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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.

The New AI Rack: How AI is Reshaping the Infrastructure Stack

The data centre rack has long been a basic unit of infrastructure design, bringing together the components needed to run enterprise workloads. AI is placing new demands on this familiar structure.

Australia’s AI Agenda: Policy, Compute & Capability

A closer look at five developments shaping Australia’s evolving approach to AI in 2026.

Building Experience When AI Changes the Starting Point

AI may not replace entire roles yet, but it is reshaping entry-level work, reducing routine tasks that once helped young workers build experience and judgement.

Vietnam’s AI Agenda: Policy, Infrastructure & Adoption

Discover six emerging AI trends shaping Vietnam’s digital economy, technology sector, regulation, and innovation.

AI in Insurance: Risk, Automation & Accountability

Across Asia Pacific, insurers are applying AI across risk, claims, fraud and pricing. Six trends emerge across the region's insurance sector.

Follow the Money: 5 AI Trends Investors are Betting On

A closer look at where venture capital is concentrating across Asia Pacific and global markets in 2026.

AI in India: Understanding vs Implementation

Insights from the Pulse of India's CIOs Study, 2026, by Ecosystm show a shift in how organisations are approaching innovation. Boardroom conversations are moving away from AI hype to focus on building technology environments that are stable, resilient, and trusted.

Tech M&A Signals: Compute, Orchestration & Sovereignty

Recent tech deals show where organisations are investing to support AI at scale.

Sovereign AI for Cultural Integrity & Social Legitimacy

Insights from the Pulse of India's CIOs Study, 2026, by Ecosystm show a shift in how organisations are approaching innovation. Boardroom conversations are moving away from AI hype to focus on building technology environments that are stable, resilient, and trusted.

The Human Edge of Enterprise Innovation

AI will strengthen workforce strategy in New Zealand when governance and clarity align.

Stability & Trust: Foundations of Innovation in India

Insights from the Pulse of India's CIOs Study, 2026, by Ecosystm show a shift in how organisations are approaching innovation. Boardroom conversations are moving away from AI hype to focus on building technology environments that are stable, resilient, and trusted.

Scaling Agentic AI: The Governance Framework

A practical roadmap to embed trust, control, and accountability into enterprise-scale Agentic AI systems.

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.

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.
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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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