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MongoDB has appointed Richard Scott to lead the data platform vendor’s presence in Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ). From Sydney, Scott’s will prioritise accelerating MongoDB’s growth and adoption throughout the region, with a focus on aligning partners, community, and regional teams, to help customers modernise and deploy AI applications. He takes the role over from […]

Enterprise planning software firm Anaplan has acknowledged its top-performing Australian partners at its annual awards. The vendor’s awards program recognises the efforts of its channel partners that demonstrate “outstanding commitment to driving business transformation and delivering exceptional value to Australian customers.” In all, five awards were handed out to four companies. Long-standing Anaplan partner Deloitte […]

Corporate IT and process training organisation Lumify Group has shaken up its executive team with a new CEO in the form of Darren Cook as well as two chief operating officers (COO). Joining Cook’s appointment is Ayisha Tufail, who has been promoted to COO for professional capability, and Joshua Cameron, whose role has been elevated […]

Homegrown cyber security specialist Sekuro has been recognised among CrowdStrike’s peak partners at its Fal.Con 2026 conference. According to the vendor, the awards acknowledge its partners and customers that build on CrowdStrike to “secure the front lines of AI”. Among the 22 winners, Sekuro won the International Partner of the Year award. In response, the […]

The ISO/IEC 42001:2023 AI management systems standard is now available through A Good Certification Group (AGCG). It has secured accreditation from the Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand (JASANZ). This gives local businesses an additional pathway to achieve certification, especially around a structured framework for developing and using AI while also meeting compliance […]

Enterprise work management platform Smartsheet has promoted its Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ) vice president Jarrod Kinchington to lead the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. As vice president and general manager of APAC, Kinchington’s promotion covers Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and India, as the vendor looking to deepen its regional presence. He enters the role […]

SCX.ai is tapping into Apple’s large language model (LLM) flexibility with the development of an MIT-licenced Swift package to connect hosted text models, including Australian-hosted Project MAGPiE, to Apple’s Foundation Models framework. Named SCXSwiftKit, the package conforms to Apple’s LanguageModel interface and enables developers to select an SCX model for a given session while continuing […]

Scam intelligence and disruption platform Apate.ai has partnered with US-headquartered telecommunications analytics vendor Mobileum to offer its solution on a global scale. Apate.ai’s platform works by deploying autonomous AI-powered agents to hold live conversations with scammers in voice, messaging, and email channels. Any carrier network traffic flagged as suspicious will be sent to the agents, […]

Cyber threat intelligence platform Recorded Future is looking to reinvigorate its approach to the channel, including in Australia and New Zealand, with plans to introduce a newly developed partner program soon. Servicing around 1,900 organisations across 80 countries, Recorded Future is constantly combing for data from a myriad of sources and analysing it with AI-driven […]

Okta has hired Sunil Kedaraji as vice president of channel and strategic alliances for the Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) region. Based in Singapore, Kedaraji’s focus will be Okta’s APJ partner business and will work closely with sales, alliances, channel, and go-to-market teams to bolster partnerships and partner capability. He inters the role with over […]