techpartner.news

Microsoft has unveiled an expanded version of its Copilot app, introducing three new capability areas and a revised commercial model that the company says creates significant growth opportunities for partners across advisory, development, managed services and AI governance. The updated Copilot app now includes Home, Code and Autopilot.

In summary WorkCover Queensland has gone to market for a Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) platform to consolidate cyber-security exposures into a single, prioritised enterprise view. The target environment is heavily Microsoft, running Azure, Entra ID, Microsoft 365, Sentinel and Defender alongside AWS, ServiceNow, GitHub and Obsidian SSPM. WorkCover may award the platform and implementation services to different suppliers.

In summary Secure Native AI has partnered with eSentire to bring 24/7 managed detection and response to its Microsoft-native security portfolio. The deal gives customers access to eSentire's Atlas AI platform and round-the-clock SOC, extending protection into identity and SaaS layers.. eSentire's MDR for Microsoft Defender for Identity and Cloud Apps adds active containment functions such as account suspension, session revocation and real-time threat isolation.

In summary Fujitsu has appointed Matt Shaw as its head of cyber and digital workplace for ANZ. Shaw had served as head of digital workplace for ANZ at Fujitsu since July of last year. He spent close to 12 years at Oobe beforehand, including as head of Fujitsu Cloud and modern workplace. Fujitsu has named Matt Shaw as its head of cyber and digital workplace for ANZ. He has served as head of digital workplace for ANZ at the company since July of last year.

In summary AlertOps has launched Status Hub, a stakeholder communication platform natively embedded in its alerting and on-call management product to close the gap between incident response and external communication. The platform moves incidents through a structured lifecycle - Investigating, Identified, Monitoring and Resolved - with automatic notifications via email, SMS and webhook across unlimited segmented status pages.

In summary Dynatrace has added autonomous agents for incident triage and remediation to its Dynatrace Intelligence platform. The Autonomous SRE Agent and Cloud SRE Agent triage new problems and coordinate remediation across AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud into a single auditable record. The company also introduced a no-code custom agent builder and expanded integrations.

In summary AUCyber has signed managed SOC contracts with two Australian universities, adding approximately $1.34m in combined annual recurring revenue. The University of New England deal runs for an initial 12-month term and generates ARR of over $600,000 on the SentinelOne Singularity platform. AUCyber is also bidding for a further managed SOC and security analytics engagement worth approximately $5.5m over the contract term.

In summary SecureNative AI has partnered with eSentire to bring 24/7 managed detection and response to its Microsoft-native security portfolio. The deal gives customers access to eSentire's Atlas AI platform and round-the-clock SOC, extending protection into identity and SaaS layers.. eSentire's MDR for Microsoft Defender for Identity and Cloud Apps adds active containment functions such as account suspension, session revocation and real-time threat isolation.

In summary Australia's cyber security authority is urging organisations to immediately patch eight newly disclosed vulnerabilities in Citrix NetScaler ADC and Citrix NetScaler Gateway. At least two flaws, CVE-2026-88771 and CVE-2026-8872, were exploited globally before patches became available, though no confirmed exploitation has been reported in Australia.

In summary Excite Technology Services has secured a $3.2 million expansion of an existing contract with an unnamed Australian federal government agency. The deal covers the supply of specialised technology, software and associated training over a further 24 months. Chief executive and managing director Bryan Saba said it is the company's first major contract win since completing a significant restructure earlier this year.