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We have lift off: Australia finally joins the space race
Things finally take off with the government pledging dollars and sense being pledged to the country’s space capabilities – including a $26 million space agency… read more...
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The bleeding edge: Why driverless auto-tech must recover from its PR nightmare
Self-driving Ubers may be a hazard to pedestrians but the wheels are still turning for the driverless future – and that’s a good thing… read more...
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Ballance Agri-Nutrients wins global innovation award
The new tech lets farmers order and manage their nutrients online, turning raw data into useful information… read more...
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What you need to know about GDPR
GDPR went live on 25 May – but how does it affects you?… read more...
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Too smart for our own good: Tackling the thorny issues of ethics and AI
AI keeps getting smarter and governments find themselves asking: Just where is the boundary that makes AI ethical?… read more...
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Fusion5 think outside the box with Jemini
The power of nine helps bring three years of HCM software development to market… read more...
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Datacom’s local govt/community engagement app goes live
Citizens can now report potholes, offer suggestions and complain at will – all digitally – thanks to Datacom’s new app… read more...
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Data, privacy, transparency and trust: The Deloitte Privacy Index 2018
Deloitte’s assessment of the privacy practices of the top 100 brands reveals that consumers choose brands transparent about data… read more...
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Open banking comes to Australasia: Why it matters
Fintechs are delighted – the big banks, not so much – as open banking arrives downunder… read more...
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FinancialForce and Agilyx deal brings more cloud ERP down under
Agreement will add local partner to deliver financial management solutions in A/NZ… read more...
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Robotics Plus signs global deal for automated apple packing tech
What seasonal worker shortage? New robotic tech may help ease agricultural labour woes… read more...
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Welcome to the New Intelligence Era (courtesy of SAP)
SAP continues to target APAC with new Singapore Leonardo Centre launch. iStart was there to check it out… read more...
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ServiceNow takes on next least popular department
IT service management provider has HR in its sights to extend footprint… read more...
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Gartner: Blockchain “massively hyped”
Despite the hype, most CIOs have no interest in the tech, nor any plans to develop it… read more...
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The end of ownership: The subs economy booms
It’s not new, but then again, it kind of is. Goodbye pay-per-product – the subscription economy has come of age… read more...
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Breaking down the biggest worries of tech managers
The numbers are in: Complexity, lack of skills and lack of cloud visibility are the biggest headaches for those on the front line… read more...
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Motorola’s $261m upgrade to first responder radio network
The tech company will trial its push-to-talk solution and extend radio network access to more users via broadband… read more...
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Cloud migration: Why ‘lift and shift’ is not enough
With Amazon, MS and Google all upping their enterprise cloud game, why do businesses so often fail in their great migrations?… read more...
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Forthcoming public cloud boom to be owned by the few
Latest Gartner forecast predicts public cloud revenue to surge, shared among a handful of major players… read more...
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Sydney’s UTS unites with industry to create IoT lab
SAS and Cisco university collaboration to get insights into IoT data overload… read more...