Compliance stories
Weak R&D growth has prompted calls for New Zealand to court overseas firms at the product-launch stage and lift investment.
Businesses in APJ face tighter local hosting rules as AI adoption drives new data loss and compliance pressures.
Most organisations in Australia and New Zealand still cannot match machine-speed attacks, leaving blind spots and manual defences exposed.
Only 3% of MSPs said every client tenant is Copilot-ready, despite AI governance becoming the fastest-growing request.
Despite a surge in workplace use, most firms still cannot show whether AI is paying off, with only 8% tracking impact with clear KPIs.
Law firms can now query governed case files and precedent in Gemini Enterprise without creating risky copies of sensitive records.
The study found browser agents often stumbled at checkout and other irreversible steps, raising safety and reliability concerns for businesses.
Most firms have not meaningfully upgraded authentication for years, despite rising identity-breach risks and an estimated USD $4.4 million hit per breach.
Businesses face broader email risk as Abnormal adds outbound data-loss controls and adaptive phishing training to its security platform.
Banks can speed up consumer lending without sacrificing oversight, as the package plugs into existing systems and keeps AI actions auditable.
Businesses can now tap customer-approved bank and energy data in hours, as Biza.io's new feed cuts integration costs and compliance hurdles.
Software teams using AI coding agents face faster pull request volumes, as Harness pairs a new repository with risk-based review tools.
Australian agencies and regulated firms can now keep penetration-testing data onshore as Horizon3 opens its first Asia-Pacific sovereign cloud in Sydney.
The bigger invite-only gathering signals LoanPro's push to become a key meeting place for lenders as it adds sessions on AI, fraud and regulation.
Finance teams are losing money to payment scams as generative AI makes fake invoices, emails and voice requests harder to spot.
Security and compliance worries are slowing AI rollouts at smaller firms, even as most report business gains from targeted use.
As enterprises move AI agents into live operations, poor address data is becoming a compliance and fulfilment risk for automated workflows.
Australian agencies can now assess JFrog faster, after the platform cleared a PROTECTED-level IRAP review for security approvals.
The deal would broaden MUFG's Australian retirement offering as superannuation funds demand more flexible administration and better data tools.
Slow financial systems can drain founders' time and cash, as hidden FX fees and compliance gaps emerge before growth plans do.