Professional services stories - Page 3
Thomson Reuters report spotlights gap in legal teams' value
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In-house legal teams see themselves driving strategy, but a new report shows most C-suite leaders barely recognise their contribution.
UK law firms lead AI use for time savings & profit
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UK legal professionals emerge as global AI leaders, with 62% regular users and strong training seen as key to boosting profitability.
Dext launches AI Assist for accountants, bookkeepers
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Dext unveils AI Assist, an embedded tool that learns firm-specific judgement to automate routine bookkeeping while keeping humans in control.
How cybersecurity partner programs are evolving in 2026
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SonicWall overhauls SecureFirst for 2026, shifting to firm-level skills, role-based training and services to boost partners' recurring revenue.
Australian law firms lag peers on legal AI adoption
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Australian law firms trail global peers on legal AI use, risking missed productivity gains despite mounting pressure on profitability.
Australian finance firms pay top rates for specialists
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Australian banks and insurers are shelling out up to AUD $2,200 a day for specialist contractors to drive critical digital transformation work.
Support Fusion raises AUD $1 million, expands to US & UK
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Support Fusion raises AUD $1 million pre-seed to grow US and UK presence and scale AI-led integrations for co-managed enterprise IT.
Hostplus signs five-year IT services deal with Interactive
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Super fund Hostplus has inked a five-year IT managed services deal with Interactive, adding an Australian-based service desk and cloud support.
Caseware wins accounting software awards for AI platform
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Caseware secures Overall Accounting Platform of the Year at FinTech Breakthrough and a 2026 Top New Products nod for Extractly.
NIIT MTS wins Training Industry top content honour again
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NIIT MTS secures a sixteenth straight spot on Training Industry's Top 20 custom content developers list for 2026, citing AI-led design.
Persistent appoints Hari Abhyankar to lead private equity
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Persistent hires Hari Abhyankar as EVP and global head of private equity, sharpening its push into investor and professional services markets.
HCLTech named among world's most ethical companies
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HCLTech has been named among the 2026 World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere, securing recognition for a third consecutive year.
iCatalyst to bring SIS construction ERP to Australia
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iCatalyst partners with SIS to localise and deliver Construction 365 and other project-based ERP solutions to Australia's construction sector.
Deloitte offloads Auvenir which rebrands as Streamworks Tech
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Deloitte has sold its audit software venture Auvenir to its management in a buyout, with the business rebranding as Streamworks Tech.
Dell expands NVIDIA AI Factory to boost enterprise ROI
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Dell broadens its AI Factory with NVIDIA, touting 4,000 users and early adopters claiming up to 2.6x ROI as AI pilots scale up.
Synechron unifies three Australian consultancies under one
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Synechron merges Chamonix IT, Exposé and iGreenData into a single Australian consultancy, unveiling a new national leadership team.
Anthropic commits USD $100m to Claude partner push
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Anthropic launches Claude Partner Network with an initial USD $100m to train, certify and co-market with enterprises building on Claude.
Rogo buys Offset to boost AI agents for finance pros
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Rogo acquires AI agent firm Offset to deepen automation in investment banking and buy-side workflows after its USD $75 million Series C.
AI to drive Australian cyber security spend to 2026 high
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Australian cyber security spending will hit AUD $7.555 billion in 2026, as AI adoption, talent shortages and rising threats fuel fresh investment.
MiAI Law secures AUD $2 million for AI legal reasoning
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Sydney's MiAI Law raises AUD $2 million to launch an AI legal research tool that exposes its reasoning step by step for lawyers.