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AI value proving elusive for many Australian firms

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Four in five Australian organisations say they struggle to prove AI delivers business value, blaming poor data access and weak integration.
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Top 10 data governance best practices to implement today

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With AI use surging and fines topping EUR €1 billion, robust data governance is now essential to unlock value, trust and compliance.
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Cloudflare buys Human Native to reshape AI data deals

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Cloudflare acquires UK AI marketplace Human Native to give creators more control and pay for data used to train and run AI systems.
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Dun & Bradstreet outlines seven key compliance trends

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Dun & Bradstreet flags sanctions, data quality and AI governance as top compliance pressures shaping corporate risk in 2026.
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Cloudflare buys Human Native to reshape AI data pay

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Cloudflare snaps up Human Native in bid to reshape how AI models pay for online content, promising new tools for pricing and discovery.
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UK businesses brace for 2026 fiscal strain & AI oversight

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Business leaders are being urged to invest in financial insight as they navigate tighter oversight of artificial intelligence in financial services.
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UK firms struggle with shadow AI & weak data controls

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Shadow AI and shaky data foundations are undermining UK corporate AI rollouts, with leaders warning of weak controls and executive blind spots.
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UK CFOs put AI at heart of strategy & productivity push

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UK CFOs are ramping up AI investment and taking charge of digital strategy, betting on productivity gains if tools fit existing finance workflows.
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ABBYY, Desktop Imaging automate NZ council rebates, invoices

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AI document tools slash manual workloads at Wellington City Council and Fire and Emergency New Zealand, boosting compliance and payment speed.
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AI data management market to hit USD $239.15bn by 2034

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AI data management is set to surge to USD $239.15bn by 2034 as cloud, streaming data and governance needs reshape enterprise data strategy.
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Agentic AI to redefine channel partners’ business models

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Agentic AI is poised to upend the tech channel, shifting MSPs and resellers from project delivery to outcome-driven autonomous services.
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UK firms eye agentic AI to cut tax costs in 2026 squeeze

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UK businesses are set to roll out agentic AI across tax and finance in 2026 as cost pressures force a reset on processes and investment.
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Indian firms struggle to turn AI pilots into real ROI gains

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Indian firms ramp up AI pilots for customer engagement and marketing, but most still struggle to prove real returns and scale deployments.
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Clean data as the digital foundation of modern Australia

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Clean, trusted data is emerging as Australia’s invisible infrastructure, vital to unity, fair access to services and a resilient digital future.
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Amperity unveils AI agent to build live customer journeys

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Amperity has debuted an AI Customer Data Agent that turns natural-language prompts into live segments and customer journeys for marketers.
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AI to transform business risk, trust & compliance by 2026

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AI will reshape risk, trust and compliance in 2026 as firms swap hype for embedded tools, tighter controls and higher regulatory scrutiny.
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SAS forecasts agentic AI to transform banking by 2026

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SAS predicts agentic AI will run core banking by 2026, reshaping trust, fraud defences, climate risk and quantum-powered decision making.
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Syspro buys Evocon to boost real-time shop floor data

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Syspro buys Estonia’s Evocon to plug real-time shop floor monitoring into its ERP, promising sharper visibility and performance insights.
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Informatica named Leader in Gartner data governance MQ

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Informatica named a Leader in Gartner’s 2026 Magic Quadrant for data and analytics governance platforms, driven by its IDMC cloud platform.
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CSPM set to vanish as machine identities drive risk

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CSPM tools will vanish as a separate market by 2026, Tenable says, as CISOs pivot spend to machine identity risk and permissions sprawl.