IBM will acquire data streaming platform provider Confluent for $ US 11 billion. Confluent operates a commercial distribution of Apache Kafka, an open-source platform that enables realtime data streaming between applications and systems.
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has announced it will conduct its first privacy compliance sweep in January, targeting approximately 60 entities across six sectors that collect personal information in person.
Australia's National AI Plan has drawn sharp criticism from legal and academic experts who warn the government's decision to rely on existing legislation leaves organisations exposed to emerging risks in high-stakes automation and automated decision-making systems. The plan abandons previously proposed mandatory guardrails for high-risk AI systems, instead establishing a light-touch regulatory framework built on technology-neutral laws covering privacy, consumer protection and workplace safety.
Snowflake and Anthropic have signed a $US200 million agreement to embed AI agents into enterprise data platforms. The multi-year deal integrates Anthropic’s Claude models directly into Snowflake’s governed environment.
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks jumped globally by 40% year-over-year in the third quarter of 2025, with security provider Cloudflare blocking 8.3 million attacks, averaging 3,780 attacks per hour - according to the company's latest quarterly threat report.
Australian IT services firm Atturra is expanding its automation portfolio through a new partnership with TCG Process. The agreement sees Atturra become a strategic reseller and services partner for TCG’s intelligent document processing (IDP) and process automation platforms.
Only 26% of Chief Data Officers are confident their organisation's data can support AI-enabled revenue streams, despite 81% prioritising investments to accelerate AI capabilities. The findings come from an IBM Institute for Business Value study of 1,700 CDOs across 27 countries and 19 industries.
Myriad Genetics, a Salt Lake City-based provider of genetic testing and precision medicine solutions, partnered with AWS to transform its healthcare document processing pipeline using Amazon Bedrock foundation models. The implementation reduced document classification costs by 77 percent while improving accuracy from 94 to 98 percent.
Organisations face rising threat from advanced malware hiding in encrypted traffic, according to WatchGuard's latest Internet Security Report. Security experts warn that attackers are increasingly using Transport Layer Security to conceal malicious payloads from traditional defences.
At least 218 WA government schools deleted student records from the School Information System without proper authorisation between 2010 and 2021. The deletions violated the State Records Act 2000 and breached a 2018 disposal freeze on all records relating to childcare and education.
