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Australian firms face cyber supply chain risk gaps

More than half of Australian organisations still manage supply chain risk reactively, leaving them exposed to cyber incidents, BSI found.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • 3 days ago

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Digital Transformation

Beca moves finance to Oracle cloud in Asia Pacific

The overhaul is set to cut manual work and improve financial controls for the consultancy's 4,300 staff across 24 Asia Pacific offices.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Today

Digital Transformation

Workday is a Fortune 500 startup reborn for the AI era

Its AI-first overhaul has cut layers, sped product cycles and left the company betting that startup-style speed can still serve Fortune 500 customers.

By Anthony Caruana • 5 min read • Today

Data Analytics

Abacum launches AI agent for finance model building

The tool could cut model-building from days or weeks to minutes, helping finance teams shift time from spreadsheets to analysis and planning.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Today

Data sovereignty

Connect finds smaller AI models beat bigger rivals

The findings could sway regulated firms seeking cheaper, more controllable AI, after orchestrated small models beat several larger systems on enterprise tasks.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • Yesterday

Data Analytics

Google rolls out Gemini 4 Argon for enterprise users

The model is being pitched at coding, finance and security teams after Google said it sped up engineering work and helped patch serious flaws.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Yesterday

Data governance

CFOs prioritise trust over speed in AI adoption journey

Finance chiefs see AI as a risk-management issue first, with clean data and human oversight seen as essential to protect statements and audits.

By Anthony Caruana • 4 min read • Yesterday

Accounts payable

Everyone gets one Halloween a year. Finance teams get twelve

Late-arriving receipts, approvals and invoices force finance teams into repeated month-end firefights, wasting time that should be spent on judgement.

By Tanu Kaushik • 4 min read • Yesterday

Robotics

Thales expands Google Cloud tie-up to secure AI agents

The integration aims to curb prompt injection, data leakage and unauthorised actions as firms shift AI from pilots to critical systems.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Yesterday

Robotics

Oracle launches Fusion Claw for autonomous business tasks

Businesses can now delegate more complex finance, HR and supply chain work to governed AI, as Oracle expands its agentic software suite to 75 applications.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • 2 days ago

Low code & No code

Alteryx launches BigQuery invoice workflows for finance

Finance teams can now reconcile millions of invoices in BigQuery without code, as Alteryx keeps PDFs in Google Cloud Storage and flags duplicates.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • 3 days ago

Data sovereignty

Julia to open Paris forum on fragmented AI in travel

Travel leaders in Paris will test whether AI tools can work across rival regional systems as Europe's adoption gap widens.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • 3 days ago

Data Analytics

Sixthfin launches AI tool to spot expense claim patterns

Finance teams can now flag repeated expense anomalies across whole populations of claims, rather than relying on samples or one-by-one checks.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • 3 days ago

Digital Transformation

AI isn't the problem, Australia's natural resources industry needs business orchestration

Fragmented systems could blunt AI gains in Australian resources, leaving maintenance, finance and supply chains harder to coordinate safely.

By Justin Grose • 4 min read • 3 days ago

Digital Transformation

Mastek wins Staffordshire council Oracle Cloud deal

The contract will replace Staffordshire County Council's legacy back-office systems, aiming to cut manual work and improve oversight for 875,000 residents.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Last week

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Supply Chain

Levelpath launches Ranger AI for autonomous procurement

Procurement teams could cut manual work and manage risk more tightly as the new platform automates sourcing, checks and invoice matching.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Today

Data governance

Conference Board sets five-stage AI agent work framework

As spending rises, employers are being urged to redesign tasks around AI agents or risk automating the wrong work without measurable gains.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Yesterday

Risk & Compliance

AI council launches finance certification in Singapore

Rising AI use is exposing a training gap in Singapore's finance sector, prompting a new exam to test when professionals should trust or verify output.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • 2 days ago