Australian IT spending to top $192b; Sicona acquires US battery firm Advano; Guidewire appoints APAC professional services director

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xAmplify acquires ServiceNow specialist Accelerate IT Solutions

xAmplify acquires ServiceNow specialist Accelerate IT Solutions

Expanding the group's national presence to WA and growing headcount to 280.

 

Gartner: Australian IT spending forecast to top $192 billion in 2027

Gartner: Australian IT spending forecast to top $192 billion in 2027

AI infrastructure and software driving the largest reallocation of technology spending.

 

Sicona acquires US battery firm Advano

Sicona acquires US battery firm Advano

The first M&A activity for the Australian battery materials company.

 

Guidewire appoints Zack Levy as APAC professional services director

Guidewire appoints Zack Levy as APAC professional services director

He was most recently head of cloud services at Sapiens.

 

Chillisoft signs ANZ distribution deal with DataBahn

Chillisoft signs ANZ distribution deal with DataBahn

Bringing agentic data control technology to channel partners.

 

ThreatCanary launches AI-native offensive security platform in Australia

ThreatCanary launches AI-native offensive security platform in Australia

Sydney-based startup combines EASM, API security and autonomous penetration testing.

 

BayCom ICT named Access4 Partner of the Year

 

Salesforce recognises Cloudwerx and Xenai Digital in global partner awards

 

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