Avanade has launched a suite of pre-packaged business solutions designed to deliver rapid, measurable results. These offerings empower companies to modernise operations, enhance security, strengthen customer experiences, and optimise cloud spend and technology investments without the complexity or overhead typically associated with enterprise-scale deployments.
15 October, Melbourne, Australia: LIFTWOMEN, APAC’s only female-focused crowdfunding platform, has appointed Dr Zoë Condliffe, celebrated social entrepreneur, Victorian Honour Roll of Women inductee, and Telstra Best of Business National Winner, as its new Director of Growth and Impact.
PEAK:AIO, the data infrastructure pioneer redefining AI-first data acceleration, has announced that the company has raised over $6.8M in Seed Round funding led by Pembroke VCT with a $5 million investment, with participation from Praetura Ventures, and also joined by a Silicon Valley investor.
Australian technology business and digital property settlement platform operator PEXA has announced the appointment of new executive leaders and the elevation of “existing talent to strengthen its leadership team”.
COMPANY NEWS: King returns to leading managed services provider as large telcos fail to deliver on service capabilities and ‘retreat’ back to core offerings
COMPANY NEWS: Global Process Mining leader Celonis has been named No.3 on the highly regarded 2025 Fortune Future 50 list which recognises the world’s most promising companies poised for long-term growth.
COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT: Acquisition fuels next-gen tools for construction and expands Felix's footprint
COMPANY NEWS: Blue Yonder, the global leader in end-to-end digital supply chain transformation, has reported a strong second quarter for 2025, marked by rapid customer growth, two strategic acquisitions, a key security leadership hire, and significant AI-driven platform enhancements. The company also released insights into the top supply chain challenges facing retail, manufacturing and logistics leaders in Q3.
GUEST RESEARCH: While many Australians are adjusting their spending in response to rising cost-of-living, new research from Manhattan Associates Inc. (NASDAQ: MANH) reveals that older Australians continue to play a significant role in discretionary retail. Backed by financial stability and a clear preference for personalised, supportive in-store experiences, over-55s represent a key growth opportunity for retailers who are willing to meet them on their terms.
COMPANY NEWS: XRG has been awarded a merit based grant for $2.1m as part of the Australian Government’s Industry Growth Program, to accelerate Operator XR’s AI product roadmap and become the leading VR tactical training offering across the Law Enforcement and Defence markets globally.
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Second quarter revenue grew 28 per cent year-over-year to $827 million
Robust growth of larger customers, with about 3,850 $100k+ ARR customers, up from about 3,390 a year ago
Unveiled more than 125 products, capabilities and features at DASH 2025
PMT says this new role comes at a time of significant growth for the company, which has been expanding rapidly over the past few years and securing major national clients, including some of Australia's most recognisable brands - and Adrian Smith brings with him a wealth of experience in leading companies through periods of transformation and growth.
Since the launch of the Qualtrics Partner Network in 2018, Qualtrics has been focused on building a robust ecosystem of partners capable of providing the expertise and services organizations need to deliver business impact with great customer and employee experience. Today, the Qualtrics Partner Network has hundreds of members across the globe, and has made an important contribution to the adoption, growth, and maturity of experience management programs at thousands of companies.
COMPANY NEWS: Microlise, a global leader in transport management technology, is celebrating a strong year of growth across Australia and New Zealand (ANZ), with new customer wins, expanding operations and increasing demand for its connected fleet solutions in the logistics and transport sectors.
COMPANY NEWS: Excite Technology Services has closed out the financial year with its strongest monthly performance to date, securing more than $3 million through June in new deals across its cyber security, digital forensics, and training service lines.
Milestone Systems, a global leader in open platform video management software, has announced a strategic recalibration of its South Pacific operations, returning full decision-making autonomy to the local region. This renewed regional empowerment is already delivering more streamlined operations, deeper technology integrations, and a reinvigorated commitment to partner success
COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT: Industry pioneer redefines what a banking platform is in the era of AI, and delivers both the technology and talent to drive remarkable growth
ASX-listed construction leader leverages Macquarie Cloud’s Azure cloud to scale with the business as it looks to bolster AI capabilities
ASX-listed construction leader leverages Macquarie Cloud’s Azure cloud to scale with the business as it looks to bolster AI capabilities
COMPANY NEWS: Macquarie Cloud Services, part of Macquarie Technology Group (ASX: MAQ), has announced it is providing Microsoft Azure public cloud services to Symal Group (ASX: SYL) to support the company’s digital foundation and rapid growth.
AI-powered enterprise cloud data management company Informatica has appointed Krish Vitaldevara as Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer.