ICT sector stories - Page 16

Aonic acquires Prime Insights for $250m, expanding beyond gaming into research tech and adtech to boost its global data platform reach.

Tech and B2B firms are appointing Chief Trust Officers to boost security, privacy, and trust amid rising client and regulator concerns, says Forrester.

Omnissa has been named a Leader in Gartner's 2025 Magic Quadrant for Desktop as a Service for the third year running, praised for top scores in critical capabilities.

Firebolt appoints Hemanth Vedagarbha as CEO to lead global expansion and strengthen its position in the analytical database market amid rising AI demand.

Reliance and Meta have launched a USD $100 million joint venture to develop AI enterprise solutions for Indian firms, using Meta's open-source Llama models.

Enero Group posted a 2% rise in FY25 EBITDA, boosted by award-winning agencies Hotwire, BMF, ROI·DNA and Orchard driving steady growth and margins.

Snowflake's product revenue rose 32% to USD $1.09 billion in Q2 FY2026, driven by strong customer growth and a net revenue retention rate of 125%.

Avalara has won the 2025 Tech Cares Award from TrustRadius for its strong commitment to CSR, diversity, sustainability and employee volunteerism.

Industry leaders mark International Women in Cyber Day, urging action to boost female representation and diversity in cybersecurity roles worldwide.

Tenable appoints Matthew Brown as new CFO, replacing Steve Vintz who moves to Co-CEO, marking a strategic shift in leadership and growth focus.

UiPath has named Michael Atalla as Chief Marketing Officer to lead global marketing and boost adoption of AI-driven automation in business processes.

China-linked hackers MURKY PANDA exploit trusted cloud relationships to conduct cyberespionage against North American government and tech sectors.

Firebolt has launched a new hub in Singapore to support rising demand for real-time data analytics and AI solutions across the Asia Pacific region.

Outpost24 appoints Ariel Katz as Chief Corporate Development Officer to lead strategic growth via mergers, acquisitions, and partnerships in cybersecurity.

Alok Garodia joins FLOW Digital Infrastructure as CFO to boost growth and expand its data centre operations across Asia Pacific, backed by PAG's strong capital.

AI crawlers now account for 80% of bot traffic, with Meta leading, placing huge strain on web resources and raising concerns over data bias and security risks.

Lenovo posted record Q1 results with USD $18.8 billion revenue, driven by 39% APAC growth at USD $3.7 billion, excluding China, and doubled net income.

Cybercriminal groups ShinyHunters and Scattered Spider have escalated phishing attacks on Salesforce and major firms like Google, signalling possible collaboration.

DDoS attacks in APAC have surged 364% year-on-year, driven by AI and hacktivists, with service providers and government bodies as prime targets.

Lindsay Zwart, former Vodafone and Microsoft exec, has been named EVP and GM for APAC at Pax8, driving cloud commerce growth across the region.