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Productivity stories

Atira raises USD $17.5 million for industrial AI sales

The funding will speed hiring and overseas expansion as manufacturers adopt software that has cut ask-to-bid times by up to 80%.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Today

Software-as-a-Service

Flywire expands payments deal with Davidson Hospitality

The rollout is set to cut fees and manual reconciliation for Davidson Hospitality across 88 hotels and resorts and its event venues.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Today

Software-as-a-Service

Zendesk adds real-time voice translation for contact centres

It could ease staffing bottlenecks and cut waits for multilingual customers, as live translation is built into one support workflow.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Today

Digital Transformation

Multiverse appoints Kelly Griffith as Coaching chief

The hire comes as the edtech unicorn scales delivery across the UK and Europe to meet rising demand for AI and workplace skills.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Yesterday

Software-as-a-Service

Sembly 3.0 aims to automate business document creation

Business teams could cut weeks from report and presentation work as the platform turns internal data into client-ready documents.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Yesterday

Software-as-a-Service

Totogi Ontology goes live in seven telecoms deployments

Telecoms operators are using the software to cut outages, alarm noise and order failures after live trials expanded across five continents.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Yesterday

Hybrid Cloud

Fewer servers, more performance: The new logic of the modern data center

Australian firms could cut server counts and energy use sharply as AI workloads push data centres to prioritise density over expansion.

By Alexey Navolokin • 4 min read • Yesterday

Digital Transformation

Australian firms lose customers to skilled role gaps

Customer service and revenue are taking a hit as Australian employers struggle to fill critical roles, a survey finds.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Yesterday

Customer Relationship Management

TP wins Frost & Sullivan Asia-Pacific customer service award

AI-driven service delivery and stronger client results helped TP secure Frost & Sullivan's top Asia-Pacific customer experience honour.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Yesterday

Digital Transformation

Australia lags US on trust in AI systems, Fujitsu finds

Poor data quality is undermining Australian firms' ability to trust AI, with 70% of leaders saying they lack full confidence in systems used internally.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Yesterday

Software-as-a-Service

Uniper cuts hiring delays with AI recruitment agent

The energy group has trimmed hiring bottlenecks, cutting candidate sign-off time by 27 days and speeding screening by 13 days with AI.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Yesterday

Digital Transformation

UiPath survey says enterprises still piloting agentic AI

Most large firms are yet to embed AI fully, as data, integration and governance issues keep agentic projects stuck in pilots.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Yesterday

Private Cloud

Apple unveils iPhone Duo, its first foldable phone

Apple is entering the foldable market with a dual-screen handset that adds split-screen multitasking and starts at AUD $3,499.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Yesterday

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Productivity stories

Manufacturing

Canadian firms struggle to turn AI spending into returns

Only 18% of Canadian organisations have embedded AI into daily operations, leaving many still chasing productivity gains amid rising costs and uncertainty.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Today