Asia Pacific stories - Page 2

Infor taps former Qlik leader Geoff Thomas to spearhead Asia Pacific and Japan expansion, revamping regional leadership to fuel cloud growth.

Sigma has launched an Asia Pacific and Japan hub in Sydney, naming veteran sales leader Bede Hackney as regional vice president.

OpenAI unveils an Australia-wide AI push, pairing a Sydney supercomputer campus with skills training and new startup support schemes.

Southeast Asia venture funding surged to USD $3.51 billion in H2 2025 on a handful of large late-stage deals, masking thin overall deal flow.

Australian firms are turning observability from backroom monitor into strategic engine, fusing AI and data to drive growth and resilience.

Netpoleon partners with Hack The Box to deliver hands-on cyber skills training and readiness tools to address ANZ’s growing security gap.

A cyber incident has driven a surge in demand for YubiKey security devices as Australian public schools tighten authentication controls.

BioCatch posts record ARR above $185 million as it adds 90 banks, blocks $4 billion in fraud and expands its global trust network.

Okta warns APAC firms that rapid AI adoption is outpacing governance and identity controls, leaving “shadow AI” and non-human access unchecked.

Asia-Pacific startup founders are growing older but no less ambitious, with most over 45 and four in ten still chasing unicorn valuations.

AI use is now near universal in Singapore, but few organisations can show strong returns as data complexity and security risks bite.

Remara picks 10x Banking’s cloud-native core to speed new lending and investment products and fuel ANZ and Southeast Asia expansion.

IDeaS launches Rate Data Advantage in APAC, promising hotels deeper real-time rate intelligence and sharper revenue decisions.

Prometheus expands its APAC enterprise push, hiring three senior leaders in Sydney to drive marketing, customer success and solution engineering.

Trilliant will unveil AI-driven grid-edge intelligence and AMI innovations as sponsor, speaker and exhibitor at DISTRIBUTECH 2026.

India must invest about USD $145bn a year in energy to hit net-zero goals, with the next decade critical for low-carbon infrastructure.

Rapid7 appoints veteran cyber leader Simon Ractliffe as APJ general manager to drive regional growth and deepen Microsoft-focused security.

Australia’s tech boom hides a growing e‑waste crisis, as repair barriers, patchy recycling and high green costs stall real sustainability.

Databricks reports a 327% jump in enterprise use of multi-agent AI, as firms move beyond chatbots to real-time, governed production systems.

Johnson Controls has appointed Susan Hughes to lead its Asia Pacific business, joining the executive committee as it targets growth in the region.