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Jonathan Cotton
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World’s top IT companies tackle Industry 4.0 – with free education
Tech giants come together to train world’s workers to survive Fourth Industrial Revolution… read more...
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2018: The year of zero-login, smart cars & the biometrics of things
What’s your mother’s maiden name? Don’t ask… read more...
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AU fails Amazon challenge with second slowest sites in the world
Australia’s e-merchants disregard Amazon threat as a new report shows local load times faster only than China… read more...
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IBM digitises global shipping supply chain
Big Blue and Maersk look to reinvent logistics using blockchain… read more...
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The honeymoon’s over: Bitcoin topples
Panic in Asia spreads to rest of the world as South Korean government vows to get tough… read more...
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2018: The year of social payment wars
P2P payments take off as Apple, Google and Facebook all start vying for that sweet, sweet social dollar… read more...
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How AI and automation will power your new ‘no-collar’ workforce
With hybrid human/machine roles becoming a reality, one thing’s for sure: HR and IT departments – not to mention low-skilled workers – are in for some big changes… read more...
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NSW considers digital signatures for land contracts
Kiss the paperwork goodbye; buying a home – including signing documents- may soon be digital… read more...
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Economic downturn? Keep on collaborating
New research indicates that recessionary thinking has all the hallmarks of a self-fulfilling prophecy… read more...
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Introducing your new workplace headache: Gen Z
The new (est) breed takes a different approach to tech than their Millennial predecessors… read more...
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What the death of Net Neutrality means for business down under
With the FCC acting on its threat to repeal the regulations commonly known as ‘Net Neutrality’, we take a look at what the move means locally… read more...
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Turns out marketers are just guessing
If you ever get the feeling your marketing person is a little full of it, you may have been onto something… read more...
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Can too many experts hurt your venture? Experts say ‘yes’
You may think stacking your business-deck with brains is crucial to innovate, but new research indicates the opposite may be true… read more...
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Gartner CIO agenda 2018: CIOs must ‘remix’ their role beyond IT
Controlling costs, improving processes, exploiting data, driving revenue, scaling digital: the modern CIO must master it all… read more...
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Govt IT procurement spending revealed
The National Audit Office’s (ANAO) report on government procurement shows that big price tags don’t necessarily equal big results… read more...
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Meet Australia’s fastest growing tech companies
Tech industry alive and kicking as Deloitte’s fastest-growing start-ups look to turn early growth into real McCoy success… read more...
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Govt to mandate open banking data access
New legislation will shift the control of users’ data from the bank to the customer (and may just supercharge the fintech sector)… read more...
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Facial recognition comes to Post’s Digital ID programme
Rapidly evolving ID solution about to go live with biometric facial recognition… read more...
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Fake news and cyber security
Why thinking clearly about security is so hard… read more...
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‘World’s largest battery’ in South Australia
SA gets a lithium-ion battery…in the most ‘Tesla’ way possible… read more...