ManageEngine launches ITCON Australia & New Zealand 2026

ManageEngine has announced ITCON Australia and New Zealand 2026, a one-day event to be held in Sydney and Auckland.

The conference will focus on outcome-driven IT strategy, with sessions on AI-led operations, cybersecurity and enterprise resilience. It is aimed at IT professionals, security practitioners and business leaders looking to move from reactive IT management to more stable, integrated operations.

The Sydney event will take place at Moore Park Golf Club, while the Auckland gathering will be held at Remuera Golf Club. Alongside the conference programme, attendees will be offered a networking lunch and a driving range session tied to the golf club venues.

The agenda is designed around a common challenge in large organisations, where reliability, governance and integration issues can undermine technology investments. It will examine how operational complexity affects business outcomes and how standardised processes and closer interoperability can help address those problems.

Key themes

Sessions will cover five areas of IT management: unified service management; full-stack observability and digital experience monitoring; security information and event management; identity and access management; and unified endpoint management and security.

In service management, the programme will explore automated ticket handling, issue prediction and the use of conversational tools in support operations. Observability sessions will focus on anomaly detection, outage forecasting and bringing together performance data for more proactive system oversight.

The security track will examine threat identification, risk scoring and investigative workflows using real-time analysis. Identity sessions will address unusual behaviour detection, authentication processes and access recommendations, while endpoint discussions will cover vulnerability prioritisation, malware detection and device administration.

Regional focus

The event marks a regional push by ManageEngine across Australia and New Zealand, where organisations face growing pressure to manage increasingly complex technology estates while strengthening security controls. The conference also places greater emphasis on linking operational management with broader business resilience.

ManageEngine, part of Zoho, provides IT management software to organisations globally. Its portfolio spans service management, monitoring, security and endpoint administration, placing it in a market where vendors are increasingly linking automation and analytics to day-to-day IT operations.

The agenda also reflects broader industry interest in using AI tools in routine IT and security work, particularly to predict faults, spot anomalies and streamline support and access decisions. At the same time, many businesses continue to grapple with older infrastructure, fragmented systems and governance gaps that can limit the benefits of newer tools.

By structuring the event around practical operating issues rather than product categories, ManageEngine appears to be targeting organisations trying to connect IT performance more directly to service reliability and risk management. The inclusion of case-based discussions and operational scenarios suggests a programme intended to address implementation questions as much as strategy.

Attendance will be free in both cities, according to ManageEngine. The agenda will combine conference sessions with informal networking built around the venue setting.

ITCON 2026 will bring together IT professionals, security practitioners and enterprise leaders to explore how organisations can move from reactive IT management to genuine operational resilience, the company said.