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Every day people use Snapchat to live in the moment and express themselves, especially through the rich variety of ever-changing lenses. Snap Inc has revealed the top trends of Snapchatters worldwide over 2022, including the lenses that most won people's hearts.

GUEST INTERVIEW: Cybersecurity is ever-changing, with cyber criminals continually thinking up new ways to steal passwords and evade defences, so how has biometrics evolved to create safer and more secure environments? Blair Crawford joins iTWireTV to explain the Daltrey difference.

GUEST INTERVIEW: Cybersecurity is ever-changing, with cyber criminals continually thinking up new ways to steal passwords and evade defences, so how has biometrics evolved to create safer and more secure environments? Blair Crawford joins iTWireTV to explain the Daltrey difference.

2021 and 2022 introduced us to "the great resignation" and "quiet quitting", so what does 2023 have in store? Global payroll and compliance platform for international teams, Deel, has the answer with the top remote and hybrid work trends it forecasts for the new year, drawn from its deep insights as a global hiring platform with over 100,000 employees and contractors using its platform.

GUEST OPINION: High-profile cyberattacks on major companies were a distressing feature of 2022 with the number of high impact breaches eye-opening. There has been a sharp increase in ransomware attacks in the Asia Pacific region and the sophistication of cybercriminal weaponising their tools into as-a-service model. Millions of people were affected and faced the prospect of their personal details being made public.

GUEST INTERVIEW: Before Appian was a company, its founders had an idea about the culture needed to sustain innovation and value, and the belief that talented and passionate people, given the power and autonomy to excel, will deliver amazing results. Appian is the result, with its ever-evolving low-code automation platform combining people, technologies, and data in a single workflow to maximise resources and dramatically improve business results, with Suvajit Gupta joining us to discuss, explore and more.

GUEST INTERVIEW: Before Appian was a company, its founders had an idea about the culture needed to sustain innovation and value, and the belief that talented and passionate people, given the power and autonomy to excel, will deliver amazing results. Appian is the result, with its ever-evolving low-code automation platform combining people, technologies, and data in a single workflow to maximise resources and dramatically improve business results, with Suvajit Gupta joining us to discuss, explore and more.

Deel has released its state of global hiring report for the last six months, revealing the numbers Australian businesses need to look at to keep Aussie tech talent from heading overseas.

GUEST OPINION: With data dependency at an all-time high for businesses, almost every company is looking to establish themselves as a technology-first company, similar to Amazon or Netflix.

GUEST OPINION: Data pipelines are the lifeblood of the modern enterprise. Efficient data pipelines can be the difference between an architecture that delivers real value to the business or one that becomes a burden. Enterprises receive data 24 hours a day, seven days a week, from the web, enterprise applications, and mobile and IoT devices. Data engineers must collect, transform, and deliver data to different lines of business, while keeping up with the latest technology innovations to stay ahead of business demands. However, traditional legacy architectures create challenges every step of the way, making the task of the data engineer more complex.

Understanding how Covid has changed the way businesses deal with their suppliers will be key to winning and keeping business in 2022, writes Marcus McNamara, Head of APAC, Sana Commerce:  It’s been two years since the virus up-ended life as we knew it, here in Australia and around the world. Businesses have been on a tumultuous journey since that time, with many forced to abandon long standing processes and practices and embrace new ones. Pivoting to digital has been the common theme, with enterprises turning to online platforms and programs to maintain business continuity and interact with their suppliers and customers.

GUEST RESEARCH: Australian organisations are no strangers to the consequences of a successful cyberattack. System outages, financial loss, and reputational damage resulting from a ransomware infection or data breach are now part of the weekly news cycle. Today’s security professionals are faced with a daunting set of responsibilities to identify critical threats and limit lasting damage from attacks.

GUEST OPINION: After a year marred by disruption and uncertainty, Australian businesses in 2022 are now turning their attention to what the next 12 months has in store.

GUEST OPINION: Battered and bruised from the harsh realities of COVID lockdowns, Australian businesses are looking forward to what they hope will be a much better year ahead.

After another year of disruption and uncertainty, Australia’s business leaders are now turning their attention to what lies ahead in 2022. When it comes to technology, the outlook is a mixture of challenges and opportunities.

You can talk to your smartphones, tablets, computers, TVs, smart speakers, smart displays, home systems and more, and one of the world's favourite ways to speak to your devices is Amazon's Alexa, with Amazon sharing how we're using Alexa devices. 

Predicting technology trends is a challenging task—even more so coming out of a year where the world flipped in unforeseen ways. In 2020, circumstances accelerated years’ worth of digital transformation in mere months, bringing a profound and sustained impact to how we live and work. COVID-19 has expedited digital adoption in every business across every industry. It has also highlighted the critical role digital infrastructure and technology play in enabling business success. So, what can we anticipate in the coming year and beyond?

Alibaba's global research initiative has compiled its must-read forecast of the fascinating leading trends that will shape the tech industry in the year ahead.

With 2020 a year we'll never forget, what were the top searches by Aussies during the year on Google, as reported by Google? There's also a great three minute film that wraps up the year and shows that we all searched "why" more than ever.

Augmented Reality is allowing Australian car buyers to "try on" a new Volkswagen T-Roc or T-Cross in great detail, inside and out, and visualise it in their driveway, garage or elsewhere, at different sizes, as COVIDsafe buying of big ticket items online takes off in a big way! iTWire talks to CCMO Jason Bradshaw on video to find out more.