Productivity stories
Rising eCommerce demand and higher vehicle costs are pushing Singapore SMEs to rethink whether owning fleets still makes business sense.
Organisations facing tougher compliance checks in Australia and New Zealand can now swap spreadsheet risk logs for AI-guided assessments and reports.
Australia's AI boom could add GBP £58 billion, but energy shortages, bubble fears and local backlash are clouding the data centre rush.
The move will centralise HR across Japfa's Indonesian units as the agri-food group seeks more consistent processes and better workforce visibility.
The three winners cut manual work, sped up deployments and bolstered resilience across transport, defence research and banking in Australia and New Zealand.
Enterprises in Australia and New Zealand are being pushed to balance AI adoption with tighter control over cost, security and data sovereignty.
Demand for tighter oversight of cooling fleets is driving AoFrio's Asia-Pacific push, as it expands connected monitoring beyond drinks coolers.
For Australian businesses, the real test of AI is whether it changes decisions, margins or customer outcomes, not how many tokens it uses.
Only 3% of MSPs said every client tenant is Copilot-ready, despite AI governance becoming the fastest-growing request.
Telcos could cut manual handovers and supplier rebuilds as the software embeds AI into ordering, support and billing workflows.
More than a third of Australian employers have lost customers or cut service quality as hiring gaps force them to turn work away.
Despite near-universal uptake, just 4% of New Zealand organisations say AI has transformed core operations, Datacom's survey shows.
The platform is already helping clinics cut missed calls and no-shows as NL Health Services uses it in a cancer screening programme.
More than 90 credit union and community bank leaders weighed AI's efficiency gains against fraud and service risks at Eltropy's summit.
Enterprise buyers in Saudi Arabia will get a locally hosted AI PC from September 2026, alongside Adobe's shift to sovereign workloads.
Housing providers facing tighter complaint rules are set to get AI support as Ctrl AI brings in senior ombudsman expertise.
Banks are under pressure to prove anti-money laundering controls after FCA fines topped GBP £300 million since 2021.
Smaller warehouses could soon automate tasks once reserved for larger sites, as falling costs make humanoid robots easier to deploy into ageing facilities.
Most firms are using AI without the rules or training to support it, leaving privacy, security and integration risks unchecked.
Australia's manufacturing push could stall unless public and private funding closes the gap with rivals investing heavily in AI and robotics.