ROI stories
A lack of clear IT planning is leaving Irish large firms with a €667,000 annual drag from projects that should have been stopped.
Only a third of Irish organisations have a formal AI strategy, leaving boards scrambling to align rapid adoption with governance and returns.
Mounting scrutiny over AI budgets is pushing software teams to prove whether the tools speed delivery enough to justify their cost.
Businesses are now weighing whether AI can cut workloads and risks in core operations, rather than just speed up pilots and paperwork.
Manufacturers could cut PLM training and support costs as the deal embeds in-app guidance and analytics into Windchill workflows.
Poor data and supply chain fragility are slowing AI rollouts, with most Australian chief executives saying procurement is holding back adoption.
Marketers can now query live campaign data in ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini, cutting manual reporting time and speeding up decisions.
Marketers can now move from creator discovery to paid activation faster as Dentsu UK&I ties Meta data into its planning platform.
French councils are turning IoT networks into shared infrastructure for water, lighting and waste services, reducing costs and vendor lock-in.
Event organisers now have a way to prove precinct-wide gains as sponsors and councils demand evidence beyond attendance counts.
The award reflects measurable gains from Sidetrade's AI-led redesign, which cut feature delivery from 60 days to three and slashed staffing needs.
The rollout gives 5.25 million shoppers tailored offers and gives brands clearer proof of sales impact, as convenience retail shifts to AI targeting.
Buyers are spending most of the journey before sales speak, forcing marketers to rethink funnels and how they prove return on investment.
Many finance teams are spending the equivalent of days a week checking AI outputs, wiping out hoped-for productivity gains and slowing adoption.
With AI now embedded in most deal processes, 62% of senior M&A executives say human-only decision-making is no longer defensible.
Governance and control systems are trailing AI roll-outs in Singapore, even as 37% of firms widen use and 14% embed it fully.
The move aims to turn corporate AI trials into measurable gains, with 6,000 specialists embedded inside customer organisations.
Large enterprises can now buy Aily's AI decision agents via AWS Marketplace, cutting procurement friction and deployment time to as little as one day.
Enterprise buyers could shift billions from seat licences as agentic AI is set to undercut up to 20% of SaaS spending by 2030.
Retail and commerce media in Australia is drawing bigger budgets, but advertisers want clearer measurement and transparency as spend rises.
