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Smart Communications appoints Satish Shenoy as partner chief

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Smart Communications taps Satish Shenoy as Senior Vice President to broaden global alliances and speed partner-led growth across regulated sectors.
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Apple launches Business platform to streamline company tools

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Apple rolls out Business platform for companies, bundling device management and brand tools as it replaces Manager and Connect.
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Aware Super expands free online wills service to members

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Aware Super broadens free online wills offer to all members as fund uses estate planning to nudge Australians towards wider retirement planning.
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Hapana rebuilds fitness platform after USD $7.25 million

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Hapana unveils rebuilt fitness software platform after USD $7.25 million Microequities-led round, targeting multi-site operators with AI tools.
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Klaviyo unveils AI Composer for marketing campaigns

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Klaviyo has launched Composer, an AI tool that drafts data-driven marketing campaigns from plain-language prompts, now in private beta.
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Inlight launches martech practice with Anthony Fontana

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Inlight has launched a Martech, Data & Analytics practice led by former Wesfarmers OneDigital executive Anthony Fontana in a senior hire.
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Zoom showcases AI tools for APAC SMBs in daily work

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Zoom says APAC small firms are moving AI from pilots to daily workflows, boosting productivity while trying to avoid new complexity.
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OFX appoints Liz Lord to drive broader business offer

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OFX appoints former PayPal Australia marketer Liz Lord as chief marketing officer to spearhead its shift beyond cross-border payments.
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Points, personalisation and innovation: How industry leaders are redefining loyalty

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AI is turning loyalty members into “segments of one”, as Asia Pacific leaders shift from flashy tech to invisible, always-relevant rewards.
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Broot.ai adds Vonage voice APIs for in-app CRM calling

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Broot.ai has embedded Vonage voice APIs into its CRM, enabling one-click in-app calling, local numbers and unified activity tracking for teams.
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KnowBe4 appoints Kawin Boonyapredee as APJ CISO advisor

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KnowBe4 names Dr Kawin Boonyapredee APJ CISO advisor to steer human risk and AI cyber threat strategy from a new base in Singapore.
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Oracle NetSuite rolls out AI upgrades for ANZ users

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NetSuite unveils AI-powered tools and connectors for ANZ customers, promising automation across finance, inventory, warehousing and eCommerce.
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Prophet bolsters Australian team with two key hires

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Prophet hires Lia Carruthers and Becky McMillan in Australia as it scales from start-up to growth phase and boosts marketing and customer teams.
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Infobip report marks shift to omnichannel AI messaging

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Infobip data shows single-channel alerts collapsing as brands pivot to omnichannel, AI-led conversations across SMS, RCS, WhatsApp and voice.
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Circles, Airwallex bring embedded finance to global telcos

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Circles partners with Airwallex to plug embedded banking into CirclesX, letting telcos launch financial services across more than 70 markets.
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Changing customer loyalty landscape: Here's what retail leaders need to know

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Retail leaders are racing to turn data, AI and retail media into performance engines, reshaping how customer loyalty will work by 2026.
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Singulr AI expands Richard Bird role to steer agentic risk

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Singulr AI hands Richard Bird an expanded CSO2 brief to fuse security and strategy as enterprises confront rising agentic AI risk.
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Inside Wialon's Partner Challenge: How telematics went off road at Dakar Rally

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Wialon took 12 top partners from 12 countries off road at the Dakar Rally, turning desert telematics into a high-stakes team challenge.
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Okta unveils security blueprint for enterprise AI agents

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Okta launches AI agent security blueprint and upcoming Okta for AI Agents product to govern identity, access and kill-switch controls.
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Contentful expands ANZ operations with new local arm

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Contentful opens an Australian arm and expands ANZ hiring, backing rising enterprise demand for composable digital experience tools.