The last couple of years has seen many organisations around the world establishing executive-level Chief Data Officers (CDO). In making those appointments, perhaps those organisations are realising (finally) that their decades-long preoccupation with technology, at the expense of their data, has left them with significant ‘data-debt’? And further, that data-debt is having a drag-effect, a negative impact on their plans to join the digital transformation wave sweeping the planet.
IDC's latest Worldwide AI and Generative AI Spending Guide reveals that the Asia/Pacific region is witnessing an unprecedented surge in Generative AI (GenAI) adoption, including software, services, and hardware for AI-centric systems.
Appian has announced the latest version of the Appian Platform, introducing Process HQ, a combination of process mining and enterprise AI unified with the Appian data fabric. It has also announced the Asia-Pac winners of the 2024 Appian Innovation Awards, Mortgage fund RBML and the NSW Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP).
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has sounded the alarm on the escalating threat of cyberattacks to global financial stability. The IMF's warning comes amidst a surge in cyber incidents, more than doubling since the onset of the pandemic, with dire implications for the financial sector.
An international team of researchers have compiled what they claim is the first ever ‘World Cybercrime Index’, which identifies the globe’s key cybercrime hotspots by ranking the most significant sources of cybercrime at a national level.
Russian state-backed hackers have successfully infiltrated Microsoft’s corporate email system, gaining unauthorized access to sensitive information. The breach, discovered in late November and confirmed by U.S. officials, has far-reaching implications for both cybersecurity and international relations.
Intelligent document processing (IDP) is rapidly transforming enterprises around the world, and the nature and variety of business use cases is expanding along with the technology. IDP is no longer just a downstream business process; it intersects with other technologies and applications, offering powerful user workflows directly within BPM, RPA, ERP, and CRM systems.
Kapish has signed a new Australian Federal Government customer for its Content Manager Cloud platform. Under a 6-year contract, the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) will migrate its on-premise OpenText Content Manager solution to the Kapish CM Cloud platform.
The rapid uptake of automated decision making and machine learning techniques in the modern workplace will b e a major focus of a new Parliamentary inquiry initiated by Australia’s Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Tony Burke.
