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Rippling to nearly triple Singapore office headcount
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Rippling to nearly triple Singapore office headcount

about 1 hour ago

Rising cross-border hiring demand is driving the workforce-management group to expand in Singapore and consolidate staff into a larger office.

Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin
JOSEPH GABRIEL LAGONSIN News Editor
Information Communication & Technology

NZ CIO of the Year 2026 - Tighe Wall on trust, culture and the cost of holding to strategy

Trust and culture, not technology, powered Contact Energy's transformation, delivering a 30% cost-to-serve cut and 100,000 new customers.

1 day ago · Mark Tarre
Cloud Services

Salesforce & Anthropic launch Claudeforce partnership

Sales teams will soon be able to query live Salesforce data inside Claude as the pair deepen an AI tie-up across CRM and Slack.

1 day ago · Sean Mitchell
Capital Management

Workday joins New Zealand government digital marketplace

Eligible New Zealand agencies can now buy Workday software through a pre-vetted channel, potentially speeding procurement and reducing risk.

2 days ago · Mark Tarre
Social Media

TUANZ backs online safety plans but warns on age ban

Support for tougher online protections comes with calls for scrutiny of age checks, as TUANZ warns they could harm privacy and exclude vulnerable youth.

3 days ago · Sean Mitchell
Small Business

Kiwibank posts $174m profit as lending & deposits grow

Earnings fell as lower margins squeezed Kiwibank, even though home loans and deposits climbed faster than those of bigger rivals.

8 days ago · Karen Joy Bacudo
Government Communications Security Bureau

New Zealand cyber incidents needing specialist support rise

More New Zealand cyber incidents are now being escalated for specialist help, even as total reports stayed broadly steady in the June quarter.

8 days ago · Mark Tarre
Investigation

New AI era defined by agents, rising costs and maturity gaps

Enterprises face higher AI bills and governance gaps as only 17 per cent have reached high maturity, Gartner says.

2 months ago • 5 min read
New AI era defined by agents, rising costs and maturity gaps

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