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Beating ransomware using cloud infrastructure with vGRID and Veeam

While you can't be 100% safe from ransomware, there is a way to provide customers with peace of mind and protect their business says vGRID.

By Heather Wright • 5 min read • Thu, 26th Oct 2017

Infrastructure-as-a-Service

LayerX Group celebrates 10 years in business

Waikato-based LayerX Group is celebrating 10 years in business, with a love of innovation one of the keys to success, founder Bruce Trevarthen says.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 25th Oct 2017

Infrastructure-as-a-Service

vGRID calls on HPE Synergy, Datacom data centre as it gears up for growth

vGRID, which recently signed a distie deal with Exeed, has become the first Kiwi cloud service to introduce HPE Synergy to underpin its cloud offering.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Tue, 4th Jul 2017

Disaster Recovery

vGRID and HPE team to deliver enterprise quality disaster recovery to SMEs

Waikato-based vGRID is delivering enterprise capability out to small and medium businesses via its cloud platform.

By Heather Wright • 4 min read • Mon, 3rd Jul 2017

Global Stories

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Software-as-a-Service

Akamai buys LayerX to curb employee AI use in browsers

The purchase adds browser-based AI controls to Akamai's security portfolio as firms scramble to monitor staff use of generative tools.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Fri, 15th May 2026

Network Security

Akamai to buy LayerX for USD $205 million in AI push

The deal would give Akamai browser-level controls to curb data leaks as staff increasingly use generative AI tools through everyday web browsers.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Fri, 15th May 2026

Ransomware

Why 'strong passwords' can't save you from AI

AI has made stolen credentials and careless copy-paste habits a bigger risk than password strength, with scams and breaches accelerating.

By Raymond Schippers • 4 min read • Wed, 6th May 2026

Stories from Other Regions

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Network Security

Tekspace ranks browser security vendors as market matures

Only two of 13 vendors reached comprehensive maturity as browser security becomes central to Australian organisations' cyber defences.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Mon, 22nd Jun 2026

Ransomware

Experts warn passwords no longer sufficient in AI era

Australian firms are being urged to adopt passwordless logins as AI tools and data leakage make stolen credentials easier to exploit.

By Mark Tarre • 10 min read • Thu, 7th May 2026

Kiwi Stories

Beating ransomware using cloud infrastructure with vGRID and Veeam

LayerX Group celebrates 10 years in business

vGRID calls on HPE Synergy, Datacom data centre as it gears up for growth

vGRID and HPE team to deliver enterprise quality disaster recovery to SMEs

Global Stories

Akamai buys LayerX to curb employee AI use in browsers

Akamai to buy LayerX for USD $205 million in AI push

Why 'strong passwords' can't save you from AI

Stories from Other Regions

Tekspace ranks browser security vendors as market matures

Experts warn passwords no longer sufficient in AI era

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