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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 is Changing Work. Are We Preparing The Youth?

Young people already use AI in their studies and daily lives. AI is likely to change the work they do and the opportunities available to them, but how much say will they have in shaping that future? And are education systems preparing them for it?

AI in Education: Capacity, Access & Skills

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

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.

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.

Australia’s Enterprise AI Adoption: Where the Work Gets Harder

Discover five emerging trends shaping AI adoption, implementation, and challenges across Australian enterprises.

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.

AI In Healthcare: From Early Leadership To System-Wide Integration

AI in healthcare is scaling from pilots to system-wide care delivery across Asia Pacific.

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

2026 Tech Trends: What Business Leaders Need to Know

By now, enterprise leaders understand how AI is reshaping work, customer decision-making, and competitive dynamics. In 2026, the focus must shift to delivering practical, measurable impact while safeguarding trust, skills, and operational resilience.

Sovereign AI In New Zealand: Global Innovation With Local Control

New Zealand’s AI strategy encourages the use of global models, but that introduces real questions around jurisdiction, service continuity, and regulatory control.

2026 Tech Trends: CIO Playbook

AI is transforming enterprise technology at unprecedented speed. Agentic AI platforms are automating complex workflows, while domain-specific and edge AI are scaling rapidly.

New Zealand Tech Trends 2026

The foundations of New Zealand’s past and its culture of experimentation have set the stage, but 2026 will test which organisations can scale, govern responsibly, and leverage emerging technologies effectively.

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.

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.

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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