Productivity stories - Page 18

Quanton ditches pure automation tag to relaunch as an AI transformation partner, promising to help ANZ firms push pilots into production.

Chaty links its AI voice receptionist to ROLLER, letting attractions take bookings, payments and manage calls automatically around the clock.

Milestone Systems has rehired Mike Metcalfe to lead key South Pacific accounts, driving video intelligence growth in New Zealand and Australia.

As AI accelerates change, leaders are warned that rapid growth without robust human and operational structures is fragile and unsustainable.

Maternal isolation quietly drives women from the workforce; now new digital platforms aim to rebuild real-world connection and careers.

Siemens launches Questa One Agentic Toolkit, bringing governed agentic AI workflows to automate and accelerate complex chip verification.

Vusion and Qualcomm set out vision for AI-native shops using BLE, smart shelves and edge computing to tighten operations and boost margins.

Island brings browser-based security and AI governance tools to AWS Security Hub Extended, offering unified buying, billing and support.

APAC banks face data gaps, false alerts and opaque ownership as they race to modernise sanctions screening amid fragmented rules.

AI has become the default weapon against fraud and AML, but SEON warns fragmented systems mean higher spend and rising operational strain.

ServiceNow debuts Autonomous Workforce and EmployeeWorks, promising AI “specialists” that autonomously resolve most employee IT requests.

GTIA unveils Innovate Awards to honour deployed AI solutions delivering measurable business impact, with winners earning USD $20,000 each.

Five global telecom operators launch London-based Syntelligence AI to build network-level tools tackling spam and scam calls worldwide.

Propel-AIR 2.0 opens to link Australian robotics startups with Boston mentoring, global investors and a potential Silicon Valley showcase.

Milestone opens Singapore AI video hub to showcase open-platform security tech as Asia-Pacific market heads for USD $59.54 billion by 2030.

Magentus has become the first to sign Australia's new voluntary AI health software code, setting a benchmark for responsible deployment.

Xero rolls out richer credit note webhooks so developers can ditch heavy polling, cut API traffic and get faster, event-driven updates.

Inference-as-a-service is slashing GPU and cloud costs, powering a rapid boom in Australia and New Zealand's next wave of AI innovators.

xReality swings to operational profit as Operator XR powers record half-year, with revenue up 41% to AUD $10.4 million and EBITDA surging 190%.

WiseTech will cut about 2,000 roles, a third of its staff, as it leans on AI, echoing wider structural job shifts across major employers.