Standards Australia has approved a digital transformation strategy that will see the organisation establish a digital repository built on a platform that it says is best of class technology.

Business leaders want to embrace digital transformation as a critical success factor but the inflexibility of legacy systems, inadequate IT skills, and lack of budget are holding enterprise back.

Many Australian companies are well on the way to digital transformation of their businesses, but despite the progress a number of the companies still work with paper-based documents or have no digital strategy.

Avaya, better known in the Unified Communications space has outlined its transition to a software and services company.

Data-driven organisations could achieve an extra US$65 billion in productivity benefits by 2020, and in the Asia Pacific region it’s been forecast that the adoption of Big Data and Analytics (BDA) will be accelerated by business disruption from Digital Transformation (DX).

Internet Australia, the peak body representing Internet users, says it has offered to assist the Federal Government’s Digital Transformation Office in the interest of eliminating the country's ‘Digital Divide’.

Industry has been called on to do more to help the government achieve digital transformation rather than complaining about ‘agency conservatism’, according to a senior executive of one of Australia’s hosting and telecommunications companies.

Improving the overall customer experience is a top business priority for Australian organisations and a main driver behind their digital transformation ambitions, according to a new study just published.

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We Australians have still not fully embraced the use of online channels to transact with government, including for completing tax returns, passport or drivers’ license renewals and benefit payments.

Australia’s digital economy has grown by 50% in just three years and is now the country’s biggest growth lever, according to a newly published study on salaries and hiring in the IT sector.

Transformation to the digital world is a significant factor in all businesses and industries these days, and Australian marketers are already leading other Asia Pacific countries in digital marketing proficiency.

There might be more opportunities to secure a job in the IT sector this year, but salaries for IT professionals will barely rise despite employers’ plans to increase IT budgets.

The Government has announced a Digital Transformation Office (DTO) within the Department of Communications.

There’s encouraging signs that Australia's ICT jobs market has been gathering pace over the past quarter, with the market for ICT skills now at its highest point for more than a year, according to a newly published report.