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The primary concern of most businesses in the IT industry is conforming to regulations to avoid fines, costs, and penalties. Large companies may face huge penalties if they don't comply with regulations. Aside from that, you would also want to comply with the regulations without exceeding your budget. Based on these concerns, more and more companies are looking for alternative ways to comply with regulations and keep their budget intact.

The competition watchdog the ACCC has raised concerns that the proposed acquisition by Sigma of Chemist Warehouse could weaken competition in the supply of pharmaceutical products.

GUEST OPINION: The healthcare industry has been transforming radically over the past decade with the common goal of improving the way health care is delivered to patients.

The Honeywell User Group's 2023 meeting in Melbourne attracted plenty of new blood: among the 250 customers registered for the event, 67% were first-time attendees.

GUEST OPINION: Blockchain technology and cryptocurrency are more than mere tech trends, they are revolutionising the complex global financial systems used today by market leaders like JP Morgan, MUFG, Credit Suisse and others.

The Bank of Queensland has paid a penalty of $133,200 after the competition watchdog, the ACCC, issued it with an infringement notice for allegedly breaching the Consumer Data Right (CDR) Rules by failing to provide a service enabling consumers’ data to be shared.

New Zealand’s competition regulator The Commerce Commission has issued a warning to manufacturer of consumer televisions Panasonic that it believes the company "likely engaged" in resale price maintenance (RPM), which is illegal.

New research from MIT Technology Review Insights and Infosys has examined how technology, regulations and talent have promoted the availability of cloud services across 76 countries, with Singapore, Australia and New Zealand emerging as APAC cloud leaders.

The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre AUSTRAC has accepted an enforceable undertaking from National Australia Bank (NAB) to uplift its compliance with Australia’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) laws.

Telecommunications industry regulator the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has announcned the new Broadcasting Services Commercial Radio Current Affairs Disclosure Standard 2022 which applies to all commercial radio broadcasting licensees that broadcast current affairs programs.

GUEST OPINION: Data Protection Day, impending in Europe, serves as a global reminder of one of the most important responsibilities for any organisation: keeping sensitive data secure.

Domain names administrator auDA is launching a new domain - .au direct - which it says will complement the existing suite of Australian namespaces, for example com.au and org.au.

The competition regulator and enforcement agency the ACCC is seeking views on a court enforceable undertaking which has been offered by Industry Committee Administration (ICA), the company representing three Australian payment services providers seeking to merge.

New Zealand’s competition enforcement agency The Commerce Commission has laid down its expectations of the country’s fuel businesses ahead of a new regulatory regime taking effect in August.

New Zealand’s largest telco Chorus will be able to earn revenues of NZ$689 million in 2022 increasing to NZ$786 million in 2024 under new revenue caps and price-quality guidelines for the telecoms sector announced by the country’s competition regulator, The Commerce Commission.

Emerging technologies bring the potential globally for increased efficiencies, cost savings and improved security for enterprises, but businesses in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) are being hampered when it comes to implementing emerging technology, according to a new global report.

New Zealand’s competition enforcement agency The Commerce Commission is seeking public views on how it should prioritise its regulatory work program in a move aimed at helping the energy and airport sectors address upcoming issues including the country’s transition to a low-carbon economy and managing any continuing impact of COVID-19.

Founded in 2012, Globalization Partners offers a global expansion platform that makes expanding business and hiring talent from across the planet a fast and easy process, which in the post COVID world of 2021 is more important than ever.

GUEST OPINION by Rajesh Ganesan, Vice President at ManageEngine: Faced with perhaps the most disruptive circumstances of their existence, organisations worldwide realised that they had no greater ally than technology in their quest to ensure some sort of work continuity during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Regulations have been introduced by the Commonwealth Government to reduce the risks that button and coin batteries present to young children.