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Sefiani and Staffbase join forces to help Australian and New Zealand employers tackle worker unease over AI, change and frontline comms.

AI use lifts revenue for strategic response leaders as mature firms turn bids, questionnaires and due diligence into faster sales and stronger returns.

Forrester urges B2B firms to rethink marketing, sales and metrics as AI agents reshape how buyers search, compare and choose suppliers.

Rakuten International and impact.com have united affiliate and performance marketing assets in a bid to give advertisers clearer measurement and sales links.

Databricks hires Davinia Simon as Senior Director and Public Sector Lead for Australia and New Zealand to boost government AI and data strategy.

SAS unveils Quantum Lab for Viya users as a survey finds firms are increasingly worried about practical uses, skills and returns.

UiPath and Deloitte add AI-driven software testing to Ascend, aiming for broader coverage, faster releases and less manual maintenance.

UiPath deepens Databricks and Deloitte ties to push governed AI workflows and automated testing across enterprise data operations.

AI tools may help construction firms keep staff as a survey finds more than half of professionals would stay put if employers boosted investment.

EDB touts Postgres AI gains, saying a data-layer overhaul can cut token use, speed vector indexing and trim emissions for enterprise AI workloads.

Tredence and Google Cloud unveil agentic AI accelerators to help enterprises shift from pilots to production across data, supply chains and customer service.

Mercha deploys Decidr OS to automate custom sales proposals, turning a two-to-three-hour workflow into seconds for its 12-person team.

REA Group says new PropTrack analysis shows the eventual buyer was present on realestate.com.au for nine in 10 homes that sold, backed by AI modelling.

Google is tailoring AI playbooks for 19 industries as enterprises shift from pilots to production, with faster rollouts and ROI now the focus.

Google Cloud expands AI security with new agents, Wiz integrations and fraud defences as it targets faster, more automated cyber attacks.

Forrester says most firms cannot show AI marketing spend is lifting revenue or profit, as buyers rely on generative search and AI agents.

Microsoft steps up New Zealand AI push with 200,000 more people to be trained as chief technology officer Sarah Carney says the real challenge is winning trust.

Employment Hero's HeroForce aims to cut Australia's compliance costs as employers wrestle with awards, payroll rules and rising administration burdens.

ShareGate survey finds AI tools have surfaced sensitive data at 29% of firms, exposing a widening gap between confidence in governance and reality.

UK firms race ahead with Microsoft Copilot, but ShareGate survey finds AI tools are exposing sensitive data and exposing governance gaps.