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The Tech Council of Australia (TCA) and the Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) have entered into a new partnership to “accelerate the growth and expansion of Australian tech companies”.

GUEST RESEARCH:  Increasing CISO involvement in strategic decisions at the board level and improving legal support for cybersecurity staff among the corporate policy changes 

COMPANY NEWS:  Thoughtworks (NASDAQ: TWKS), a global technology consultancy that integrates strategy, design and engineering, today announced the launch of Software-Defined Vehicle (SDV) Pulse, an inaugural annual report informed by Thoughtworks’ and AWS’ observations, conversations and front-line experiences helping their global clients in the automotive industry transition to SDV.

COMPANY NEWS: Manhattan Associates Inc. (NASDAQ: MANH), a global leader in supply chain commerce solutions, proudly announces its dual recognition as a Leader in both the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Transportation Management Systems (TMS) and the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Warehouse Management Systems (WMS). This marks the sixth consecutive year Manhattan has been recognised for TMS and the sixteenth consecutive year for WMS, highlighting the company’s sustained excellence and leadership in supply chain technology.

COMPANY NEWS: Manhattan Associates Inc. (NASDAQ: MANH), a global leader in supply chain commerce solutions, proudly announces its dual recognition as a Leader in both the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Transportation Management Systems (TMS) and the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Warehouse Management Systems (WMS). This marks the sixth consecutive year Manhattan has been recognised for TMS and the sixteenth consecutive year for WMS, highlighting the company’s sustained excellence and leadership in supply chain technology.

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.

New Zealand's competition regulator the Commerce Commission has warned businesses that agreements they reach with their competitors can result in imprisonment, as it undertakes its latest Scene of a Crime education campaign.

COMPANY NEWS: With the rise of remote work over the past 18 months, the use of Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams has exploded. Microsoft reports that roughly 50% of 365’s 260 million-plus commercial users now use Teams, although some experts place the number of users closer to 300 million.

GUEST INTERVIEW: Victor Lee is the CEO and Co-Founder of Communiteer, the crowdsourcing platform that connects, engages and mobilises volunteers to tackle the world’s greatest challenges through virtual volunteering.

GUEST INTERVIEW: Victor Lee is the CEO and Co-Founder of Communiteer, the crowdsourcing platform that connects, engages and mobilises volunteers to tackle the world’s greatest challenges through virtual volunteering.

China accounted for more than half of the top 50 Asia-Pacific (APAC) companies by market capitalisation in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to a new report by global analyst firm GlobalData.

An internship can be a great stepping stone into an incredible career, but getting the right opportunity with the right company is a crucial step, with Performance Education experts in the field.

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.

GUEST OPINION* by Andrew Huntley regional director ANZ and Pacific Islands Barracuda: In the face of growing concerns over the spread of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), increasing numbers of Australian schools are closing and companies are encouraging employees to work from home.

GUEST OPINION* by Andrew Huntley regional director ANZ and Pacific Islands Barracuda: In the face of growing concerns over the spread of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), increasing numbers of Australian schools are closing and companies are encouraging employees to work from home.

Fast-growing companies face security challenges in overwhelmed HR departments, with a myriad of challenges that didn’t affect them as much when they were smaller – creating pressure which can potentially open up cyber security vulnerabilities while staff are distracted by the various administrative and compliance tasks associated with onboarding and offboarding employees.

Expanded partnerships with AEC (architecture, engineering and construction) companies sees Dropbox state it is a go-to tool for people in those industries, solving challenges and delivering more way to collaborate.

Thomson Reuters' inaugural Top 100 Global Technology Leaders "identifies the industry's most operationally sound and financially successful organisations".

The growing risk of cyber threats to companies around the world is being ignored by employees who visit ‘inappropriate’ websites like porn sites while they are at work.

Internet security firm AVG has surveyed 608 Australians over 50 in a larger global study and found many feel ‘talked down to’ when needing help from tech companies.