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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.

Whitepaper: Use Backcasting, Not Forecasting in Uncertain Times

AI has moved rapidly from a specialist technology into a foundational capability for economies, governments, and societies, widely embedded in critical infrastructure, public services, defence systems, and the everyday operation of markets and institutions.

Ecosystm VendorSphere: Qualtrics X4 Sydney 2025

Qualtrics, a leading global Voice of Customer (VoC) provider, held its annual X4 conference in May, at the ICC in Sydney. The event included an exclusive media lunch and focused on Qualtrics’ latest announcements and product enhancements, many of which were first unveiled at its US event in March.

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.

Infrastructure Rewired: From Capacity to Coherence

This blog looks at how AI demand is driving new infrastructure strategies in Asia Pacific.

Shifting Trends in Data Governance: Sovereignty & AI

Data governance has traditionally sat within policy, compliance, and risk functions. That separation is becoming harder to maintain. Governance is moving closer to how data platforms, AI systems, and infrastructure are designed and operated.

Building AI on Sensitive Data: Privacy-Preserving Approaches

How organisations can train and scale AI when data is sensitive, restricted, and cannot be freely shared or used.

Bridging the AI Gap: Why Data & IT Leadership Are Converging

Why AI is bringing data and IT teams closer together

Hybrid Cloud 2.0: Designing for Sovereign AI in New Zealand

Why Hybrid Cloud 2.0 is becoming the foundation for sovereign AI in New Zealand

Can AI Safety and National Security Coexist?

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

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.

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.

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.

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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