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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.

Whitepaper: Accelerating SME AI Adoption Through Open Source in Malaysia’s Digital Future

Ecosystm, in collaboration with Red Hat and supported by the National AI Office Malaysia (NAIO), has released a new study exploring Malaysia’s ambition to become an artificial intelligence (AI) leader.

Cyber Trends & Critical Gaps

Cybersecurity cannot be just the CISO’s job; it’s an enterprise-wide priority. AI is changing the game, powering smarter defences while also driving new threats. Ecosystm research finds nearly 9 in 10 organisations are using AI to strengthen security and accelerate response.

Ground Realities: India Tech Pulse

India’s expanding public infrastructure and dynamic private sector are laying the groundwork for scalable growth. priority is to make this evolution inclusive, resilient, and future-ready. Ecosystm conversations with industry leaders in the country highlight a clear imperative: ambition must be matched by execution, and innovation must advance alongside inclusion.

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.

New Zealand’s AI Productivity Paradox: The Gap Between Deployment & Redesign

New Zealand has strong sustainability credentials, but the next phase will be defined by whether technology adoption can keep pace with intent.

Banking in Asia Pacific: Faster Systems, Higher Stakes, New Risk Dynamics

From payments to risk management, banks are reworking the foundations of their business for a more complex operating environment.

Indonesia’s AI Moment: Ambition, Architecture, and the Long Game

Based on Ecosystm’s ongoing tracking of the Indonesian market, here are some of the developments shaping the next phase of AI adoption.

New Zealand’s Sustainability Transition: From Policy Strength To System Execution

New Zealand has strong sustainability credentials, but the next phase will be defined by whether technology adoption can keep pace with intent.

Enterprise Tech Leadership in India, Redefined by System Ownership

Ecosystm Founder & CEO, Amit Gupta shares his thoughts on a decades long Indian tech story that is being rewritten.

Building the AI Backbone: Thailand’s Next Capacity Cycle 

Thailand is moving beyond digital adoption to building national AI capacity.

Resilience: Top 5 Cyber Trends for 2026

In 2026, many organisations will have agentic AI – with direct access to critical data – operating as a non-human workforce, demanding controls beyond traditional oversight.

Intelligence: Top 5 Enterprise AI Trends for 2026

AI has firmly become a strategic imperative, transforming decisions, work, and competitiveness. Yet tech and business leaders often struggle to navigate the rapid pace of innovation, emerging players, and enterprise providers layering new features – particularly around platforms and integrated intelligence.

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.

Cyber Trends & Critical Gaps

Cybersecurity cannot be just the CISO’s job; it’s an enterprise-wide priority. AI is changing the game, powering smarter defences while also driving new threats. Ecosystm research finds nearly 9 in 10 organisations are using AI to strengthen security and accelerate response.

AI Powered Customer Experience: Top 5 Trends for 2025

n 2024, technology vendors have heavily invested in AI Agents, recognising their potential to drive significant value. These tools leverage well-governed, small datasets to integrate seamlessly with applications like Workday, Salesforce, ServiceNow, and Dayforce, enhancing processes and outcomes.

Ecosystm Engage Ep.13: Expert Edition – The New Retail Paradigm

The New Retail with Dr Alea Fairchild and Dr Kaushik Ghatak, Principal Advisors, Ecosystm. As retailers find themselves at the blunt end of the supply chain during the pandemic, how retailers will use technology to transform inventory management.

Ecosystm Engage Ep.2: The Expert Edition (Part-2)

In Episode Two of Ecosystm Engage: The Not So Daily Show, Ecosystm CEO Amit Gupta speaks with a group of Ecosystm Principal Advisors and discusses on how organisations are dealing with the current environment

Digital Supply Chain Panel Discussion

Industry experts Debashish, Lokesh, and Dr. Kaushik sat down to peel back the layers of digital transformation within the supply chain. While the conversation touched on the "shiniest" new toys—from IoT sensors to AI—the overarching message was clear: Technology is the enabler, but business value must be the driver.

The Quest for Business Value In IoT Enabled Supply Chains

Dr. Kaushik Ghatak, Principal Advisor, Supply Chain, Ecosystm at Ecosystm's Digital Supply Chain BreakFirst on answering the ‘why’ question for developing the business case for IoT capability development in the world of supply chains.

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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