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GUEST OPINION: As technology advances, large-scale concerts in Australia are evolving into more than just music events, creating immersive experiences for audiences. While providing the perfect stage for these events, stadiums present complex environments, especially for music concerts.

Australia yesterday launched a new $18 million cable connectivity and resilience centre to help undersea cable networks in the Indo-Pacific area.

Looking ahead to the rest of 2024, Australia and New Zealand’s economic prospects are modest, with both nations facing similar economic issues since mid-2023 including high inflation, sluggish growth, and rising interest rates. Against this complex backdrop, Forrester anticipates only a modest increase (+4.0%) in tech spending in Australia for 2024.

Manhattan Associates Inc. (NASDAQ: MANH) today revealed insights from the industry’s first real-world analysis of unified commerce for specialty retail in Australia commissioned by Incisiv, and in partnership with Google Cloud and Zebra Technologies. The major research study highlights four brands as overall leaders in unified commerce in Australia: Bunnings, Cotton On, Harvey Norman, and JB Hi-Fi.

This collaboration marks Acronis’ first-ever football partnership in Australia

COMPANY NEWS: Acronis, a global leader in cybersecurity and data protection, is excited to announce its latest #TeamUp partnership with Sydney FC, the most successful professional football club in Australia. In collaboration with Hyperix, a reliable, secure, and cost-effective managed services provider (MSP), this three-year deal represents Acronis' second #TeamUp sports partnership in Australia and its first football partnership in the region.

GUEST OPINION: This week’s inquiry into the use of Deep Fakes in Australian schools, combined with the increasing use of Deep Fakes by political figures both in Australia and abroad, are worrisome developments. It signals we are in a rapidly evolving arms race to research and develop effective and reliable deep fake detection tools.

Not-for-profit edtech charity Grok Academy’s five-week online programming course and interactive competition, the National Computer Science School Challenge (NCSS Challenge) is kicking off in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand on 29 July 2024.

Organised data holds the key to successfully adopting AI while improved asset management emerges among top drivers of transformation

COMPANY NEWS: AI is at the forefront of digital transformation in the utilities sector, with 82% of executives recognising it as essential to their strategy. However, despite widespread recognition of the importance of emerging technologies, only a fifth (20%) of companies have completed their digital transformation journey, with respondents split on where ownership should lie (22% reference CFO, while the same percentage cite the CTO).

COMPANY NEWS: Cvent is bringing together professionals from the events and hospitality sectors on Thursday 18 July 2024 in Sydney, Australia for the third annual industry conference ‘Cvent Accelerate’.

IBM has expanded its Australia and New Zealand senior leadership team with the appointment of Dane Gambrill as Principal, Security Business Leader.

COMPANY NEWS: Teradata (NYSE: TDC) and Knoware, a New Zealand based data and analytics consultancy, today announced a strategic partnership to empower customers in New Zealand and Australia to innovate and deliver on outcomes with their data and analytics technologies.

Global provider of ethical reporting services, Report It Now, has officially launched its operations in Australia, introducing its software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform to the market.

The ACCC has accepted undertakings from Telstra and Optus as part of its ongoing competition investigation into Google’s search services in Australia.

Employees in ANZ organisations need to play catch-up against regional colleagues by improving their vigilance in identifying malicious links and other forms of phishing, according to one phishing platform provider.

Virga is a fast, powerful and energy-efficient accelerated computing cluster that will help grow Australia’s science, industry and economy.

Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, has worked with Dell Technologies to build a high-performance computer (HPC) system which will speed up scientific discoveries and help grow Australia’s industry and economy.

The National Retail Association (NRA) has warned that if the Reserve Bank decides to raise interest rates at its next meeting, at minimum it would “significantly weaken consumer demand, forward orders and employment in the lead up to the critical trading periods of November and December” and, at worst, “potentially trigger a sector-wide recession in retail”.

Australia’s largest telco Telstra has claimed a new "world record" on its mobile network.

COMPANY NEWS:  Catering to the unique gaming requirements of e-sport players and gamers, Schneider Electric announced today that it has introduced its first APC Back-UPS Pro Gaming, which delivers uninterrupted power protection “as well as ensuring gamers can enjoy continuous gaming experiences in spite of unpredictable power issues”.

GUEST RESEARCH:  In a world first, Prime Day Australia will run for six days this year (Tuesday, July 16 at 12.01am AEST to Sunday, July 21), with significant growth predicted for 2024, according to new research from global marketplace leader, Pattern.

GUEST RESEARCH: GitLab, the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps platform, today released its 8th annual Global DevSecOps Report on the current state of software development. GitLab surveyed CXOs, IT leaders, developers, and security and operations professionals worldwide on their successes, challenges, and main priorities for implementing DevSecOps.