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COMPANY NEWS:  As cost-of-living pressures mount and the post-End of Financial Year (EOFY) period settles in, the retail landscape is being reshaped by a critical factor: return policies. New research from Manhattan Associates Inc. (NASDAQ: MANH) reveals that consumers are becoming increasingly cautious with their purchases making flexible and customer-friendly return options more essential than ever. The study showed that 72% of respondents are now more inclined to return products due to financial pressures, underscoring a shift towards more discerning purchasing behaviour.

GUEST OPINION:  Australia’s world-leading moves toward restricting or banning social media among young users is setting an important precedent for the rest of the world. This is a topic that has gone beyond debate.

Enhancing Security, Powering Resilience, Maximising Productivity and Reducing Costs Found To Be Major Drivers for Embracing IT Observability

ManageEngine, a division of Zoho Corporation and a leading provider of enterprise IT management solutions, today unveiled the findings of its comprehensive Digital Intensity in Australia Study, conducted by technology advisory firm, Ecosystm. As market competition increases, small to midsize enterprises (SMEs) in Australia are shifting to modern technology infrastructure to maintain their competitive edge. However, this surge in digital intensity poses visibility challenges for technology leaders. The study shows that enhancing security, powering resilience, maximising productivity and reducing cost are the reasons behind embracing IT observability over traditional monitoring. Access the report  here.

• The unified solution marks the first of its kind implementation globally
• Harnesses company’s global network presence to deliver carrier grade performance and enhance user experience
• Provides unified visibility and control of network traffic with context led insights

COMPANY NEWS: Tata Communications today announced the launch of its Unified/ Single-Vendor Hosted Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) for global enterprises. In partnership with Versa Networks, a leader in AI-powered Unified SASE, Tata Communications Hosted SASE, converges software-defined wide area networks (SD-WAN) and secure service edge (SSE) capabilities in a single pass technology enabling future ready businesses to fully harness the power and potential of cloud-based environments through exceptional performance, zero-trust security, ease of use, and cost effectiveness.

AI’s predictive analytics offer significant business opportunity to assess Scope 3 risks, forecast future energy consumption and lower an organisation’s carbon footprint

GUEST RESEARCH: IT infrastructure services provider Kyndryl in collaboration with Microsoft today released the Australian findings of the Global Sustainability Barometer study.

GUEST RESEARCH:  An AI-Powered bot unlocks productivity gains and future-proofs one of Australia’s largest private tertiary education providers to help process enrolment applications within 24 hours of receiving them.

Twenty-one percent (21%) of Australian consumers anticipate increased cybercriminal activity during the holidays, with 87% of Aussies believing that the use of artificial intelligence by cybercriminals will impact online scams, according to a global holiday shopping scam study by online protection company McAfee.

The number of digital identity verification checks will surpass 70 billion globally in 2024, growing 16% on the previous year’s number of 61 billion, according to a new study from Juniper Research.

● IDC MarketScape says “As one of the founders of cloud integration, Boomi has a strong track record of providing integration solutions to businesses of multiple sizes and in many regions and industries.”

● This latest recognition builds upon numerous industry accolades Boomi has earned, including being positioned as a leader in three comparative marketplace reports covering the iPaaS space within the past year.

GUEST OPINION: Boomi, the intelligent connectivity and automation leader, today announced that it has been positioned as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Cloud Integration Software and Services (iPaaS) 2023 Vendor Assessment. The inaugural IDC MarketScape study assesses the cloud integration software and services (also referred to as iPaaS) market among 12 select vendors and evaluates the strengths of their offerings.

Eighty-four percent (84%) of major firms are yet to set science-based targets for supply chain emissions, according to a new joint study by Microsoft and global IT consultancy TCS.

Global Open Banking payments transaction values will exceed US$330 billion globally by 2027; up from $57 billion in 2023, according to a new study;

eGate hardware revenue will exceed US$490 million globally by 2027; up from US $207 million in 2023 as airports seek to cope with rebounding travel,  according to a new study.

The global attack surface is constantly expanding as new technologies and devices are connected to the internet, meaning that there are potentially more vulnerabilities and entry points for attackers to exploit, according to a new study published by security company Tenable.

Five G IoT (Internet of Things) connections will reach 116 million globally by 2026; rising from just 17 million in 2023, according to a new study.

Study concludes that ExtraHop Reveal(x) 360 delivers cost savings and business benefits for enterprise customers

COMPANY NEWS:  ExtraHop, the leader in cloud-native network detection and response, today announced the results of The Total Economic Impact™Of ExtraHop Reveal(x) 360. The study, conducted by Forrester Consulting and commissioned by ExtraHop, reveals that a composite organisation made up of ExtraHop customers benefited from an 87% decrease in time to threat resolution, more than $590,000 savings in threat detection and resolution over three years, and a three-year 193% return on investment (ROI)."

As October’s Mental Health Month and Cybersecurity Awareness Month both draw to a close, a new study from not-for-profit cyber mental health support initiative, Cybermindz.org is showing early evidence of burnout in cyber professionals, signalling a potential loss of skills to a critical part of the economy.

Without training, 21% of the untrained global workforce did not know who to go to when faced with a threat, according to a new study from security awareness training and simulated phishing platform provider KnowBe4 .

Globally, during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of accounts specified in data requests for government surveillance increased from 0.9 million to 1.3 million - with Australia ranked eighth in government surveillance, according to the latest study by cybersecurity company Surfshark.

New research shows over half of businesses struggle to reduce the risk of attacks, leaving them fearful of compromise, particularly by nation-states and other types of threat actors. The study also predicts this situation will continue if critical cybersecurity skills shortages aren’t addressed, and if organisations do not employ detection technologies that are effective in production, provide real-time visibility, and integrate with existing tools and processes.

New research shows over half of businesses struggle to reduce the risk of attacks, leaving them fearful of compromise, particularly by nation-states and other types of threat actors. The study also predicts this situation will continue if critical cybersecurity skills shortages aren’t addressed, and if organisations do not employ detection technologies that are effective in production, provide real-time visibility, and integrate with existing tools and processes.