Category: ITnews

WhatsApp banned on US House of Representatives devices
24
Jun
2025

WhatsApp banned on US House of Representatives devices

Meta Platforms’ WhatsApp messaging service has been banned from all US House of Representatives devices, according to a memo sent…

Norths Collective marketing chief to leave in August
24
Jun
2025

Norths Collective marketing chief to leave in August

Norths Collective’s chief marketing and innovation officer Robert Lopez is stepping away from the role after over 13 years. Lopez announced…

SA Water plans 'once-in-a-generation' core technology uplift
24
Jun
2025

SA Water plans ‘once-in-a-generation’ core technology uplift

SA Water is embarking on a multi-year IT transformation program focused on redesigning and modernising its core systems. Elise Vervetjes…

How NAB unwound Teradata's 'tentacles' to decommission it
24
Jun
2025

How NAB unwound Teradata’s ‘tentacles’ to decommission it

NAB has detailed its 2023 Teradata decommissioning publicly for the first time, revealing how the data team rebuffed pressure to…

The internet’s hidden gatekeeper is a ‘must have’, not an optional extra
23
Jun
2025

The internet’s hidden gatekeeper is a ‘must have’, not an optional extra

In an era where cyber threats lurk behind every click, businesses and individuals are fighting an invisible enemy that exploits…

Australian Red Cross adopts data mesh strategy powered by Fabric
23
Jun
2025

Australian Red Cross adopts data mesh strategy powered by Fabric

The Australian Red Cross is in the final stages of adopting a data mesh approach using Microsoft Fabric following a…

WA Police Force to spend $30.8m on IT 'optimisation'
23
Jun
2025

WA Police Force to spend $30.8m on IT ‘optimisation’

The Western Australia Police Force will invest $30.8 million over four years in a wide-ranging ICT overhaul, as revealed in…

Circles.Life fined over identity checking failures during mobile porting
23
Jun
2025

Social media ban software can work, say Australian trial organisers

Some age-checking applications collect too much data and no product works 100 percent of the time, but using software to…

Victoria's first government tech chief steps down
22
Jun
2025

Victoria’s first government tech chief steps down

Victoria’s inaugural whole-of-government technology leader Luke Halliday has departed after three years. Halliday joined Digital Victoria in 2022 as its…

ASD signs $70 million AWS cloud contract
19
Jun
2025

ASD signs $70 million AWS cloud contract

The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) has signed a $70-million deal with Amazon Web Services, bringing the cloud provider’s renegotiated government-wide…

Transurban explores bringing agentic AI to its chatbot
19
Jun
2025

Transurban explores bringing agentic AI to its chatbot

Transurban is exploring how to build on a year-old generative AI customer service chatbot, giving it contextual information about customers,…

ANZ's Maile Carnegie to exit next month
19
Jun
2025

ANZ’s Maile Carnegie to exit next month

ANZ Banking Group digital leader Maile Carnegie will step down next month to focus on non-executive roles. Carnegie was most…