About Sean
Sean Mitchell
Publisher
Having started his career at Renaissance. Sean joined Apple in Melbourne for a number of years before working in the media space. This started with Review Publishing and later the tech publisher IDG Communications. In 2006 he was involved in the launch of The Channel magazine. As they say – the rest is history.
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Jellyfish names Maria Africa to lead ANZ paid media
Wed, 17th Dec 2025
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data analytics
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martech
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cdp
Jellyfish names Maria Africa senior director of paid media for Australia and New Zealand as it accelerates AI-driven marketing growth.
ServiceNow buys Moveworks to build AI 'front door'
Wed, 17th Dec 2025
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digital transformation
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hcm
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cartech
ServiceNow buys AI assistant specialist Moveworks to create a single conversational 'front door' into automated workflows across the enterprise.
CrowdStrike unveils Falcon AIDR to secure AI prompts
Wed, 17th Dec 2025
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data protection
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devops
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cloud security
CrowdStrike launches Falcon AIDR to police AI prompts and agents, tackling injection, jailbreaks and sensitive data leaks in real time.
Retailers hit by 'Christmas Returns Hangover' surge
Wed, 17th Dec 2025
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uc
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data analytics
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cx
Retailers brace for a “Christmas Returns Hangover” as eDesk reports a 45% spike in return requests from 26 December, denting profits.
BluSky AI names Riley Cooney to drive modular AI push
Tue, 16th Dec 2025
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
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crypto
BluSky AI hires finance leader Riley Cooney as corporate development and strategy chief to accelerate its modular AI data centre expansion.
Kubus bolsters leadership with new marketing & HR heads
Tue, 16th Dec 2025
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network infrastructure
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hcm
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partner programmes
Kubus names Katie Hunt as Head of Marketing and promotes Liv Duncan to Head of HR, strengthening leadership for global growth plans.
Forrester tips AI-native clouds & digital workers by 2026
Tue, 16th Dec 2025
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robots
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
Forrester predicts AI-native clouds will reap USD $20 billion and digital workers will reshape enterprise software and development by 2026.
Bizcap names Rebecca del Rio Deputy CEO for APAC
Tue, 16th Dec 2025
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data analytics
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fintech
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cx
Bizcap appoints long-time executive Rebecca del Rio as Deputy CEO for APAC, expanding her leadership as the lender accelerates global growth.
Nexxen & Tubi expand programmatic streaming in Australia
Tue, 16th Dec 2025
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marketing
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nasdaq
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avod
Nexxen links with Tubi and News Australia to open programmatic access to Tubi's free ad-supported streaming inventory for local brands.
Dell predicts surge in agentic & sovereign AI in APAC
Tue, 16th Dec 2025
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data protection
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network infrastructure
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hybrid cloud
Dell forecasts APAC shift from AI pilots to agentic and sovereign platforms, with tighter governance and large-scale production rollouts.
Macquarie Telecom names new chief in leadership reshuffle
Tue, 16th Dec 2025
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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sd-wan
Macquarie Technology names Marija Harris to lead Macquarie Telecom from 2026 as veteran Luke Clifton shifts to a governance-focused director role.
Motivair debuts AI-ready coolant units for data centres
Tue, 16th Dec 2025
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
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edge computing
Motivair by Schneider Electric unveils AI-ready coolant units for high-density data centres, promising flexible layouts and lower energy use.
Cloudflare reveals AI surge & Internet 'bot wars' in 2025
Tue, 16th Dec 2025
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ddos
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network infrastructure
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data analytics
Cloudflare warns 2025 brings surging AI traffic, record DDoS attacks and escalating Internet 'bot wars' as civil groups face rising threats.
Smart relay flaw risks repeated power & safety outages
Tue, 16th Dec 2025
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firewalls
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network security
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iot security
Smart relay flaw lets attackers repeatedly reboot Shelly Pro 4PM devices, causing disruptive power, safety and visibility outages.
C-Tech shifts to Dassault cloud CAD for composites push
Tue, 16th Dec 2025
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digital transformation
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erp
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dassault systemes
New Zealand composites specialist C-Tech adopts Dassault's cloud 3DEXPERIENCE CAD to unify design, simulation and manufacturing across sites.
Nutanix unveils sovereign cloud push for secure AI
Tue, 16th Dec 2025
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virtualisation
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firewalls
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dr
Nutanix launches distributed sovereign cloud upgrades to secure AI and Kubernetes workloads across dark sites, public clouds and on-premise.
Zoom launches AI Companion 3.0 with agentic workflows
Tue, 16th Dec 2025
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uc
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data protection
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encryption
Zoom unveils AI Companion 3.0, adding agentic workflows, a browser hub for work orchestration and standalone access from USD $10 a month.
Soverli raises USD $2.6m for sovereign smartphone OS
Tue, 16th Dec 2025
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virtualisation
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data protection
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dr
Swiss start-up Soverli raises USD $2.6m to build a sovereign smartphone layer that runs alongside Android and iOS for mission-critical use.
Hitachi Vantara storage named leader in GigaOm AI era
Tue, 16th Dec 2025
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storage
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virtualisation
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data protection
Hitachi Vantara's VSP One platform is named a GigaOm primary storage Leader again, praised for AI-era cyber resilience and hybrid cloud support.
Experts weigh in on marketing's redundancy crisis in Age of AI
Tue, 16th Dec 2025
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digital transformation
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cx
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martech
As AI reshapes marketing teams, experts warn of a global redundancy wave-and argue human experience is now the industry's rarest asset.