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Vanuatu signs AUD $10.47 million deal to modernise finance

The overhaul should improve controls and cut paperwork, while giving citizens, suppliers and public servants access to online services across the islands.

By Mara Sugue • 3 min read • Today

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Risk & Compliance

Study finds AI can use wrong document despite retrieval

Accuracy can still slip when similar records are nearby, leaving AI systems to answer from the wrong source despite finding the right document.

By Mara Sugue • 3 min read • Today

Artificial Intelligence

Horváth & SANNOS AI partner on finance control review

Finance teams could spend less time on document checks as the partnership aims to automate evidence review while keeping expert judgement in place.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Today

Robotics

Gartner flags 10 tech trends for 2027 as AI governance

Firms face rising risks from unchecked AI adoption, as the advisory group warns of breaches, compliance failures and vendor lock-in by 2028.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • Today

Data Analytics

Kantata launches AI business intelligence for services

Professional services firms can now query their finance and delivery data in natural language, cutting delays that slow decisions on margins and staffing.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Today

Risk & Compliance

Google launches Gemini training bundles for finance, law

Free courses on Google Skills aim to help finance and legal staff use Gemini for tasks from bond issuance to contract review.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 2 min read • Today

Supply Chain

Beacon cuts importer's detention costs from USD $1.3m

A US importer of Southeast Asian foods could trim a material freight expense to near zero within months after deploying Beacon's software.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Yesterday

DevOps

Avocado Consulting buys AI Consulting Group in expansion

The tie-up adds 20 specialists and gives Australian clients a broader AI offer as demand shifts from trials to production and oversight grows harder.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 2 days ago

Data Analytics

Oracle NetSuite launches SuiteSkills AI tools for customers

More than 13,000 customers can now use the new tools to analyse data and trigger actions in NetSuite while keeping permissions unchanged.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • Last week

Construction

Oracle NetSuite unveils new AI tools for cloud ERP

Businesses could automate more finance and operations work as NetSuite adds AI Workspaces, agents and wider access to external models.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • Today

Semiconductors

JFrog names nine winners of software supply chain awards

The inaugural prizes highlight a wider shift as large enterprises tighten oversight of code, AI models and other assets moving through development pipelines.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • Last week

Manufacturing

Oracle launches Claw-powered supply chain agentic apps

The tools aim to help supply chain teams cut waste, balance scarce capacity and speed approved decisions across planning, logistics and procurement.

By Mara Sugue • 3 min read • Last week

Data Analytics

Oracle unveils 25 agentic AI apps across Fusion Cloud

The update lets finance, HR and supply chain teams delegate more complex tasks to AI agents while keeping approvals and controls in place.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week

Data Analytics

AtScale named OpenAI Select Partner to boost AI accuracy

Enterprise users may get more reliable AI answers as AtScale joins OpenAI's partner network to impose shared business definitions on metrics.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Last week

Manufacturing

RhymeQ raises USD $2.2 million to simplify quantum coding

The pre-seed cash will help RhymeQ widen access to quantum programming, aiming to let ordinary developers code with basic Python skills.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last week

Robotics

Oracle launches Claw-powered Fusion apps for CX teams

Oracle has added governed AI tools to Fusion Cloud Applications, aiming to help sales and service teams execute more complex tasks with less manual effort.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last week