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 build a ‘like’ replacement, and…
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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 a fundamental weakness – the…
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 “false start” with a traditional…
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 the 2025–26 WA State Budget.…
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 enforce a teenage social media…
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 chief technology officer and was…
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 deal to around $364 million…
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, with a longer-term goal to…
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 recently the major bank’s group…
Adairs deploys technology backbone in supply chain transformation
Australian homewares and decor retailer Adairs has retaken control of its supply chain, with underlying systems contributing to improvements across its stores and ecommerce fulfilment.…
South32 looking to AI to predict employee outcomes
South32 is hoping that AI can enhance predictions on safety, performance and cultural aspects of its employee experience. The Western Australian-based mining and metals company…
Why IT Downtime Costs Are Doubling Despite Better Tools
These are further enhanced by new AI capabilities and automation platforms. So it would seem almost paradoxical that the cost of IT downtime has doubled…