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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.

Report: Shadow AI: Risks, Exposure & Governance

Ecosystm’s Darian Bird and Sash Mukherjee look at why Shadow AI is becoming a real business risk and how organisations can bring it under better visibility and governance.

Whitepaper: From Fragmented Touchpoints to Connected Journeys

This whitepaper shows how commerce intelligence enables a cross-channel, full-funnel strategy across India’s fragmented ecosystem.

Report: Mind the Gap: Bridging the AI Infrastructure Readiness Divide​​

Ecosystm collaborated with ST Telemedia Global Data Centres to assess AI infrastructure readiness across Asia Pacific, identifying progress and gaps in organisations’ AI journeys.

Report: Sovereign AI: Strategic Control In A Multi Polar World

This report shows how to design sovereign AI so states and organisations retain real control over critical systems, data, and models in a multi-polar world.
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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.

Whitepaper: Accelerating SME AI Adoption Through Open Source in Malaysia’s Digital Future

Ecosystm, in collaboration with Red Hat and supported by the National AI Office Malaysia (NAIO), has released a new study exploring Malaysia’s ambition to become an artificial intelligence (AI) leader.

New Zealand’s Sustainability Transition: From Policy Strength To System Execution

New Zealand has strong sustainability credentials, but the next phase will be defined by whether technology adoption can keep pace with intent.

Enterprise Tech Leadership in India, Redefined by System Ownership

Ecosystm Founder & CEO, Amit Gupta shares his thoughts on a decades long Indian tech story that is being rewritten.

Building the AI Backbone: Thailand’s Next Capacity Cycle 

Thailand is moving beyond digital adoption to building national AI capacity.

Ground Realities: Rewiring Enterprise Applications for AI-Driven Execution

Enterprise applications are undergoing a shift that is often described as “AI adoption” but is in fact a structural change in what enterprise software is expected to deliver.

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.

AI in Hong Kong: The Enterprise Adoption Story

Explore five AI trends shaping enterprise priorities in Hong Kong, from governance and data to workforce readiness and adoption.

AI in Indonesia: Strengthening the Foundations for Enterprise Adoption

Indonesia is building the foundations for AI across a geographically complex and rapidly digitising economy. But enterprise adoption is moving at a different pace.

AI in Thailand: Enterprise Adoption & Readiness Enablers

AI in Thailand is being tied to broader economic and industrial priorities with the realisation that it is not just about standalone technology adoption.

India’s Digital Shift Being Tested Inside Enterprise Systems

How policy, AI, infrastructure, GCCs, and new ways of working are reshaping India’s enterprise systems.

From Access to Control: New Zealand’s Digital Direction

A look at how businesses and public services in New Zealand are adapting to new technologies.

Global Partnerships Reshaping India’s Tech Foundations​

Six partnerships that show how India is building capability across critical technology ecosystems.

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 Predicts: Foundations: Top 5 Infra Trends for 2026

Infrastructure will shape who leads and who lags in 2026. Growing AI demands are exposing the limits of legacy systems, siloed data, and energy capacity, forcing organisations and governments to strengthen their core foundations. Discover the top infrastructure trends shaping the tech landscape in 2026 and what leaders need to prioritise.

Ecosystm Predicts: Key Tech Trends & Disruptions in 2026

From sovereign AI and the global compute race to agentic systems transforming how work gets done, 2026 won’t be defined by more AI – it will be defined by where AI runs, who controls it, and how safely it acts. So what should tech providers, enterprises, and investors watch? Discover the top forecasts from Ecosystm analysts.
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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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