The Information Services department consists of Infrastructure, Systems and Records teams. Australia’s Queensland Government is looking to hire a CIO, who will lead and manage the information services team for the Queensland Building and Construction Commission (QBCC). Reporting to the Commissioner, the CIO will lead and manage the Information Services…
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Cloud adoption may leave business data insecure
There may be significant coverage gaps when it comes to Cloud and security. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated digital transformation for 81 per cent of organisations in Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ). However, this increase in cloud adoption may leave business data insecure. Organisations in the countries are embracing digital…
Read MoreDemand from mission-critical organisations drives private LTE/5G infrastructure
Private LTE/5G infrastructure is any 3GPP-based LTE and/or 5G network deployed for a specific enterprise/industrial customer. Worldwide revenue attributable to the sales of private LTE/5G infrastructure will grow from US$945 million in 2019 to an estimated US$5.7 billion in 2024 with a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 43.4…
Read MoreDecision-makers confident with data analytics
Analytics solutions are an essential business need to enable digital trust and resiliency during the COVID-19 crisis. Revenues for Big Data and Analytics (BDA) solutions to reach US$22.6 billion in 2020, with a year on year (YoY) growth of 12.0 per cent over 2019 in Asia/Pacific. The recently released IDC…
Read MoreManulife Investment Management to push out more digital services
Commitment to expanding its digitally enabled distribution capability. Hong Kong based Manulife Investment Management has moved its chief marketing officer, Grace Ho to become the head of direct digital business and portfolios in Asia. The newly created role reflects the firm’s commitment to expanding its digitally enabled distribution capability to embrace…
Read MoreTelstra rolls out 5G to 50 per cent of Australia
5G coverage in selected areas of about 100 cities and towns. Australian telecommunications service provider Telstra has hit a major milestone in its 5G roll out with more than 50 per cent of Australians now living in its 5G coverage footprint. Telstra already has more than 750,000 5G devices on…
Read MoreVirgin Australia’s CIO flies off to TEG
Going from CIO to CTO Live entertainment, ticketing and technology business company – TEG has hired Cameron Stone as its chief technology officer. Stone will lead the team charged with evolving and executing the global live entertainment, venue and ticketing company’s technology capability and investments. Before taking on the position,…
Read MoreRedefining business continuity planning
Majority of BCPs tend to focus on risks or threats to the physical premises or technology infrastructure. Australian and New Zealand (A/NZ) organisations were somewhat underprepared in their business continuity planning (BCP) for managing a crisis of the scale and magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic. Genesys surveyed of its A/NZ…
Read MoreFlight Centre Travel Group transforms with cloud
Developed a digital form process that automatically routes changes to one centralised expertise-based Flight Centre. The pandemic in 2020 had a profound effect on Flight Centre Travel Group, with a vast global sales network, received an overwhelming number of cancellation requests in 2020 as a result of the pandemic. The…
Read MoreStolen COVID-19 vaccination data leaked onto the Internet
Targeted EU medicine agency hit with a cyber attack in December 2020. The ongoing investigation of a cyberattack on European Medicines Agency has revealed that some of the unlawfully accessed documents related to COVID-19 medicines and vaccines belonging to third parties have been leaked on the Internet. Necessary action is…
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