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GUEST RESEARCH: Nitro Software, a global document productivity software company accelerating digital transformation in organisations around the world, today released its 2022 Productivity Report, which explores how the pandemic has transformed productivity, workflows and digital initiatives, as well as the trends and technologies shaping work in 2022 and beyond.

Demand for RMIT Online’s master programs has jumped during the Covid-19 pandemic, with the biggest increases for logistics and data science degrees reflecting the explosion of ‘big data’ and the movement to online purchasing away from in-store sales, while lockdowns have boosted overall demand for online learning.

The annual Call for Code challenge. launched by IBM with support from the Linux Foundation and United Nations, invites the world's software developers and innovators to address climate change with open-source technology. This year four Australian teams are in the finals and one of these projects may well be the winner.

For some, the 19 in COVID-19 refers to the number of kilograms they’ve gained under months of lockdowns. Australian fitness expert and cancer survivor Matt Fox has teamed up with Huawei to share top home workouts that help people keep active during stay-at-home orders.

Qualtrics has announced the expansion of its public sector operations to help governments across Australia and New Zealand improve the experiences they deliver to residents and employees. Qualtrics is used by over 150 government departments and agencies in ANZ, and over 750 globally.

GUEST INTERVIEW: The Rashays cachet isn't just for top quality dining across an incredible 30 Rashays Family Restaurants, but now extends into bringing two game-changing products to help stop COVID super spreaders so Australia can lose the lockdowns and restaurants can rock.

GUEST INTERVIEW: The Rashays cachet isn't just for top quality dining across an incredible 30 Rashays Family Restaurants, but now extends into bringing two game-changing products to help stop COVID super spreaders so Australia can lose the lockdowns and restaurants can rock.

A series of participating Telstra stores in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne are letting customers take advantage of Telstra's new two hour delivery service to coincide "with the latest handset launches," but Canberrans, who are also in lockdown, miss out.

Intelligent workforce management Humanforce launches a software solution to assist businesses in managing complex workplace vaccination issues and help organisations communicate effectively their policies.

A third of financial institutions are accelerating their AI and machine learning (ML) adoption for anti-money laundering (AML) technology in response to COVID-19, according to a new AML technology study by software company SAS, accounting organisation KPMG, and the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (Acams).

New South Wales residents were the most financially impacted by scams in July, accounting for 37% of the total amount lost in the month.

The competition watchdog the ACCC has granted interim authorisation to allow the Australian Banking Association (ABA) and banks to continue to work together on a variety of existing COVID-19 related relief packages, so they can respond to any further outbreaks as required.

The number of new jobs on offer to Australian executives increased in July despite the severe and continuing lockdown in New South Wales and occasionally other states, according to a new report from human resources firm EL Consult.

COMPANY NEWS by Dialog:   Dialog Information Technology, Australia's leading privately owned information technology services organisation employing over 1,200 consultants nationwide, announced today it can now provide the Google Workspace productivity suite, now with the IRAP Protected status for organisations in Australia and New Zealand.

Australian listed digital advertising business specialising in property REA Group has reported revenue growth of 13% to $928 million across its global markets and a net profit increased to $313million for the 12-months to the end of June 2021.

The Fortune 500 company Fidelity National Information Services has released its Readiness Report 2021 focusing on the capital markets industry and how firms are transforming their technology and operations to compete in the future. It paints a picture of Australian firms still struggling with working from home while highlighting the need for tech in risk reduction.

It will be no surprise not-for-profit (NFP) organisations have been hit hard by COVID-19 driving up demand for their services while driving down donations and volunteers. Salesforce research indicates increasing digital experiences is the key to NFP recovery.

GUEST OPINION: Today, we are witnessing a significant shift in organisations’ technology priorities as digital transformation continues to take a quantum leap with a greater portion of business processes, applications and data, now moving to the cloud.

GUEST OPINION: Today, we are witnessing a significant shift in organisations’ technology priorities as digital transformation continues to take a quantum leap with a greater portion of business processes, applications and data, now moving to the cloud.

Oracle is providing the Tasmanian Government with free use of the Oracle Health Management System to manage its COVID-19 vaccination program.