerates AI adoption in retail with OpenAI - will it lead to cheaper prices for Aussies?
31 October 2025 in DataNEWS AND OPINION: Coles, the Australian supermarket and retail giant, says it is the first major Australian retailer to deploy…
Global robotics market to reach $205.5 billion by 2030, forecasts GlobalData
31 October 2025 in MarketOne of the most valuable aspects of the robotics industry is the variety of applications its underlying technology has and,…
Australian security leaders optimistic about AI, but say governance still needs to mature
30 October 2025 in SecurityOkta, the leading independent identity partner, has announced the results of the Okta AI Security Poll, which shows while Australian…
Cybersecurity’s Human Firewall: What We Learned in 2025—and Why There’s Hope
30 October 2025 in SecurityAs Mental Health in Cybersecurity Month 2025 draws to an end, one message has echoed clearly from every corner of…
Founders to race Noosa Triathlon using AI they built to train themselves
30 October 2025 in DataIn the lead up to this Sunday’s Noosa Triathlon, Leigh Kelson and Freya Simmonds have put their faith in AI…
The cybersecurity gap lies in mindset, not technology
30 October 2025 in StrategyCOMPANY NEWS: As we wrap up Cybersecurity Awareness Month, many organisations are once again taking stock of their defences, investing…
Australians are ‘job hugging’ but risk falling behind as skills and AI readiness gaps widen: report
30 October 2025 in Enterprise StaffOnly 18% of employees are considering a career move, down from 23% last quarter. 40% report feeling burnt out, while…
Informatica announces ‘latest innovations’ to intelligent data management cloud
30 October 2025 in DataEnterprise AI- powered cloud data management company Informatica today announced new innovations that connect enterprise data to the next generation of…
Commvault Introduces ‘conversational AI as the interface for backup and cyber resilience’
30 October 2025 in StrategyCyber resilience platform and data protection solutions for the hybrid cloud provider Commvault claims that conversation has become the “new…
New Bitdefender and NETGEAR report reveals ‘rising threats across the connected home landscape’
30 October 2025 in SecurityAverage household faces 29 IoT attacks per day as device adoption surges to 22 connected devices per home Global cybersecurity…
GitHub announces Agent HQ - the control tower for every coding agent
30 October 2025 in Open SourceAgentic AI is here, and GitHub has unveiled Agent HQ, its boldest re-architecture since Copilot’s launch. The company wants to turn…
PMT Security partners with DroneShield to ‘strengthen protection of government, corrections, and critical infrastructure in Australia’
29 October 2025 in SecurityIntegrated security and communications solutions provider PMT Security has entered a strategic partnership with DroneShield, a global counter-drone and electronic…
Uber selects Checkout.com to deliver fast, reliable global payments across its enterprise platform
29 October 2025 in DealsGlobal digital payments provider Checkout.com has announced a new strategic partnership with Uber Technologies.
Breaking IT News
Appian Partners with Wotton Kearney to Transform Claims and Reporting Management with AI-Powered Solution
31 October 2025 in StrategyNew system expected to save significant lawyer hours
Celonis and Cavalis launch App to optimise manufacturing product portfolios
31 October 2025 in StrategyManufacturing companies will be able to reduce operational complexity with a new data-driven view of their product portfolio thanks to…
Guidewire Unveils PricingCenter, a Unified Pricing and Rating Application that Accelerates Product Innovation for Property and Casualty Insurers
31 October 2025 in MarketCOMPANY NEWS: PricingCenter revolutionises insurance pricing and rating by increasing efficiency, improving accuracy, and speeding time to market
Lakera Launches Open-Source Security Benchmark for LLM backends in AI Agents
31 October 2025 in SecurityCOMPANY NEWS: Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), a pioneer and global leader of cyber security solutions, and Lakera, a…
Ping Identity Strengthens Defence Against AI-Driven Impersonation with Privacy-Preserving Biometrics
31 October 2025 in DataCOMPANY NEWS: Signs agreement to acquire Keyless, expanding privacy-first authentication across the entire user journey.
Overstayed a Visa? How the Schedule 3 Partner Visa Can Help
31 October 2025 in Government TechVisa rules and laws are tricky, especially if you are someone who has overstayed your visa. This is a common…
Rapid7 accelerates exposure remediation with AI-generated risk insights and ‘enhanced vulnerability intelligence’
31 October 2025 in SecurityNew AI-generated risk intelligence and vulnerability intelligence capabilities help security teams prioritise, collaborate, and remediate faster Threat detection and exposure…
Need Attention-Grabbing Content? Animated Video Services Can Help
31 October 2025 in Your TechThe digital landscape is tougher than ever in terms of standing out to your audience. In a world flooded with…
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia selects Arcitecta’s Mediaflux to ‘power the nation’s audiovisual heritage strategy’
30 October 2025 in DealsThe National Film and Sound Archive of Australia has selected data management software company Arcitecta’s Mediaflux platform to serve as…
Datadog Named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant For Digital Experience Monitoring
30 October 2025 in DataCOMPANY NEWS: Datadog was positioned the highest in the Ability to Execute axis
Dynatrace Named a Leader in 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Digital Experience Monitoring
30 October 2025 in DataCOMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT: Dynatrace positioned furthest for Completeness of Vision
BeyondTrust Experts Reveal Top Cybersecurity Predictions for 2026 and Beyond
30 October 2025 in SecurityCOMPANY NEWS: From AI fragmentation and identity debt to biological computing, BeyondTrust forecasts the technologies and threats that will shape…
Reviews
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Why The AMD-Powered MSI Raider A18 HX A9W Is the Fastest Laptop Ever
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The amazing Cricut Maker 4 is your must-have for Halloween, Christmas, and every other day too
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If you're not across Cricut, then hoo boy, what we tell you here may change your life. And,… -
The Hohem iSteady V3 Ultra shows why gimbals still matter and why you should reach for one
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Smartphone cameras today are astonishingly capable but still suffer from fundamental limitations. Jerking, rolling, tilting, jittering, and more.… -
Stay connected anywhere with the D-Link DWR-933M - a pocket hotspot that just works
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Best Laptop Group Test (October 2025 Update)
By Nick Rossin Computers & peripherals
GROUP TEST: Every month(ish) at High Performance Laptops, we publish a group test which ranks the best laptops…
Opinion
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iTWire Research - What’s happening, Who’s talking?
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Exetel's $695K fine shows why you can't rely on SMS-based security
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Beyond silos: A CIO's playbook for an Australian customer-360
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Companies everywhere are switched on to the need to drive greater insights out of their data, and one… -
The Risc-V architecture that can shape the future of computing
Open source software rightly gets a lot of attention; open source hardware has its part to play too. One…in The Linux Distillery
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Is Linux finally ready to storm the mainstream?
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Taming the heat: lessons from the Death Star, the Human Torch, and sustainable IT
There’s a delightful irony in Star Wars’ infamous Death Star: for all its futuristic might, it was ultimately…in The Wired CIO
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The uncomfortable truth about diversity in IT leadership: are we doing enough?
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In an industry that prides itself on innovation and forward-thinking, it's ironic that the leadership tiers of Information… -
I visited the Cloudflare Wall of Entropy where lava lamps secure the Internet
Cloudflare is on a mission to build a better Internet. And part of how it achieves this is…in The Wired CIO
Popular News
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Cloudflare Appoints Pat Breen as Vice President, Australia & New Zealand
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Adactin Appoints Avinash Peter as Chief Financial Officer
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Breakthrough Victoria invests $75 million in venture capital funds to ‘build Victoria’s innovation ecosystem’
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Australians ‘plan to spend 43% more this Black Friday Cyber Monday weekend’ as shoppers ‘start earlier and prioritise value’: report
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Cybersecurity’s Human Firewall: What We Learned in 2025—and Why There’s Hope
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RecordPoint appoints Brett Hooker as its first Chief Operating Officer
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PMT Security partners with DroneShield to ‘strengthen protection of government, corrections, and critical infrastructure in Australia’
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Asia-Pacific ‘leads the rest of the world as the most AI-ready software market’: report
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Rapid7 accelerates exposure remediation with AI-generated risk insights and ‘enhanced vulnerability intelligence’
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How IT Teams Secure Credentials Across Multiple Systems
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In the new security, compliance, and reliability-driven world of operations, one of the most pressing needs of IT…
WEBINARS & EVENTS
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MUST SEE: DigiCert CEO warns 'Quantum computing will have a ChatGPT-like moment'
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Anomali Launches Protect Virtual Conference ANZ 2025
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Global CloudCon Summit lands in Sydney
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ManageEngine to ‘Bowl Over' Cyber Threats at Iconic Australian Cricket Grounds
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Microlise Launches Executive Roadshow to Shape the Future of Fleet Management across ANZ
GUEST EVENT: Microlise, a global leader in transport management technology, has…
CYBERSECURITY
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VIDEO: Executive commentary from Elastic, Smartsheet, HCLTech, Cybermindz.org and the ASD on Cyber Security Awareness Month 2025
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Lakera Launches Open-Source Security Benchmark for LLM backends in AI Agents
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Rapid7 accelerates exposure remediation with AI-generated risk insights and ‘enhanced vulnerability intelligence’
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Cybersecurity’s Human Firewall: What We Learned in 2025—and Why There’s Hope
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PEOPLE MOVES
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RecordPoint appoints Brett Hooker as its first Chief Operating Officer
Intelligent information governance platform provider RecordPoint has appointed Brett Hooker…
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Cloudflare Appoints Pat Breen as Vice President, Australia & New Zealand
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Adactin Appoints Avinash Peter as Chief Financial Officer
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Rapid7 Promotes Soumi Mukherjee to Sales Director, ANZ
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IBM Consulting appoints Melanie Evans and promotes Wynand Fourie
IBM Consulting Australia appoints Melanie Evans and promotes Wynand Fourie to…
GUEST ARTICLES
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Zapier appoints first-ever AI Transformation Officer to lead new era of human-centered business modernisation
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How artificial intelligence is reshaping the future of travel and expense management
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Exposure Management is the New Test of Board Accountability
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Rimini Street Introduces Agentic AI ERP in Groundbreaking White Paper
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The Future of Smart Buildings: How Video and AI Are Shaping Seamless User Experiences
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Milestone’s Ilestone’s Xprotect and Argules Enhance Cloud Integration and Operational Intelligence
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Pure Storage and Cisco Deliver AI Factories for the Enterprise with NVIDIA
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New Bitdefender and NETGEAR Report Reveals Rising Threats Across the Connected Home Landscape
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Guest Opinion
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How artificial intelligence is reshaping the future of travel and expense management
GUEST OPINION: Artificial intelligence (AI) is steadily transforming how small,…
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Exposure Management is the New Test of Board Accountability
GUEST OPINION: Cybersecurity is no longer a problem for the…
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The Future of Smart Buildings: How Video and AI Are Shaping Seamless User Experiences
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Why the rise of business travel in 2025 demands stronger expense controls
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Decrypting the Future: Why Post-Quantum Security Must Start Today
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Comparing Nutanix on OVHcloud vs. traditional virtualization for enterprise workloads
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Everyday mistakes that could be harming your eyesight
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Leadership paralysis is crippling Australian enterprises
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ITWIRETV & INTERVIEWS
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iTWire TV: VIDEO INTERVIEW - Scientific proof of God's existence: Dr Neil Domigan's stunning new novel invokes Einstein, fact and thrilling fiction
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VIDEO INTERVIEW - Famed Clairvoyant Suzi Samuel talks AI, spirits, ethics, and her new book: The Dark at the Threshold
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Rimini Street emerges from Oracle litigation ready for a “second coming out”
For nearly two decades, Rimini Street has been known as…
RESEARCH & CASE STUDIES
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Rimini Street Introduces Agentic AI ERP in Groundbreaking White Paper
GUEST RESEARCH: Rimini Street declares ERP Software dead and unveils…
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New Bitdefender and NETGEAR Report Reveals Rising Threats Across the Connected Home Landscape
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Channel News
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Atturra Joins Oracle’s Partner Program
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Beonic Partners with Adelaide Airport to deliver AI-Powered Innovation
COMPANY NEWS: Beonic, a global leader in AI-driven operational intelligence, is…
Comments
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Re: iTWire - Why A New 18-inch Laptop Makes Perfect Sense Right Now
That MSI dragon laptop looks cool! But $11,799 ....... :O I might think on a bit longer :)
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Re: iTWire - Can cyber security be a platform for innovation and growth?
Most cybersecurity is making up for weak platforms. We need to address the fundamentals, design platforms that prevent out-of-bounds access[…]
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Re: iTWire - Why Software Developers Need a Security ‘Rewards Program’
For most developers the security/performance trade off is still the hardest one to tackle, even as the cost of processing[…]
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Re: iTWire - The Risc-V architecture that can shape the future of computing
RISC has been overhyped. While it is an interesting low-level processor architecture, what the world needs is high-level system architectures,[…]
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Re: iTWire - Is Linux finally ready to storm the mainstream?
There are two flaws that are widespread in the industry here. The first is that any platform or language should[…]
