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The global digital economy is forecast to surge 9.5% in 2026 to USD $28 trillion, triple the pace of overall worldwide economic growth.

Hybrid AI will shift from experimental tool to core creative infrastructure by 2026, reshaping how major brands produce content worldwide.

SOTI predicts AI, automation and on-device intelligence will overhaul how Australian retailers, logistics and healthcare manage mobility by 2026.

Astrikos AI wins strategic backing from Gorilla to scale its S!aP platform and target fast-growing smart city and data centre markets.

Perforce CTO Rod Cope predicts context and agentic AI will transform coding, jobs and security as ambient systems quietly permeate daily life.

AI-driven fraud, deepfakes and synthetic IDs are redefining 2026 risk, forcing firms to ditch reactive tools for layered, intelligent defence.

Agentic AI and digital disobedience will strain policy, security and governance in 2026 as autonomous firms and users test new limits.

AI will move from hype to hard choices in finance in 2026, as firms juggle automation gains with surging cyber threats and cost pressures.

Boards will pivot AI from hype to hard numbers in 2026, slashing speculative spend and backing smaller models with provable returns.

Commvault predicts Asia-Pacific enterprises will pivot from AI experiments to resilient, sovereign “trusted autonomy” by 2026.

Telematics shifts from optional extra to core auto tech in 2025, transforming safety, manufacturing, fleet efficiency and smart city traffic.

AI agents are set to strain data, security and talent in 2026, as enterprises bet on a few core frameworks and brace for identity attacks.

Axis forecasts 2026 security shaped by IT-led, ecosystem-first buying, AI edge devices, hybrid cloud models and surging mobile surveillance.

Tech leaders say 2026 will be the year agentic AI moves from pilots to mainstream, as enterprises demand measurable business impact.

Autonomous ‘agentic’ AI fraud tools set to intensify cybercrime by 2026, forcing firms to fuse human judgment with smarter machine defences.

APAC firms are shifting from AI pilots to real-time, scaled deployments in 2026 as data, ROI demands and regulation rapidly converge.

Safe Software named niche player in 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools, its sixth consecutive appearance in the report.

Data, AI, quantum and cybersecurity advances will force Australian firms in 2026 to treat emerging tech as core infrastructure, not experiments.

Radware predicts 2026 will usher in an ‘Internet of Agents’, as AI-driven machines overtake humans in traffic, attacks and cyber defence.

Celonis forecasts context-aware AI, autonomous operations and open platforms will overhaul global supply chains and competition by 2026.