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Corporate travel is built for the traveller. Finance inherits the mess
Software-as-a-Service

Corporate travel is built for the traveller. Finance inherits the mess

Month-end chaos and FBT risk persist when travel data is scattered across booking, card and expense systems, leaving finance to reconstruct trips.

By Phillip Vella • 6 min read • Last month
Agentic marketing and the intelligence ownership problem
Marketing Technologies

Agentic marketing and the intelligence ownership problem

As AI agents take over campaign decisions, brands risk losing control of the intelligence they learn from, not just the data they provide.

By Maximilian Groth • 4 min read • Last month
Weaponizing trust: How AI and social engineering bypass personal security boundaries
Data Protection

Weaponizing trust: How AI and social engineering bypass personal security boundaries

Scammers are draining older adults' savings through romance, friendship and fake AI trading pitches on social media before withdrawals are blocked.

By Takanori Nishiyama • 2 min read • Last month
Fighting fraud at scale: Why entitlement servers are becoming central to telecoms security
Multi-factor authentication

Fighting fraud at scale: Why entitlement servers are becoming central to telecoms security

Fraud losses and customer friction are pushing operators to use entitlement servers for silent SIM-based checks instead of vulnerable SMS codes.

By Jeevithan Muttu • 5 min read • Last month
Three Industries, One Common Challenge: Getting Data Right Before MDM
Manufacturing

Three Industries, One Common Challenge: Getting Data Right Before MDM

Poor-quality records could undermine MDM programmes in finance, healthcare and manufacturing as AI begins acting on the data.

By Edmund Ng • 5 min read • Last month
Forrester says answer engines now shape brand choice
Omnichannel

Forrester says answer engines now shape brand choice

Marketers may need to rethink search metrics as AI responses increasingly narrow buyers' shortlists before they reach a website.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Last month
Your annual conference is running on a data stack IT never reviewed
Data Protection

Your annual conference is running on a data stack IT never reviewed

Thousands of attendee records can now trigger privacy claims, as event platforms collect sensitive data, go offshore and stay undeleted.

By The Conference Group • 6 min read • Last month

Stories from Other Regions

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Where rents are falling, and where they're not
Real estate

Where rents are falling, and where they're not

Mixed August data suggest New Zealand rents may have bottomed out, as rises in Canterbury and Otago offset falls on the West Coast and elsewhere.

By Susan Edmunds • 3 min read • Last month
The mystery buyers snapping up New Zealand's luxury homes
Real estate

The mystery buyers snapping up New Zealand's luxury homes

Off-market deals are drawing local millionaires into New Zealand's priciest suburbs, even as overseas buyers still compete for luxury homes.

By Charlotte Cook • 7 min read • Last month
Mum calls for mandatory e-scooter helmets after crash leaves son with fractured pelvis and memory loss
Radio New Zealand

Mum calls for mandatory e-scooter helmets after crash leaves son with fractured pelvis and memory loss

Her son's helmet likely prevented a head injury after a Greymouth e-scooter crash, as ACC payouts for such accidents keep rising.

By Melanie Earley • 4 min read • Last month
Qantas passengers on Sydney-bound flight recount panic after seeing flames spit from engine
Risk & Compliance

Qantas passengers on Sydney-bound flight recount panic after seeing flames spit from engine

Passengers described screaming and panic after flames shot from a Qantas engine, forcing an emergency diversion to Christchurch.

By Gavin Coote and Paulina Vidal • 4 min read • Last month
Why agentic AI is the key to systems integrity
Disaster Recovery

Why agentic AI is the key to systems integrity

Tighter Australian resilience rules are pushing firms to embed governance into agentic AI before expanded access and autonomy raise compliance risk.

By Paul Arthur • 6 min read • Last month
Fragmented finance systems are hiding your biggest problem in plain sight
Digital Transformation

Fragmented finance systems are hiding your biggest problem in plain sight

Manual reconciliation, compliance gaps and duplicate payments are draining growing firms as disconnected finance tools hide spend until month-end.

By Tanu Kaushik • 5 min read • Last month
AI's next cyber threat has arrived, identity security is key for survival
Privileged Access Management

AI's next cyber threat has arrived, identity security is key for survival

Australian businesses face faster, cheaper attacks as the ASD urges tighter control of privileged access and AI identities.

By Morey J. Haber • 5 min read • Last month
Mayor says 'large chunks' of Wellington council Deloitte report written by AI
Generative AI

Mayor says 'large chunks' of Wellington council Deloitte report written by AI

Public trust in a costly staffing review is being tested after errors and AI use allegations prompted fresh scrutiny of Deloitte's analysis.

By Justin Wong • 2 min read • Last month
The risk you thought you transferred
Supply Chain

The risk you thought you transferred

Claims can still land on the principal if a contractor's insurance lapses or the statutory duty remains with the engager, despite the paperwork.

By Site360 • 5 min read • Last month
ACT promises to axe millions in roadside art spending
Urban Planning

ACT promises to axe millions in roadside art spending

Motorists could be spared millions in roadside sculptures and monuments, with funding redirected to road building under ACT's transport policy.

By Craig McCulloch • 3 min read • Last month