FWO said the full assessment of amounts owed to current and former employees was yet to be completed. Australian government independent statutory agency, Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has found IBM Australia underpaid about 1300 former and current employees, AU$6.6 million ($7.9 million including superannuation contributions, interest, and lost earnings on…
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Big banks believe blockchain platform, Lygon is a success. ANZ, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Westpac, IBM and Scentre Group have expanded its blockchain platform, Lygon. The platform is said to reduce the time in issuing a bank guarantee from one month to one day. Lygon completed a successful pilot last…
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Three vendors partner to accelerate hybrid Cloud to regulated industries. Adobe, IBM and Red Hat have partnered to drive digital transformation and strengthen real-time data security for enterprises, with a focus on regulated industries. The intent of the vendors is to enable companies to deliver more personalised experiences across the…
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First solutions to be aimed at helping improve industrial quality, availability and performance. Verizon Business and IBM will collaborate to work together on 5G and edge computing innovation to help enable the future of Industry 4.0. The companies plan to combine the high speed and low latency of Verizon’s 5G…
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Ponemon Institute shows businesses’ effectiveness in preparing for and responding to cyberattacks have improved. While organisations surveyed by the Ponemon Institute have slowly improved in their ability to plan for, detect and respond to cyberattacks over the past five years, their ability to contain an attack has declined by 13…
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Vendor adamantly opposed to use of technology for mass surveillance, racial profiling. In a letter to the United States Congress, technology giant IBM has declared it will no longer offer its general-purpose IBM facial recognition or analysis software. Arvind Krishna CEO at IBM stated it “firmly opposes and will not…
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COVID-19 amplifies ongoing and new security concerns in the region. Existing trends in cybercrime and the need for businesses to adopt emerging technologies to drive transformation have been fast-tracked by the COVID-19 pandemic, making it vital to fill skills shortages with industry-partnered digital education delivery. Two of the largest emerging…
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Uniting to grow 5G in APAC country Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), IBM, Samsung and M1 will be embarking on Singapore’s first 5G Industry 4.0 trial, in the second quarter of 2020. The aim of the trial will be to demonstrate the impact of 5G for enterprises and drive…
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