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Model Context Protocol (MCP) use is increasing in popularity for connecting AI agents to data sources, and other services. But so too are vulnerabilities that bring unique risks to agentic systems.

By Maria Korolov

23 Jul 2025 10 mins

Artificial Intelligence Emerging Technology Security

Leader gets rugged with Durabook distie deal

Covering laptops, tablets and accessories.

By Sasha Karen

23 Jul 2025 2 mins

Business Operations Computers and Peripherals Vendors and Providers

Cisco extends ICP with Curtain University to its Singapore campus

To be opened in October 2025.

By Lilia Guan

23 Jul 2025 3 mins

Industry Networking Vendors and Providers

It might be time for IT to consider AI models that don’t steal

The major LLMs today are legal landmines, providing no visibility into training data that may violate copyrights, patents, trademarks, and more. Is there a safer option?

By Evan Schuman

22 Jul 2025 9 mins

Artificial Intelligence Business Operations

Qlik requires deeper understanding of strategy from its partners

Building trust to capture the value of AI for customers with partners like Notitia.

By Lilia Guan

22 Jul 2025 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence Vendors and Providers

Slipstream Cyber bolsters senior leadership with dual hires

Hires David Kaplan and Steve MacDonald.

By Sasha Karen

22 Jul 2025 2 mins

Business Operations Careers Security

Telstra expands Infosys partnership under Connected Future 30 strategy

Telco broadens international reach through IT service provider.

By Lilia Guan

22 Jul 2025 3 mins

Broadband Business Operations IT Management

Ethics at the heart of Anchoram Consulting’s expansion plans

Sticking to foundational principles as local firm opens Canada arm.

By Lilia Guan

21 Jul 2025 6 mins

Business Operations

Sysdig keeps its partners to a ‘vital few’

From 300 to 400 down to 10 per geographic theatre.

By Sasha Karen

21 Jul 2025 3 mins

Cloud Computing Security Vendors and Providers

Evolving the Aussie technology service teams of tomorrow

Two local IT service providers share what these teams look like in their organisation.

By Lilia Guan

21 Jul 2025 9 mins

Artificial Intelligence Careers

Consultancy nexwave launches to tackle AI, data and cloud

Helmed by Matt Salmanzadeh and Carl Lowenborg.

By Sasha Karen

21 Jul 2025 3 mins

Artificial Intelligence Business Operations Careers

Microsoft SharePoint zero-day breach hits on-prem servers

Reveals a growing pattern: partial technical disclosures are sufficient for sophisticated adversaries to reconstruct and launch targeted exploits.

By Gyana Swain

21 Jul 2025 6 mins

Security

AI and cloud spend offers relief in IT services slowdown

Enterprises remained cautious in the face of uncertain macro conditions

By Lilia Guan

18 Jul 2025 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Business Operations Cloud Computing

Infosys to deploy enterprise platform suite for Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools

Working with SAP to transform systems in a network used across nearly 300 schools.

By Sasha Karen

18 Jul 2025 2 mins

Business Operations Cloud Computing Digital Transformation

Home Affairs revamps security to tackle cyber and critical infrastructure threats

Hamish Hansford to head the newly created team.

By Lilia Guan

18 Jul 2025 6 mins

Government Managed Service Providers

How AI is reshaping Slack

The company wants users to see Slack as a ‘work operating system,’ says chief product officer Rob Seaman. He offered a look at how Slack is incorporating new AI tools in the popular collaboration software.

By Agam Shah

18 Jul 2025 4 mins

Artificial Intelligence Business Operations Software Development

Accenture reimagines IT operations with agentic AI

The global consulting firm has built an AI-powered integration platform to support IT operations.

By Thor Olavsrud

17 Jul 2025 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence IT Management

Sectigo boosts APAC leadership for regional expansion with ex-DigiCert talent

Hires Ray Garnie as vice president of sales, Ryan Philp as A/NZ regional sales director and Gabriel Chan as APAC solutions engineer.

By Sasha Karen

17 Jul 2025 2 mins

Business Operations Careers Security

Datadog adds local availability through AWS Sydney Region

Meets the needs of organisations in highly regulated sectors.

By Lilia Guan

17 Jul 2025 2 mins

Cloud Computing Vendors and Providers

Changes looming for VMware partners yet again

VCSP program will end on October 31st, with a new program starting in November.

By Lilia Guan

17 Jul 2025 4 mins

Business Operations Cloud Computing Vendors and Providers

Microsoft updates requirements and benefits for partners

Focused on its three priorities and solutions areas for FY26.

By Sasha Karen and Lilia Guan

16 Jul 2025 10 mins

Artificial Intelligence Cloud Computing Vendors and Providers

Netpoleon to fill Skybox gap with FireMon

Direct replacement of Skybox after it shut down operations.

By Lilia Guan

16 Jul 2025 2 mins

Security Vendors and Providers

Infotrust secures Jan Zeilinga for CISO role

Bringing over 20 years' experience to the MSSP.

By Lilia Guan

16 Jul 2025 2 mins

Careers Security

Dicker Data adds Optus to its telco division in key mobility play

Capturing the notable shift in mid-market business customers wanting dedicated mobility services.

By Lilia Guan

16 Jul 2025 5 mins

Business Operations Mobile Vendors and Providers

OpenAI goes for Microsoft’s jugular — its Office productivity suite

The ChatGPT maker is eyeing the launch of its own productivity suite with generative AI built in, directly attacking Microsoft’s multibillion dollar Microsoft 365 office suite business.

By Preston Gralla

15 Jul 2025 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence Enterprise Applications Software Development

Power, performance and partnerships: Sharon AI’s US data centre play

Working with the likes of NextDC, Equinix and CDC for colocation in Australia.

By Sasha Karen

15 Jul 2025 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence Business Operations Data Center

Atturra builds momentum with half-year revenue growth

IT service provider was managing some margin and profitability pressures.

By Lilia Guan

15 Jul 2025 2 mins

Business Operations Industry

Wavelink bolsters OT portfolio with Penguin Solutions

The partnership will also support Wavelink’s OT Masters initiative.

By Lilia Guan

15 Jul 2025 2 mins

Security Vendors and Providers

Support Fusion launches ticketing integration platform for MSPs and SIs

With backing from global venture capital firm Antler.

By Sasha Karen

15 Jul 2025 3 mins

Managed Service Providers Software Development Vendors and Providers

Optus-led consortium to launch and operate sovereign LEO satellite

The telco will handle spacecraft operation from Sydney.

By Sasha Karen

14 Jul 2025 4 mins

Government Industry Networking

As Windows 10 end-of-support looms, IT faces a painful choice

What terror awaits when 1,000 applets IT never knew about crash after the upgrade?

By Evan Schuman

14 Jul 2025 15 mins

Enterprise Applications

Nextgen realigns business model with new leadership structure

Wendy O'Keeffe becomes VP of sales and market while Lynne Jeffery becomes VP of strategic alliances and partnerships

By Julia Talevski

14 Jul 2025 3 mins

Vendors and Providers

Dicker Data and TechClick extend partnership

Will now offer the full stack of Microsoft services across A/NZ

By Julia Talevski

14 Jul 2025 2 mins

Managed Service Providers Vendors and Providers

8People partner Kore.ai to drive AI innovation

Implementing agent platform into its overall enterprise grade AI services.

By Lilia Guan

11 Jul 2025 2 mins

Artificial Intelligence Vendors and Providers

Pax8 sets path for MSPs with secure AI

Addressing the lack of awareness in the SMB space about cyber security

By Lilia Guan

11 Jul 2025 4 mins

Artificial Intelligence Security Vendors and Providers

Exclusive EDGE Research: Partner strategy vs customer expectations – are you aligned?

Participants will have the chance to win a free online course taught by Nick Abrahams at Bond University, titled GenAI Productivity Training for Executives.

By Julia Talevski

11 Jul 2025 4 mins

EDGE Emerging Technology Managed Service Providers

DiUS inks strategic AWS agreement to boost GenAI adoption

Tech consultant given greater access to AWS programs and co-funding.

By Lilia Guan

10 Jul 2025 2 mins

Artificial Intelligence

Lessons learned from Siemens’ VMware licensing dispute

Can enterprises learn from the ongoing legal battle?

By Maria Korolov

10 Jul 2025 13 mins

Cloud Computing

Mwave owed $18M to creditors

Concerns raised over the sale of Mwave to digiDirect, a day after administrators were appointed.

By Lilia Guan

10 Jul 2025 2 mins

Business Operations Computers and Peripherals

Australian Data Centres appoints ex-Microsoft Mark Pont for expansion push

Ingram Micro threatened with ransomware by Safepay gang

EDGE 2025: Don’t become a ‘culture terrorist’ during M&A

DXC creates AI platform to help self-insured employers

DyFlex increases SAP capabilities with Bluetree Solutions acquisition

NinjaOne nabs Elastic VP Geoff Davies as A/NZ country manager

Optus goes with Google Cloud for agentic AI

Atturra to acquire Blue Connections IT for up to $25.5M in managed services boost

EDGE 2025: Partners on the hunt for new customers amid demand for AI and data skills

HPE promotes Mark Ablett to Networking APJ sales charge

Nominations open for ARN Innovation Awards 2025

Smart hybrid cloud adoption for an AI-driven digital world

Apple wants to build a circular manufacturing economy

Datacom moves service management to ServiceNow

Trump gets aggressive with new US AI action plan

Infotrust bridges cyber security with business strategy

Red Hat boosts partner engagement with new programmes and resources

Leader launches Ubiquiti’s UniFi partner program in Australia

Rimini Street breaks University of Melbourne out of its cycle of Oracle upgrades

Microsoft Fabric to lose auto-generated semantic models

Top 10 MCP vulnerabilities: The hidden risks of AI integrations

Leader gets rugged with Durabook distie deal

Cisco extends ICP with Curtain University to its Singapore campus

It might be time for IT to consider AI models that don’t steal

Qlik requires deeper understanding of strategy from its partners

Slipstream Cyber bolsters senior leadership with dual hires

Telstra expands Infosys partnership under Connected Future 30 strategy

Ethics at the heart of Anchoram Consulting’s expansion plans

Sysdig keeps its partners to a ‘vital few’

Evolving the Aussie technology service teams of tomorrow

Consultancy nexwave launches to tackle AI, data and cloud

Microsoft SharePoint zero-day breach hits on-prem servers

AI and cloud spend offers relief in IT services slowdown

Infosys to deploy enterprise platform suite for Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools

Home Affairs revamps security to tackle cyber and critical infrastructure threats

How AI is reshaping Slack

Accenture reimagines IT operations with agentic AI

Sectigo boosts APAC leadership for regional expansion with ex-DigiCert talent

Datadog adds local availability through AWS Sydney Region

Changes looming for VMware partners yet again

Microsoft updates requirements and benefits for partners

Netpoleon to fill Skybox gap with FireMon

Infotrust secures Jan Zeilinga for CISO role

Dicker Data adds Optus to its telco division in key mobility play

OpenAI goes for Microsoft’s jugular — its Office productivity suite

Power, performance and partnerships: Sharon AI’s US data centre play

Atturra builds momentum with half-year revenue growth

Wavelink bolsters OT portfolio with Penguin Solutions

Support Fusion launches ticketing integration platform for MSPs and SIs

Optus-led consortium to launch and operate sovereign LEO satellite

As Windows 10 end-of-support looms, IT faces a painful choice

Nextgen realigns business model with new leadership structure

Dicker Data and TechClick extend partnership

8People partner Kore.ai to drive AI innovation

Pax8 sets path for MSPs with secure AI

Exclusive EDGE Research: Partner strategy vs customer expectations – are you aligned?

DiUS inks strategic AWS agreement to boost GenAI adoption

Lessons learned from Siemens’ VMware licensing dispute

Mwave owed $18M to creditors

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