Political and social polarisation is changing when, where and how companies speak out on societal issues, according to the 2026 Global Communication Report from the USC Annenberg Centre for Public Relations.
Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS), a leading provider of cloud-based IT, security and compliance solutions, today launched Agent Val within Enterprise TruRisk Management (ETM) to bring safe, agent-led exploit validation and autonomous risk remediation to the Risk Operations Centre (ROC). Agent Val represents a fundamental shift in vulnerability and exposure management from assumption-driven prioritisation to evidence-based execution, accelerating response, reducing wasted effort, and delivering measurable reductions to cyber risk.
IAB Australia has commenced work on a Future of Measurement industry initiative to examine the media and advertising measurement ecosystem focusing on the datasets used for planning, the signals used to capture advertising delivery, the frameworks used to link media activity to business outcomes, as well as IAB Australia industry led infrastructure.
Meltwater, a global leader in media, social, and consumer intelligence, today announced it has joined Reddit’s Official Data Partner program, a selective designation recognising industry-leading platforms that help businesses do more with Reddit’s publicly available content. Partners must meet Reddit’s rigorous standards for functionality, data quality, and compliance.
SailPoint, Inc. (Nasdaq: SAIL), a leader in unified identity security for enterprises, today announced the launch of SailPoint Shadow AI Remediation, the next major component of its real-time AI governance and security framework. This innovative solution empowers organisations to discover, monitor, and secure the use of unauthorised AI tools, known as “Shadow AI,” helping to mitigate significant security and compliance risks associated with the explosive growth of artificial intelligence.
SailPoint, Inc. (Nasdaq: SAIL ), a leader in enterprise identity security, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced a new multi-year strategic collaboration agreement (SCA). This agreement builds on their initial long-standing relationship and establishes SailPoint as a preferred identity governance solution for agentic AI builds on AWS. As part of this collaboration, the two companies intend to expand on their existing SailPoint Agent Identity Security partnership and develop a unified governance layer to manage all identities, human and non-human, that interact with AWS services.
Magnite (NASDAQ: MGNI), the largest independent sell-side advertising company, today announced a partnership with NOVA Entertainment to power programmatic across the Nova Retail Network, one of Australia’s most innovative in-store audio networks.
SailPoint, Inc. (Nasdaq: SAIL), a leader in unified identity security for enterprises, today announced significant advancements to its AI-powered SailPoint Platform. These new capabilities are the first of many to deliver on the company's new adaptive identity vision, an approach designed to address the critical security challenges of modern IT environments.
As technology innovation accelerates both data creation and value, the need for scalable, efficient, high-performance storage solutions has never been greater. Today, Seagate Technology (NASDAQ: STX) announced its next-generation Mozaic™ 4+ platform, the industry’s only heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR)–based storage platform deployed at-scale, is now qualified and in production with two leading hyperscale cloud providers. Supporting capacities up to 44TB, these qualifications reflect production-scale deployments in hyperscale environments.
The digital audio market is growing, innovating and broadening its strategic role according to IAB Australia’s Digital Audio State of the Nation Report, and the recently released IAB Australia Internet Advertising Revenue Report. However, the Digital Audio State of the Nation Report also found that the market’s future scale and investment will depend heavily on the industry’s ability to deliver improved measurement sophistication, provide clearer evidence of effectiveness, and responsibly adopt new technologies including AI.
The Australian internet advertising market grew 11.5% year-on-year to reach $18.4 billion for the full calendar year 2025, according to the IAB Australia Internet Advertising Revenue Report (IARR) released today.
IAB Australia and IAB Europe have launched an Australian Retail Media Certification Program which allows retailers to undertake an independent audit of their retail media measurement practices. Retailers that meet the required industry-agreed criteria will be awarded a certification badge, which can be used to signal their compliance and leadership in measurement maturity. Coles 360 will be the first Australian retail media network to start the certification audit process.
Verint®, The CX Automation Company™, today announced the organisation formed through the recent Verint–Calabrio® transaction will move forward under a single corporate name: Verint.
CyberArk (NASDAQ: CYBR), the global leader in identity security, today announced the recipients of its 2025 Global Partner of the Year Awards, recognising exceptional partners whose expertise, innovation and customer focus helped advance identity security programs worldwide.
IAB Australia has announced that it will host a practical Advertising Regulation and Compliance 101 webinar to walk members through the key government regulations and industry self-regulatory frameworks that will underpin advertising compliance in Australia this year.
The soaring temperatures at this year’s Australian Open (AO 2026) were matched by record-breaking levels of media and audience engagement, making AO 2026 the most talked-about tournament in the event’s history. According to data from Meltwater, a leader in media, social, and consumer intelligence, the tournament generated 3.47 million media mentions up from 2.63 million mentions in 2025.
CyberArk (NASDAQ: CYBR), the global leader in Identity Security, today announced the findings of a new report: Trends in PKI Security: A Global Study of Trends, Challenges & Business Impact. Conducted by Ponemon Institute, a leading independent research firm, the CyberArk-commissioned research analyses perspectives from nearly 2,000 IT and security practitioners globally on the state of public key infrastructure (PKI) security. It reveals that outdated PKI systems are the leading barrier to secure certificate management globally, fueling security exploits in 60% of organisations.
IAB Australia has launched a community access pass initiative which will offer those in the industry who are between jobs or recently made redundant, the opportunity to attend IAB Australia’s events, free of charge. A limited number of spots will be made available at each event and those interested must complete a registration form at the IAB Australia website.
Meltwater, a global leader in media, social, and consumer intelligence, in partnership with We. Communications, released its first annual State of PR Report, a global study examining how PR and communications teams are planning, prioritising and adapting amid increasing scrutiny and resource constraints. The report revealed a lack of resources and proving ROI (return on investment) as the top challenges for PR professionals, while 40% of organisation’s leaders have a limited understanding of their PR team's work.
Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ: STX), a global leader in mass‑capacity data storage, is showcasing advanced storage solutions at Intersec 2026 that help power the transformation of AI-driven video analytics into searchable, decision‑ready intelligence. The edge-to-cloud portfolio is designed to help businesses unlock the full value of their data and make smarter, faster decisions.