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Win an Audi RS3 or $100,000 Cash: VentraIP Launches Its Biggest MEGAMay Giveaway Yet
Customer Experience

Win an Audi RS3 or $100,000 Cash: VentraIP Launches Its Biggest MEGAMay Giveaway Yet

Australian businesses renewing .au domains this May could land an Audi RS3 or GBP £100,000, as VentraIP widens discounts across hosting and email.

By Thomas Thatcher • 2 min read • 3 days ago
AI virtual data rooms are reshaping M&A due diligence
Digital Transformation

AI virtual data rooms are reshaping M&A due diligence

Due diligence is speeding up as purpose-built AI data rooms cut manual review and help buyers and sellers handle complex transactions faster.

By Justin Smith • 4 min read • 3 days ago
How growing MSPs turn hosting into a steady revenue layer
Digital Transformation

How growing MSPs turn hosting into a steady revenue layer

Predictable income is emerging as MSPs bundle hosting with support, backups and security to reduce churn and lift margins.

By Lachlan Strike • 5 min read • 4 days ago
A smarter way to fund your next RV without the stress
Opinion

A smarter way to fund your next RV without the stress

Flexible finance can ease the upfront burden for Sydney buyers, making RV ownership more manageable while protecting long term budgets.

By Dominic Vivarini • 5 min read • 4 days ago
Closing the gap between where loss happens and where it's felt
Airlines

Closing the gap between where loss happens and where it's felt

Families in New South Wales face legal, logistical and emotional hurdles when a loved one dies overseas, making repatriation support vital.

By Dominic Vivarini • 5 min read • 4 days ago

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AI shopping boom puts checkout under pressure
Data Analytics

AI shopping boom puts checkout under pressure

Rising AI-assisted traffic is exposing checkout friction, with a 70.22% cart abandonment rate leaving merchants to fix payment bottlenecks fast.

By Risa Huang • 5 min read • 2 days ago
Why trust is the bottleneck for AI-driven operations
DevOps

Why trust is the bottleneck for AI-driven operations

The shift to autonomous IT is stalling because teams will only let AI act when its decisions are transparent, explainable and controlled.

By Karthik SJ • 4 min read • 2 days ago
Why workplace AI is creating a quiet legal risk most businesses haven't caught up with yet
Data Protection

Why workplace AI is creating a quiet legal risk most businesses haven't caught up with yet

Australian employers face privacy, dismissal and confidentiality exposure as staff use AI without training or clear rules, lawyers warn.

By Lauren McKee • 4 min read • 2 days ago
Digital identity: How it powers APAC's fintech boom
Data Protection

Digital identity: How it powers APAC's fintech boom

Digital identity is helping APAC fintechs cut fraud, speed onboarding and expand access for millions of unbanked users across the region.

By Edmund Ng • 6 min read • 2 days ago
Rebuilding trust: preparing for the post-quantum internet
Encryption

Rebuilding trust: preparing for the post-quantum internet

Digital confidence could be shaken if quantum computing breaks signatures and updates, exposing organisations to fraud, tampering and mistrust.

By Richard Ford • 5 min read • 3 days ago
Is your data ready for AI? 5 steps before deploying an agent
Data Protection

Is your data ready for AI? 5 steps before deploying an agent

Poor data can make AI agents scale errors at speed, leaving customer-facing systems unreliable and potentially non-compliant.

By Bobby Joseph • 6 min read • 3 days ago
Karbon launches AI community platform for accountants
Software-as-a-Service

Karbon launches AI community platform for accountants

Many firms still lack AI training, even as 85% of accountants say they are excited about it, prompting a new peer forum from Karbon.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • 4 days ago
The 70% problem: Why checkout is still where eCommerce goes to die
Digital Transformation

The 70% problem: Why checkout is still where eCommerce goes to die

Merchants could win back lost sales as tokenised checkout trims friction, reduces card-not-present fraud and keeps payment data in bank rails.

By Suzana Kordumova • 3 min read • 4 days ago
Energy for AI, AI for energy: designing AI-ready data centres
Virtualisation

Energy for AI, AI for energy: designing AI-ready data centres

AI workloads could add more than 150 GW of data centre demand, pushing operators to rethink power, cooling and grid resilience.

By Farokh Ghadially • 4 min read • 4 days ago
Why "strong passwords" can't save you from AI
Ransomware

Why "strong passwords" can't save you from AI

AI has made stolen credentials and careless copy-paste habits a bigger risk than password strength, with scams and breaches accelerating.

By Raymond Schippers • 4 min read • 5 days ago
Data quality powers KYB: Mitigating risk and fighting fraud in real-time
Fintech

Data quality powers KYB: Mitigating risk and fighting fraud in real-time

Real-time business checks can now flag fraud, sanctions risks and beneficial owners before financial institutions onboard risky clients.

By Bud Walker • 5 min read • 5 days ago

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CX is an outcome of the network beneath it
Unified Communications

CX is an outcome of the network beneath it

Customer experience fails when networks falter, with outages, latency and weak security now directly affecting trust and churn.

By Richard Hall • 5 min read • 3 days ago