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The Labor Party is looking at a return to its "original vision” and plan for the National Broadband Network (NBN), according to Shadow Regional Communications Minister Stephen Jones, who told a digital forum in Brisbane on Wednesday the party is “committed” to getting the NBN back on track.

Internet Australia chief executive Laurie Patton thinks Mitch Fifield, the Minister for Communications, missed an opportunity while election campaigning in his hometown of Ballarat last week to engage with the city’s burgeoning digital and ICT community.

SAP Australia has partnered with youth education and employment consultancy, Thinq Group, in an initiative aimed at supporting education providers to inspire more of Australia’s youth for the digital careers of today and tomorrow.

Queensland’s Ipswich Council has selected professional services firm Accenture to help it progress its ‘smart city’ transformation strategy and implementation plan.

One of the great Day 2 keynote speakers at CeBIT Australia 2016 was Scott Monty, who joined me for a live, in-person video chat on fulfilling the promise of digital - and much more!

Many Australian companies are well on the way to digital transformation of their businesses, but despite the progress a number of the companies still work with paper-based documents or have no digital strategy.

Network solutions provider Aruba says it has secured new contracts in the Australian healthcare sector as the use of digital technologies by health providers increases.

Australian international IT consultancy service, CPT Global (ASX: CGO), has appointed former DBS Bank executive David Lynch as CEO of its Australian and Asian based operations.

The National Australia Bank has unveiled its latest customer innovations which are being delivered through its digital hub, NAB Labs.

Aussie Rules football club Carlton has taken a shareholding in New Zealand-based IT and cloud solutions company Fronde as part of a strategic partnership that will deliver digital technology solutions to extend the club’s relationship with its growing fan base.

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.

The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has joined CSIRO’s Data61, ANZ Banking Group, the Commonwealth Department of Employment and the Boston Consulting Group in undertaking an initiative to raise awareness identifying the importance of digital literacy to the future job prospects of Australian workers.

Global media agency Reuters has deployed SAP HANA enterprise cloud service as part of its US presidential election coverage.

Huawei has unveiled a grand plan which it says is a pathway for the telecoms industry to accelerate its global digital transformation and tap into multi-billion dollar opportunities in high growth areas like video and the enterprise cloud market.

Canada-based digital rights advocacy organisation, OpenMedia, has put its support behind Australia’s Digital Rights 2016 campaign.

This year will be a pivotal year for organisations pursuing digital transformation strategies, and while companies have embraced cloud and mobile over the past five years, global trade association CompTIA says it will take more than the adoption of these technologies to realise the benefits of digital business.

Fuji Xerox has opened a new Canberra office which it says is part of its ongoing investment to progressively build its capability and presence in the city and help enable the Federal Government’s digital service strategy.

Digital disruption has hit the book industry hard, resulting in a significant drop in onshore book sales, according to an Australia first study by Macquarie University of the country’s book publishing industry.

Automation and the use of Artificial Intelligence are already dominating investment by Australian businesses to drive a new, more productive relationship between people and machines, as a new global research study finds that leading companies that develop a people first approach will win in today’s digital economy.

Pause Fest and Melbourne’s Federation Square are pressing play on announcing the upcoming ‘Pause Fest’ creative tech conference in Melbourne, being held on 8 to 14 February 2016.