Category: ITnews

CBA's x15ventures takes on spinout to target scams
05
Sep
2023

CBA’s x15ventures takes on spinout to target scams – Finance – Software

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s innovation arm, x15ventures, is gearing up to incubate a spinout to address the rise in…

Australian authorities tire of excuses, delays on data breach disclosure
05
Sep
2023

Australian authorities tire of excuses, delays on data breach disclosure – Security

Australian authorities had to formally invoke powers to get a client list from a breached IT services provider, as problems…

Tyro kicks off proceedings against Kounta
04
Sep
2023

Tyro kicks off proceedings against Kounta – Finance – Strategy

Tyro Payments has launched proceedings against Kounta for allegedly offering a competing product to Tyro merchants, in breach of an…

Westpac's complex IT scrutinised in new court case
04
Sep
2023

Westpac’s complex IT scrutinised in new court case – Finance – Software

Westpac is facing a fresh civil suit over IT system and process failures that caused customer hardship notices lodged online…

IBM Australia's whole-of-gov deal soars above initial $725m value
04
Sep
2023

IBM Australia’s whole-of-gov deal soars above initial $725m value – Cloud – Hardware – Software

IBM Australia’s renewed whole-of-government agreement is already worth $900 million, exceeding its initial value within just nine months. An analysis…

Teardown of Huawei's new phone shows China's chip breakthrough
04
Sep
2023

Teardown of Huawei’s new phone shows China’s chip breakthrough – Hardware

Huawei Technologies and China’s top chipmaker SMIC have built an advanced 7-nanometer processor to power its latest smartphone, according to…

Swift taps into blockchain's potential
04
Sep
2023

Swift taps into blockchain’s potential – Finance – Software

Financial messaging system provider Swift said its latest series of experiments have shown its infrastructure can assist with the transfer…

Complii Fintech Solutions acquires MIntegrity
04
Sep
2023

Complii Fintech Solutions acquires MIntegrity – Strategy

Digital compliance company Complii has acquired specialist regulatory risk consulting firm MIntegrity, to boost its ambitions of developing an all-inclusive regulatory…

NSW gov digital secretary leaving in November
04
Sep
2023

NSW gov digital secretary leaving in November – Strategy – Training & Development

The NSW government’s secretary of digital and of the Department of Customer Service Emma Hogan has announced she is to…

Australian universities' hits and misses detecting ChatGPT in assignments
04
Sep
2023

Australian universities’ hits and misses detecting ChatGPT in assignments – Software

Australian students accused of cheating in assignments say the technology universities are using to detect AI-generated content is turning out…

Microsoft had three staff at Australian data centre campus when Azure went out
04
Sep
2023

Microsoft had three staff at Australian data centre campus when Azure went out – Cloud – Storage

Microsoft had “insufficient” staff levels at its data centre campus last week when a power sag knocked its chiller plant…

NAB restructure hits technology and operations
03
Sep
2023

NAB restructure hits technology and operations – Finance – Training & Development

NAB has restructured multiple divisions within the bank leading, with over 200 roles impacted by the changes, including positions across…