Displaying items by tag: Digital transformation

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).

Technology services provider NCS and the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) aimed at providing ITE students and graduates with more pathways to kickstart exciting careers in technology.

IT infrastructure services provider Kyndryl and Amazon Web Services (AWS) Public Sector Partner, have announced the successful migration and digital transformation of Macquarie University’s workloads to a hybrid cloud environment. 

Infor CloudSuite Public Sector to modernise and streamline operations with improved data governance and transparency

Infor, the industry cloud company, has announced that long-time customer Central Highlands Water will deploy Infor CloudSuite Public Sector to transform it into an agile, data-driven digital utility with streamlined budgeting and reporting.

KPMG Australia has joined the SAP PartnerEdge program, combining KPMG’s industry-specific, business-centric approach with the “power of SAP’s market-leading technology to help clients fast-track their digital transformation journeys” with the aim of becoming future-ready businesses.

Payments industry provider Australian Payments Plus (AP+) has welcomed the passage by the Senate of the Digital ID Bills as a step forward for a more secure digital economy for Australia.

GUEST OPINION:  Australian IT leaders are not having an easy time in 2024. They are facing waves of uncertainty and risk, leading to one of the most dangerous afflictions in a moment of radical technological change: paralysis. 

AI is a hot topic right now, but EXL chief digital officer Anand Logani says you need to start by looking at the outcomes you want to deliver, the value you want to get out of it, and then work backwards to the technology from there.

Macquarie University has become the first Australian university to successfully implement TechnologyOne’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Timetabling and Scheduling solution, significantly expanding its capabilities across timetabling, exam scheduling, resource booking, data capture and visibility.

Consumer and competition issues in the supermarket sector and essential services including electricity and financial services are among the compliance and enforcement priorities for the year ahead, according to the competition watchdog, the ACCC.

Not many CEOs can claim they’ve run a business successfully for hundreds of years, yet one can – Santa Claus. However, in recent years with the rise of technologies such as the Cloud and AI, Santa’s Workshop is falling behind on modern technology standards which poses a risk to the entire operation of Christmas.

While 2023 continued to see opportunity and complexity for channels and alliances, the IT industry saw new technologies come on stream to further drive digital transformation despite global economic uncertainties. 

iTWireTV: Antoniette De Marco - Konica Minolta GM technology - speaks with iTWireTV about innovation and digital transformation.

While 2023 continued to see opportunity and complexity for channels and alliances, the IT industry saw new technologies come on stream to further drive digital transformation despite global economic uncertainties. 

ICT services provider NCS and Google Cloud have announced a strategic partnership designed to accelerate AI-led transformation for public and private sector organisations across Singapore, Australia, and the wider Asia Pacific (APAC) region.

COMPANY NEWS:  Market-leading Digital Adoption Platform (DAP) now available on AWS Marketplace; Gives customers more options to transact and flexibility to invest in DAP

75% of Australian organisations need operational intelligence to measure business mobility performance, with 70% stating a need for better diagnostic tools and 74% requiring enhanced solutions to predict potential device issues

GUEST RESEARCH: SOTI, New research from SOTI, in a report titled Mobility in Motion: When Technology Transformation Meets Operational Intelligence, has highlighted a global gap in organisations that needs to be addressed to help them optimise their device management. Despite 95% of Australian organisations having adopted a form of Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) or Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution, a lack of features that deliver operational intelligence and enhance visibility is hindering productivity.

GUEST OPINION by Felix Berndt – Regional Manager, Asia-Pacific, Paessler AG: In the face of escalating environmental regulations and shifting consumer demands, the transition of companies placing a growing emphasis on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) objectives is an opportunity to build trust and integrate these principles into a company’s corporate strategy. The dilemma lies in finding a balance between competitive strategies and positive ESG outcomes.

Asian communications technology group Singtel has launched CUBΣ, a unified suite of network solutions and services that it says will modernise the digital network infrastructure of enterprises so they can work smarter, more efficiently and cost effectively.

Yet another Australian IT business is about to fall into overseas hands with the proposed acquisition of digital transformation consultancy MF & Associates by Fujitsu and Fujitsu Australia.