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Extend unveils 'team budgets', a novel feature designed to enhance spend regulation, secure transactions and foster autonomy amongst finance leaders on its platform.

HMRC’s £80m spending on remote working tech over three years has sparked debate, evidencing a shift towards a 'couch potato culture', according to official figures.

In Q3 2023, China's spending on cloud market services saw an 18% rise to $9.2bn, while Chinese cloud giants saw a surge led by AI technology innovations.

Aotearoa New Zealand sees slight decline in Boxing Day spending in 2023, which could be disappointing for retailers, a new report reveals.

In contrast to the global outlook, New Zealanders are more optimistic about the future economic climate, according to the latest Global Predictions Survey.

American Express introduces OptBlue in Australia, aiming to expand small businesses' acceptance of Amex cards by offering favourable processing rates.

Ex-Google Cloud and Mandiant CTO, Marshall Heilman, joins DTEX as CEO to tackle increasing insider risk threats.

Mangopay launches a new foreign exchange (FX) solution for platforms to streamline currency conversions and boost cross-border ecommerce.

As online festive shopping skyrockets, concerns about personal cyber security have deepened. Avoid becoming a victim of scams with these top tips.

According to a study by Aptum, a lack of effective cloud management continues to drive significant waste of IT resources.

Although annual spending growth is expected to slow slightly over the 2023-2027 forecast period, the market is forecast to achieve a five-year CAGR of 19.9%.

Spend pipelines can deliver the data, systems, and workflow necessary to enable greater visibility and understanding of an organization's spending commitments.

HashiCorp has released its 2023 State of Cloud Strategy Survey, showing positive outcomes for APAC organisations that adopt and scale multi-cloud.

Clear Skies Ahead: Aptum's annual Cloud Impact Study reveals challenges in cloud management and spending optimization.

Without the proper strategy and guardrails in place, SaaS costs can spin out of control, from duplicate subscriptions to wasted licence spending.

With another recession looming, retailers must prioritize customer experience and mitigate developer burnout to survive and thrive.

By 2027, blockchain technology will enter the mainstream, touching over 70% of common consumer activities, predicts IDC.

IDC has revealed some dramatic shifts occurring in how different generations earn income, spend their money, and leverage technology to do both.

Increased remote and hybrid work, the shift to zero trust network access, and cloud-based delivery models are driving growth in security spending, says Gartner.

Something interesting is happening in cloud finance management, and the way to think about this is: there’s more than one way to skin the cloud costs problem.