By James Robinson, Head of Services for Asia Pacific, SYSPRO: The skilled labour shortage in the Australian manufacturing and distribution sectors is a widely reported and urgent issue that is causing significant and far-reaching effects.
Australian investment in Research and Development has reached a 30-year low and Australia cannot afford to neglect R&D any longer, according to the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE).
Many Australian companies believe that their cybersecurity investments are failing, whilst the number of breaches increased by 50% in Australia from 2018 to 2019, according to new research which also found that with the acceleration of cyber threats due to COVID-19, the overall threat landscape is accelerating and putting extra pressure on security functions.