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Custom software development firm ThoughtWorks has rejected the Federal Government's assertion that it is not interested in breaking encryption, pointing out that the encryption law passed in December has "the direct and inevitable consequence of compromising the integrity of cryptographic systems".

Achieving the desired outcome from digital transformation projects may require hiring people you don't think like you, or your existing staff, according to recently appointed ThoughtWorks Australia managing director Kristan Vingrys.

Global software and digital transformation consultancy ThoughtWorks has appointed 12-year company executive Kristan Vingrys as managing director for Australia.

By Evan Leybourn, Business Agility Institute:

According to the Business Agility Report, Leadership is the single biggest challenge facing agile organisations today. In today’s unpredictable business environment, leaders need to develop an ability to clearly articulate the vision and create the right organisational culture to achieve it.

Global software consultancy ThoughtWorks and Guide Dogs Victoria have collaborated to build a cane to help blind people cross roads without the assistance of a guide dog.

How do you avoid a centrally-managed data warehouse becoming a bottleneck?

Australian digital media commercial property specialist REA Group has appointed Tomas Varsavsky as chief engineer responsible for setting the strategic technology direction for the group.

Business leaders at a Melbourne conference have been told there’s a need for a ‘digital first’ policy to stay relevant in the digital era, as newly released data by Forrester shows that just 27% of businesses globally have a coherent digital addressing how the company will create customer value as a digital business.

Australian businesses are being warned: ‘companies that fail to integrate digital into every aspect of the business will not survive.’

More than 100 people took part in GovHack Melbourne 2015 last weekend.

Rally, a provider of software and services that drive agility, has promoted 20-year industry veteran Nat Tanner to the position of regional vice-president for Australia and New Zealand.

High profile voices such as Steve Wozniak are decrying Australia’s new data retention laws for ethical reasons. However, not much has been said about the negative impact of the laws on Australian business – and it is significant, according to a digital software specialist.

Governments across Australia at various levels are thankfully making the push towards opening their data, and GovHack 2014's Melbourne event was a great physical realisation with teams working with data to achieve some groundbreaking outcomes.

Global technology company ThoughtWorks today issued its latest Technology Radar, a discussion document highlighting key tech issues this time around JavaScript's rapid rise, and Conway's Law.

Jason Yip has seen similar problems arise in software development projects for a decade, and now suggests that they may be addressed by applying a rowing analogy.

Attendees at this month's YOW! conference in Mlelbourne gained some insight into the development of one of the world's largest enterprise Rails applications.