Public Sector stories
Four of six major AI sales agents posted negative scores in a new benchmark, highlighting the cost of poor prospecting output for businesses.
Enterprise security teams gain a new AI-assisted way to spot exploitable code flaws, as IBM widens its cyber work with OpenAI.
The statewide rollout aims to give counties, cities and universities real-time visibility into cyber threats as attacks on public services intensify.
Sovereign AI is becoming vital to mission readiness as Defence Australia builds a connected data ecosystem for faster decisions.
Sovereignty concerns over data residency and cloud routing are pushing more governments and enterprises to keep device management in-house.
Residents will judge councils on whether bins are collected and benefits processed smoothly during reorganisation, not on digital ambitions.
Public confidence in digital government is fragile, with AI adoption, vendor dependence and weak governance now posing a bigger risk than outages.
The deal gives customers red teaming and runtime protection for AI systems as enterprises rush to secure models and autonomous agents.
Businesses in New Zealand want better productivity and AI support, and HP has named a veteran executive to help meet that demand.
The hire comes as firms face rising identity fraud risks in account recovery, device enrolment and privileged access workflows.
The appointments bolster Google Cloud's push for AI and cloud growth in Southeast Asia, as competition intensifies across key markets.
Skills shortages are leaving New Zealand firms exposed as AI adoption outpaces cyber and governance expertise across key sectors.
The return of highly significant incidents has renewed pressure on New Zealand organisations to tighten defences after losses jumped to NZD $5.6 million.
The move comes as US agencies shift from planning to implementation of post-quantum cryptography, exposing legacy systems to future quantum attacks.
Extra warehouse parts will help Smart CT meet demand from new contracts across government, health and retail customers in Europe and beyond.
The Leeds consultancy is adding 15 AI roles as clients grapple with data and governance hurdles that keep pilots from reaching production.
Korean banks and agencies can now keep security logs in-country as Google Cloud tries to ease compliance worries over cloud-based threat monitoring.
Clients are increasingly demanding proof that cloud and AI spending is lifting productivity, revenue or cost control, not just adding systems.
The pact could keep more AI data and computing in Canada as enterprises and public bodies seek domestically governed infrastructure for sensitive workloads.
The deal gives employers more access to cyber and AI training as breaches rise and skills shortages deepen across finance, tech and government.
