Australian Government Services reset invites a Data Rethink

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First published by Nigel Mendonca (CIO from IDG) 17 July 2019. As Australia hits reset on government service delivery, there’s an opportunity to make it even more data-driven – as long as it benefits citizens. Australia is about to undergo a once-in-15-year rethink of the way it delivers government services at a federal level. This […]

How edge networking and IoT will reshape data centers

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In Andy Patrizio’s article published in Network World, he explains how the rise of edge computing and related surge in data produced by the internet of things requires the function of enterprise data centers to shift to handling long-term data aggregation and analysis. The Internet as we have all known it mirrors the design of […]

It Pays to have a Digitally Savvy Board

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By Peter Weill, Thomas Apel, Stephanie L. Woerner, and Jennifer S. Banner, MIT Sloan Management Review, March 12, 2019 Boards of directors have many issues competing for their attention, but being digitally conversant in an era of digital transformation is quickly rising to the top of the list. Nearly all companies are looking for ways […]

State of the Data and Digital Nation

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Australian Digital Council, Prime Minister and Cabinet Office The State of the Data and Digital Nation provides an overview of the main data and digital transformation initiatives taking place across our country, at both Commonwealth and State and Territory government levels. Jurisdictions are striving to make Australians’ lives  better, developing and implementing data and digital […]

Australian companies suck at data analytics

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First published by Byron Connolly (CIO) 24 July, 2018 12:37 They rated lowest in the world in terms of maturity and impact. Australian organisations lag behind the rest of the world when it comes to extracting value from their data analytics efforts. The 50 local businesses analysed for a new report by Melbourne Business School […]