NZ Tech News

Data#3, Perfekt and Secureware have been named 11:11 Systems’ top Asia-Pacific partners in inaugural awards for cloud and security projects.

OpenAI launches a Codex macOS app, turning ChatGPT into a multi-agent coding hub with workflows, skills and tighter desktop security.

Netpoleon partners with Hack The Box to deliver hands-on cyber skills training and readiness tools to address ANZ’s growing security gap.

Commvault has launched Geo Shield, a sovereign cloud approach giving regulated customers tighter data residency, control and encryption key choice.

Snowflake strikes USD $200m deal to embed OpenAI models across its data platform, promising native AI tools for 12,600 enterprise customers.

OpenAI deploys behavioural age prediction for ChatGPT as it prepares a 2026 adult mode, raising fresh privacy and child-safety concerns.

Panera data breach exposes details of 14 million customers, spotlighting a surge in SaaS-focused extortion and identity-driven cyber attacks.

Event planners in Australia and New Zealand face tighter budgets, faster turnarounds and lingering doubts over AI’s place in their work.

Okta appoints Dan Mountstephen to steer Asia Pacific and Japan growth, sharpening its identity-led cyber and AI security strategy.

Apex Computing turns firewall upgrades into planned security strategy, helping clients avoid breaches, downtime and costly distressed buys.

Mercury Analytics says AI will turn open-ended feedback into measurable insight by 2026, reshaping how organisations use qualitative data.

AI investment is surging faster than data privacy and board oversight, leaving storage gaps and weak access controls to fuel rising risk.