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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).
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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.
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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.

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.

AI in Education: Solving Capacity, Access & Skills Gaps

Explore how AI is transforming education across Asia Pacific and reshaping how institutions prepare students for the future of work.

The Philippines’ AI Agenda: Building Capability, Access & Resilience

The Philippines AI landscape is evolving rapidly, with recent developments spanning infrastructure, regulation, public-sector resilience, workforce readiness, and economic development. These five developments offer a clearer view of where the country's AI strategy is heading.

AI in Telecom: Control, Scale & Competitiveness

Here are five trends shaping AI adoption across Asia Pacific telecom, and what they mean for the networks operators are building.

AI in Singapore: Strengthening the AI Ecosystem

Singapore’s AI agenda is expanding beyond adoption

Inside Malaysia’s AI National Push: Reading the Signals

Explore Malaysia AI strategy, the key signals shaping its ecosystem, and what they mean for businesses, innovation, and regional growth

Retail in Asia Pacific: Building Competitive Advantage with AI

AI is redefining retail across Asia Pacific. Discover how leading organisations are using AI to create competitive advantage, improve customer experiences, and drive business growth.

The Architecture of Specialised AI Agents

Organisations are moving from single AI systems to networks of specialised agents that work together to deliver secure and enterprise ready AI.

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.

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.

2026 Tech Trends: CISO Playbook

AI is playing an increasing role in cybersecurity and enterprise operations, but CISOs face a practical reality: tools alone don’t reduce risk or deliver value.

Ensuring Trust and Control: CISO Playbook

AI does not improve security by default. For CISOs, adoption of AI is a given; the focus now shifts to accountability. As the executives responsible for enterprise risk, data protection, and security architecture, CISOs are uniquely positioned to govern how AI is deployed, monitored, and controlled.
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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.

2026 Tech Trends: CIO Playbook

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

New Zealand Tech Trends 2026

New Zealand’s history of AI experimentation has built strong foundations; but 2026 calls for scaling with purpose. Success will depend on aligning all stakeholders – from government bodies managing AI governance to startups sharpening commercial discipline – around a clear, unified vision.

Ecosystm Predicts: Resilience: Top 5 Cyber Trends for 2026

Explore Ecosystm’s top forecasts for 2026 and prepare for a year where resilience, governance, and trust become core business priorities.

Ecosystm Predicts: Intelligence: Top 5 Enterprise AI Trends for 2026

Discover the key enterprise AI trends shaping the tech landscape in 2026, and what’s changing, why it matters, and how leaders need to prepare.
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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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