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Don’t let hype or legacy assumptions dictate your data and AI strategy

Ground decisions in benchmarks from local A/NZ peers, not global noise.

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Justify data & AI decisions using local data

Ground your AI and data strategy in A/NZ-specific benchmarks, not global averages.

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Spot capability gaps in your data

Identify weaknesses in data quality, governance, literacy, and tooling.

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Align your spend to industry leaders

Learn how top A/NZ organisations leverage AI and compare your maturity.

ADAPT’s benchmark gave us a local, evidence-based view of our data maturity. It shaped how we frame AI use cases to the board and accelerated our next phase of investment

Explore key insights in the
Data & AI Readiness Benchmark

Benchmark Sample

Data Management Maturity

Assess how your organisation measures up in critical areas like governance, quality, literacy, and security. Understand the maturity of your data foundations and where gaps may limit AI adoption.

AI Use Cases and Readiness

Uncover which AI use cases are gaining traction across A/NZ and evaluate the maturity of your own deployments. Identify where you’re ahead, aligned, or lagging behind peers in leveraging Gen AI and agentic AI.

Data Budget Allocation

Compare how peers allocate budget across tooling, governance, and enablement. Reveal whether your investments are balanced or leaving you exposed compared to organisations of similar size and industry

Data Management Maturity

Assess how your organisation measures up in critical areas like governance, quality, literacy, and security. Understand the maturity of your data foundations and where gaps may limit AI adoption.

AI Use Cases and Readiness

Uncover which AI use cases are gaining traction across A/NZ and evaluate the maturity of your own deployments. Identify where you’re ahead, aligned, or lagging behind peers in leveraging Gen AI and agentic AI.

Data Budget Allocation

Compare how peers allocate budget across tooling, governance, and enablement. Reveal whether your investments are balanced or leaving you exposed compared to organisations of similar size and industry

Benchmark Sample

Secure buy-in, strengthen data
foundations, and assess AI readiness

Benchmark your data management and AI readiness in three simple steps

Benchmark your IT maturity
across core technology domains. 

IT Budget &
Resourcing Allocation
Learn how local peers track and prove tech spend to justify funds to their CFOs, illustrate cost-efficiency, and prove the ROI of their IT investments. Learn more
Data & AI
Readiness
Assess your organisation’s data maturity, tooling, and AI use case deployment with local peers. Guide AI strategy and investments. Currently viewing
Cyber Resilience &
Security
Compare your security posture, budgets, and maturity against local peers of similar size and complexity. Inform focus and funding with data. Learn more
Modernisation &
Simplification
Know how far you’ve progressed in modernising core infrastructure, applications, and workflows — compared to similar organisations.
Digital, CX & EX Transformation Measure your organisation’s digital maturity, CX/EX readiness and Gen AI adoption against Australian peers. Identify gaps and reprioritise investments.
Cloud, Compute & FinOps Maturity Understand how your organisation stacks up on managing cloud spend, infrastructure workloads, and FinOps adoption - vis a vis peers in A/NZ.
IT Budget &
Resourcing Allocation
Learn how local peers track and prove tech spend to justify funds to their CFOs, illustrate cost-efficiency, and prove the ROI of their IT investments. Learn more
Data & AI
Readiness
Assess your organisation’s data maturity, tooling, and AI use case deployment with local peers. Guide AI strategy and investments. Currently viewing
Cyber Resilience &
Security
Compare your security posture, budgets, and maturity against local peers of similar size and complexity. Inform focus and funding with data. Learn more
Modernisation &
Simplification
Know how far you’ve progressed in modernising core infrastructure, applications, and workflows — compared to similar organisations.
Digital, CX & EX Transformation Measure your organisation’s digital maturity, CX/EX readiness and Gen AI adoption against Australian peers. Identify gaps and reprioritise investments.
Cloud, Compute & FinOps Maturity Understand how your organisation stacks up on managing cloud spend, infrastructure workloads, and FinOps adoption - vis a vis peers in A/NZ.
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30% of A/NZ GDP represented
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