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Quiq hires Jen Grant as CMO to drive scaled AI agents

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Quiq names Jen Grant chief marketing officer to steer strategy as enterprises move AI agents from pilots to large-scale customer use.
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Elastic says AI search & context now decide customer loyalty

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Elastic argues that in an AI-obsessed market, robust search across messy data is the real foundation of trustworthy, profitable experiences.
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'Software is not dead', says Elastic CPO Ken Exner

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Elastic's Ken Exner insists “software is not dead” as the firm touts AI-powered search, context engineering and new agent-building tools.
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Shoppers ditch Australian brands over poor site search

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Shoddy search tools are driving Australians from favourite online retailers, with 72% abandoning brands and many paying rivals more.
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Poor website search drives Australian shoppers away

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Australian shoppers are deserting online retailers over clunky site search, with many paying more elsewhere for AI‑style, natural language results.
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Elastic unveils multilingual embeddings for search

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Elastic launches compact multilingual embedding models for Elasticsearch, promising faster, cheaper semantic search and stronger RAG performance.
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BADIIS malware hijacks IIS servers for covert SEO fraud

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BADIIS malware is hijacking over 1,800 IIS servers worldwide, quietly boosting illicit gambling and crypto phishing sites via poisoned SEO.
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Gigamon honours global partners in channel-first push

Fri, 23rd Jan 2026
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Gigamon crowns top global partners as it doubles down on a channel-first strategy and claims 50% share of deep observability market.
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Elastic unveils tools to boost reliability of AI agents

Fri, 23rd Jan 2026
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Elastic launches Agent Builder and Workflows to help enterprises build more reliable AI agents that span fragmented internal data systems.
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Gigamon honours global partners for deep observability

Thu, 22nd Jan 2026
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Gigamon has named top global partners across regions and alliances, spotlighting deep observability as a pillar of hybrid cloud security.
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AI to transform Australian freight, data & jobs by 2026

Fri, 2nd Jan 2026
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AI is set to overhaul Australian freight, data strategy and jobs by 2026, as leaders shift from pilots to deep, context-aware deployment.
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Atturra caps 2025 with major APAC tech awards haul

Wed, 17th Dec 2025
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Atturra closes 2025 with a sweep of APAC tech and industry awards, cementing its rise as a regional IT services heavyweight.
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Btech targets Asia-Pacific with managed cloud integration push

Fri, 21st Nov 2025
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Btech expands into Asia-Pacific with managed cloud and open-source integration, targeting finance, telecoms, manufacturing and public sectors for digital transformation.
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Elastic named leader for observability in IDC MarketScape 2025

Thu, 20th Nov 2025
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Elastic has been named a leader in the IDC MarketScape 2025 for observability platforms, praised for its scalable architecture and AI-driven data management tools.
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Elastic names Sarah Croft APAC Partner Director to boost AI focus

Tue, 18th Nov 2025
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Elastic has named Sarah Croft as APAC Partner Director to strengthen its AI-driven partner network and boost adoption across Asia Pacific.
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Elastic unveils Streams & DiskBBQ to transform AI log & data search

Wed, 12th Nov 2025
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Elastic launches Streams and DiskBBQ to boost AI log analysis and affordable vector search, helping engineers manage vast data efficiently and cost-effectively.
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Crossplane graduates CNCF, ranking in top 10% of projects

Tue, 11th Nov 2025
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The graduation marks a milestone with widespread enterprise adoption and over 3,000 contributors supporting multi-cloud platform engineering.
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Gigamon unveils quantum-safe cryptography in GigaVUE update

Fri, 7th Nov 2025
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Gigamon launches GigaVUE 6.12 update featuring quantum-safe cryptography, aiding firms to tackle future quantum computing threats to encryption.
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Elastic integrates with Azure AI Foundry for real-time monitoring

Mon, 3rd Nov 2025
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Elastic partners with Azure AI Foundry to offer real-time AI monitoring, enabling developers to track performance, costs and compliance in one dashboard.
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Dell advances AI Data Platform to unify & accelerate enterprise AI

Mon, 27th Oct 2025
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Dell enhances its AI Data Platform with new storage and data engines to unify disparate data, speeding and securing AI outcomes for enterprises worldwide.