Australian security specialist firm CyberCX expands to New Zealand
Melbourne-based cybersecurity firm CyberCX has announced its plans to launch a new chapter in New Zealand. The move is an attempt to cement its position as the region’s leading cybersecurity player across Tasman establishing a full-service operator in New Zealand. The NZ operation will be...
AGC Networks completes the acquisition of Pyrios Australia and New Zealand
AGC Networks Limited (AGC), an Essar enterprise and global solutions integrator announced the successful acquisition of Pyrios Limited New Zealand and Pyrios Pty Limited Australia through their indirect subsidiaries, Black Box Networks Services New Zealand Ltd and Black Box Networks Services Australia Pty Ltd respectively. ...
Deloitte Australia appoints its first-ever female CMO: Rochelle Tognetti
One of the ‘Big Four’ firms Deloitte’s Australian arm has announced the appointment of its first female Chief Marketing Officer, Rochelle Tognetti. The announced by Deloitte Australia was made following the promotion of Deloitte APAC CMO, Matt McGrath to Global CMO. Tognetti will be supported...
Former MXA Consulting partners launch tech consulting firm: Concept Six
Two former Australia-based MXA Consulting partners, Paul Dearlove and John Sidey have launched their own tech consulting firm in Australia called Concept Six. The newly-formed technology consultancy company will offer technology, business and transformation advice and will primarily focus on partnering with government organizations to...
D-Wave expands its quantum cloud service to Australia & India
Canadian quantum computing service provider D-Wave Systems Inc has announced its expansion to Australia and India. D-Wave is the world’s first commercial supplier of quantum computers and a leader in the development and delivery of quantum computing services, systems and software. The leading quantum cloud...
Instagram Reels expands to India while rival TikTok gets banned
Facebook-owned Instagram has launched its very own 15-second video feature in India called ‘Reels’. The photo-sharing platform has launched Reels as a feature which will be a part of the Instagram app and won’t require users to download and register on a separate app. The...
Trend Micro to bring AWS-backed open banking solution to Australia
Japanese cybersecurity company Trend Micro is launching an AWS-powered open banking solution in Australia. The name of the solution is Trend Micro Cloud One ‘Conformity’ and it will be Australia’s first automated open banking solution for secure data sharing. The banking solution offered by Tokyo-based...
DXC Technology merges its A/NZ and Asia operations & leadership
Leading IT services and solutions company DXC Technology has announced it will merge operations and leadership arrangement of regions Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ) with Asia. The IT company assures there will be no lay-offs or changes in the day-to-day operations. The combined region will...
Australian cyber startup Kasada raises $10 million to expand in the US
Kasada, an Australian cyber security company, has bagged funding of $10 million to expand its operations in the United States. Ten Eleven Ventures, a cybersecurity venture capital specialist, led the Series B round of funding, in addition to existing investors Reinventure (Westpac’s venture capital arm)...
CSIRO’s Data61 develops ‘Void’ to prevent voice spoofing attacks
CSIRO’s digital strategy arm, Data61 has come up with a new technique to prevent voice spoofing attacks – Voice liveness detection (Void). Void has been developed in association with South Korea’s Sungkyunkwan University and Samsung Research. Voice spoofing is a malicious technique used by scammers...
