Cloud security investments continue to be prioritized as Asia/Pacific enterprises ramp up migrating workloads and data on multiple cloud environments. Organizations are investing in solutions that support business continuity and digital resilience strategies, implementing security tools, such as disaster recovery solutions, data security, governance, and incident response to minimize downtime and faster response and recovery from potential cyber threats.

Fifty-three percent of consumers distrust or have a lack of confidence in the reliability and impartiality of AI search and summaries, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc., a business and technology insights company. This concern is reflected in user frustration, with 41% of consumers reporting that generative AI overviews make the search process more frustrating than traditional search methods.

PwC’s alliance with Harvey is exclusive among the Big Four and combines its deep domain expertise in M&A, tax and legal with Harvey’s advanced AI capabilities to deliver a platform that streamlines document review and analysis, and optimises workflows by collecting, processing and interpreting large and complex datasets to produce recommendations, predictions and data-backed insights.

The report draws on BCG's proprietary Global Payments Model and includes forecasts and market dynamics across more than 60 economies accounting for more than 90% of global GDP. It identifies five structural forces reshaping the payments landscape: the rise of agentic AI, digital currencies such as stablecoins, fintech disruption, real-time account-to-account (A2A) systems, and the enduring importance of cost transformation.

India’s tablet market shipped 2.15 million units in the first half of 2025 , marking a 32.2% year-over-year (YoY) decline, according to International Data Corporation‘s (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. While the detachable tablet segment grew by 18.9% YoY, the slate tablet category declined sharply by 44.4% YoY, pulling down overall volumes.

The 2025 ISG Provider Lens Cybersecurity — Services and Solutions report for France finds that enterprises are adapting to a complex security landscape influenced by new regulations, cloud adoption and a shortage of skilled professionals. They are adopting integrated services that improve their confidence and visibility by reducing reliance on individual tools. Enterprises are seeking providers that can help their security teams overcome the challenges of merging operations and technologies.

Datacenter semiconductors remain the primary growth driver for 2025. Demand for AI infrastructure and accelerated computing as well as datacenter networking is fueling significant semiconductor revenue expansion. Other sector, including clients experienced a pull-in of demand ahead of tariff uncertainty, resulting in a stronger first half of 2025.

Worldwide end-user spending on generative AI (GenAI) smartphones is projected to total $298.2 billion by the end of 2025, according to Gartner, Inc. a business and technology insights company. It will represent 20% of total AI end-user spending in 2025.

The battle lines against criminal cartels are shifting. No longer treated solely as criminal syndicates, these organizations have been formally designated foreign terrorist groups by executive order in early 2025 — elevating their activities to matters of national security. The move reflects a stark reality: cartels now operate with capabilities once reserved for nation-states, from drones and armored vehicles to sophisticated financial and cyber networks.

SAS, a global leader in data and AI, today unveiled new research that explores the use, impact and trustworthiness of AI. The IDC Data and AI Impact Report: The Trust Imperative, commissioned by SAS, found that IT and business leaders report having greater trust in generative AI than any other form of AI.

The United States has entered a new phase in its fight against transnational organized crime. When the federal government formally designated criminal cartels as foreign terrorist organizations by an executive order in early 2025, the move signaled that drug trafficking groups are no longer seen solely as law-enforcement targets. They are being recognized as highly capable non-state actors with advanced military-style operations.

The operating environment for global organizations is undergoing a structural shift. Disruptions once seen as isolated anomalies are now recurring features of doing business — and their impact is compounded by interconnected markets, complex supply chains, and heightened regulatory scrutiny. As the cadence and complexity of these disruptions grow, the ability to detect, assess, and respond to critical events is emerging as an enterprise‑wide competency, not just an operational function.

In 2025, enterprise resilience has shifted from a defensive posture to a core strategic capability. A convergence of threats — from geopolitical instability and extreme weather to cyber incidents and shifting compliance mandates — is redefining what it takes to keep people, assets, and operations safe. Critical event management (CEM), once a niche operational discipline, is now emerging as a board‑level priority.

In today’s digital commerce landscape, every transaction matters. Merchants spend heavily to attract and convert customers — yet many lose legitimate sales at the final stage because a payment is wrongly declined. These false declines frustrate customers, damage loyalty, and drain revenue.

Digital payment systems are undergoing a significant transformation as artificial intelligence reshapes how merchants manage risk, recover revenue and improve the customer experience. For years, online commerce has been constrained by a significant occurrence of false declines, when legitimate transactions are mistakenly or inappropriately rejected by payment processors.

Enterprises are racing to capture the benefits of artificial intelligence, but speed comes with risk. Business units now have the power to generate code and digital assets on their own, raising urgent questions about how to maintain control without slowing innovation. That balancing act is redefining the role of CIOs, according to Dan Priest, US Chief AI Officer at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

While the corporate C-suite is under mounting pressure to innovate at the speed of artificial intelligence, CIOs are struggling to respond to the imperative in a risk-adjusted manner that keeps governance, compliance, and strategic alignment intact. The challenge is no longer just about deploying technology efficiently — it is about enabling rapid experimentation while ensuring that new digital assets integrate securely into the enterprise.

This spring, Dr. Dani Bowie, Senior Vice President for Workforce AI at Aya Healthcare, released her book Reimagine Workforce Management with AI: A Roadmap for Healthcare Leaders. In a recent BizTechReports vidcast interview, she contended that technology can help organizations anticipate and adapt to demand surges, improve fairness in scheduling and ease administrative burdens that contribute to burnout. She was quick to add that adoption must keep the human workforce at the center of transformation.

Hospitals and health systems across the country are being forced to reconcile a stubborn reality: staffing shortages, rising demand and relentless financial pressure cannot be solved by incremental fixes. The question is no longer whether to rethink workforce management, but how to do so in a way that protects both patients and the people who care for them.

According to the International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, India’s smartphone market shipped 70 million smartphones in 1H25, with a 0.9% growth YoY (year-over-year)—2Q25 registered growth of 7.3% YoY, shipping 37 million smartphones. While the market has rebounded from a two-quarter slump, subdued consumer demand and rising average selling prices (ASPs) are expected to limit the pace of annual recovery.