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GUEST OPINION by cybersecurity firm Virsec: Organisations of every size and kind face constant challenges in maintaining adequate cybersecurity skills in the face of growing cyber risk. The existing shortage of cybersecurity skills and high threat levels have been exacerbated by COVID-19 and remote working, causing a rise in IT expenses. This issue is particularly acute in the government sector.

The Aboriginal flag may now be freely used after the Federal Government acquired the copyright for $20.05m.

GUEST OPINION: Pandemic restrictions have caused big changes within many Australian businesses, and one of the most significant has been a rapid increase in the adoption of cloud resources and services.

GUEST RESEARCH: KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, hasannounced its 2022 cybersecurity predictions from its team of industry experts.  

GUEST RESEARCH: KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, hasannounced its 2022 cybersecurity predictions from its team of industry experts.  

Creative event company AGB Events produced and delivered a travelling installation on famous Alice to Darwin train "The Ghan" with the help of technical partner Novatech Creative Event Technology and a Fujifilm Z5000 projector in a stunning event that is now Ghan, but not forgotten.

Australian-listed Macquarie Telecom Group has been recognised as one of the top places to work in Australia in the annual global Best Places to Work List, for fostering an “inclusive workforce” and its Heartbeat customer service program.

Diversity and representation is a hot topic – not before time, some would say – so it's not surprising that a fresh spotlight has been turned on human emojis. A survey conducted for Adobe suggests Australians want a more diverse and inclusive range of emojis.

GUEST OPINION: There is no typical day or start to a new role for a Chief Technology Officer when dealing with the goals and technological needs of a business. Primarily, CTOs are hired to decrease ongoing spending, analyse market trends and forecast profits; they help the business attain and retain a competitive edge, and stay technologically sustainable.

Global hybrid multi-cloud data management vendor, NetApp, announced its data fabric as a service initiative, Keystone, this week. With Keystone's roots in Australian innovation, ANZ MD Paul Crighton speaks about where the region's sights are set next.

Culture, not just technology, is important when organisations seek to be innovators, an IT executive claims.

Microsoft and partner companies are working with the NSW Department of Education and the Aboriginal Education and Communities Directorate in a program aimed at safeguarding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and language, through Australia’s first augmented reality and digital skills initiative, The Njulgang Project.

How do you build, and then protect, the right company culture? According to Merritt Anderson, the answer is you work at it.

Splunk’s president of Worldwide Field Operations runs 68% of the company and has a distinguished career across the NSA, Sun and Salesforce. Oh, and incidentally, she’s a woman. 

It’s not inevitable a high-growth company has to sacrifice the close and non-bureaucratic culture it enjoyed as a start-up. The key is to make culture the number one piece in your hiring, says Simon Eid.

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.

24 Australian students have just completed Huawei's most prominent global CSR program, Seeds for the Future, which immerses qualifying undergraduates in an impressive three week work and cultural experience program.

You'd think an organisation the size of Telstra should have well-oiled processes. Yet, my experience shows you can't get an NBN service without micro-managing it yourself. Worse, Telstra's senior management appears to demonstrate that a culture of lack of care comes from the top.

Apple and JB Hi-Fi have become the latest tech-related companies to release their workplace diversity reports, and both have admitted they're not doing well enough.

The co-developer of Australia's first "cultural price index" says that the NBN will go a long way towards reducing the huge disparity that exists between the cost of participating in culture events in urban and rural Australia.