Digital

Australia’s Nine Network has been the target of what may be the largest-scale cyber attack thus far on an Australian media company…

Australia Post and DocuSign’s Digital iD solution will allow customers to prove their identity using a one-step online ID verification system.

One year into the pandemic, it’s clear that real opportunity lies in more carefully targeting financial support. We need to see more mutual partnerships where governments reward small businesses that take active steps to help themselves.

As the volume of business data available has grown exponentially, a new discipline has evolved. There is now a better way…

Automation, what is it good for? Is automation a good idea for all businesses? What limitations are there? Let’s talk..

For many SMBs today, finding new, digital ways to engage with customers is not merely a matter of building a thriving business, it’s about surviving…

Here are five reasons why open source technologies are beneficial for businesses looking to stay competitive in digital transformation…

How can businesses pivot in response to Facebook’s decision to pull news content from Australian users?

Hacking and data breaches have become increasingly common for business owners and leaders. Here’s what you need to know…

We sat down with Scott McKinnel, a manager at international cybersecurity company Tenable, to discuss the cyber threats putting businesses at risk and what can be done to crack down on these vulnerabilities.

Bing is currently the second most used search engine in Australia – although it only has 3.6% of the market share while Google holds 95%.

Facebook and Google took Australian media head-on in a Senate inquiry by Australia’s competition watchdog on Friday, 22nd January. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) pushed for a new Bill to be passed to force the tech giants to pay news publishers for their content, including any links and snippets hosted on their platforms. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

As online shopping merges with entertainment and celebrity culture, retailers with a fun sales process will be the winners according to Maggie Zhou, Managing Director of Alibaba Group (Australia and NZ). Ms Zhou made this observation during Alibaba’s 11.11 Global Shopping Festival, which has been held on 11th November for the last 12 years. The 2020 event […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has seen remote working transition from being a personal preference to a matter of safety. The challenge for small businesses is not only implementing technology that supports working from home (WFH) but in finding solutions that replicate office culture virtually and deliver a better user or customer experience.  According to the ABS, […]

It’s a challenge that’s been discussed in boardrooms for years: how to harness evolving technologies to transform and improve the way a business functions. Yet despite its well-documented benefits, digital transformation is still not being achieved by a significant number of organisations. According to a Forrester Report, The Sorry State of Digital Transformation in 2018, […]

Byline: Nicola Moras We all know that the best way to ‘be out there’ these days is to be on social media – after all, all publicity is good publicity, right? Not so much. We’ve even seen platforms take a huge hit when they’ve misused their platforms without realising the negative impact that a misguided […]

Byline: Robert Tadros, CEO and founder of Impressive Digital News that Facebook is changing its algorithms to favour users’ friends posts over businesses caused many organisations to rethink the platform as a marketing tool. My advice is not to change the channel: these tweaks are worth getting to know so you can maximise your spend […]