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New KnowBe4 research finds local IT leaders are seeking increased information sharing from government

As cyber-attacks and data breaches continue to wreak havoc with organisations around the world, IT leaders across Australia are calling for government to provide more support and information sharing to help fight back against cyber criminals.

93% believe AI agents will deliver meaningful business outcomes in the next 12-18 months

GUEST RESEARCH:  Three quarters (75%) of senior IT leaders globally feel they are not maximising the potential of their tech investments and 87% said they need to better understand how technologies are actually used across the business so they can make the right investment decisions.

GUEST OPINION:  Australian IT leaders are not having an easy time in 2024. They are facing waves of uncertainty and risk, leading to one of the most dangerous afflictions in a moment of radical technological change: paralysis. 

Technology analyst firm Gartner has updated its forecast for global IT spending, forecasting that the figure would reach US$4.7 trillion (A$6.93 trillion) in 2023, an increase of 4.3% from 2022.

COMPANY NEWS: Dell Technologies runs a specialised program for high school students called Dell Student TechCrew. This initiative is designed to promote future career skills and learning through Dell’s industry leading technical certification program and practical, hands-on experience as students help their peers and school staff members with technology issues.

A new global study has revealed IT leaders have increasing impact on employee experience and business resilience, because by empowering, inspiring, and enabling employees to work flexibly and remotely, they will improve resilience, competitive sdvantage, and scale in times of disruption. 

GUEST OPINION by Andrew Henderson, Managing Director APAC, Jitterbit: As enterprises race towards digital transformation, initiatives to achieve transformation have become IT leaders’ most urgent goal. The pressure to deliver new and personalised customer experiences has reached crisis mode.

An extra US15 billion a week has been spent globally on technology by IT leaders to enable safe and secure home working during the first wave of the COVID-19 crisis, representing one of the biggest surges in technology investment in history - with Australian IT leaders increasing spending on cyber security, despite struggling to find skilled cyber security professionals, according to a new global survey.

COVID-19 related threats are the single largest type of threat in the first half of this year, according to one security firm which says it blocked 8.8 million COVID-19 related threats, nearly 92% of which were spam delivered via emails.

GUEST OPINION BY Andrea Goding, General Manager Express Virtual Meetings:   As most people reading this will be acutely aware, the last few months of working from home have seen an exponential growth in the number of people using virtual communication and collaboration tools.

GUEST OPINION BY Andrea Goding, General Manager Express Virtual Meetings:   As most people reading this will be acutely aware, the last few months of working from home have seen an exponential growth in the number of people using virtual communication and collaboration tools.

I've run internal IT teams, hired outsourcing companies, and consulted to others. With years of experience under my belt I’ve formed the view there are three traits - three values if you will - I believe are essential for excellence in service delivery. Here are the Three Amigos to help bring them to life.

Organisations are mostly not securing business critical applications, but despite this many of those surveyed indicate that they are confident their organisation can effectively stop all data security attacks or breaches at the perimeter.

81% of Senior IT Decision Makers Need Better IT Project and Technology Information