Partnerships stories

Enterprises ditch plug-and-play AI as Cognizant research shows buyers now favour bespoke builds and services-led, long-term partnerships.

Kong outlines AI Connectivity roadmap to unify governance, routing and cost controls across APIs, models and agent-based AI workloads.

Anthropic will open a Sydney office as its ANZ hub, deepening Claude AI partnerships and exploring local compute capacity in Australia.

ABB and Nvidia will embed Omniverse into RobotStudio, launching HyperReality in 2026 to narrow the sim-to-real gap in factory robotics.

OptiValue Tek and SFJ Business Solutions forge alliance to drive AI-led legacy modernisation and agentic enterprise transformation worldwide.

DangleAds appoints Saurabh Wason Assistant Vice President, business development, to spearhead partnerships, market expansion and ad product growth.

LevelBlue and Tenable have teamed up to launch a tiered exposure management service giving MSPs continuous, risk-based visibility.

Vistra and G-P unveil a single-contract route to shift firms smoothly from EOR hiring to fully fledged entities in overseas markets.

Enduring partnerships hinge less on slick pitches and more on listening, candour, shared insight and consistent, thoughtful engagement.

Visa has appointed former consulting chief David Peacock as Country Manager for New Zealand and the Pacific amid rapid digital payments growth.

Rakuten Symphony and Lightstorm join forces to offer a sovereign NaaS platform for automated, compliant cloud-network services across MEA, India and APAC.

NCS and Autonomous A2Z will co-develop autonomous mobility systems in Singapore, targeting safe, compliant and scalable AV deployments.

Amazon to invest up to USD $50bn in OpenAI as the pair deepen AWS ties, expand Trainium use and launch a new stateful AI runtime.

VAST and CrowdStrike join forces to secure enterprise AI data pipelines and multi-tenant environments across the Asia-Pacific region.

Firmus secures multi-year deal to host about 18,400 Nvidia GB300 GPUs in Melbourne, marking a major step for Australia's AI factory ambitions.

Dell broadens Private Cloud to run Nutanix AHV on its infrastructure, targeting multi-hypervisor strategies and reduced vendor lock-in.

Upwind plugs its CNAPP into AWS Security Hub Extended plan to feed runtime data into findings and streamline cloud security procurement.

Hexaware deepens its AWS tie-up, pairing RapidX with Kiro to speed AI-driven enterprise software delivery while tightening governance.

Quobly and Entropica join forces in Singapore to co-design fault-tolerant silicon quantum systems from chip architecture to software stack.

Sinch partners with Lovable to embed global messaging, email and voice into its AI build platform, starting with Mailgun-powered email.