COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT:  A multi-year agreement will see the Bank adopt Google Cloud’s AI, security and skilling solutions

COMPANY NEWS:  Employee experience leader expands observability across global engineering teams, boosting performance insights and efficiency

• Business email compromise represents the biggest threat to the APJ region
• Cybercriminals break through language barriers in Asia with LLMs
  • 1700% rise in Japanese language phishing emails since September 2024^[1]
• Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups increasingly use generative AI to improve phishing and social engineering techniques^[2]
• Cloud migration and hybrid work open up new attack surfaces
• 65% of organisations spend 3-5 days longer to investigate cloud-based threats compared to on-premises environments^[3]
• 89% of organisations incur damage prior to the completion of incident containment and investigation^[4]
• Third-party vendors are the backdoor to high-value APJ targets
• 15% of data breaches attributed to supply chain related vulnerabilities^[5]
• Average cost of a third-party vendor and supply chain compromise soars to US$4.91million^[6]

GlobalAI for cybersecurity providerDarktrace, has highlighted the “most prolific cybercrime activities in the APJ region” in the 12-months to July 2025.

COMPANY ACCOUNCEMENT: New appointments focused on shortening experience management innovation cycles, driving continuous AI performance improvements, and enhancing product experience

COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT:  Raen Lim joins brings more than two-decades of leadership and success to support Qualtrics’ continued regional growth and impact

GenAI-powered Ask Zia Virtual Agent, Workflow Assist, and Script Generator are the Latest in a Series of AI Capabilities Available to Customers at no Additional Cost 

• ServiceDesk Plus now supports multi-turn, contextual conversations and workflow generation, embedding AI where it delivers the most tangible value
• For the first time, company was also named in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Artificial Intelligence Applications in ITSM
• Download a complimentary copy of the Magic Quadrant report at https://mnge.it/GMQ25 

COMPANY NEWS:  Nintex unveils new AI-native capabilities that accelerate intelligent processes, business orchestration, and purpose-built solutions

COMPANY NEWS:  New capabilities in SCW Trust Agent provide visibility and control over LLM usage for security leaders and CISOs

Insignia Financial, one of Australia’s largest wealth management companies and owner of MLC Australia, has selected Google Cloud to modernise its digital infrastructure and deploy AI capabilities across many of its offerings, including its MLC superannuation member experience platforms – with a goal of “enhancing personalisation, efficiencies, and service delivery’ for its 1.5 million customers countrywide.

New detection feature helps educators detect potential AI misuse

COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT:  Global Leader in AIOps for Observability Strengthens Leadership Team in APJ to drive the adoption of AI Automations with Enterprise customers in the region

COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT: Cloudera has entered a strategic partnership with Krutrim to deliver enterprise-scale data and AI capabilities. The collaboration is designed to transform how businesses harness data for innovation, operational efficiency, and customer engagement.

COMPANY NEWS: Informatica today announced the Summer 2025 release of its Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) platform. The new AI-powered data management capabilities are designed to simplify and enhance enterprise-wide access to AI-ready data. The release introduces new features across data integration, governance, quality, master data management and iPaaS.

Customers Delivered Value with Process Orchestration and AI Capabilities on the Appian Platform

Appian (Nasdaq: APPN) today announced the 2025 Appian Innovation Awards winners at Appian World, its annual global conference. The Innovation Awards celebrate customers for creating transformative applications that drive impact and value on the Appian Platform.

By embedding AI agents and generative AI in process orchestration, these winners have demonstrated
that process, combined with AI, drives powerful digital transformation. By embedding AI agents and generative AI in process orchestration, these winners have demonstrated that process, combined with AI, drives powerful digital transformation.

New AI capabilities in latest Progress Sitefinity release accelerate content creation, streamline digital asset management and enhance customer engagement

COMPANY NEWS: AI-powered digital experience and infrastructure software provider Progress has announced the latest AI innovations in Progress® Sitefinity® content management platform. These enhancements empower marketers to create, manage and optimise content more efficiently, delivering faster, easily personalised digital experiences across multiple touchpoints.

ASX-listed construction leader leverages Macquarie Cloud’s Azure cloud to scale with the business as it looks to bolster AI capabilities

ASX-listed construction leader leverages Macquarie Cloud’s Azure cloud to scale with the business as it looks to bolster AI capabilities

COMPANY NEWS: Macquarie Cloud Services, part of Macquarie Technology Group (ASX: MAQ), has announced it is providing Microsoft Azure public cloud services to Symal Group (ASX: SYL) to support the company’s digital foundation and rapid growth.

Search AI Company, Elastic is collaborating with the de facto generative AI orchestration library, to buildi and deliver AI capabilities that “expedite labor-intensive ” SecOps tasks.

Virga is a fast, powerful and energy-efficient accelerated computing cluster that will help grow Australia’s science, industry and economy.

Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, has worked with Dell Technologies to build a high-performance computer (HPC) system which will speed up scientific discoveries and help grow Australia’s industry and economy.

British telco BT Group andplatform-as-a-service company ServiceNow have announced an expanded strategic relationship aimed at improving customer and employee experiences.