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The Australian financial services (FSI) industry has been at the forefront of innovation, driven by rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI). While several industries have also been on this journey, FSIs have shown the strongest appetite for AI-led solutions. This is further fuelled by the industry’s highly proactive regulatory environment and dynamic financial market.

New research from Avanade unveils mid-market’s AI ambitions – and pain points in workforce readiness, data governance, and technology infrastructure

A new report from Avanade shows that mid-market organizations in Asia Pacific are embracing artificial intelligence (AI) with confidence, with most anticipating up to fourfold returns within 12 months. However, gaps in workforce readiness, data governance, and technology infrastructure are key obstacles for mid-market organizations to achieve sustainable returns.

Microsoft solution provider  Avanade has appointed Rodrigo Caserta as CEO.

Cybersecurity and compliance company Proofpoint has appointed 20-year IT industry veteran George Lee as Senior Vice President of Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ).

In 2024, artificial intelligence (AI) will continue to take centre stage. Many Australian businesses have already begun exploring generative AI use cases to streamline workloads and operations, with a recent study revealing that Australia is leading the global adoption of AI with 76% of businesses using AI daily, compared to just 57% globally.

Rollout follows privileged access and extensive testing of Microsoft 365 Copilot, saving Avanade employees up to two hours a day within six weeks

COMPANY NEWS: Avanade, the leading Microsoft solutions provider, today launches six Microsoft 365 Copilot services designed as a structured and adaptable framework to guide organizations through their AI integration journey – from readiness to end-to-end transformation and complete integration of Microsoft 365 Copilot.

Avanade Cloud Impact identifies business risk, technical debt, cost optimization and sustainability improvements to help companies establish a resilient and AI-ready digital core.

COMPANY NEWS: Avanade, the leading Microsoft solutions provider, has today launched a new platform to help businesses establish an AI-ready digital core and unlock funding to reinvest in innovation. “Avanade Cloud Impact” is a data platform that uses the latest in AI and machine learning to integrate and analyse industry, business and technical data sources and generate rich, tailored modernization for companies in their cloud journey. The platform is already saving Avanade clients up to 50 percent of their cloud spend and even higher savings for specific applications.

Microsoft solutions provider, Avanade has appointed Florin Rotar as Chief AI Officer (CAIO).

AWS consultancy Cevo has appointed Stefan Buchman to the role of CTO.

Microsoft solutions provider Avanade has been chosen as the launch partner for Microsoft Fabric which it says will enable businesses to realise the unparalleled benefits of generative AI technology.

Cloud ERP provider to small and medium businesses Wiise has appointed Stephen McNulty to the role of chief operating officer.

Organisations are facing a dilemma of how to achieve sustainability goals while prioritising the current global business and economic landscape challenges, according to new research.

Microsoft and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have announced an “innovative new course” designed to help individuals build high-value careers and enable more organisations to harness the power of business applications.

Consulting firm Business Aspect has appointed Kristian Hanlon and Peter Jarrett to the roles of co-leaders and joint general managers.

IT services management company Empired has appointed 20-year ICT indstry veteran Josephine Poirrier to the position of general manager – business applications.

Microsoft-focussed digital and cloud service provider Avanade has appointed Laura Malcolm to the role of Australia general manager.

Cybersecurity vendor Imperva has appointed George Lee to the role of regional vice president of Asia Pacific and Japan.

Services company Wipro has appointed Sarah Adam–Gedge to the role of managing director for Australia and New Zealand.

Microsoft specialist Avanade has granted its employees additional leave entitlements. An unspecified amount of gender transition leave is now available, and paid parental leave is available to employees regardless of gender.

Data and AI company Databricks has launched SQL Analytics, which allows workloads that would normally need a data warehouse to run on a data lake.