Singapore Polytechnic (SP) will support companies in adopting Industrial AI more safely and responsibly as the founding training partner for AutomationSG’s Trusted Industrial AI-Ready (TIA-Ready) Framework. The framework is Singapore’s first industry-owned Industrial AI readiness framework and provides companies with a practical pathway to assess AI risks, put governance in...
Industrial organizations worldwide are entering 2026 with growing confidence in their remote access security posture — but new research commissioned by Secomea shows that confidence often exceeds operational reality. According to The State of Industrial Remote Access 2026 industry report, based on a global survey of 400 senior leaders across manufacturing and...
Research from Appianreveals AI adoption in the public sector has gained rapid traction, with 70% of public sector workers reporting AI is now integrated into their daily tasks, a significant jump from 58% just one year ago. This places the public sector close behind large private enterprises, which continue to lead...
Singapore Polytechnic (SP) has launched the Human Capital Collaboratory (HCC) at HR Learning Fest (HRLF) 2026, a new platform to help companies redesign work, strengthen human capability and translate workforce transformation into sustained business value. HCC positions human capital as a business transformation framework, one that is beyond HR and...
A major report, Enabling finance insight, reveals that finance professionals rank generative AI as their single most critical future skill, even as most organisations in the region provide no formal training to build it. 39% of Southeast Asia respondents named GenAI tools as a top three critical skill for the...
Visa and Lianlian DigiTech Co., Ltd. ("Lianlian") have announced the first live B2B agentic transaction completed using LoopXPay, Lianlian’s AI agent.   Small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) often lack dedicated procurement teams and spend valuable time sourcing, purchasing and making payments themselves. In the transaction, the LoopXPay agent was used...
ETS's TOEIC has released the Global English Skills Report,  a survey of more than 1,300 global HR decision-makers across 17 countries revealing how English proficiency has become a foundational capability for the modern workforce, particularly as organizations accelerate AI optimization and expand global operations. The findings from this report challenge the...
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has published its Annual AI Security Report 2026 from Check Point Research, documenting a decisive shift over the past twelve months: artificial intelligence has moved from assisting attackers to operating attacks. Where AI once helped criminals prepare, it now runs live intrusions with minimal human...
Small and medium-sized businesses are the engine of Southeast Asia's economy, accounting for the vast majority of enterprises and nearly half of employment across the region. Most built their customer base through social platforms, messaging apps and digital marketplaces. That infrastructure still works, but a new discovery channel is...
Salesforce has unveiled new research revealing Singapore's desk workers are among the least sceptical about AI globally, yet rank the lowest for adoption. The gap points to a specific, solvable problem: corporate rollouts that fall short, leaving workers unable to make the most out of AI in their day-to-day work. The...