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This year’s International Women’s Day (IWD) theme is Accelerate Action, emphasising the importance of swift and decisive action to achieve gender equality in all walks of life, personal and professional. Given that full gender parity will not be achieved until 2158 (according to the World Economic Forum), most would recognise that the current rate of progress is too slow.

In business, the path to value creation requires more than strategic planning and execution - it demands an ability to connect the dots, anticipate needs, and understand the human elements that drive progress. Women often demonstrate these capabilities through their natural inclination to consider multiple perspectives and implications before making decisions. This approach, which emphasises understanding the complete picture rather than just individual components, can lead to more sustainable and meaningful business outcomes. So how do women move mountains in the corporate and technology landscapes, encouraging innovation and leaving a lasting impact.

The GSMA has launched a Responsible AI (RAI) Maturity Roadmap to provide telecoms operators with the tools and guidance to test and assess their responsible use of the technology.

COMPANY NEWS:  Industry-First Unified GenAI Application Platform Cuts AI Development Cycles up to 50%, Accelerating AI Business Value.

GUEST OPINION: Every second, vast amounts of data are being collected, and businesses are working to use that data to advance their operations and meet business objectives. The advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies allow companies to transform industries through greater agility, predictability, and insights from unstructured data. In Australia, businesses have been embracing these emerging innovations, with 90% of employees already using AI tools, including 68% using generative AI, including GPT models.

GUEST OPINION by Lee Hawksley, President, Asia Pacific and Japan, UiPath:  The change from the traditional five-day to four-day work week is a concept that has gained traction in recent years in a bid to improve workplace culture, promote work-life balance, increase employee satisfaction and retention, and boost productivity. Large Australian enterprises such as Bunnings Warehouse, Telstra, Unilever, and Medibank have tested this idea and achieved mostly positive results, with many more organisations expected to follow suit.

GUEST OPINION: Generative AI (genAI) has generated a storm of interest and innovation across businesses, governments, individuals and communities since the public release of ChatGPT twelve months ago.

2023.10 platform release includes powerful new capabilities with Specialised AI and Generative AI, new developer productivity tools, and UiPath Automation Cloud™ improvements

COMPANY NEWS: UiPath (NYSE: PATH), a leading enterprise automation software company, today announced its newest platform features that help customers gain real value by transforming millions of tasks and thousands of processes across the enterprise with AI and automation, creating capacity for new ideas and unleashing worker productivity.

GUEST OPINION: The prevalence of artificial intelligence (AI) in our everyday lives has drastically increased since generative AI (GenAI) and third-party large language model (LLM) services like ChatGPT exploded onto the scene, converting sceptics to evangelists and transforming the way we interact with technology.

GUEST OPINION: Most dev teams already have the benefit of DevOps principles and practices in place, but they may not be operating at maximum efficiency.

GUEST OPINION: Last Friday, 23 June, the world celebrated International Women in Engineering Day. Below, ManageEngine information security architect Deepa Kuppuswamy has issued a statement to recognise the pivotal work of female engineers.

COMPANY NEWS: Globalization Partners, the pioneer and recognised leader in the global employment industry, has unveiled its vision for global growth technology, a new category that will move the employer of record (EOR) industry into new territory.

GUEST OPINION: The Australian retail sector is undergoing a time of data transformation against a backdrop of economic uncertainty. During turbulent times, a retail business’ ability to harness its customer data could be the game changer that will make or break its success.

GUEST RESEARCH: A new study published by Tenable, the Exposure Management company, has found that 64% of Australian businesses are planning to invest in the metaverse in the next six to 12 months, while 56% of U.S. businesses and 55% of U.K. businesses are expected to do so in the same time frame. A majority of respondents in Australia are planning to or already looking at the metaverse to enhance customer engagement (40%), improve learning and training (37%) and collaborate better (37%).

GUEST OPINION: Every day, the proportion of business-to-business (B2B) commerce conducted online continues to grow. Key drivers include ongoing pandemic restrictions and a push for improved efficiency.

Digital consultancy SoftServe has appointed Yishan Lam to the role of head of product and design for the APAC market.

Sydney-based radiology AI provider annalise.ai has appointed Lakshmi Gudapakkam to the role of CEO and Dr Rick Abramson to that of chief medical officer.

Australian short-distance electric-powered delivery vehicle provider Zoomo has appointed Jules Flynn to the role of COO, Michelle Crocker to the role of vice president of people and culture, and Alan Wells to the role of vice president of product.

Hospitality technology provider me&u has appointed former Trafalgar and Contiki managing director Katrina Barry to the role of CEO.