Tech
A ban on mass gatherings that forced the postponement of Australia’s premier car festival – Summernats – hasn’t stalled the event’s rise in popularity in the USA, thanks to a gaming app that has been downloaded more than 1.5 million times. In a normal year, Summernats attracts 100,000 car lovers and injects $30 million into […]
“Learning is critical for everyone’s success.” “Today, we are living in a world of continual change that we’ve never experienced before. Some industries are putting an end to jobs, and new ones are popping up. And so, the need to reskill, upskill and gain new knowledge is not a once in a lifetime activity, it’s […]
Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes has invested $78.8 million into Sydney-based start up Brighte, helping fund the development of its new green energy retail arm. “The additional capital will be deployed in three key areas: the acquisition of more solar households, growing Brighte into a household brand and building out our customer lifetime value proposition which […]
For businesses across Australia, 2020 dawned with big goals and bold visions. The reality, it turned out, was very different, with the simple ability to survive top priority for much of this year. Australia’s resiliency and recovery has been remarkable, though, with a flattened curve stimulating stronger-than-expected economic growth that continued earlier this month with […]
Morse Micro, an Australian start up revolutionising Wi-Fi for the Internet of Things (IoT) has been named a CES® 2021 Innovation Awards Honoree for its Wi-Fi HaLow technology. “The ultra-long range and massive capacity of our Wi-Fi HaLow technology along with its ultra-low-power is a game changer for the IoT,” said Michael De Nil, co-founder […]
When COVID-19 hit Australia, the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair Foundation (DAAFF) team knew they had a vital role to play in not just supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, but also helping to protect these vulnerable groups from the potentially devastating impacts of the virus. Owned by a membership of Indigenous Art Centres and […]
Successful businesses thrive on data. Whether it’s customer data, machine data, financial data, or metadata, businesses that successfully collect, manage and leverage their data using a CRM system have a huge advantage over their competitors that don’t. The business case for strong data management A recent report by Validity Inc. asked organisations globally how important […]
The rise of COVID-19 around the world has caused businesses to accelerate their digitisation to succeed in the new reality in which they find themselves. Unfortunately, the cyberthreat landscape has adjusted just as quickly, forcing businesses to manage an increased range of potential breach points. The coronavirus lockdown has forced an abrupt transition to a […]
Dr Anastasia Volkova is the CEO and Co-founder of FluroSat, an agtech business that uses drone and satellite data to inform agronomists around the world on how to maximise their crops. She has been recognised as one of the BBC’s Top 100 women globally, is on the MIT 35 under 35 list and has worked […]
The final version of Australia’s “world first” news media bargaining code, which requires Google and Facebook to pay for news content, was introduced into Parliament on Wednesday. “This is a huge reform. This is a world first, and the world is watching what happens here in Australia. But our legislation will help ensure that the […]
Businesses are increasingly able to streamline workflows and finances through technology, lifting productivity and accelerating growth. However the right technology can also help simplify your operations, reducing the everyday stresses of running a business. This week we ask: what has made your life easier when running a business? Mike Featherstone, Managing Director ANZ & APAC, […]
SWAN Systems, a precision irrigation and fertiliser platform founded by Western Australian farmers has won the global agtech category of international start-up competition, FoodBytes! Pitch 2020. SWAN Systems and NSW ag-tech startup ProAgni were among the 15 finalists selected from an original field of nearly 340 applications from across 14 countries, based on their innovative solutions […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has not only seen us change our ways of working. Cybercriminals have adjusted the way they work, intensifying their focus on low-hanging fruit like the ‘quick fixes’ many organisations implemented to support employees working remotely. According to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC), the number of data breach notifications attributed to ransomware […]
Half Dome, a media and technology business, claimed the top spot on the Deloitte Tech Fast 50 list this year, notching up an impressive 2,390 per cent growth in revenue over three years. Much of this growth has been driven by Half Dome’s persistent focus on people. “You’re only as good as your people and […]
Research from Melbourne Business School and management consulting firm Kearney has found that 50 per cent of companies struggle with data reliability despite an increase in data volume of 20x over five years. The annual Analytics Impact Index measures the impact that data analytics has on an organisation’s growth and profit. The index surveyed 300 […]
Global CRM leader Salesforce has acquired Slack Technologies, a workplace messaging platform, for $US27.7 billion. The transaction is anticipated to close in the second quarter of Saleforce’s fiscal year 2022, subject to approval by Slack stockholders. This is Saleforce’s largest acquisition in its 21-year history. Prior to Slack, Saleforce’s largest acquisition was data analytics specialist […]
No matter the crisis, belated planning is a recipe for disaster. Crisis and business continuity teams won’t have sufficient time to revisit untested plans, let alone build new ones from scratch. Instead, companies should start putting plans and playbooks in place to manage the effects of disruptive incidents, especially those most likely to occur in […]
The Deloitte Tech Fast 50 list recognises Australia’s fastest growing tech companies. This year, the Fast 50 had an average growth of 435 per cent. The largest category of startups was online/direct to consumer, followed by software, fintech and healthtech. There was also a 15 per cent increase in female representation this year. Four female […]
2020 changed the way Australians live, work, and shop like never before. The COVID-19 restrictions encouraged many people once resistant to buying online to quickly embrace eCommerce. April alone saw over 200,000 first-time customers join the online marketplace, bringing the total number of Australian households buying something online each week to 2.5 million. If you are […]
Consumer data privacy continues to be a hotly debated topic; especially in countries like Australia where we are yet to introduce updated laws to regulate this area. And while stricter data laws have been met with much resistance from businesses in the past, a new pattern is emerging of companies now advocating for greater regulation. […]
