Opinion stories
Incomplete records can lead to missed allergies, duplicate tests and wrong billing, making data quality more urgent than connectivity.
Poor data at checkout is fuelling cost surprises, missed deliveries and fraud fears that are turning many cross-border shoppers away.
Marketing teams face weaker trust and tougher discovery as AI-generated content floods channels and answer engines shape first impressions.
Breaches are rising as AI tools widen access inside firms, leaving security teams struggling to spot data flows that Zero Trust was built to limit.
Nearly 40% of firms have delayed growth plans as volatile power costs and supply fears squeeze investment across Australia and New Zealand.
Unredacted archive copies can expose personal data long after extraction, increasing compliance risk for firms using AI and high-volume document workflows.
Weak governance leaves firms exposed to compliance risk, duplicate records and faulty decisions as data volumes keep rising across departments.
The new feature could cut Spark job runtimes by up to 4x, easing cloud bills for firms running data-heavy AI and analytics workloads.
Asian manufacturers are increasingly tying AI investment to less downtime, lower energy bills and higher output rather than office productivity gains.
Fast-moving travel and hospitality brands risk missed bookings unless they unify customer data in real time across marketing, care and operations.
Poor data quality is driving costly errors, weaker customer service and missed revenue unless organisations keep records accurate and current.
Trust is shifting from plastic cards to phones as states align mobile licences with international standards for everyday identity checks.
Australians lost AUD $166.8 million to payment redirection scams in 2025, as finance teams struggled to verify supplier bank-detail changes.
The region's clean power shift is being slowed less by missing kit than by financing and operational hurdles that stall adoption at scale.
Content inflation could leave brands sounding generic unless they use AI to sharpen strategy, as LinkedIn flags more artificial-sounding posts.
Stolen credentials can become an operational foothold within hours, leaving annual assessments too slow to catch the real attack paths.
Singapore banks and telcos face a narrower window to stop AI-assisted attackers chaining small flaws into major breaches.
Only 18% of organisations are turning AI investment into measurable growth, highlighting a leadership gap that may slow adoption across ASEAN.
Cyber defences falter when staff know the rules but still fail to act, making psychology as important as software for resilience.
A skills gap in critical systems is widening as veteran mainframe engineers near retirement, pushing firms to train new recruits with AI support.
