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Well-designed offices are helping firms attract staff back by pairing prime locations, amenities and flexible spaces with higher productivity.
Payroll headaches eased at Retail Apparel Group as Dayforce linked time and attendance with pay, cutting manual fixes and boosting morale.
AI attacks are pushing firms to prioritise cyber resiliency, as Everpure warns downtime can exceed ransom demands by up to 75 times.
Advertisers in Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines can now target Connected TV households using Samsung Smart TV viewing data and Eyeota consumer profiles.
The appointment comes as construction, infrastructure and housing demand keep pressure on software suppliers serving Australia and New Zealand.
Faster site updates and fewer errors should help IAG reach more customers, after it cut 15 websites to one platform and 4,500 pages.
The award underscores rising demand for local observability expertise as Avocado's Dynatrace business has grown more than 500% year on year.
The deal targets banks, utilities and agencies seeking to turn AI pilots into secure workplace tools across Australia and New Zealand.
The airline deal puts an Indigenous-owned snack brand in front of hundreds of thousands of passengers and tests its ability to scale supply.
Tighter funding conditions are forcing many digital health firms to raise capital just to survive, with staff cuts and delayed expansion already spreading.
Construction and infrastructure work can now get under way faster at Odina, after Avetta cut contractor approvals to 10 minutes and admin by 30%.
Unmanaged AI use is exposing Australian firms to data leakage, compliance breaches and other risks as adoption outpaces oversight.
Confusion, not fees, is blocking access to legal help for millions of Australians, a survey commissioned by LawConnect found.
Survivors of domestic abuse could get safer access to communication as donated handsets are refurbished and recycled across Australia.
Most Australian SMEs are still using AI for emails and drafting, leaving manual workflows intact despite growing board pressure for change.
Australia's financial regulator sees artificial intelligence and easier rules helping startups turn a strong funding base into faster growth.
The Australian company aims to speed qubit control and testing as it builds commercial-scale systems that pair quantum hardware with classical computing.
The partnership is helping fill Australia's cyber skills gap, with 20 graduates placed into live security environments over five years.
Melbourne's gaming festival will feature a World of Warcraft veteran as its headline speaker when it returns in October 2026.
Employees are using AI to draft complaints, pushing Australian bosses to spend more time and money on workplace disputes.
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