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2026 Tech Trends: What Business Leaders Need to Know

This guide outlines the leadership priorities shaping the year ahead and the practical shifts executives must make to align strategy, workforce, and operations in an AI-driven enterprise.

Global First Responsible Always: Accelerating Tech Adoption with Control & Trust

New Zealand organisations sit at the literal edge of the global digital economy. Most hyperscale regions, major platforms, capital markets, and regulatory centres are thousands of kilometres away.

Finding the Sweet Spot for AI Agents

The recent focus on chatbots, copilots, and productivity tools that assist with content or decisions is giving way to agentic systems that can plan and execute work across multiple steps.

2026 Tech Trends: CIO Playbook

This guide highlights the trends and practical takeaways to help CIOs drive innovation and informed decisions in 2026.

Scaling Deep Tech & Enterprise Leadership

New Zealand has long delivered exceptional deep tech, producing advanced science and engineering in agriculture, health, materials, and aerospace. Limited scale and geographic isolation shaped solutions that were rigorous, original, and technically deep.

5 Forces Shaping India’s Digital Economy in 2026

India’s digital landscape is at a turning point. Some organisations have robust infrastructure, skilled teams, and established innovation practices, while many still face gaps in technology, talent, and regulatory clarity.

Salesforce’s Agentic AI Vision at Dreamforce 2026

At Dreamforce, Salesforce outlined its vision for AI agents across applications and interfaces. Ecosystm explores the announcements, demos and messaging, examining the thinking behind Salesforce’s strategy, culture and long-term direction.

Report: Software Delivery Beyond Code

This report examines how developer experience, platform engineering, and observability are reshaping software delivery.

AI Policy: Managing the Risks of Action and Inaction

AI policy must balance the risks of moving too quickly with the costs of delaying useful AI. This report examines the policy trade offs shaping AI governance across Asia Pacific, including deployment risks, cybersecurity and the growing need for controls around AI agents.

Report: Workforce Blueprint for AI

AI is changing the tasks, tools, and roles people encounter at work, while reshaping how organisations, industries, and education systems operate. The report examines what this means for young people and the wider workforce across Asia Pacific and sets out priorities for building the capabilities needed as work continues to evolve.

Fujitsu Oceania Executive Analyst & Advisor Day 2026: Highlights

Fujitsu’s 2026 Oceania Analyst & Advisor Day highlighted a broader shift in how the company is shaping its portfolio and operating model.

AI Inference Economics: Managing the Cost of Scale

Ecosystm Principal Advisor Darian Bird explores AI inference consumption, evolving pricing models, and the future of inference economics.

Can AI Safety and National Security Coexist?

Darian Bird looks at whether AI safety commitments can coexist with the demands of national security.

AI & the Future of Tech Services: Challenges & Opportunities

IT budgets are rising again. Global technology spend is growing 7-9%, driven by data centres and the AI build-out. Yet the services business tells a very different story.

The Emerging Economics of Enterprise AI: A Practical Guide for 2026

As AI moves into production, enterprises are discovering a simple truth: AI is not just a technical challenge but an economic one. Continuous use of GenAI and Agentic AI can consume vast amounts of compute, storage, and tokens, creating the real risk of runaway operational costs.

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).
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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.

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.

AI in Insurance: Risk, Automation & Accountability

How are insurers putting AI to work, and where are new risks and regulatory requirements shaping its use? Here are some examples from across the region.

AI in Education: Capacity, Access & Skills

AI is helping education systems across Asia Pacific. What are education systems across the region putting into practice.

AI in Telecom: Control, Infrastructure & Scale

AI is reaching deeper into telecom operations. Here are some trends from Asia Pacific telecom.

Retail in Asia Pacific: Building Advantage with AI

Where are retailers across Asia Pacific applying AI, and what does it take to move from individual use cases to broader business value.

AI in Public Sector: Turning Government Strategy into Public Value

AI is moving from policy discussions into government operations. What are governments actually doing with AI? Here are some examples.

Manufacturing in Asia Pacific: AI, Resilience & Industrial Competitiveness

Explore how AI is reshaping manufacturing in Asia Pacific through smarter operations, greater productivity, and stronger resilience.
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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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