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Manhattan wins ABA100 award for warehouse innovation
Digital Transformation

Manhattan wins ABA100 award for warehouse innovation

Manhattan wins the ABA100 Supply Chain Innovation Award in Australia for its AI-driven, cloud-native Active Warehouse Management platform.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Tue, 24th Mar 2026
Colonial First State moves finance & HR to Oracle cloud
Data Analytics

Colonial First State moves finance & HR to Oracle cloud

Colonial First State shifts finance and HR to Oracle cloud to streamline operations and boost data-driven decisions on AUD $181 billion assets.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Tue, 24th Mar 2026
Australia tech sector hits AUD $250bn GDP milestone early
Agricultural Technology

Australia tech sector hits AUD $250bn GDP milestone early

Australia's tech sector hits AUD $248.5bn GDP in 2025, reaching its 2030 target early and cementing its role as the nation's productivity engine.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Tue, 24th Mar 2026
NBN fibre trial hits 230Gbps with Nokia tech blend
Gaming

NBN fibre trial hits 230Gbps with Nokia tech blend

NBN Co and Nokia hit 230 Gbps on existing FTTP in a world-first trial, showing multiple optical technologies can share the same fibre.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Tue, 24th Mar 2026

Global Stories

Productivity stories

Thomson Reuters report spotlights gap in legal teams' value
Digital Transformation

Thomson Reuters report spotlights gap in legal teams' value

In-house legal teams see themselves driving strategy, but a new report shows most C-suite leaders barely recognise their contribution.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026
UK, US firms abandon AI plans amid skills shortage
Digital Transformation

UK, US firms abandon AI plans amid skills shortage

Major UK and US professional services firms are shelving AI projects as skill shortages bite, exposing a gap between tech spend and staff readiness.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026
Nasdaq & Talos join forces on tokenised collateral
Crypto

Nasdaq & Talos join forces on tokenised collateral

Nasdaq links Calypso and Trade Surveillance to Talos to streamline tokenised collateral, uniting risk and compliance across on- and off-chain assets.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026
Cloudinary launches AI moderation for brand image checks
Robotic Process Automation

Cloudinary launches AI moderation for brand image checks

Cloudinary unveils AI-driven image moderation to enforce brand visual guidelines at scale, auto-flagging off-brand logos, colours and quality.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026
Dext launches AI Assist bookkeeping tool in North America
Software-as-a-Service

Dext launches AI Assist bookkeeping tool in North America

Dext rolls out AI Assist in the US and Canada, promising to learn each firm's bookkeeping rules while keeping humans in full control.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026
UK law firms lead AI use for time savings & profit
Digital Transformation

UK law firms lead AI use for time savings & profit

UK legal professionals emerge as global AI leaders, with 62% regular users and strong training seen as key to boosting profitability.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026
How Sourcepass turns firewall upgrades into a competitive edge
Customer Relationship Management

How Sourcepass turns firewall upgrades into a competitive edge

Managing 600+ SonicWall firewalls, Sourcepass turns routine upgrades into a strategic weapon for security, efficiency and client trust.

By Gaëlle Perrin • 4 min read • Tue, 24th Mar 2026
Australian law firms lag peers on legal AI adoption
Software-as-a-Service

Australian law firms lag peers on legal AI adoption

Australian law firms trail global peers on legal AI use, risking missed productivity gains despite mounting pressure on profitability.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Tue, 24th Mar 2026
Energy & chemicals sector ramps up autonomy by 2030
Manufacturing

Energy & chemicals sector ramps up autonomy by 2030

Energy and chemicals groups target 80% autonomous operations by 2030 as AI-led automation accelerates amid costs, labour gaps and demand.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Tue, 24th Mar 2026
OpenAI picks Brex for global spend and finance tasks
Digital Transformation

OpenAI picks Brex for global spend and finance tasks

OpenAI selects Brex to run global spend and finance operations, as automation tools vie to serve the fast-growing AI sector's complex needs.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Tue, 24th Mar 2026

Stories from Other Regions

Productivity stories

Canadian law firms report strongest AI time savings
Digital Transformation

Canadian law firms report strongest AI time savings

Canadian law firms report the strongest AI time savings globally, yet many still battle lost billable hours and tangled tech stacks.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026
iD Mobile app tops 2 million users as self-service grows
Digital Transformation

iD Mobile app tops 2 million users as self-service grows

iD Mobile's self-service app has surged past two million registered users as more of its 2.5 million subscribers switch to digital support.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Tue, 24th Mar 2026
Coralogix & Skyflow team up on secure observability
Data Protection

Coralogix & Skyflow team up on secure observability

Coralogix and Skyflow partner to tokenise sensitive log data, balancing observability, privacy and AI-ready telemetry for global firms.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Tue, 24th Mar 2026