AI Adoption stories
New Zealand enters 2026 with rising job confidence but clunky hiring, AI gaps and demands for flexibility are reshaping work and recruitment.
Tech leaders say 2026 will be the year agentic AI moves from pilots to mainstream, as enterprises demand measurable business impact.
APAC firms are shifting from AI pilots to real-time, scaled deployments in 2026 as data, ROI demands and regulation rapidly converge.
ANZ executives are shifting spend from costly ERP upgrades to agentic AI and automation as talent shortages and ROI pressure intensify.
Check Point's new Quantum R82.10 firewall targets AI threats and hybrid networks with prevention-first, Zero Trust and unified security tools.
CrowdStrike launches Falcon AIDR to police AI prompts and agents, tackling injection, jailbreaks and sensitive data leaks in real time.
Quantum and AI advances will upend cyber defence by 2026, with autonomous attacks and post-quantum threats outpacing unprepared boards.
Non-technical teams can learn to embrace AI by champion-led experiments, simple tools and clear leadership to boost productivity safely.
Dell forecasts APAC shift from AI pilots to agentic and sovereign platforms, with tighter governance and large-scale production rollouts.
NashTech adds five senior UK and US leaders to sharpen AI and digital transformation expertise as global client demand accelerates.
Australia and New Zealand lead global generative AI adoption with 92% of firms prioritising trust, governance and decision efficiency over cost savings.
Enterprises brace for a cautious 2026, rolling back risky AI pilots and recasting generative tools as governed, human-supervised teammates.
AI takes centre stage in logistics as Infios predicts 2026 supply chains built for constant disruption, resilience and human‑machine teamwork.
Australian bosses split on burnout as AI both piles on pressure and eases strain, exposing a deep workplace wellbeing paradox.
A new TalentLMS report warns staff are ready to quit as AI reshapes roles, workloads soar and training time vanishes from the job.
Enterprises ramp up AI agent spending and deployments, but security fears and trust gaps keep humans firmly in the decision loop.
Tego plans what it says could be Australia's first standalone AI insurance policy as traditional covers move toward broad AI exclusions.
Data, AI, quantum and cybersecurity advances will force Australian firms in 2026 to treat emerging tech as core infrastructure, not experiments.
GitHub tips Australian public sector AI agents to surge from 2026, as a National AI Plan and new Chief AI Officers reshape adoption.
Oracle has launched its Database@Google Cloud service in Montreal and Toronto, targeting Canadian multicloud and data sovereignty needs.