Works with UQ, QUT, TAFE Queensland Commonwealth Bank has established a technology hub in Brisbane’s CBD to help support the expansion of Queensland’s tech community and skills. It is the third tech hub to be created by CBA this year, following the launch of similar hubs in Adelaide in February…
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Rise of the CDO
Biennial study uncovers expanding role of the CDO EDM Council, the cross-industry trade association for data management, has released nits 2023 Global Data Management Benchmark Report, indicating the importance of Chief Data Officers across industries and the growth of data management as a formal discipline within organizations. The 2023 Benchmark Report’s data revealed…
Read MoreServices tracker finds accelerated growth due to inflation
The future remains shadowed by the looming recession Worldwide spending on telecommunications and pay TV services will be nearly $US1.6 trillion in 2022, representing a year-over-year increase of 1.9 per cent, according to the International Data Corporation Worldwide Semiannual Telecom Services Tracker. The latest forecast is a bit more optimistic…
Read MoreSingapore takes the wheel on data-driven technology
One in three companies will digitally transform in the next 12 months. Companies in Singapore are the most likely in the Asia Pacific to use data analytics and visualisation, cybersecurity and robotic process automation (RPA) in the next 12 months, according to a survey by global professional accounting body CPA Australia. Singapore-based businesses are…
Read More45 per cent of people haven’t felt happy for more than two years
88 per cent of people are looking for new experiences to make them smile and laugh. People want brands to make them smile and laugh, but business leaders fear using humour in customer interactions according to a new research report from Oracle Fusion Cloud Customer Experience (CX) and Gretchen Rubin, five-time New York…
Read MoreGrowing tension between personalized experiences and personal privacy
B2B customers expect companies to be well informed about personal interactions. Seventy-one percent of B2C customers and 86 per cent of B2B customers expect companies to be well-informed about their personal information during a service interaction, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc. A Gartner survey of more than 5,800…
Read MoreWorldwide government IT spending to grow 5 per cent
New area of investments as governments scale digital transformation initiatives. Worldwide government IT spending is forecast to total $US565.7 billion in 2022, an increase of 5 per cent from 2021, according to Gartner, Inc. “The last few years of enduring pandemic challenges have mobilized a wave of digital transformation activities…
Read MoreTop five trends in privacy through 2024
75 per cent of the global population will have Its personal data covered. As the number of privacy regulations worldwide continues to grow, organizations should focus on five privacy trends to help meet the challenges of protecting personal data and meeting regulatory requirements, according to Gartner, Inc. “By year-end 2024,…
Read MoreHuman Rights Watch report children’s rights violations during online learning
Recent report showed authorized products may have surveilled and harvested personal data. Governments of 49 of the world’s most populous countries harmed children’s rights by endorsing online learning products during Covid-19 school closures without adequately protecting children’s privacy, Human Rights Watch said in a recently released report. The report, How…
Read MoreMAS and Switzerland promote data connectivity for fintechs
Both organisations aim to promote consumer-focused, innovative, integrated and efficient global financial markets. In recognition of the importance of data connectivity in financial services, the Swiss State Secretariat for International Finance (“SIF”) and The Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”) have agreed on and jointly issue the following statement of intent:…
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