Enterprise Applications

OpenText has agreed to sell its Vertica analytics database platform to Rocket Software for $ US 150 million cash, marking the Canadian software giant’s second major divestiture to the same buyer in less than two years.

Blacktown City Council has become one of 16 NSW councils deploying artificial intelligence tools to handle planning enquiries. DAISY (Development Application Information System) is an AI-powered digital assistant that provides 24-hour access to planning information and guidance.

Government agencies pursuing conversational AI for service delivery face significant citizen adoption barriers, with only 2% of citizens choosing AI chatbots as their first-choice channel, according to new Gartner research.

More than three-quarters of Australian organisations now use artificial intelligence to manage payroll compliance, according to new research examining responses to wage theft reforms.

An eight-week proof of concept has tested whether autonomous AI agents can operate within enterprise compliance frameworks while meeting governance requirements. IBM and global technology firm e& completed the trial using IBM watsonx Orchestrate integrated with the OpenPages governance platform.

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has published the first globally applicable cybersecurity standard for artificial intelligence systems, establishing baseline security requirements across the full AI lifecycle.

Kodak Alaris has extended its Info Input Solution IDP platform beyond traditional document AI to include generative AI services from Google, OpenAI, AWS, and Box.

Skan AI has released a new framework addressing the critical gap between AI capabilities and enterprise process automation needs.

Organizations must elevate risk management capabilities to achieve meaningful returns on generative AI investments, according to new research from Parker & Lawrence examining AI adoption in risk and compliance functions.

IBM will acquire data streaming platform provider Confluent for $ US 11 billion. Confluent operates a commercial distribution of Apache Kafka, an open-source platform that enables realtime data streaming between applications and systems.

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