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Cohesity launches Agent Resilience for AI recovery

The new feature targets a growing gap in AI governance, after Cohesity found 56% of organisations feel unprepared for agent mishaps.

By Mara Sugue • 5 min read • 3 days ago

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Software-as-a-Service

Keeper launches Google Chat tool for access approvals

Access approvals can now be handled in Google Chat, as Keeper brings privileged requests and just-in-time elevation into Workspace workflows.

By Raphael Veloso • 3 min read • Today

Data Protection

Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5.5 with lower costs

Lower running costs and faster output are aimed at businesses using Anthropic's latest Claude model, which starts at USD $4 per million input tokens.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Today

Customer Experience

Exabeam channel-first push lifts partner-led pipeline

Partner-led sales now account for Exabeam's highest-volume pipeline source, as new-logo business surged 138% above plan in the first half.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • Yesterday

DevOps

Stacklet launches Cloud AI FinOps Benchmark for cloud costs

Cloud AI bills are drawing new scrutiny as Stacklet targets waste across AWS, Google Cloud and Azure with tested controls.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Yesterday

Digital Transformation

Co Connect joins Google AI accelerator for Australia

Its offline safety app for mine workers will be sharpened with Google help, as Co Connect joins a 15-startup AI cohort.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Yesterday

Data Protection

Okta-led alliance unveils blueprint for AI agent security

With Fortune 500 firms expected to deploy vast armies of agents, the alliance aims to curb access risks as AI tools spread across business systems.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • 3 days ago

Hybrid Cloud

Google Cloud launches M4N instances for Oracle workloads

Enterprise Oracle users could cut licensing and infrastructure costs as Google Cloud adds high-memory M4N instances tuned for heavy I/O workloads.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week

Virtual Private Networks

Google Cloud outlines AI framework for telecoms networks

Operators could use the new framework to spot faults faster, test changes safely and automate telecoms network decisions as complexity rises.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week

Virtualisation

Google Cloud launches Filestore agent volumes for AI

The service aims to cut storage overheads for firms running thousands of AI agents, while keeping workspaces isolated and quick to spin up.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last week

Disaster Recovery

Google Cloud issues six-step guide for outage response

Customers can use the six-step workflow to tell whether an outage stems from Google, their own systems or a third-party service.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Last week

Data Protection

Google warns AI is reshaping cyber attacks & defences

Attackers are exploiting AI tools to speed intrusions and drain cloud resources, pushing defenders towards machine-speed security operations.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week

Privileged Access Management

Google Cloud expands session controls with 16-hour default

Administrators can now target shorter reauthentication windows to privileged users and specific apps as Google Cloud rolls out its new 16-hour default.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last week

Customer Experience

AI loyalty shift threatens retailers' direct customer ties

Retailers could be reduced to fulfilment providers unless they use loyalty data to stay visible as shoppers turn to AI assistants.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • Last week

Virtualisation

Google launches open-source Agent Substrate on GKE

Teams running AI agents at scale could save idle compute and tighten isolation as Google opens Agent Substrate on Kubernetes Engine.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week

Data Protection

Exclusive: ABBYY launches hybrid AI document models

Enterprises under pressure to curb AI risk and cost are being given a hybrid option that blends generative models with OCR and rules-based extraction.

By Sean Mitchell • 6 min read • Last week