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Asian Stories

Africa stories

Tata enhances Asia data links with TGN-IA2 submarine cable

Tata Communications integrates the TGN-IA2 submarine cable, boosting high-capacity, low-latency data links across Asia for enterprises and hyperscalers.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 4th Jun 2025

Digital Transformation

Alibaba & SAP partner to drive cloud innovation in China & beyond

Alibaba Group and SAP have teamed up to boost enterprise innovation in China, with plans to extend their cloud and AI collaboration across Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Thu, 29th May 2025

Global Stories

Africa stories

Firewalls

Westcon-Comstor & Ericsson boost 5G growth in Australia & NZ

Westcon-Comstor and Ericsson partner to accelerate 5G adoption across ANZ, enhancing enterprise connectivity and partner growth opportunities.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Fri, 6th Jun 2025

Firewalls

Barracuda names Phoenix Software & partners as 2025 award winners

Barracuda named Phoenix Software and partners as winners of its 2025 Partner Awards for excellence in cybersecurity across the UK and Ireland.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Fri, 30th May 2025

Ransomware

Ransomware attacks on industrial targets surge, AI tactics rise

Ransomware attacks on industrial firms surged to 708 in Q1 2025, led by manufacturing, with North America and Europe hardest hit, warns Dragos report.

By Melvin Hipolito • 5 min read • Thu, 22nd May 2025

Customer Experience

UK consumers sceptical of AI's emotional skills in service roles

UK consumers remain sceptical about AI's ability to provide emotionally intelligent customer service, with only 55% believing it can recognise emotions.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Mon, 19th May 2025

Advanced Persistent Threat Protection

Russian group Sednit using webmail flaws to target Ukraine allies

ESET reveals Operation RoundPress: a cyberespionage campaign using XSS on webmail, targeting governments and defence linked to Ukraine conflict.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Fri, 16th May 2025

Data Protection

AI impact on APAC cybersecurity teams divides leaders & analysts

Research reveals a stark gap in AI's impact on cybersecurity: 71% of APJ executives see gains, yet only 5% of analysts agree, highlighting trust and effectiveness issues.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Thu, 15th May 2025

Storage

Ekco appoints cloud industry veteran Ben Savage as CEO to drive next phase of growth

Ekco appoints Ben Savage as CEO to drive growth and enhance customer experience amid rising UK demand for co-managed security services in cloud environments.

By Jed Nykolle Harme • 3 min read • Thu, 15th May 2025

Artificial Intelligence

Altia appoints Natalie Farr to drive EMEA sales & partnerships

Altia names Natalie Farr as Director of Sales and Partnerships for EMEA to boost growth and deploy its new investigative platform across the region.

By Jed Nykolle Harme • 3 min read • Thu, 15th May 2025

Smart Cities

Intelligent transport market to reach USD $124.8bn by 2035

The global intelligent transport system market is forecast to grow from USD $41.7bn in 2024 to USD $124.8bn by 2035, driven by urbanisation and tech advances.

By Jed Nykolle Harme • 5 min read • Thu, 1st May 2025

Risk & Compliance

NAVEX appoints Yuval Grauer to lead EMEA & APJ expansion

NAVEX appoints Yuval Grauer as International EVP to spearhead expansion across EMEA and APJ, reinforcing its global compliance growth strategy.

By Jed Nykolle Harme • 3 min read • Wed, 30th Apr 2025

Data Protection

Executives and analysts divided over true impact of AI in cyber

New Exabeam research reveals AI in cybersecurity boosts executive confidence but leaves analysts sceptical amid uneven productivity gains worldwide.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Thu, 24th Apr 2025

Software-as-a-Service

Sysdig appoints Gary Olson & Crendal Kear to executive team

Sysdig has appointed Gary Olson as Chief Revenue Officer and Crendal Kear as Chief Business Officer amid a 337% rise in user adoption of its AI-driven security technology.

By Melvin Hipolito • 3 min read • Tue, 1st Apr 2025

Stories from Other Regions

Africa stories

DataCentre infrastructure

Vertiv expands cooling lineup with new CoolChip CDU models

Vertiv has launched three new CoolChip CDU models in EMEA, boosting liquid cooling options for high-density AI and HPC data centres with up to 600 kW capacity.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Thu, 5th Jun 2025

Software-as-a-Service

Datadog names Pejman Tabassomi as Field CTO for EMEA region

Datadog has appointed Pejman Tabassomi as Field CTO for EMEA, focusing on strategic technical partnerships and cloud transformation across key markets.

By Melvin Hipolito • 3 min read • Tue, 3rd Jun 2025

Digital Transformation

Bain Capital launches hscale with billions Europe DC builds

Bain Capital launches hscale, a multi-billion EMEA hyperscale data centre platform, aiming rapid expansion across EMEA with sustainable infrastructure.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Wed, 28th May 2025

Hyperscale

AVK appoints Sarah King to spearhead sustainability drive

AVK has appointed Sarah King as Head of Corporate Social Responsibility to drive sustainability and social impact initiatives in the data centre sector.

By Jed Nykolle Harme • 3 min read • Thu, 15th May 2025