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Ransomware attacks surge 50% as industrial firms hit hardest
Malware

Ransomware attacks surge 50% as industrial firms hit hardest

Global ransomware attacks jump 50% to 7,874 in 2025, with industrial firms bearing the brunt as criminal groups reshuffle their tactics.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
OEMs prioritise resilience, recovery & security in design
Robotics

OEMs prioritise resilience, recovery & security in design

Rockwell finds OEMs shifting focus from peak performance to resilience, recovery speed and built-in cybersecurity amid rising industrial volatility.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 25th Feb 2026
Fleets test AI as ageing vehicles drive up costs
Cartech

Fleets test AI as ageing vehicles drive up costs

Fleet operators cautiously trial AI to tame rising costs as ageing vehicles and maintenance bottlenecks drive up downtime and service spend.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Fri, 20th Feb 2026
Data gaps stall AI scale-up despite strong AIOps gains
Unified Communications

Data gaps stall AI scale-up despite strong AIOps gains

Financial firms reap strong AIOps returns but poor data quality and fragmented tools are stalling the leap from pilots to scaled AI.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Thu, 12th Feb 2026
NeuBird AI names Venkat Ramakrishnan president & COO
Storage

NeuBird AI names Venkat Ramakrishnan president & COO

NeuBird AI appoints Venkat Ramakrishnan president and COO to scale its agentic AI SRE platform and expand global commercial operations.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Thu, 5th Feb 2026
DigiCert warns of prolonged online demand & attacks
Firewalls

DigiCert warns of prolonged online demand & attacks

DigiCert warns Q4 internet traffic stayed high as DDoS and app-layer attacks grew longer and more intense, eroding traditional peak seasons.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Fri, 30th Jan 2026
Dell warns of rising cyber 'resilience debt' in Australia
Data Protection

Dell warns of rising cyber 'resilience debt' in Australia

Dell warns Australian firms face mounting “resilience debt” as prevention outspends recovery, leaving backups exposed to cyberattacks.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Thu, 29th Jan 2026
Banks hit by costly outages as AI drives observability
DevOps

Banks hit by costly outages as AI drives observability

Banks face outages costing USD $1.8 million an hour as New Relic says AI-driven observability becomes vital for risk, CX and resilience.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Wed, 21st Jan 2026
Industrial ransomware attacks surge, manufacturing hit hardest
Virtualisation

Industrial ransomware attacks surge, manufacturing hit hardest

Industrial ransomware attacks climbed 13% in Q3 2025 to 742 cases worldwide, with manufacturing absorbing nearly three quarters of hits.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Thu, 11th Dec 2025
AI-led workplaces twice as likely to beat revenue goals
Digital Transformation

AI-led workplaces twice as likely to beat revenue goals

Firms that embed AI in digital workplace tools are twice as likely to beat revenue goals, as gaps widen with slower-moving rivals.

By Melania Watson • 4 min read • Wed, 10th Dec 2025

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Financial firms struggle to scale AI despite strong returns
Unified Communications

Financial firms struggle to scale AI despite strong returns

Financial firms see strong AI returns but Riverbed survey shows most projects stall in pilots, held back by data quality and tool sprawl.

By Kaleah Salmon • 5 min read • Thu, 5th Feb 2026
Cybit warns UK boards over rising tech risk in 2026
Virtualisation

Cybit warns UK boards over rising tech risk in 2026

Cybit warns UK boards that rapid AI adoption and cloud shifts are driving higher tech risk in 2026, with downtime now eclipsing data loss.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Fri, 30th Jan 2026
NETSCOUT boosts observability with Wi-Fi 7, SSL tools
Firewalls

NETSCOUT boosts observability with Wi-Fi 7, SSL tools

NETSCOUT equips nGeniusONE and Edge Sensors with Wi-Fi 7 and deeper SSL/TLS visibility to tackle remote-site blind spots and expiry risks.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Thu, 29th Jan 2026
Alert fatigue drives UK IT outages & rising burnout
DevOps

Alert fatigue drives UK IT outages & rising burnout

UK IT teams say alert fatigue and tool overload are driving outages, customer disruption and rising burnout, Splunk research shows.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Tue, 27th Jan 2026
AI reshapes fire protection design for data centres
Disaster Recovery

AI reshapes fire protection design for data centres

AI-ready data centres push fire protection into early design, as liquid cooling and high-density racks reshape risk, resilience and recovery.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Fri, 23rd Jan 2026
HPE boosts retail resilience with new edge & core tech
Data Protection

HPE boosts retail resilience with new edge & core tech

HPE rolls out new Aruba switches, Marvis-powered analytics and Nonstop servers to keep retail transactions and in-store networks always on.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Tue, 13th Jan 2026
Australia's cloud security paradox: High confidence, but almost no context
Hybrid Cloud

Australia's cloud security paradox: High confidence, but almost no context

Australia's cloud security spend is soaring, yet 40% of network traffic still lacks context, leaving teams confident but effectively half-blind.

By Raghu Nandakumara • 5 min read • Thu, 11th Dec 2025