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Female representation in AI is a win-win situation for businesses

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Boosting female representation in AI is key to cutting bias, building trust and unlocking more innovative, profitable business outcomes.
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If AI can't quote you, do you exist? The new reality for communications

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As AI becomes a sleepless gatekeeper of reputation, communicators must feed the machines or risk vanishing into background noise.
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Diverse perspectives driving innovation for the real world

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Female leadership at Tineco ANZ is reshaping consumer tech, proving diverse perspectives are vital to real-world innovation and growth.
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Style, substance, and strategy: Drawing similarities between pageantry and PR

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From runway to boardroom, Australia's pageant stage doubles as a high-stakes PR lab for purpose-driven personal branding in 2026.
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Why legal literacy is the ultimate empowerment for women in tech

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Women in tech gain real power not just by innovating, but by mastering legal literacy to protect their work, legacy and leadership.
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Why "Give to Gain" needs to stop being a women's virtue and start being a business model

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Communications must abandon hoarding influence and make advocacy a core business strategy, not a selfless virtue expected only of women.
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Reversec names Åse Holmberg Zetterlund as Chief Executive

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Cyber consultancy Reversec has named former Accenture executive Åse Holmberg Zetterlund as CEO to drive its next phase of global expansion.
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International Women's Day: What real equity looks like in business

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On International Women's Day 2026, 'Balancing the scales' means redesigning business systems, not branding equity as a one-day campaign.
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AI-era contact centres become strategic CX data hubs

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In 2026, AI turns the contact centre from a cost to a real-time intelligence engine, transforming CX into core competitive advantage.
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Five signs that your organisation is more AI-ready than you think

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If you can clearly define problems, empower a bridge-builder and embrace measured risk, your organisation may be AI-ready already.
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Bridging the gap between business and tech: the empathy advantage in digital delivery

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Empathy, not just agile tools, is emerging as the missing link between business strategy and tech delivery in digital transformation.
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The courage to give without guarantees

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On International Women's Day, a finance leader reflects on the quiet power of giving fully, even when outcomes are uncertain.
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Adtech's next competitive advantage isn't AI - It's people

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Adtech's next edge won't come from smarter AI, but from cultures that empower diverse people, especially women, to lead and innovate.
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All you need is intention: Creating purpose in product management

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As AI reshapes work, product managers must lead with human intention, turning clear purpose into products that truly serve people.
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Explainer: The digital shock that ended Sanity's reign

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Once a 400-store giant of CDs and DVDs, Sanity has shrunk to a regional chain as downloads, streaming and rising costs reshape retail.
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AI-first firms face slower cyber recovery & higher costs

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AI-first firms take months longer to recover from cyber attacks and face sharply higher breach and scraping costs, Fastly research warns.
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AI-first firms hit by slower, costlier cyber recoveries

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AI-first firms face a seven-month average cyber recovery and 135% higher incident costs as AI adoption outpaces modern security controls.
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Linux report shows open source giving fivefold returns

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Linux Foundation research finds active open source contributors gain up to a fivefold ROI, while passive users rack up hidden technical debt.
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Ataccama named Leader in 2026 Gartner data quality MQ

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Ataccama named a Leader in Gartner's 2026 Magic Quadrant for augmented data quality, topping the Completeness of Vision axis.
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Zoho marks 30th year with 1m customers, 150m users

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Zoho marks 30 years in business as it surpasses 1m paying customers and 150m users worldwide, with revenue up 20% in 2025.