APAC stories
Fresh capital will fund expansion across Asia Pacific as demand rises for Microsoft-based AI services and selective acquisitions are planned.
Some firms can cut server counts by 86%, freeing rack space, power and licence spend for AI and other new workloads.
Merchants across 12 Asian markets can now use a single interface to cut checkout friction and fraud exposure on card payments.
Real-time mainframe data is becoming crucial for faster lending, fraud checks and insurance quotes, as stale feeds can mislead AI systems.
APAC security teams can cut AI bills sharply by filtering routine cases before they reach costly frontier models, without weakening defences.
AI is changing how B2B buyers make decisions - but an expert warns that it is not a substitute for effective human comms strategies.
By linking customer, network and operational data, telcos can spot churn and fraud sooner, while also speeding service and support decisions.
CISOs are under pressure to answer boardroom questions on exposure in minutes, as Filigran pushes CTEM and open-source validation tools.
Australian publishers could gain a bigger share of ad spend as the ad-tech firm opens locally with a country manager to court buyers and sellers.
Uneven uptake leaves Japan lagging, as fraud fears and AI scam worries reshape how families send and receive money across Asia Pacific.
The recognition could boost Dayforce's appeal as employers seek software to control labour costs, staffing and compliance across dispersed workforces.
It targets companies that have outgrown pilots, offering one accountable partner to scale AI safely across operations and modernise systems.
Without trusted customer data, autonomous agents can misfire at machine speed, putting consent, offers and records at risk across Asia Pacific.
The awards spotlight software use that is helping operators cut downtime and improve engineering data reliability across Asia-Pacific industries.
Enterprises could cut AI spend by up to 80% by shifting document workflows away from custom builds and into standard platforms.
AI search could expose weaknesses in New Zealand public services, even as the country's digital government score climbed to 68.8.
Australian businesses trading across Asia Pacific may gain faster, clearer cross-border payments as Sokin builds a local leadership team.
The cash will fund research, product expansion and overseas sales as the San Francisco-based company grows beyond 100 enterprise customers.
The appointment strengthens Zendesk's push into enterprise AI as bookings more than doubled and regional customers seek help scaling secure deployments.
Australian firms face rising cyber risk, with 80% hit in the past year and only 2% confident their recovery plans can withstand frontier AI threats.
