APAC stories - Page 14

EY urges tech leaders to pursue AI-fuelled deals, agentic systems and sovereignty-by-design as 2026 competition and security pressures grow.

Delinea has named three senior leaders across EMEA and APAC to accelerate regional sales, channel growth and AI-driven identity security.

Multipole AI has launched AIMSOO, a free platform to help SMEs boost visibility in AI-driven search and chat interfaces.

Proofpoint overhauls its channel with a new Partner Network, adding richer incentives, deal protection and AI-focused services for partners.

AiPX launches in Australia as an AI-native venture studio, partnering with early-stage founders to build workflow-focused software platforms.

Audit firms embed AI in core workflows as new research shows rising adoption is matched by stricter validation, governance and training controls.

monday.com expands its global partner drive with AI incentives, new reseller paths and an upgraded platform to boost channel-led growth.

AI tools and shadow IT push information governance to the endpoint, forcing organisations to align policy with device-level reality.

Asia-Pacific organisations hit steeper technical hurdles than global peers as they try to scale agentic AI from pilot projects to production.

Gallagher Security and M.C. Dean deepen a long-standing global pact to tackle complex, mission-critical security deployments worldwide.

QSIC adopts Datadog to monitor 17,000-store audio network, slashing incident recovery from days to hours and boosting retail media uptime.

Rockwell Automation names Karen Hannify to lead Asia-Pacific EPC alliances as it ramps up engagement on major industrial and infrastructure projects.

V2 AI names new Asia Pacific leaders as it doubles consultants and rides surging enterprise demand for large-scale agentic AI projects.

Mastercard and Westpac have trialled New Zealand's first fully authenticated AI agent-led payments for cinema tickets and hotel bookings.

BeyondTrust has appointed experienced channel executive Frank Cesarini as ANZ partner manager to accelerate its regional identity security growth.

AI is supercharging supply chain cyber attacks across Asia-Pacific, with Group-IB warning single hacks now threaten thousands of victims.

More consumers now treat generative AI as an everyday aide and even a companion, using it for routine decisions despite trust concerns.

BADIIS malware is hijacking over 1,800 IIS servers worldwide, quietly boosting illicit gambling and crypto phishing sites via poisoned SEO.

Aspire partners with early-stage investor Antler to capture global founders at inception, targeting a 2.3x jump in startup customers by 2026.

Submer is acquiring Radian Arc to fuse its InferX platform with carrier-embedded GPU edge, pitching a sovereign telco-focused AI cloud.