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Sean Mitchell
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Having started his career at Renaissance. Sean joined Apple in Melbourne for a number of years before working in the media space. This started with Review Publishing and later the tech publisher IDG Communications. In 2006 he was involved in the launch of The Channel magazine. As they say – the rest is history.

Stories by Sean

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Claroty xDome adds orchestration to fix visibility gaps

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Claroty adds orchestration to xDome to help security teams close cyber-physical asset visibility gaps and prioritise remediation.
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KnowBe4 launches Agent Risk Manager for AI agent security

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KnowBe4 unveils Agent Risk Manager to monitor autonomous AI agents in real time, flag prompt injections and curb rogue data access.
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Synack launches Glasswing readiness test for attack gaps

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Synack launches AI-driven assessment to expose overlooked attack surface gaps as offensive tools speed up vulnerability discovery.
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N-able launches MCP server and N-zo AI for UEM ops

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N-able adds an MCP server and in-product assistant for N-central and N-sight, aiming to bring real-time AI action to managed IT operations.
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Infobip launches AgentOS platform, targets agentic AI shift

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Infobip marks 20 years with AgentOS launch as it pushes into agentic AI, aiming to unify customer data and let AI agents act across channels.
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Qlik partners ServiceNow to embed analytics in workflows

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Qlik and ServiceNow team up to pipe governed analytics and metadata into workflows, aiming to sharpen AI agents' decisions across enterprise systems.
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KPMG opens Global Tech Innovator entries in Ireland

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KPMG has opened applications for its 2026 Global Tech Innovator contest in Ireland, with founders set to pitch for a place in Lisbon.
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OpenText brings AI tools to AWS European Sovereign Cloud

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OpenText will put content, security and service management tools on AWS's European Sovereign Cloud, targeting EU customers with strict data rules.
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Forrester says Anthropic AI could break patch playbook

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Forrester warns Anthropic's Project Glasswing could overwhelm vulnerability management, as AI uncovers flaws faster than patching teams can respond.
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Commvault launches AI tools to secure enterprise data

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Commvault unveils AI tools to help enterprises govern agents, prepare approved datasets and recover full-stack systems after automated changes.
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Cloudflare expands Agent Cloud for AI software agents

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Cloudflare adds compute, storage and sandboxing tools to Agent Cloud as it races to become the infrastructure layer for AI software agents.
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Fastly & LALIGA launch anti-piracy push on streams

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Fastly and LALIGA deepen AI-led crackdown on illegal live football streams as the Spanish league says piracy drains up to USD $800 million a year.
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Celonis expands Oracle cloud tie-up for enterprise AI

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Celonis broadens Oracle cloud partnership to let enterprises run its process intelligence on OCI, linking AI tools with business workflows and modernisation.
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8x8 wins Gold for Engage at New York design awards

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8x8's Engage platform has won Gold at the NY Product Design Awards, with judges praising its unified workspace for customer-facing staff.
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Atlassian adds AI visuals & partner agents to Confluence

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Atlassian adds AI visuals and partner agents to Confluence as Remix turns pages into charts, prototypes and presentations.
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PayPal brings payment links to Canva's 265 million

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PayPal brings payment links into Canva for 265 million users, letting creators, entrepreneurs and small firms sell from designs with QR codes and checkouts.
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ServiceNow makes AI standard across entire platform

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ServiceNow has made AI a standard feature across its platform, adding new tools for enterprise customers in Canada and beyond.
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Optimizely training sparks surge in marketing AI agents

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Optimizely training programme sees 375 AI agents built in five days as waitlist tops 1,500 amid rising enterprise marketing demand.
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Nexxen launches AI-native DSP interface for traders

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Nexxen expands AI tools for media buyers with pre-launch checks, live optimisation and diagnostics, while keeping campaign decisions in traders' hands.
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Gigamon warns firms to prepare for quantum cyber risks

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Gigamon urges firms to start post-quantum planning now, citing encrypted traffic risks, harvest now, decrypt later fears and a widening readiness gap.