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Australian employees are working longer hours, feeling more pressure to be ‘always on’ and are more likely to switch jobs than most global regions, according to new research from Adobe.

GUEST OPINION by Helen Langton, CEO APAC and Middle East, International Compliance Association:  What challenges and opportunities does artificial intelligence (AI) present and how can risk and compliance practitioners best respond to these?

Austraian artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning platform for decision augmentation SourseAI has secured $1.5 million in funding to negate "gut decision-making" in the media, telco and utilities sectors. 

Professional services firm Deloitte Australia has launched its new AI Institute.

Accurately converts audio to text enabling an efficient, cost-effective digitization for the billions of recordings captured each year thus expanding the total addressable market

PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT: VIQ Solutions Inc. a global provider of secure, AI-driven, digital voice and video capture technology and transcription services, has announced the launch of FirstDraft, powered by aiAssist™, to quickly convert audio files to text providing near real-time access to interviews, testimony, recorded calls, and dictations in a cost-effective manner.

Emerging technologies bring the potential globally for increased efficiencies, cost savings and improved security for enterprises, but businesses in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) are being hampered when it comes to implementing emerging technology, according to a new global report.

ICT professional association ISACA is offering a new certification which it says gives IT professionals the scope to boost their skillset in top emerging technologies and ensure their knowledge is up to date.

Spending on Regtech systems that enable banks and other heavily regulated sectors to meet their compliance burdens, will exceed US$130 billion in 2025, from US$33 billion in 2020, according to new report.

Network vendor Juniper Networks has announced several new solutions in a move it says further executes on it’s vision of end-to-end AI-driven automation, insight and actions from client-to-cloud.

GUEST OPINION by Ashley Diffey, Country Manager – ANZ and Japan, Ping Identity: The societal changes that occurred during the past 12 months are undeniable, but what’s less talked about are the significant implications for data privacy. First, the massive shift to remote work changed the way data is accessed and secured. And a sharp rise in online transactions means more personal data is being exchanged, stored, and processed than ever before. Further, the amounts of personal data being collected by large technology companies continues to climb, shaking user trust.

Artificial intelligence for IT operations (AIOps) will become mainstream in 2021, going from theory to practice for many organisations, according to a new enterprise predictions report by Juniper Networks.

Key take outs:

• The Australian healthcare sector faces significant challenges and opportunities highlighted by COVID-19.
• Healthcare providers need to put the patient at the centre of everything they do.
• Technology such as artificial intelligence, big data, and wearable sensors connected to the Internet of Things will play a significant role in putting the patient at the centre of the experience.
• Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand has explored these themes in depth in its latest whitepaper titled A human-centric vision for the future of healthcare. The full whitepaper is available for download here.

GUEST RESEARCH: The COVID-19 outbreak has brought the preparedness of Australia’s healthcare sector into sharp focus. As the immediate disruption from the pandemic recedes, the Australian healthcare sector will continue to face significant challenges and opportunities. Healthcare providers will need to gain a clear understanding of the landscape to determine where they sit and how they will compete in a rapidly changing environment, according to Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand.

Security firm Avast has warned that it foresees more COVID 19 vaccination scams and attacks on healthcare and pharma organisations in 2021.

A team of researchers at Monash University and The Alfred Hospital’s Department of Infectious Diseases have been awarded $3.4 million from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) for the SuperbugAi Flagship project.

GUEST OPINION  by Ed Pullen - Director at Dataminr, ANZ:  In a year that has seen Australian business assailed by multiple challenges, building resilience into your organisation has proven more vital than ever - and boards and executive teams can show the way.

Communications workflow platform provider Whispir has recorded its strongest quarterly customer growth ever for the first quarter ending 30 September 2020, onboarding 35 net new customers during the quarter to bring its total customer count to 665.

Australian AI tech startup Tiliter has completed a $7.5 million capital raising as part of its plans to accelerate expansion in Europe and the US.

Global accounting automation software provider, BlackLine, has completed the acquisition of Rimilia, an AI- powered cloud-based platform that enables accounts receivable (AR) automation and digital transformation.

VENDOR NEWS: If we’re to rethink data’s potential, we must also rethink the systems used to store and process it, writes Seagate.

Cloud messaging and customer experience automation platform provider Pypestream has integrated with global streaming media intelligence company Conviva to jointly offer proactive digital “conversational experiences” through notifications, eliminating the need for customers to reactively call or email a call centre.