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While the world scrambled to be GDPR-compliant it appears companies are barely striving to do the minimum when it comes to modern slavery laws and disclosure. The legislation might be considered the GDPR of the supply chain but is becoming little more than a box-ticking exercise by big Australian corporates.

Once upon a time, a remote worker was a small number of people, most likely sales, who primarily operated on the road instead of one of your company offices. Today, remote working is a convenient and productive option - even a necessary one during a pandemic - for individual workers and the wider business. Yet, building a high-performing cohesive team is more challenging in this environment. Here are some options to tackle it.

Those seeking jobs during a pandemic are already struggling for opportunities. It doesn’t help when interviewers ask questions but have something else in mind. Here’s how you can respond to this common curveball.

Global end-use of public cloud services is expected to boom this year, with technology analyst firm Gartner predicting a 23.1% rise in spending and reach US$332.3 billion (A$428.7 billion) from US$270 billion in 2020.

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Out of all the factors that make an IT team successful or otherwise, one of the most crucial is the service desk tool it uses. SolarWinds has a cloud-based SaaS product, built on the ITIL framework, that can help drive your operations.

Out of all the factors that make an IT team successful or otherwise, one of the most crucial is the service desk tool it uses. SolarWinds has a cloud-based SaaS product, built on the ITIL framework, that can help drive your operations.

Energy provider TasNetworks arose out of the merger of Transend Networks and Aurora Energy’s electricity distribution business. The combined business inherited a myriad of duplicated IT platforms, data centres and applications. Salvation came in the form of NetApp's intelligent storage.

Spending on public cloud services will grow from US$242.7 billion (A$341.4 billion) last year to US$257.9 billion in 2020, an increase of 6.3%, the technology analyst firm Gartner has forecast.

Property developer Cedar Woods Properties has promoted Jimmy Lee to the new role
of chief information officer.

I've run internal IT teams, hired outsourcing companies, and consulted to others. With years of experience under my belt I’ve formed the view there are three traits - three values if you will - I believe are essential for excellence in service delivery. Here are the Three Amigos to help bring them to life.

Suncorp has appointed Adam Bennett as its CIO.

Desktop 3D printing vendor Ultimaker has expanded its leadership team in a move it says supports its global growth strategy.

IT services provider DXC Technology has appointed former GE chief information officer Chris Drumgoole as executive vice president and chief information officer.

Australian and New Zealand enterprises are global leaders in board-level cyber security practice, with cyber security a top priority for organisations in the two markets and with boards taking a more hands-on approach to cyber security.

During the first F1 race of the season in Melbourne, I was invited by Acronis to talk to its partner in F1, the Williams Racing Team, and specifically its chief information officer, Graeme Hackland, about all the challenges he faces in what is one of the world's greatest sporting events.

Running the vast infrastructure for digital operations software company, BMC, affords its chief information officer Scott Crowder a perspective on the customer experience that extends to the company’s employees, whom he dubs customer zero.

Red Hat is a successful, public open source software company. It’s the first open source company to crack US$1 billion in revenue and is closing in on US$3 billion. Here is some advice from the chief executive for your own business.

Insights for better experiences, intelligent automation for DevOps and “Shift-Left” for native security are the innovations enterprises need for their Modern Software Factories.

Analytics software company SAS held its annual Global Forum last week. Among product announcements, there is a lot of smart thinking that organisations worldwide can benefit from. Here’s my pick.