Professional services stories
The move comes as the privately backed systems integrator looks to strengthen recurring revenue and service delivery across its customer base.
Attackers are exploiting trusted identities and collaboration tools to steal data and extort victims, leaving defenders with only brief windows to react.
The overhaul is set to cut manual work and improve financial controls for the consultancy's 4,300 staff across 24 Asia Pacific offices.
AI-related work helped push EY's annual revenue to USD $57 billion, with clients shifting from trials to wider business use.
As firms brace for thousands of AI agents, the tool is meant to cut sprawl by letting teams build governed workflows without developers.
The permit gives KPay a regulatory base to deepen its Australian payments push as it adds point-of-sale tools and financing for SMEs.
The deal will give Aline's firms one system for audits, cutting duplication as the network scales while keeping local client service in place.
Customers will gain broader Microsoft support across business systems, AI and workplace tools as mhance folds in CPS and City Dynamics.
The campaign underlines rising cross-border hiring among Singapore firms, as 71% of Rippling customers there already employ staff overseas.
Small businesses could face more AI-enabled attacks, as the new platform gives MSPs a single system for email security, backup and compliance.
The hire comes as the company steps up product investment after reporting 46% revenue growth for the year to June 2026.
The deal deepens Unit4's push into professional services software by adding skills-based resource planning tools used across 70 countries.
The hire is intended to strengthen local cyber capability for government and critical infrastructure customers as sovereignty concerns shape buying decisions.
Australian firms could cut complexity and tighten remote access controls as the pair add SD-WAN to a unified managed security service.
Most New Zealand accounting firms expect AI to reshape workloads and lift advisory services, with 94% saying it will not cut jobs next year.
The Brisbane cybersecurity group added 17 staff and narrowed vendor ties as a services push helped lift gross profit 38% in 2026.
Most young UK accountancy trainees expect AI to accelerate promotion, while 93% worry about data security and 77% fear over-reliance.
Failed payments are costing online merchants sales, as Ecommpay says AI can also pinpoint lost revenue and lift conversion rates.
A looming 17,900-person shortfall in Australian accounting is pushing firms to use AI as a recruiting draw for graduates.
The deal widens WSP's environmental and approvals reach in Australia, adding more than 60 Queensland specialists to meet rising project demand.