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Nokia and Singapore-based communications solutions operator StarHub have teamed up again to deploy a new cloud-native 5G core network to manage 5G standalone (SA) bandwidth demand that has been projected to grow rapidly.

GUEST OPINION: The unprecedented events of 2020 had a profound impact on industrial enterprises worldwide, forcing companies to rapidly pivot to a distributed workforce model. This sudden shift significantly increased reliance on remote-access connections, while accelerating digital transformation and making strong, purpose-built industrial cybersecurity increasingly essential.

Analyst says enterprises should explore 5G capabilities to serve their wireless connectivity requirements to support future applications

Key take outs:

• The Australian healthcare sector faces significant challenges and opportunities highlighted by COVID-19.
• Healthcare providers need to put the patient at the centre of everything they do.
• Technology such as artificial intelligence, big data, and wearable sensors connected to the Internet of Things will play a significant role in putting the patient at the centre of the experience.
• Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand has explored these themes in depth in its latest whitepaper titled A human-centric vision for the future of healthcare. The full whitepaper is available for download here.

GUEST RESEARCH: The COVID-19 outbreak has brought the preparedness of Australia’s healthcare sector into sharp focus. As the immediate disruption from the pandemic recedes, the Australian healthcare sector will continue to face significant challenges and opportunities. Healthcare providers will need to gain a clear understanding of the landscape to determine where they sit and how they will compete in a rapidly changing environment, according to Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand.

With Zscaler’s new research showing attackers turning to encrypted attacks during the pandemic, and encryption-based threats growing by 260% this year, not even healthcare was able to avoid the onslaught of SSL-based attacks - but thankfully, there are defences in active use by businesses to protect IT infrastructure, customers and users.

GUEST RESEARCH: According to a new global healthcare study by SOTI, only 33% of Australian healthcare workers’ time is spent caring for patients

Global cloud communications company Vonage has worked in partnership with aged care and disability support company Feros Care to provide video telehealth solutions to its clients.

GUEST RESEARCH by Gartner: Enterprise IT spending across all industry sectors in Australia will grow 3.6% to reach more than A$95.8 billion in 2021, following an expected 2.8% decline in 2020, according to the latest forecast by Gartner, Inc.

IT spending across all industry sectors in Australia will grow by 3.6% to reach $95.8 billion in 2021, the technology analyst firm Gartner says, adding that this follows an expected 2.8% decline in 2020.

On the 10th of November, Zebra Technologies is holding its ANZ Customer Summit, with this year's theme being "Customer experience at the edge", and CTO Tom Bianculli joined us for a wide-ranging discussion on the on-demand economy, supply chain optimisation, new devices, the impact of COVID-19 and more.

Nvidia's GTC conference may be virtual this year, but that hasn't stopped the company making several real announcements.

Complaints about phone and Internet services decreased 4% in the last financial year ending 30 June 2020, but despite the drop residential consumers and small businesses still made 127,151 complaints to the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman over the 12-months, according to the TIO’s 2019-20 annual report.

COMMISSIONED RESEARCH The devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the capacity of many frontline healthcare organisations to provide the full range of community support expected of them. The healthcare sector’s challenges have been captured in a new study by Workday, a leading provider of enterprise cloud applications for human resources and finance, in partnership with technology market intelligence company, IDC.

COMMISSIONED RESEARCH The devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the capacity of many frontline healthcare organisations to provide the full range of community support expected of them. The healthcare sector’s challenges have been captured in a new study by Workday, a leading provider of enterprise cloud applications for human resources and finance, in partnership with technology market intelligence company, IDC.

Researchers from the CSIRO have claimed a word-first by processing one trillion points of genomic data through VariantSpark, an artificial intelligence-based platform, which can help pinpoint the location of specific disease-causing genes in the human genome.

COVID-19 related issues affecting small businesses saw the number of enquiries to the ACCC in the first half of this year increase by 42%, compared to the previous six months, according to the competition watchdog’s small business in focus report.

The Australian Government is investing $1.67 billion in its 2020 cyber security strategy which it says will protect and strengthen the security and resilience of Australia’s critical infrastructure, and ensure law enforcement agencies have the powers and technical capabilities to detect, target, investigate and disrupt cyber crime – including on the dark Web.

A survey of 250 Australian chief information officers, chief technology officers and chief information security officers has found that both cyber attacks and breaches had risen during the last 12 months, prompting increased expenditure on cyber defences.

Sydney based startup and spinout from the CSIRO, Coviu, is providing its telehealth technology to the government-funded video consulting platform Healthdirect Australia to help GP's transition to a business model that incorporates increased demand for telehealth.

VENDOR ANNOUNCEMENT:  Global media and marketing company Crowd Media Holdings Limited (ASX:CM8 | FWB:CM3) has joined forces with London-based VITAL Innovations Ltd.