Australian organisations are more and more embracing technology as they transform themselves into digital businesses, with many now sharing information across the rapidly expanding digital ecosystem that they once held close to their chest.

Microsoft’s Azure ExpressRoute has been deployed in Equinix’s Melbourne data centre, the 16th of Equinix’s data centres around the world to directly connect with Azure.

Salesforce has weighed into the debate in the wake of last week’s federal budget, applauding the “radical” departure from past neglect of startups, but highly critical of Australia’s short-term reform compared to the “long game” approach on startups by our Asian neighbours.