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2/4/2026
IT Brief NZ

Qualtrics names Jason Maynard CEO to drive AI growth

Qualtrics appoints former Oracle executive Jason Maynard as CEO to spearhead AI-driven growth and a USD $6.75 billion Press Ganey deal.

Enterprise Tech
2/4/2026
IT Brief NZ

Banks struggle to turn AI spending into real revenue gains

Banks worldwide pour billions into AI, but Dyna.Ai warns only a small minority are turning pilots into tangible, scalable revenue gains.

Enterprise Tech
2/4/2026
Idealog

Global accolades for Kiwi plantscape studio

Kiwi studio Outside In is among the world’s leading practitioners in biophilic design, which connects occupants of a space to nature.

Innovation
2/4/2026
IT Brief NZ

Aspire Systems buys Assurity in AI testing expansion

Aspire Systems acquires New Zealand-founded Assurity, creating a 900-strong quality engineering group to boost AI-driven software testing.

Enterprise Tech
2/4/2026
IT Brief NZ

SEON recognised for AI-led fraud detection leadership

SEON wins Frost & Sullivan’s 2025 Global Enabling Technology Leadership Award for AI-driven fraud and AML platform innovation.

Enterprise Tech
2/3/2026
IT Brief NZ

GoCab raises USD $45m to grow African gig mobility

GoCab secures USD $45m in equity and debt to expand gig driver vehicle financing and electric mobility across Africa and emerging markets.

Enterprise Tech
2/3/2026
IT Brief NZ

SPhotonix adds senior hires to scale 5D optical memory

SPhotonix taps Project Silica talent and optics veteran to scale 5D glass memory and advanced optics after an oversubscribed USD $4.5 million pre-seed.

Enterprise Tech
2/3/2026
IT Brief NZ

Snowflake unveils Postgres to make enterprise data AI-ready

Snowflake launches Postgres and new governance, sharing and backup tools to keep enterprise data ready for production AI workloads.

Enterprise Tech
2/3/2026
IT Brief NZ

Snowflake debuts tools to govern & scale enterprise AI

Snowflake launches Semantic View Autopilot and wider AI tooling to speed enterprise AI from experimentation into governed production use.

Enterprise Tech
2/3/2026
IT Brief NZ

Salesforce denies sacking 4,000 staff for flawed AI

Salesforce denies axing 4,000 jobs over flawed AI, insisting staff were redeployed as it adds tighter guardrails to its Agentforce system.

Enterprise Tech
2/3/2026
IT Brief NZ

inTechnology names Karryn Panoutsopoulos to lead Spok push

inTechnology taps Karryn Panoutsopoulos to spearhead Spok and SpectraLink healthcare communications growth across Australia and Asia-Pacific.

Enterprise Tech
2/3/2026
IT Brief NZ

Genspark expands AI call agent globally with Twilio

Genspark rolls out its AI call agent to over 40 countries using Twilio voice tech, handling bookings, support and multilingual calls at scale.

Enterprise Tech