Global cloud infrastructure services spending has increased by US7.2 billion in just one quarter this year, driven by cloud migration in a market dominated by Amazon Web Services, according to a new report from global research firm Canalys.

Open banking holds enormous potential to reshape the banking industry and the broader economy, as well bringing greater control and benefits to Australian consumers and small businesses, according to a fintech practice leader at professional services firm KPMG.

Australian mobile carrier Pivotel has acquired two US-based mobile satellite solution businesses, MVS USA and Explorer Satellite Communications, through its US based subsidiary Pivotel America.and has signalled that more acquisitions are on the way.

The days of fiddling self-checkouts by deliberately mis-identifying fruit and veg could be over thanks to new object recognition technology from Shekel.

Edge cloud provider Fastly has expanded into Australia, establishing four points of presence (POPs) and is hiring local staff.

Data management specialist Cohesity's has released a product which scans backup data to identify vulnerabilities in the organisation's IT environment.

Global analytics software provider, SAS, is providing its customers more and more interactivity with open source tools and platforms to work in the way they want, says Shadi Shalin, Global Vice President of Product Strategy in an interview with David Williams.

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