Telecoms ‘most advanced’ in digital transformation: report
Less than 10 percent of enterprises have achieved their digital transformation goals, although the telecoms and banking sectors are the most mature in the drive for digital transformation, according to...
View ArticleVIDEO Interview: CEO Cheryl Mack previews StartCon 2017, 1-2 Dec Sydney
Billed as the largest startup and growth conference to help you disrupt the disruptors, StartCon 2017 is bigger and better than ever to help you grow smarter. Starting this Friday, 1 December at...
View ArticleTransurban launches Bluedot smartphone app for toll payments
Toll road operator Transurban is partnering with location service platform provider Bluedot to launch a new app which the two companies say is helping Australian motorists automatically track and pay...
View ArticleSeccom teams up with Aura in channel partnership
Australian managed security service provider Seccom Global has signed on as Aura Information Security’s first channel partner in Australia for its RedShield web-application shielding service. Under the...
View ArticleCost penalty for SMBs with manual invoice processing: study
Small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) could be losing thousands of dollars every month due to inefficient invoice processes, according to a new study which found that invoice duplication alone can...
View ArticleAmazon Alexa and Echo officially coming to Australia and NZ: early 2018
Just missing out on the Christmas sales season in Australia, Amazon's Echo and Alexa are finally arriving down under early next year, with dev access too. Amazon's Alexa is the cloud-powered brain that...
View ArticleKidstuff completes pre-Xmas move to BigCommerce platform
Australia toy retailer Kidstuff has successfully migrated its online store to the BigCommerce ecommerce platform. Kidstuff says it chose to partner with BigCommerce as well as RANDEM , a Sydney-based...
View ArticleVIDEO: Igniteme kickstarts BioConnected's Aussie 'world-first' biosensing...
The "next wave of innovation in home-grown heart-rate headphones" has arrived via BioConnected via a new campaign using Aussie fund-raising platform Igniteme. Australia’s "newest fundraising platform,...
View ArticleVIDEO: Officeworks 'first big-box retailer' to integrate with Google Assistant
Quoting the 'momentum of connected home technology gathering pace across the globe,' Officeworks has announced its integration with the Google Assistant so you can talk to the Officeworks bot...
View ArticleAmazon seeks to make ML easier for all devs, announces SageMaker, DeepLens...
The cloud is the new normal and the new “big thing” in technology is machine learning, enabled by cloud scale and power. Yet, says Andy Jassy, AWS CEO, it’s not been easily accessible to developers,...
View ArticleMore data for your dollar: Amaysim gracefully strikes back in inclusions war
Boldly promising its "new mobile plans provide best value in market" with "big data for little dollars," value MVNO pioneer Amaysim is upping the ante by upping the data. The great MVNO price and value...
View ArticleStartups hit record high in 2017, potential to add $170m to economy: report
Australia’s startups have had a record year in the 2017 financial year, with the industry raising a record $1.32 billion in venture capital and predicted to have the potential to contribute as much as...
View ArticleMicrosoft and SAP release SAP S-4HANA on Azure
Software giants Microsoft and SAP announced integrated offerings aiding enterprise customers take SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud to Azure. SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud, SAP’s private managed cloud service,...
View ArticleTelstra lowers FY18 forecasts due to NBN HFC delay
Telstra has lowered its earnings forecasts for the next financial year, FY18, following the NBN Co's announcement on Monday that it would be delaying HFC connections by anything from six to nine...
View ArticleWho leaked NSA exploits to Shadow Brokers? Ah, it's Russians again!
More "evidence" has emerged this week, once again from a security company, this one based in Washington DC, that appears to point the finger at Russian involvement in the leaking of NSA exploits on the...
View ArticleJobs kept in Australia with opening of new ops centre, says Macquarie Telecom
Telecommunications and datacentre provider Macquarie Telecom is opening a new network operations centre (NOC) in Sydney in a move which the company says will “rescue’ at least 13 jobs which would have...
View ArticleAmazon takes Alexa to the boardroom
Global cloud-hosting company AWS wants to bring its Alexa voice-enabled AI to a conference room near you. Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced Alexa for Business, during its AWS re:Invent 2017...
View ArticleUK group to sue Google over iPhone snooping
A British group going by the name Google You Owe Us has launched a class action against Google for allegedly harvesting millions of iPhone users' personal information. The group is led by Richard...
View ArticleACCC has consumer protections under scrutiny with Telstra NBN migration plan
The consumer watchdog, the ACCC, is scrutinising proposed changes to Telstra’s NBN migration plan to assess whether they offer adequate protections for customers to maintain access to the services...
View ArticleCredit repair service leaks data of about 40,000 Americans
The personal and financial data of about 40,000 Americans has leaked on the Web via an unsecured Amazon Web Services S3 bucket, the security firm UpGuard reports. The data, from the Tampa-based credit...
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