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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.

Ground Realities: The Philippines’ Tech Pulse

The Philippines is shifting gears – and the shift is already visible across government, finance, education, healthcare, and commerce, powered by stronger infrastructure, clearer regulation, and a push for inclusion. At Ecosystm, our conversations with business and tech leaders reveal how the country is building equity, resilience, and innovation to fuel its next wave of growth.

Ground Realities: Thailand Tech Pulse

Thailand is at a pivotal point in its digital journey, where big ambitions meet pressing realities. The country’s future growth and resilience will hinge on how quickly it can close infrastructure gaps, expand inclusion, and accelerate its digital economy. At Ecosystm, our conversations with Thai leaders highlight where the urgency is greatest and what actions are needed to move from vision to impact.

Ground Realities: Malaysia Tech Pulse

Malaysia is shifting from the idea of transformation to tangible impact. Insights from Ecosystm’s market engagements reveal the forces shaping the nation’s innovation agenda and how enterprises are turning digital initiatives into measurable growth.

Ground Realities: Indonesia Tech Pulse

Indonesia’s digital economy is accelerating fast; but execution often trails ambition. Drawing on insights from Ecosystm market engagements, we explore the realities shaping the nation’s tech future and what it will take to scale with real impact.

Unstructured Feedback Analysis Technology

CX vendors are embedding GenAI capabilities into their solutions and launching new products or features, leading to market fragmentation in the VoC space.

Ecosystm Leaders BreakFirst – Panel Q&A

Ecosystm Leaders BreakFirst - Panel Question and Answer session with the audience.

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 […]

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