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AI pilots stall in Australian healthcare amid data gaps
Digital Transformation

AI pilots stall in Australian healthcare amid data gaps

AI pilots in Australian healthcare languish in trials, as fragmented data and poor integration block scale and threaten a USD $13 billion payoff.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Tue, 3rd Mar 2026
Kinatico unveils AI-driven platform for workforce compliance
Software-as-a-Service

Kinatico unveils AI-driven platform for workforce compliance

Kinatico launches AI-powered Compliance platform to simplify workforce checks, promising real-time oversight for Australian employers.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Tue, 3rd Mar 2026

Global Stories

Process automation stories

How Lean AI may be creating new pathways or opportunities for women in logistics
Unified Communications

How Lean AI may be creating new pathways or opportunities for women in logistics

Lean AI is reshaping logistics roles, easing routine tasks and opening new leadership pathways for women across global supply chains.

By Gabby Wilson • 4 min read • Thu, 5th Mar 2026
PropTech must end the invisible admin tax on agents
Digital Transformation

PropTech must end the invisible admin tax on agents

PropTech's biggest threat is not disruption, but an invisible admin tax draining agents' time, equity and long-term career potential.

By Rebecca Moroney • 4 min read • Wed, 4th Mar 2026
ECI Software Solutions hires Jack Wood to drive AI push
Software-as-a-Service

ECI Software Solutions hires Jack Wood to drive AI push

ECI names Jack Wood chief technology officer to spearhead platform modernisation and embed secure, workflow-native AI across its products.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Wed, 4th Mar 2026
Quanton rebrands as AI partner to take pilots to scale
Digital Transformation

Quanton rebrands as AI partner to take pilots to scale

Quanton ditches pure automation tag to relaunch as an AI transformation partner, promising to help ANZ firms push pilots into production.

By Catherine Knowles • 5 min read • Mon, 2nd Mar 2026
Kinetic IT named ServiceNow Asia Pacific Rising Star
Digital Transformation

Kinetic IT named ServiceNow Asia Pacific Rising Star

Kinetic IT has been named ServiceNow's 2026 Asia Pacific Consulting & Implementation Rising Star Partner, after recently attaining Elite status.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Mon, 2nd Mar 2026
ABBYY adds 22 patents to expand AI document automation
Manufacturing

ABBYY adds 22 patents to expand AI document automation

ABBYY secures 22 new AI and OCR patents, expanding its portfolio beyond 400 as document automation rivals race to protect key technologies.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Sat, 28th Feb 2026
Confluent links AI agents & boosts anomaly detection
DevOps

Confluent links AI agents & boosts anomaly detection

Confluent upgrades its AI toolkit to link agents over live data streams and add multivariate anomaly detection for faster issue spotting.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Fri, 27th Feb 2026
ABBYY expands document AI patent portfolio as GenAI grows
Digital Transformation

ABBYY expands document AI patent portfolio as GenAI grows

ABBYY adds 22 patents to its document AI arsenal, pitching 'purpose-built' tech for safer enterprise use as generative AI uptake accelerates.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 27th Feb 2026
Maisa's AI 'digital workers' fuel 400% growth surge
Manufacturing

Maisa's AI 'digital workers' fuel 400% growth surge

Maisa's auditable AI “digital workers” drive 400% annual growth and fivefold client surge as enterprises demand accountable automation.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Fri, 27th Feb 2026
ServiceNow unveils Autonomous Workforce & EmployeeWorks
Software-as-a-Service

ServiceNow unveils Autonomous Workforce & EmployeeWorks

ServiceNow launches Autonomous Workforce and EmployeeWorks, pairing AI “specialists” with chat-based support to automate routine workplace tasks.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Fri, 27th Feb 2026
Bliss Direct boosts order capacity with new ERP system
Manufacturing

Bliss Direct boosts order capacity with new ERP system

Bliss Direct lifts daily order capacity to 300 and cuts weekly peak sales admin by 25 hours after deploying Forterro's Orderwise ERP platform.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Fri, 27th Feb 2026

Stories from Other Regions

Process automation stories

Gearset adds AI-powered automated UI testing for Salesforce
Disaster Recovery

Gearset adds AI-powered automated UI testing for Salesforce

Gearset unveils AI-powered no-code UI testing for Salesforce, aiming to ease complexity and cut deployment risk for global DevOps teams.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Wed, 4th Mar 2026
Modulr & HiBob integrate payments to streamline payroll
Digital Transformation

Modulr & HiBob integrate payments to streamline payroll

Modulr and HiBob link payroll and payments in one embedded workflow to cut errors, ease pay day pressure and boost employee trust.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Wed, 4th Mar 2026
Respect through results: Breaking through male-dominated construction with no-code tech
Customer Relationship Management

Respect through results: Breaking through male-dominated construction with no-code tech

A tech leader swaps a NASDAQ-100 post for Florida construction, using no-code tools to tame chaos and boost profits by 28%.

By Angie Masini • 6 min read • Wed, 4th Mar 2026
Cezanne HR launches expenses tool to cut claim time
Data Analytics

Cezanne HR launches expenses tool to cut claim time

Cezanne HR unveils automated expenses tool, promising to cut processing time by up to three hours per claim and tighten control of spend.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Fri, 27th Feb 2026