APAC stories - Page 14

As cyber spend soars past USD $100 billion, rising breaches show Australian firms need clear security frameworks more than extra tools.

Shoppers turn to AI to find products, but 92% still demand reviews and real customer photos before finally clicking to buy.

ControlUp has launched a multi-tenant digital experience platform and partner programme to help MSPs automate IT, boost CX and grow revenue.

Gigamon crowns top global partners as it doubles down on a channel-first strategy and claims 50% share of deep observability market.

Companies that treat log data as strategic intelligence, not digital clutter, are unlocking faster recovery, resilience and innovation.

Zepz has bought fintech Pomelo to bolt credit cards and lending onto its remittance brands, deepening its push into cross-border finance.

Gigamon has named top global partners across regions and alliances, spotlighting deep observability as a pillar of hybrid cloud security.

GenAI, risk worries and values-driven younger buyers are rapidly reshaping complex B2B purchasing across Asia Pacific, Forrester finds.

Most APAC banks are failing to meet customers' financial wellness needs, an Adobe index finds, leaving a trust gap ripe for fintechs.

Legacy PKI and manual certificate management leave APAC firms exposed to outages, cyber risks and compliance failures, CyberArk warns.

Kearney refreshes Asia Pacific leadership in ANZ, Japan, Malaysia and CMT as it prepares to enter its centenary year in 2026.

Arete and SentinelOne unveil an APAC on-prem security model for regulated sectors, keeping sensitive threat data sovereign and off the cloud.

Bengaluru-based Online Instruments acquires Arizona's Level 3 Audiovisual, securing its first direct US base to bolster global AV delivery.

Airwallex acquires Korean fintech Paynuri, securing local payment and FX licences as it accelerates its expansion across Asia-Pacific hubs.

Heidi scales AI clinical note-taking to 81 million consultations worldwide after migrating its data platform to MongoDB Atlas.

Banks face outages costing USD $1.8 million an hour as New Relic says AI-driven observability becomes vital for risk, CX and resilience.

eflow posts 23% client growth and 56 new deployments in 2025 as demand for AI-driven, explainable trade surveillance tools accelerates.

Global IT services spending will rise 4.8% annually to 2029 as cloud infrastructure and generative AI reshape enterprise technology demand.

Four in five Australian organisations say they struggle to prove AI delivers business value, blaming poor data access and weak integration.

NORBr taps Ecommpay via pre-integration to let platforms activate global acquiring and orchestration in minutes, cutting payment build time.