Has the potential to massively relieve the burden on health systems. As Australian hospitals, healthcare providers and aged care facilities continue to deal with the unpredictability of COVID-19, including the Omicron strain, there is an opportunity for healthcare providers to ease the burden, at least in part, nurses and healthcare…
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PDPC fines Singapore hotel bookings platform for data breach
Database containing 5M customer records had been accessed and exfiltrated. The Personal Data Protection Commission (“the Commission”) received a data breach notification from Commeasure Pte Ltd (“the Organisation”) that its database containing 5,892,843 customer records had been accessed and exfiltrated (“the Incident”). The Organisation first found out about the data…
Read MoreANZ Bank hires divisional CIO
Reporting to ANZ group executive, technology, Gerard Florian. ANZ has announced the appointment of Paul White as Divisional Chief Information Officer for the Australia business. Reporting to ANZ Group Executive, Technology, Gerard Florian, White will be responsible for setting and implementing the overarching technology vision and strategy for ANZ’s Australia…
Read MoreWestpac CIO looks at new hiring model
Lifestyle changes driven by COVID requires new hiring models. In a recent interview with Westpac Banks’ internal magazine, Paul Bari CIO Consumer and Business said, he would look to “press go on an “experiment” to create a new “hub” of software engineers for the bank on Queensland’s Gold Coast”. In…
Read MoreBroad smartization industry adoption
COVID-19 accelerated the trend of smartization. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, smartization has become a topic of keen interest to individuals, companies, and society as a whole. In response to the crisis, most companies were quick to restructure their production chains to meet users’ demand and employ new technologies such as big…
Read MoreChina’s network security service market will double
Overall revenue of China’s IT security service market vendors in the first half of 2021 is US$1.11B. The scale of vendor revenue has doubled over the same period last year, with an increase of 110% and a year-on-year increase of 38% over 2019. China’s IT security service market has officially…
Read MoreChina stepping up on AI
It hasn’t won the race yet. Recent media outlets have stated that former US Air Force Chief Software Officer Nicolas Chaillan, has come out to say that China is “winning” the race in AI. According to media reports during his exit as the CSO of the US Air Force, Chaillan…
Read MoreData vital to leading healthcare providers
Digital capabilities help with patient treatment. Mental health issues were growing at an alarming rate before COVID-19, with one in five Australians experiencing a mental or behavioural disorder in any given year. The pandemic has accelerated this trend and made it harder for already stretched mental health services to deal…
Read MoreResilient NZ telco market is reinventing itself post pandemic
The flat market and pandemic impacts are driving new behaviours. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has warned of potential airport chaos unless governments move quickly to adopt digital processes to manage travel health credentials (COVID-19 testing and vaccine certificates) and other COVID-19 measures. The impacts will be severe: Pre-COVID-19,…
Read MoreWestpac lastest bank to be accredited under CDR
Receives ACCC approval. Westpac Bank ACCC has approved Westpac as an Accredited Data Recipient under the Consumer Data Right. The Australian Government introduced Consumer Data Right (CDR) in Australia. CDR will give consumers greater access to and control over their data and will improve consumers’ ability to compare and switch between…
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