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What Irish sports tech brings to Oceania
Wearables

What Irish sports tech brings to Oceania

Irish sports technology firms could benefit from Oceania's fervent fan bases and elite systems, as ANZ looks for proven partners.

By Libby Ryan • 4 min read • Last month
Is this the advertising opportunity most brands are still missing?
Marketing

Is this the advertising opportunity most brands are still missing?

Streaming viewers can spend up to 10 minutes choosing what to watch, giving brands a rare chance to grab attention before the show starts.

By Oscar Rondon • 4 min read • Last month
Beyond Prompt Engineering: Why Trust Engineering Is the Next AI Challenge
Customer Relationship Management

Beyond Prompt Engineering: Why Trust Engineering Is the Next AI Challenge

Poor contact data can undermine AI outputs at scale, making upstream verification more important than prompt tweaks for compliance and accuracy.

By Edmund Ng • 6 min read • Last month
Your annual penetration testing is already out of date
Data Protection

Your annual penetration testing is already out of date

Organisations risk missed exposures as cloud, APIs and AI systems change far faster than annual security checks can keep up.

By Richard Ford • 5 min read • Last month
SonicWall research sounds Code Red on healthcare cybersecurity as attack rates refuse to decline
Malware

SonicWall research sounds Code Red on healthcare cybersecurity as attack rates refuse to decline

Healthcare saw the smallest attack decline in SonicWall's latest data, as 10 ransomware families and millions of exploit hits kept pressure high.

By SonicWall • 6 min read • Last month
Tech Trailblazers Awards widens entries to scale-ups
Robotics

Tech Trailblazers Awards widens entries to scale-ups

Scale-ups can now compete for recognition and customer validation as the Tech Trailblazers Awards opens 2026 entries worldwide.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month
Infosys, ANA & LIONS launch CMO AI Hub for members
Digital Transformation

Infosys, ANA & LIONS launch CMO AI Hub for members

Chief marketers now have a members-only AI tool that turns peer research and case studies into quick guidance as marketing teams face pressure to adapt.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month

Stories from Other Regions

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Why Australian tax agents need to secure every customer login to prevent the next wave of tax fraud
Data Protection

Why Australian tax agents need to secure every customer login to prevent the next wave of tax fraud

Stolen credentials are fuelling fraud as attackers bypass ATO controls, exposing taxpayers and forcing tax agents to harden logins.

By Geoff Schomburgk • 5 min read • Last month
Changes to the cheaper home batteries program and the South Australian market response
Clean technologies

Changes to the cheaper home batteries program and the South Australian market response

South Australian households are still buying batteries despite a smaller rebate, as installers cut prices to soften the 2026 step-down.

By Lovan • 6 min read • Last month
ASTRSK launches AI PR training platform for founders
Software-as-a-Service

ASTRSK launches AI PR training platform for founders

Founders with tight PR budgets can now access a self-paced 21-day course, with AI tools for pitching and media lists, for USD $199.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Last month
Why passkeys are becoming essential for modern cybersecurity
Data Protection

Why passkeys are becoming essential for modern cybersecurity

With phishing and stolen credentials driving most breaches, organisations are being urged to replace passwords with passkeys for safer logins.

By Martin Wegrostek • 4 min read • Last month
Ireland's invisible infrastructure: Why wholesale holds the key to food resilience
Data Analytics

Ireland's invisible infrastructure: Why wholesale holds the key to food resilience

Stronger wholesale networks could help shield Irish consumers and SMEs from supply shocks as tighter margins and disruption bite across the food chain.

By Bharat Sharma • 6 min read • Last month
Australia's resilience problem isn't redundancy. It's shared infrastructure
Network Infrastructure

Australia's resilience problem isn't redundancy. It's shared infrastructure

Shared fibre routes can leave supposedly redundant links exposed to the same outage, a risk growing as AI workloads demand uninterrupted connectivity.

By Mark Rafferty • 5 min read • Last month
In AI, control is the real advantage
Data Protection

In AI, control is the real advantage

Australian firms risk losing AI advantage if core models and pricing stay offshore, as sovereign control becomes a resilience and trust issue.

By Gavin Seewooruttun • 5 min read • Last month
The CFO as Chief Attention Officer: Why finance is quietly taking control of AI, media, and growth narratives
Customer Experience

The CFO as Chief Attention Officer: Why finance is quietly taking control of AI, media, and growth narratives

As AI spend surges, finance is being asked to prove which bets earn attention, revenue and growth, not just efficiency.

By Kavitha Ramaswamy • 7 min read • Last month
The state of cyber resilience amongst UK organisations
Data Protection

The state of cyber resilience amongst UK organisations

Despite reported gains, fewer than one in four UK organisations trust their cyber defences to withstand a major incident, a survey found.

By Jason Simper • 5 min read • Last month
Agentic AI will soon run your service desk. The real question is who controls it
Software-as-a-Service

Agentic AI will soon run your service desk. The real question is who controls it

The shift to AI that can act, not just summarise, raises new questions over auditability, data residency and who controls operations.

By Dion Williams • 5 min read • Last month