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Pearson says US could gain up to USD $6.6 trillion from AI by 2034, but only if employers urgently invest in reskilling and task-level redesign.

US mid-market CFOs eye AI to free time for strategy but say adoption hinges on strict human oversight and verifiable audit trails.

Significant UK cyberattacks jump 129%, with major incidents hitting firms’ finances, supply chains and insurance costs across the economy.

Australian banks report the region’s worst compliance screening disruption, as ageing systems and manual workloads strain checks and onboarding.

Big banks and AI leaders signal they will layer new AI tools on top of, not instead of, core enterprise software systems.

Avalara inks multi-year AWS deal to push its AI-driven tax tools via AWS Marketplace, promising simpler cloud procurement and billing.

Databricks reports a 327% jump in enterprise use of multi-agent AI, as firms move beyond chatbots to real-time, governed production systems.

Shuttlerock adopts Workday to unify global finance and HR, tightening controls and boosting real-time insight as its international footprint grows.

Cloudbrink adds Safe AI controls to its zero trust platform, securing hybrid enterprise use of AI agents and browser-based AI services.

DigiCert has been named a Leader in IDC MarketScape’s first global report on certificate lifecycle management, citing automation and scale.

Australian firms race ahead with AI, yet weak governance and identity controls leave ‘shadow AI’ as a growing security blind spot.

Sam Altman says AI co-workers will reshape software jobs, cut team sizes and force firms to compete on ideas, attention and resilience.

Tricentis hires two senior leaders to accelerate AI-led growth after hitting USD $400 million ARR and securing USD $1.33 billion backing.

Start Tech leader Ian Groves wins second three-year term on GTIA’s UK and Ireland Executive Council, strengthening his role in the IT channel.

Agiloft says over half its customers now license AI tools as Screens usage surges, with AI users up 250% and app activity rising 12-fold.

Revizto names new revenue and product chiefs and launches a global CIO advisory network of 75+ leaders to steer its expansion strategy.

UK IT teams say alert fatigue and tool overload are driving outages, customer disruption and rising burnout, Splunk research shows.

Tecala secures Microsoft security partner status and broadens ISO 27001:2022 coverage to its Automation, Data and AI division ADA.

Australia’s digital economy heads for a 2026 reset as collaboration, AI literacy and sovereign cloud reshape work, data and family life.

Australian CFOs face a turbulent 2026, juggling AI integration, cost pressures, talent gaps, new ESG rules and fragile supply chains.