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Rising AI use and customer growth across the region have prompted a leadership shake-up as Smartsheet expands in Asia-Pacific and Japan.
Users can now query Euromonitor's market data inside Microsoft 365 Copilot, with every answer citing sources to reduce AI errors and risk.
Businesses using agentic AI in security operations could face less deployment risk as Tenable and OpenAI add pre-release checks for community tools.
Regulated Salesforce users can now start document creation and e-signature in AI assistants while approvals and audit trails stay inside Salesforce.
Local AI processing in Foxit's latest PDF Editor update is aimed at regulated users who need document analysis without sending files to the cloud.
Finance teams can now approve claims and query spending inside Claude and ChatGPT, as Rydoo's connector cuts switching between systems.
Retailers could cut support costs and speed refunds as AfterShip's new AI agent automates delivery issues and return reviews.
Independent recognition in two analyst reports bolsters Keeper's case for unified identity security as firms struggle with disconnected tools.
It aims to cut costs and complexity for large retailers by letting staff use AI agents on existing devices and approved internal data.
Teams can now trial full cloud management software on live systems without budget approval, as CloudBolt lifts its learning curve.
Banks could use the new platform to automate routine tasks and speed decisions, but only within strict guardrails and audit trails.
Despite high confidence in their controls, most firms still let AI agents run with broad access, and 29% have seen real harm.
Advertisers can now check Meta campaign health and spot optimisation opportunities inside NIVO without juggling separate dashboards.
Legal teams will be able to keep AI drafts, precedents and matter records under existing controls as the two firms widen product links.
Australian enterprises are under pressure to tame AI-driven complexity, compliance risk and rising technology costs as Datadog broadens its platform.
Enterprises face a new runtime security gap as AI agents increasingly access internal systems, files and tools without oversight.
Fraud teams and AI builders can now query linked data in BigQuery without moving it to a separate graph database, Google said.
Sensitive document work can now stay offline as Foxit's latest PDF editor runs supported AI tasks on-device for regulated sectors.
Businesses running multiple locations could cut repetitive local marketing work as Synup shifts to usage-based pricing with Sydekick.
Local hosting in Sydney eases compliance worries for Australian firms using AI tools that may expose prompts, code and credentials.