Insights

Foundations: Top 5 Infra Trends for 2026

AI adoption is accelerating, but infrastructure is becoming the bottleneck. Legacy data centres, fragmented cloud estates, and years of technical debt are slowing innovation, inflating costs, and amplifying risk.

Key Tech Trends & Disruptions in 2026

In 2025, AI moved from content generation to autonomous action, with multi-step agentic AI workflows forcing a rethink of work, decisions, and value creation. In 2026, organisations will focus on scaling these systems – balancing speed, control, and trust – while redesigning workflows, decision rights, and value creation.

Leading with People and Planet: New Zealand’s Tech Imperative 

New Zealand’s public sector is redefining what it means to innovate with technology. The focus has shifted from just “digitisation for efficiency,” to purpose-driven outcomes – rooted in sustainability, equity, and trust and guided by Māori worldviews that emphasise the relationship between people and the environment (te tangata me te taiao).

Ground Realities: New Zealand’s Tech Pulse  

Innovation is a shared national mission in New Zealand – one grounded in trust, inclusion, and long-term value. Technology is evolving faster than ever, but what defines the country’s progress is how purposefully it’s being applied.

Whitepaper: From Planning to Progress: AI-Driven Sustainability in Practice

Ecosystm, in partnership with Kyndryl and Microsoft, presents the findings of the 3rd edition of the Global Sustainability Barometer Study. This year the research takes a deeper look at how organisations are using AI to turn sustainability ambitions into measurable outcomes.

Ecosystm VendorSphere: Inside Lenovo’s Strategy for the Distributed AI Future 

At Lenovo’s Global Industry Analyst Conference held in Raleigh, North Carolina, the conversation was unmistakably centred on AI. The company’s leadership spoke with the confidence of an organisation that no longer views AI as a feature or a future trend, but as the operating principle of its business.

IBM Think on Tour: Singapore Highlights

Ecosystm analysts share their take on the announcements, demonstrations, and messaging from the IBM Think on Tour Singapore event.

IBM Think Leader Insights: Building the AI-First Enterprise

Large language models have shaped the first wave of enterprise AI, but they are not the optimal choice for every application. This report authored by Ecosystm Principal Advisor Darian Bird examines why small language models are becoming an important part of enterprise AI architectures.

Australia Google Cloud Summit 2026: Highlights From Sydney

The 2026 Google Cloud Summit and Analyst Connect in Sydney highlighted a shift in how competitive advantage is being framed in the cloud market. Here are the 5 key takeaways.

Report: Right-Sizing Enterprise AI: The Rise of Small Language Models

Large language models have shaped the first wave of enterprise AI, but they are not the optimal choice for every application. This report authored by Ecosystm Principal Advisor Darian Bird examines why small language models are becoming an important part of enterprise AI architectures.

Modernising the Banking Core: Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s Banking Platform Re-architecture

Discover how Commonwealth Bank modernised its core platform to boost resilience, innovation, and AI-ready banking capabilities.

Report: AI in Practice: How Malaysia’s Banks & DFIs are Adopting and Governing AI

Discover how Malaysia's financial institutions are scaling AI, strengthening governance, and building the capabilities needed to move from experimentation to enterprise-wide adoption.

Feedback Disruption: Breaking Down Silos with GenAI

Customer feedback is at the heart of Customer Experience (CX). But it’s changing. What we consider customer feedback, how we collect and analyse it, and how we act on it is changing.

AI in Malaysia: Connecting the Foundations

Five trends shaping Malaysia’s next phase of enterprise AI adoption.

AI in Hong Kong: The Enterprise Adoption Story

Explore five AI trends shaping enterprise priorities in Hong Kong, from governance and data to workforce readiness and adoption.

AI in Indonesia: Strengthening the Foundations for Enterprise Adoption

Indonesia is building the foundations for AI across a geographically complex and rapidly digitising economy. But enterprise adoption is moving at a different pace.

AI in Thailand: Enterprise Adoption & Readiness Enablers

AI in Thailand is being tied to broader economic and industrial priorities with the realisation that it is not just about standalone technology adoption.

India’s Digital Shift Being Tested Inside Enterprise Systems

How policy, AI, infrastructure, GCCs, and new ways of working are reshaping India’s enterprise systems.

From Access to Control: New Zealand’s Digital Direction

A look at how businesses and public services in New Zealand are adapting to new technologies.

AI in Banking: Faster Systems, Higher Stakes, New Risk Dynamics

Explore how AI in banking is helping Asia Pacific banks move faster, reduce costs, manage risk, and strengthen resilience.

The Small Language Model Ecosystem

How Small Language Models (SLMs) are enabling cost-effective, high-performance, and sovereign AI for enterprises.

Modernising the Banking Core: Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s Banking Platform Re-architecture

This case study explores the Commonwealth Bank of Australia's core banking modernisation programme. Read the case study and watch the full conversation for insights into one of the region's largest banking platform transformations.

Rewiring Enterprise Applications AI Driven Execution

Many enterprise applications were designed to record and manage work. Today’s priorities demand something different. As organisations embed AI into business processes, applications must support faster decisions, coordinated execution, and greater operational visibility. Here is what you need to know about the forces reshaping enterprise applications.

Infrastructure Rewired: From Capacity to Coherence

The conversation around infrastructure is shifting from capacity to coherence. Here is what you need to know about the infrastructure trends emerging across Asia Pacific.

Ecosystm Podcast Episode 37- Insights from Shayan Hazir (HSBC)

Join us for an enlightening conversation with Shayan Hazir, Chief Digital Officer, ASEAN at HSBC, and Sash Mukherjee, VP of Industry Insights at Ecosystm, as they explore the profound impact of Technology on the financial landscape. In this comprehensive discussion, Shayan sheds light on the shape of innovation in today’s tech-centric world and the challenges […]

Strategic support for business planning, go-to-market activities, thought-leadership, and management consulting for digital transformation.

Follow us to catch more updates

TOPICS:

Connect with an Expert