Displaying items by tag: Digital transformation

Seventy three percent of Australian CIOs plan to extend salary increases to their tech employees in 2021, according to a new salary guide from one recruiting firm.

Company News: Zscaler, the leader in cloud security, today announced innovations for the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange platform and new programs designed to secure digital businesses. New security solutions, resources for IT execs and practitioners, and deployment guides to expedite zero trust adoption are redefining the rules of IT security for today's internet-driven, cloud-first businesses. The combination of these offerings provides digital businesses a holistic approach to securing modern organisations and the pragmatic skills and blueprints needed to be competitive.

As Australia and New Zealand forge ahead in 2021 and mark a full year of remote work for many organisations, it is clear that the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated digital transformation globally and changed the future of work — likely permanently.

Cloud visibility and analytics provider Gigamon today announced a partnership with Riverbed, the leader in performance and visibility of networks and applications, in support of the recent Gigamon Hawk launch.

Best practices for security have not kept pace with IT teams still treating mobile security separately to overall enterprise security practices, according to US wireless provider Verizon, which warns that mobile devices are the biggest enterprise security threat, but have not been prioritised by the IT teams.

Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei has developed a smart customs solution designed to facilitate digital transformation of the customs industry.

Defence contractor ASC is undertaking a digital transformation of its critical business systems to set the ground for its digital shipyard transition.

Global fast food and restaurant chain Nando’s has selected payment platform provider Adyen’s unified commerce offering for deployment across its Australia and New Zealand market network.

Cloud communications platform provider 8X8 has launched Contact Center for Microsoft Teams to deliver integrated customer engagement and global telephony direct routing that allows employees and contact centre agents to interact with customers from any Teams endpoint.

Debit card provider eftpos has rebranded its business, unveiling a new-look logo and brand refresh to better reflect what it says is its digital transformation.

GUEST OPINION by David Hughes, founder of Silver Peak and senior vice president of the WAN business at Aruba: If enterprises are to realise the full promise of the cloud and digital transformation, while supporting a new work-from-anywhere normal, they must transform both their WAN and security architectures — not just one or the other.

IT spending by governments around the globe will rise to US$483 billion (A$607 billion) this year, an increase of 5.1% over 2020, the technology analyst company Gartner has forecast.

With its growth equity raised demonstrating an “expanding market for smarter ways to build modern applications”, the funding will be used to “expand investments in its R&D and go to market strategy.”

The majority of Australians now have a preference for digital engagement with government, and for that engagement to be tailored to them, according to a new report which also found that almost nine in every 10 Australians looked for government services online in 2020 and that Australians aged 15-and-over transacted with government on average more than once a week. 

GUEST OPINION by Ashley Diffey, Country Manager – ANZ and Japan, Ping Identity: The societal changes that occurred during the past 12 months are undeniable, but what’s less talked about are the significant implications for data privacy. First, the massive shift to remote work changed the way data is accessed and secured. And a sharp rise in online transactions means more personal data is being exchanged, stored, and processed than ever before. Further, the amounts of personal data being collected by large technology companies continues to climb, shaking user trust.

Colonial First State Global Asset Management is now known as First Sentier Investors, and has successfully completed another step in its transition to "a stand-alone entity" with the successful deployment of the Workday Financial Management cloud-based application platform, with Accenture.

It's 2021, and digital transformation continues, with well-known pest control and hygiene service provider Flick Anticimex converting 500 users across nearly 50 sites in A/NZ to a new cloud-based solution's thanks to Nexon's knack at cloud and managed service provision.

Digital transformation. It has been evolving over the past couple of decades or even longer as organisations have taken technology and used it to streamline their processes, and in 2021, it's more advanced than ever. Nintex CEO Eric Johnson tells us more.

Entries are now open for the 2021 B&T Women Leading Tech Awards, giving entrants the opportunity to showcase their tech talent.

Retail giant Woolworths plans to invest more than $50 million over the next three years to help equip its team with new skills and capabilities for the retail industry of the future.