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Information technology (IT) in Australia & New Zealand

  • January 03, 2022 03 Jan'22

    How APAC firms can stay ahead of cyber threats

    Organisations will need to develop behavioural detection, machine learning and threat hunting capabilities to keep pace with the onslaught of cyber attacks

  • December 21, 2021 21 Dec'21

    Top 10 ANZ IT stories of 2021

    Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 ANZ IT stories of 2021

  • December 14, 2021 14 Dec'21

    How to scale up your AI initiatives

    Executive sponsorship, a strong data foundation and having ‘analytics artists’ are among ways to scale up AI initiatives beyond the pilot stage

  • December 13, 2021 13 Dec'21

    Top IT predictions in APAC in 2022

    Operationalising zero trust, talent retention and containerisation are just some of the key trends that will shape Asia-Pacific’s technology landscape in 2022

  • November 16, 2021 16 Nov'21

    Medtronic ups ante in digital health

    Medtronic wants a slice of the burgeoning digital health market and is teaming up with startups and other organisations in Asia-Pacific’s healthcare ecosystem to raise its game

  • November 12, 2021 12 Nov'21

    IT Priorities 2022: APAC enterprises invest in digital future

    Nearly two-thirds of enterprises in Asia-Pacific plan to increase their IT budgets next year in areas such as cloud computing and cyber security to secure their digital future

  • November 08, 2021 08 Nov'21

    Splunk’s cloud shift is paying off in APAC

    Splunk’s Asia-Pacific business is growing faster than the rest of the company, but it’s not resting on its laurels

  • November 03, 2021 03 Nov'21

    Adelaide healthcare network digitises manual processes

    The Central Adelaide Local Health Network has digitised manual processes in more than 20 speciality areas to improve patient experience and alleviate the workloads of frontline staff

  • October 29, 2021 29 Oct'21

    How GitHub is driving secure software development

    GitHub’s first chief security officer offers a glimpse into the company’s efforts to help developers and organisations embrace secure software development practices

  • October 27, 2021 27 Oct'21

    AWS to open cloud region in New Zealand

    Cloud giant will invest NZ$7.5bn in New Zealand over the next 15 years through the new Auckland cloud region

  • October 26, 2021 26 Oct'21

    Lacework expands into ANZ, eyes APAC market

    DevSecOps supplier Lacework’s expansion into Australia and New Zealand will pave the way for a broader move into the Asia-Pacific region

  • October 24, 2021 24 Oct'21

    The future of data analytics

    The rise of no-code and event-driven architectures are among the developments that will shape the future of data analytics, according to Tibco’s regional chief technology officer

  • October 21, 2021 21 Oct'21

    APAC organisations warm to zero trust

    Two-thirds of APAC organisations have a zero-trust strategy even as they grapple with the lack of skills and other organisational challenges, study finds

  • October 19, 2021 19 Oct'21

    VMware refines cross-cloud strategy

    VMware’s CTO Kit Colbert talks up the evolution of the company’s cross-cloud strategy and how it stands out from other suppliers eyeing the multicloud pie

  • October 14, 2021 14 Oct'21

    HPE’s GreenLake strategy pays off in APAC

    HPE’s transition to an as-a-service company is paying off in Asia-Pacific where it witnessed one of the strongest quarters, thanks in part to rising demand for services

  • October 08, 2021 08 Oct'21

    How Zoom is growing its APAC business

    Zoom is driving its growth in Asia-Pacific by embedding business processes into video communications, supporting the hybrid workplace and expanding its headcount in the region

  • October 05, 2021 05 Oct'21

    Australian organisations lack maturity in responsible AI

    Most Australian organisations are still in the early stages of their responsible artificial intelligence efforts despite growing use of AI by businesses and consumers, study finds

  • September 29, 2021 29 Sep'21

    AWS launches programme to advance health equity

    The $40m global health equity programme will fund projects that improve health outcomes for underserved communities

  • September 28, 2021 28 Sep'21

    APAC IT spending to grow by 9.3% in 2021

    Organisations across the region will spend more on technologies such as AI and IoT this year, as part of their long-term investment plans to improve operational efficiency and customer service

  • September 26, 2021 26 Sep'21

    What it takes to attract and retain women in cyber security

    The narrowing gender gap may be a cause for cheer, but more needs to be done to curb discrimination, and attract and retain women for cyber security roles in Asia-Pacific

  • September 24, 2021 24 Sep'21

    How Australia punches above its weight in cyber security

    Australia is playing to its strengths in niche areas such as governance and deep tech to punch above its weight in the cyber security industry

  • September 21, 2021 21 Sep'21

    Stax to expand in New Zealand, Southeast Asia

    Australia’s homegrown cloud management platform is setting its sights on neighbouring markets amid growing cloud adoption across the region

  • September 16, 2021 16 Sep'21

    NTT and Equinix lead APAC co-location market

    The two datacentre service providers are leading the pack in co-location services in the Asia-Pacific region thanks to their growing business from hyperscale cloud suppliers

  • September 15, 2021 15 Sep'21

    Australia and Singapore have higher incidences of insecure databases

    Five-year longitudinal study by Imperva shows the proportion of databases with at least one known vulnerability in Australia and Singapore are among the world’s highest

  • September 13, 2021 13 Sep'21

    RPA adoption still in its infancy in Asia-Pacific

    While there have been successful deployments of robotic process automation in mature markets, adoption of the technology is largely in its infancy across Asia-Pacific, says a regional Blue Prism executive

  • September 09, 2021 09 Sep'21

    APAC organisations must do more to harness analytics potential

    Organisations in the Asia-Pacific region still lack the necessary workforce and process capabilities that are required to realise the full benefits of data analytics initiatives, a study finds

  • September 07, 2021 07 Sep'21

    OT security in APAC remains work in progress

    Two operational technology security experts shed light on the state of OT security in the region, and what’s being done to address skills, competency and organisational challenges

  • September 06, 2021 06 Sep'21

    How NZ schools are tapping managed network services

    Using managed network services has freed up time and resources for New Zealand school teachers and alleviated the pressure and challenges of maintaining technology infrastructure

  • August 24, 2021 24 Aug'21

    How Zendesk is gearing up for growth in APAC

    Zendesk has its eye on Japan and the enterprise segment while building up its partner ecosystem to grow its business in the Asia-Pacific region

  • August 20, 2021 20 Aug'21

    Alibaba tops global AI challenge

    Alibaba’s AliceMind algorithm recorded a higher accuracy rate than humans in answering questions related to images in the global VQA challenge

  • August 18, 2021 18 Aug'21

    How Australia’s Octopus Deploy is simplifying DevOps

    Brisbane-based startup Octopus Deploy recently secured $172.5m in venture funding to advance its goal of simplifying software deployments for DevOps teams

  • August 16, 2021 16 Aug'21

    NAB partners AWS, global banks on open finance

    Australia’s NAB teams up with three other banks and AWS to run an open global finance challenge that will see participating teams prototype new digital banking services

  • August 16, 2021 16 Aug'21

    How swarm learning is tearing down data silos

    Swarm learning makes it possible to perform machine learning on distributed data sources while conforming to data confidentiality requirements

  • August 13, 2021 13 Aug'21

    How to get API deployments right

    Application programming interfaces are not the panacea for digital transformation and could even lead to escalating costs for problems that are better addressed through integration

  • August 10, 2021 10 Aug'21

    New machine learning algorithm to detect quantum errors

    University of Sydney and quantum control startup Q-CTRL have developed a new way to reduce quantum computing errors using custom machine learning algorithms

  • August 05, 2021 05 Aug'21

    Unit4 doubles down on APAC business

    Supplier of mid-market ERP systems Unit4 is investing in a research and development centre in Jakarta as part of efforts to win market share from established players

  • August 04, 2021 04 Aug'21

    Fred IT replaces paper prescriptions with QR codes

    Fred IT’s eRX Script Exchange is now used by 21,000 doctors and 95% of Australian pharmacies, delivering more than 11 million digital prescriptions by July 2021

  • August 03, 2021 03 Aug'21

    Panasas’s 10x saving bumps NetApp from HPC storage deployment

    University of Wollongong got 1.2PB for the cost of 100TB for HPC storage in its cryo-imaging institute. Scale-out NAS maker Panasas also brought life sciences expertise to bear

  • July 30, 2021 30 Jul'21

    Technical debt is holding back innovation

    Technical debt is limiting seven in 10 companies in their capacity to innovate, according to a global study

  • July 29, 2021 29 Jul'21

    Olympic Broadcasting Services taps cloud for content delivery

    Live footages of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are being supplied to broadcasters through the public cloud for the first time

  • July 28, 2021 28 Jul'21

    APAC organisations can reduce carbon footprint with cloud

    Energy savings of nearly 80% can be achieved by running business applications in the cloud rather than on-premise infrastructure, study finds

  • July 27, 2021 27 Jul'21

    How IBM is solving the data privacy problem

    IBM’s fully homomorphic encryption technology lets enterprises apply analytics and machine learning to encrypted data without compromising data privacy

  • July 25, 2021 25 Jul'21

    Tokyo 2020 hit by data breach

    The user names and passwords of Tokyo 2020 ticket holders and event volunteers were reportedly compromised, but government official claims the data leak was not large

  • July 15, 2021 15 Jul'21

    Macquarie Data Centres to build Sydney North facility

    Macquarie Data Centres’ latest 32MW facility will come with a cyber security centre that monitors and manages cyber security events