STAMFORD, Conn., December 4, 2025 — In 2026, 116 million electric vehicles (EVs) – cars, buses, vans and heavy trucks – are forecast to be on the road, according to Gartner, Inc., a business and technology insights company. Expert Take: “Despite the U.S. government introducing tariffs on vehicle imports and many governments removing the subsidies…
SYDNEY, Australia — 3 December 2025 — Australian merchants on Shopify delivered their strongest Black Friday Cyber Monday (BFCM) on record, with the number of local consumers purchasing rising by 15% year-on-year. The surge in Australian demand contributed to a cumulative $14.6 billion USD in global sales* generated by Shopify merchants, a 27% increase (24% on…
SYDNEY, Australia, December 1, 2025 – Fifty-two percent of government CIOs (not including the U.S.) expect their IT budgets to increase for AI and other key technologies in 2026, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc., a business and technology insights company. This is despite overall budget pressures, with governments recognizing their transformational potential for…
Bengaluru – 1 December 2025 – Skyflow, the global leader in AI data security and privacy, today announced the launch of a purpose-built solution to meet Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act’s toughest technical requirements. Skyflow’s DPDP Data Privacy Vault Platform helps enterprises exclusively protect personal data, govern its use, and accelerate safe AI innovation, while…
SYDNEY, Australia — 27 November 2025—Confluent, Inc. (NASDAQ:CFLT), the data streaming pioneer, today announced it was named a Leader by Forrester Research in The Forrester Wave™: Streaming Data Platforms, Q4 2025. The report states, “Streaming data represents the physical and digital reality of what is happening in your business right now.” This data is essential for…
SYDNEY, November 27, 2025 – Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global cybersecurity leader, today released its annual Security Predictions Report for 2026, warning that the coming year will mark the true industrialisation of cybercrime. Artificial intelligence (AI) and automation are now enabling threat actors to run entire campaigns autonomously, from reconnaissance to extortion, creating unprecedented speed, scale, and…
SYDNEY, November 27, 2025 — Kyndryl (NYSE: KD), a leading provider of mission-critical enterprise technology services, today announced new AI-powered services that combine the Company’s deep mainframe expertise with agentic AI and hybrid IT computing capabilities to accelerate application and solutions development, increase operational agility and unlock new business insights by expanding customers’ AI usage on the platform. …
LONDON, U.K., November 17, 2025 — Electricity demand for data centers worldwide is projected to grow 16% in 2025 and to double by 2030, according to Gartner, Inc., a business and technology insights company. Gartner analysts estimate worldwide data center electricity consumption will rise from 448 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2025 to 980 TWh by…
EDINBURGH; 26 November 2025 Leading UK digital project consultancy Waracle has agreed a deal to acquire HackSoft, a software development consultancy based in Sofia, Bulgaria. The acquisition marks a significant milestone in Waracle’s ambitious growth strategy, expanding its geographic footprint beyond the UK for the first time. The acquisition of HackSoft provides Waracle with a strategic foothold in a…
