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Spending on IT around the world is projected to total US$4.5 trillion (A$5.98 trillion) in 2022, the technology analyst firm Gartner says, adding that this would be an increase of 5.5% from 2021.

The Commonwealth Bank has launched its new payment terminal ‘Smart’ which it says integrates the latest technology and customisable features to transform payments in Australia.

GUEST OPINION by Mark Lukie, APAC Sales Engineer Manager, Barracuda:  While activity within Australia’s energy companies is slowly starting to return normal following protracted lockdowns caused by COVID-19, it’s clear that things have changed.

Cortex XSOAR Marketplace enables organizations to discover, share and implement security orchestration innovations from a global ecosystem to help scale up automation

COMPANY NEWS: Ping Identity, the intelligent identity solution for the enterprise, has announced the PingOne solution integration pack is now available on the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR Marketplace, within the industry’s most comprehensive SOAR platform.

The Commonwealth Bank is set to roll out a new digital lending solution which is designed to give businesses access to funds using their outstanding invoices as loan security.

Ten ‘innovative’ manufacturers are sharing in more than $5.7 million in funding from the Federal Government to help commercialise their great ideas, to scale up their operations and bring their products to market.

COMPANY NEWS by Singtel:  As remote work continues to be a norm in Singapore, the ability to keep connected with employees and customers anytime and anywhere have become a must have for businesses. With this in mind, Singtel is to the first operator based in Singapore to offer the Unified Communications (UC) Direct Connect service for Microsoft Teams, giving businesses the option to use Microsoft Teams as a key mode of communication by integrating their business contact to their Microsoft Teams. Its functionality integrates with Operator Connect for Microsoft Teams that was launched by Microsoft today.

There has been a rapid increase in the maturity level of organisations adopting the industrial Internet of Things (IoT) since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the research program report Industrial IoT in the Time of Covid-19 launched by global mobile satellite communications company Inmarsat.

GUEST OPINION by Adrian Iannessa, senior director of technology, Dell Technologies ANZ: It has been 18 months since the world woke up to the ‘new normal’, many countries are now adapting to waves of new strains, rolling out vaccination programs and states are fluctuating between eased restrictions and lockdowns. Through all that, we now have the possibility to build a bold new world as we look to the future. But first, we have some reflecting to do.

GUEST OPINION by Danny Lessem CEO ELMO Software: Australian tech solutions can facilitate the next step in reopening the economy through secure information sharing of employees’ COVID-19 vaccination and test status between Government, business and the tech sector.

Cloud-based HR, payroll, expense management and rostering provider Elmo Software has launched a new solution for use by businesses that need to record and monitor their employees' COVID-19 vaccination and test status.

Backup and disaster recovery services company Global Storage has appointed James Mackie as Sales Director.

In a digital-first world, businesses now expect a relationship with their provider based on continuous improvement of the end-to-end digital service.

GUEST OPINION by Mike Hicks, Principal Solutions Architect at ThousandEyes: When companies first started experimenting with the cloud, it was with non mission-critical workloads. Systems of any importance ran in the cloud and on-premises in parallel.

GUEST OPINION by Brad Drysdale, APAC Field Chief Technology Officer at Kong:  Since the COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020, there have been significant changes in the way many organisations operate. Systems and processes have had to quickly transform to deal with work-from-home staff and shifting customer requirements.

What is Data Science?

GUEST OPINION by Chris Tucker, Vice President – Australia and New Zealand, HCL Technologies:  Data science is an interdisciplinary field that uses scientific methods, processes, algorithms and systems to extract knowledge and insights from structured and unstructured data and apply knowledge and actionable insights from data across a broad range of domains. It’s certainly a lot more than reports and analysis and it’s moving from the back room to the forefront of many businesses as it gives meaning to the numbers.

GUEST OPINION by Chris Wright Red Hat senior VP and chief technology officer: Edge computing is giving life to transformative use cases that businesses are dreaming up today and bringing real-time decision making to last-mile locales.

The Commonwealth Bank has announced an update of its Benefits finder digital feature in a move it says makes it easier for business owners to understand and connect to state and federal COVID-19 support measures they may be eligible for.

GUEST OPINION by Simon Howe, Vice President Sales Asia Pacific, LogRhythm: As businesses come to terms with the reality of operating amid the legacy of COVID-19, many are realising their old approach to IT security is no longer up to the task.

GUEST OPINION by Mike Hicks, Principal Solutions Architect at ThousandEyes:  Over the past year, we’ve seen a sharp rise in the number of high-profile Australian CEOs promoting their digital and IT teams’ work.

Payment redirection scams were the most financially damaging scams for Australian businesses in 2020 according to the competition watchdog, the ACCC’s latest targeting scams report.