Enterprise Applications

Australian organizations are rapidly embracing digital transformation and artificial intelligence, but their legal and governance frameworks are failing to keep pace with technological advancement, according to a comprehensive new survey by law firm Maddocks.

When the headlines fade after the latest mega data breach, the ripple effects are still keenly felt across enterprise and government supply chains. Many suppliers are now faced with meeting strict mandates such as ISO 27001 certification to continue doing business. When added to the demands of the new Privacy Act and Essential Eight cybersecurity framework, the compliance challenge is becoming enormous.

Hyland has announced the launch of Knowledge Enrichment, a new solution that transforms unstructured enterprise content into AI-ready data. Designed to eliminate one of the most persistent barriers to AI success - poorly structured, fragmented content from documents and images to audio and video- Knowledge Enrichment transforms raw data into clean, contextualized, and intelligently structured information.

Data management company Denodo has announced the release of Denodo DeepQuery, a deep research capability designed to enable generative AI systems to investigate, synthesize, and explain reasoning beyond basic fact retrieval. The capability is currently available in private preview with general availability planned for the near future.

Barracuda Networks has unveiled Barracuda Entra ID Backup Premium, a cloud-based solution designed to protect Microsoft Entra ID environments from data loss caused by cyberattacks and human error.

As enterprises increasingly struggle with data quality issues in distributed architectures, Actian has unveiled significant enhancements to its Data Intelligence Platform that promise to transform how organizations ensure data trustworthiness from creation to consumption.

The Australian Public Service (APS) has been provided with a comprehensive roadmap for securely adopting Microsoft 365 Copilot, following the conclusion of a six-month government trial that demonstrated significant productivity gains from AI integration.

Describing it as a transformative step in enterprise automation, Hyland has announced the launch of its next-generation agentic document processing solution.

According to industry analysts, permission sprawl has reached epidemic proportions, with the average organization exposing more than 802,000 data files to risk. The problem is compounded by statistics showing 74% of data breaches involve privileged credential abuse, while 91% of employees retain access to company files after offboarding.

Australia's artificial intelligence sector has experienced explosive growth, with the number of AI companies nearly tripling since 2023 and patent applications quadrupling over the past decade, according to a new government report.

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