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Melvin, a maths teacher, seamlessly balances his analytical business skills, evident in his ability to streamline operations and create clear documentation, with a deep passion for the imaginative narratives of anime and comics, demonstrating a versatile mind that thrives on both logic and creativity.
Former TechDay team member.

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Singulr AI appoints Bask Iyer to steer enterprise AI governance

Wed, 10th Dec 2025
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Singulr AI hires veteran tech leader Bask Iyer as Strategic Advisor to guide CIOs on governance amid rapid enterprise adoption of agentic AI.
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Intel 471 appoints new CRO & CTO amid rapid growth

Wed, 10th Dec 2025
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Intel 471 promotes Amy Minyard-Bishop to CRO and Steve Micallef to CTO as it scales cyber threat intelligence amid surging global demand.
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Mangopay names Andy Wiggan Chief Product Officer

Wed, 10th Dec 2025
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Mangopay hires former Spotify and GoCardless executive Andy Wiggan as Chief Product Officer to drive wallet-first growth and crypto expansion.
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Coda unveils unified leadership team after Recharge deal

Tue, 9th Dec 2025
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Coda unveils a unified leadership team and reshaped board as it fully integrates Recharge into a single global digital commerce platform.
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Netskope adds MCP controls to secure enterprise AI use

Tue, 9th Dec 2025
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Netskope adds Model Context Protocol controls to its One platform, giving security teams new tools to monitor and lock down AI agent traffic.
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academyEX names Glenn Elith as Group Chief Executive

Tue, 9th Dec 2025
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academyEX appoints Glenn Elith as its first Group Chief Executive to drive trans-Tasman growth in AI-focused tertiary education.
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Guidewire names Suresh Raman APAC regional vice president

Tue, 9th Dec 2025
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Guidewire appoints Suresh Raman as APAC regional vice president to drive cloud and AI-led sales growth across key Asia Pacific markets.
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V2 AI appoints Ian Nguyen as Partner to lead secure AI

Tue, 9th Dec 2025
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V2 AI names cyber specialist Ian Nguyen as Partner to lead secure AI strategy amid rising demand from regulated industries across Asia Pacific.
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Gartner warns of AI slowdown & divide among carmakers

Tue, 9th Dec 2025
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Gartner warns most carmakers will rein in AI spending within five years, leaving a small, software-led elite to dominate the industry.
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Portal26 names Rick O'Rourke Chief Revenue Officer to drive AI

Sat, 6th Dec 2025
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Portal26 appoints Rick O'Rourke as Chief Revenue Officer to boost growth and advance its generative AI platform in the enterprise market.
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Cardano Foundation appoints Stephen Wood as Chief Financial Officer

Sat, 6th Dec 2025
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The Cardano Foundation has appointed Stephen Wood as CFO to lead financial strategy and risk management for the Swiss blockchain organisation.
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IRIS names Jens Ulrik Knudsen & Shemin Nurmohamed to lead growth

Fri, 5th Dec 2025
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IRIS Software Group appoints Jens Ulrik Knudsen as CFO and Shemin Nurmohamed as President for the Americas to boost growth in North America.
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WARP PANDA cyberespionage group targets US cloud networks

Fri, 5th Dec 2025
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China-linked WARP PANDA cyberespionage group targets US cloud networks, exploiting vulnerabilities in Microsoft 365, VMware, and more for sustained data access.
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Keeper Security appoints Tim Strickland as Chief Revenue Officer

Fri, 5th Dec 2025
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Keeper Security appoints Tim Strickland as Chief Revenue Officer to lead global revenue and expand sales of its privileged access management platform.
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Gallagher Security wins OSPA for High Sec C7000 controller

Fri, 5th Dec 2025
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Gallagher Security's High Sec C7000 has won the Outstanding New Security Product at the Canada OSPAs, marking the series' eleventh award globally.
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Explainer: How will AI Agents pay each other using the x402 payments protocol

Fri, 5th Dec 2025
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The x402 protocol revives HTTP 402, enabling AI agents to make instant micropayments autonomously using crypto, transforming digital commerce in 2025.
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HPE expands AI networking with new unified features & hardware

Thu, 4th Dec 2025
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HPE expands its AI-native networking portfolio with unified AIOps features and high-performance hardware, enhancing scalability for AI workloads across Aruba and Juniper lines.
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Rimini Street unveils AI agentic UX to boost legacy ERP systems

Thu, 4th Dec 2025
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Rimini Street launches Rimini Agentic UX, an AI layer enhancing legacy Oracle, SAP and VMware ERP systems without costly upgrades or migrations.
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AWS launches Trn3 UltraServers to boost AI speed & cut costs

Thu, 4th Dec 2025
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AWS has launched EC2 Trn3 UltraServers with new Trainium3 chips, boosting AI training speed by 4.4 times while cutting energy use and costs sharply.
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AWS celebrates top ANZ partners for cloud & AI innovation

Thu, 4th Dec 2025
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AWS has honoured top Australia and New Zealand partners like HCLTech and TechnologyOne for excellence in cloud and AI innovation at its 2025 Partner Awards.