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A growing number of Australian enterprises have made the switch and, for the rest, it’s only a matter of time.

GUEST OPINION by Claudia Pirko, ANZ Regional Vice President, BlackLine:  Has your business moved some or all of its core software applications to the cloud? For a growing number of local organisations, the answer is a resounding ‘yes’.

GUEST OPINION by Kristian Yench, Manager – Solutions Consultancy at Tecala:  When it comes to making effective use of business technology, it’s all too easy to be distracted by the latest shiny new thing. Buzzwords such as ‘digital transformation’, ‘intelligent automation’ and ‘connected business’ appear full of promise and potential – especially in our times of COVID where there’s even greater pressure on technology to be an instrument for effective business change.

Medical device company, Lenexa Medical and global digital business DB Results have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to further collaborate on opportunities for the implementation of Aged Care solutions which they say can be rapidly developed and delivered.

Australia’s telcos have urged the Federal Government to to do further work on the Sylvan Review’s recommendations for improving funding of financial counselling.

Complaints about phone and Internet services decreased 4% in the last financial year ending 30 June 2020, but despite the drop residential consumers and small businesses still made 127,151 complaints to the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman over the 12-months, according to the TIO’s 2019-20 annual report.

NBN Co says it has achieved or exceeded its National Broadband Network construction targets for 25 consecutive months by more than 230,000 premises, making 11.73 million premises ready to connect by 30 June this year.