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IT Brief Australia · Sep 16, 2026

CLOUD COMPUTING AND DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS

Google launches open-source Agent Substrate on GKE

Teams running AI agents at scale could save idle compute and tighten isolation as Google opens Agent Substrate on Kubernetes Engine.

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IT Brief Australia · Sep 16, 2026

INTERNET OF THINGS AND SMART DEVICES

Highlight & IPTel add Webex monitoring for meeting rooms

Meeting room faults can now be spotted before staff notice them, as IPTel folds Cisco Webex devices into its Highlight monitoring platform.

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IT Brief Australia · Sep 16, 2026

AI ETHICS AND GOVERNANCE

Alteryx adds governed AI tools to analytics platform

The update aims to cut AI costs and governance risks by reusing approved workflows and data inside tools such as ChatGPT and Copilot.

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IT Brief Australia · Sep 16, 2026

TALENT ACQUISITION AND RECRUITING

Sapia.ai launches experience scoring for professional hiring

Recruiters can now assess senior applicants' actual work history, as AI-written CVs increasingly risk distorting professional hiring decisions.

IT Brief Australia · Sep 16, 2026

DIGITAL FORENSICS AND INCIDENT RESPONSE

Microsoft & Google use shared exchange to hit RedVDS

Criminal access to thousands of Microsoft accounts was cut off after the companies shared threat data through the Global Signal Exchange.

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