IT Budget Stories

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SAP New Zealand profit more than doubles on cloud growth

Cloud demand lifted SAP New Zealand's annual profit to NZD $17.4 million, more than double the prior year, as revenue rose nearly 16%.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • This month

Global Stories

IT Budget stories

Data Protection

Enterprises shift AI workloads towards private cloud

Rising costs, security worries and data sovereignty are pushing more firms to run production AI inferencing in private cloud, a Broadcom survey shows.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week

Semiconductors

Starmer opens London Tech Week with AI investment push

New compute funding and billions in private pledges are set to widen access to AI tools, sharpening Britain's bid for investment and growth.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last week

Hybrid Cloud

LogicMonitor appoints Dave Patnaik as Vice President of APAC

Asia Pacific enterprises are driving stronger demand for observability tools as LogicMonitor steps up regional execution to win more contracts.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Last week

Data Protection

New Relic launches AI coding observability feature

It aims to close monitoring gaps as firms adopt multiple AI coding assistants, with spending, productivity and compliance now harder to track.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Last week

Malware

ESET report finds 45% of SMBs hit by cyber incidents

Nearly half of small businesses suffered cyber incidents last year, despite most saying they were confident in their defences.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • This month

Data Protection

Wallarm launches AI control platform on AWS Marketplace

Firms racing to deploy generative AI are exposing themselves to data incidents and compliance gaps, Wallarm says, as oversight lags.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • This month

Semiconductors

Europe tech spending to hit USD $1.3 trillion in 2026

Infrastructure spending is surging as businesses expand data centres for AI, with Europe's tech outlay set to reach USD $1.3 trillion in 2026.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • This month

Disaster Recovery

UK firms hit by cyber incidents at record 77% rate

British businesses are recovering slowly from attacks, with fewer than half back to normal within 10 days despite rapid detection.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • This month

Data Protection

Small business tech demand lifts reseller prices in Europe

Smaller firms' shift towards higher-spec devices is widening Europe's pricing gap, with reseller average selling prices rising far faster than retail chains.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • This month

DevSecOps

Telus Digital flags AI model safety gaps in benchmark

Enterprises face uneven safeguards as TELUS Digital found no generative AI model was fully immune to attack in 620,000 tests.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • This month

Digital Transformation

Origina expands independent maintenance to SAP customers

Many SAP users face rising costs and migration risk as support deadlines loom, pushing demand for independent maintenance alternatives.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • This month

Manufacturing

CFOs can win by deploying AI strategically, Gartner says

Strategic deployment, rather than bigger budgets, is emerging as the key way finance chiefs can turn AI into revenue and margin gains.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • This month

Stories from Other Regions

IT Budget stories

Digital Transformation

Most executives say AI has moved beyond pilot phase

Most large companies have shifted AI into live use, but senior leaders remain split on whether it will drive hiring or cuts.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • 2 days ago

Digital Transformation

UK digital transformation projects often run over schedule

More than half of UK organisations say digital transformation projects overrun, as competing priorities and integration hurdles keep delaying delivery.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week