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Kiwi Stories

Data Security stories

NZ CIO of the Year 2026 - Tighe Wall on trust, culture and the cost of holding to strategy

Trust and culture, not technology, powered Contact Energy's transformation, delivering a 30% cost-to-serve cut and 100,000 new customers.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Last week

Software-as-a-Service

Salesforce & Anthropic launch Claudeforce partnership

Sales teams will soon be able to query live Salesforce data inside Claude as the pair deepen an AI tie-up across CRM and Slack.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week

Digital Transformation

Inde appoints Nish Sudhakaran as AI & data director

The hire bolsters Inde's push into AI and data services as New Zealand firms grapple with governance and security before deployment.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Last week

Global Stories

Data Security stories

Data Protection

Drivers need onboarding for fleet safety tech, study says

Poor onboarding is undermining fleet safety technology, with prepared drivers nearly four times more likely to rate coaching tools effective.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week

Digital Transformation

Token appoints former HSBC security chief to board

Enterprises weighing autonomous AI controls now have a former HSBC security chief on Token's board as it targets risky agent actions.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week

Digital Transformation

Trusted identity cuts across physical and logical systems

Unified identity systems can cut admin overhead and shrink attack surfaces as remote work and cyber threats blur physical and digital access.

By Anthony Caruana • 4 min read • Last week

Data Protection

Google launches Gemini Enterprise for financial services

Banks can now use Google's new AI tools for regulated research and risk work, with audit trails and controlled data access in preview.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last week

Hybrid Cloud

Cisco expands Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA support

Rising demand for validated AI infrastructure is driving Cisco and NVIDIA to add rack-scale support for larger enterprise deployments.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Last week

Data Protection

AI agents need tighter access controls, say leaders

Rogue behaviour in testing has heightened fears that autonomous tools are being handed sensitive systems without proper oversight or limits.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Last week

Data Protection

Heelr launches verified cybersecurity marketplace for firms

Growing compliance pressure is pushing firms to hire external security specialists as Heelr opens a verified marketplace for project work.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week

Software-as-a-Service

Glean launches partner network to boost enterprise AI

The programme aims to help enterprises deploy AI more securely and integrate it into existing workflows as adoption accelerates globally.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week

Digital Transformation

Australian executives trust AI despite audit error findings

Despite audit findings of errors, most executives still trust AI output, even as poor data quality is blocking wider use in Australia.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Last week

Stories from Other Regions

Data Security stories

Software-as-a-Service

Shadow AI becomes security headache as workers outpace governance

Unchecked use of consumer AI tools is exposing sensitive company data, forcing executives to balance productivity gains against compliance and security risk.

By David Shilovsky • 5 min read • Last week

Digital Transformation

Nordis launches ExpressoPay One-Click for payments

It could reduce friction for bill payments and refunds by letting consumers act from the same message instead of logging into a portal.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Last week

Hybrid Cloud

Airbyte adds semantic search & tighter agent controls

Enterprise AI teams can now search internal files by meaning and restrict agent access at a finer level across workspaces.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last week

Software-as-a-Service

iManage links legal AI to Google Cloud Gemini Enterprise

Legal teams could tap governed case files and precedent inside Gemini Enterprise for Legal, reducing compliance risks from copied data.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week

Data Protection

Principle Networks posts GBP £8 million revenue surge

Organic growth and strong client retention lifted EBITDA 70% at Principle Networks as firms spent more on simplifying cybersecurity.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Last week

Data Protection

Interactive customers win, as AI expands into service operations

AI is cutting manual triage in Interactive's cloud operations, where 40,000 device alerts a year now generate tickets and suggested fixes automatically.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Last week