SecurityBrief New Zealand - Technology news for CISOs & cybersecurity decision-makers
New Zealand

High availability Stories

Global Stories

High availability stories

Platform9 launches partner plan for VMware migrants
Virtualisation

Platform9 launches partner plan for VMware migrants

Cloud providers facing the end of VMware's CSP programme in 2027 can now tap migration tools and new pricing to protect margins.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Last week
Companies turn to EnterpriseDB for AI data control
Hybrid Cloud

Companies turn to EnterpriseDB for AI data control

Banks and retailers are adopting the platform as AI projects mature, with data sovereignty now shaping budgets, risk and infrastructure choices.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week
UCC Coffee moves server estate to Azure in hybrid shift
Disaster Recovery

UCC Coffee moves server estate to Azure in hybrid shift

The shift cut monthly hosting costs by about 40% and let the coffee supplier modernise ageing systems without disrupting deliveries.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last week
DevZero launches autonomous Kubernetes rightsizing platform
DevOps

DevZero launches autonomous Kubernetes rightsizing platform

The platform aims to cut idle cloud spend for Kubernetes users, with DevZero saying it can shift workloads live as demand changes without restarts.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • This month
Supabase raises USD $500 million in Series F round
Storage

Supabase raises USD $500 million in Series F round

The fresh cash lifts Supabase's valuation to USD $10.5 billion as AI-driven demand for its database platform continues to surge.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • This month
Visibility can shield you against $15k/min downtime
Disaster Recovery

Visibility can shield you against $15k/min downtime

Blind spots in monitoring are pushing outage bills higher, with Splunk estimating average downtime now costs USD $15,000 a minute.

By Anthony Caruana • 4 min read • This month
WatchGuard launches three Firebox appliances for MSPs
Firewalls

WatchGuard launches three Firebox appliances for MSPs

Higher network throughput and uptime for MSPs and enterprises is the aim, as WatchGuard adds 25G and 100G Firebox models.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • This month
Aewin unveils rack-scale AI infrastructure & cooling
Network Security

Aewin unveils rack-scale AI infrastructure & cooling

Rising chip heat and rack density are pushing data centre operators towards liquid cooling to curb power use and support larger AI deployments.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • This month
Proxmox 9.2 adds dynamic load balancer & networking
Virtualisation

Proxmox 9.2 adds dynamic load balancer & networking

Cluster operators gain automated workload balancing and broader networking controls in the latest release, reducing manual intervention during maintenance.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last month
Dell launches PowerStore Elite for AI data centres
Data Protection

Dell launches PowerStore Elite for AI data centres

Organisations across EMEA want AI-ready storage without disruptive rebuilds, as rising data volumes and resilience demands strain ageing data centres.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month
LSEG extends Broadcom cloud deal for VMware platform
Disaster Recovery

LSEG extends Broadcom cloud deal for VMware platform

The renewal will help LSEG bolster resilience and security across regulated market systems as it deepens use of VMware Cloud Foundation.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Last month
Alior Bank cuts virtualisation costs by 60% with Hitachi
Virtualisation

Alior Bank cuts virtualisation costs by 60% with Hitachi

The Polish lender expects a 60% drop in virtualisation costs as it shifts hundreds of critical workloads onto Red Hat OpenShift and Hitachi Vantara.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month
Global 2000 downtime costs rise to USD $600 billion
Software-as-a-Service

Global 2000 downtime costs rise to USD $600 billion

Outages are now costing Global 2000 firms USD $600 billion a year, as a single incident can wipe 3.4% off share prices.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last month
Cohesity wins AWS resilience competency for cloud recovery
Software-as-a-Service

Cohesity wins AWS resilience competency for cloud recovery

The AWS badge gives customers a simpler route to buy Cohesity's recovery tools and could help speed response after ransomware or outages.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Last month

Stories from Other Regions

High availability stories

20i backs distributed hosting as traffic demands rise
Software-as-a-Service

20i backs distributed hosting as traffic demands rise

Rising traffic and more complex sites are pushing businesses to look beyond single-server hosting, 20i says, to reduce bottlenecks and outages.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week
StorONE & Myota launch secure enterprise S3 system
Data Protection

StorONE & Myota launch secure enterprise S3 system

The system is aimed at enterprises seeking S3-compatible storage that cuts flash use, lowers cloud fees and hardens data against ransomware.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week
PointsBet picks Grafana Cloud for betting platform
DevOps

PointsBet picks Grafana Cloud for betting platform

Better visibility over outages and latency should help PointsBet protect live-betting customers as it unifies telemetry across its platform.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • This month
T-Mobile deploys FICO platform for zero-downtime onboarding
Digital Transformation

T-Mobile deploys FICO platform for zero-downtime onboarding

Zero outages now support more than 1 million monthly credit checks as T-Mobile prepares to expand home broadband and connected devices.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Last month