COVID-19 disrupting the banking, payments landscape
03 September, 2021The FIS PACE Pulse survey has revealed that 30% of Australians have started a new banking relationship in the past 12 months, with Gen Z and millennials leading the charge.
NFT market will see "massive increase" in volume
03 September, 2021 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe non-fungible token (NFT) market will see a massive increase in trading volume over the next 12 months, according to deVere's CEO.
Tesserent records a profit in full year results
31 August, 2021Tesserent has posted a profit of $4.9 million for the year ending on 30 June 2021, marking a significant turnaround from its FY20 comparative results.
Aus fintech investment hits US$890m
19 August, 2021Australian fintech investments reached US$890 million in H1'21, according to KPMG's Pulse of Fintech, a biannual report on fintech investment trends.
Industry leaders join forces to launch Tech Council
11 August, 2021Tech leaders including Atlassian, Afterpay, Canva, Microsoft and Google have joined forces to form Tech Council of Australia.
Australian business leaders see automation as vital
03 August, 2021 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingNearly all Australian business leaders believe that improving automation will be vital to meeting their business goals, research from MuleSoft shows.
APAC IT, services spending exceeds $3.4bn
28 July, 2021Asia Pacific's spending on IT and business services surpassed US$3bn for the first time in a quarter, with record spending on cloud-based and traditional managed services.
Construction sector sees analytics, AI and ML as key growth area
15 July, 2021In APAC, 78% of respondents saw data analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning as most critical for success for the next one to three years.
80% of tech products to be built by tech outsiders by 2024
22 June, 2021Research from Gartner has revealed that non-tech professionals will build the majority of technology products and services by 2024.
Queensland to invest $11m in security enhancements
18 June, 2021 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingAs part of its latest annual Budget, the Queensland Government has announced investments in cybersecurity, digital service delivery and enhanced mobile coverage.
Digital transformation checklist for CIOs and engineers
28 May, 2021Genpact research reveals 76% of Australian CIOs aren't prepared for another major business disruption.
Mixed reception from tech sector for 2021–22 Budget
12 May, 2021 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingMembers of Australia's technology industry have expressed disappointment that the spending commitments in the latest Budget don't better prioritise the sector.
IT budget woes linger as 92% of organisations stuck in survival mode
14 April, 2021Fifty-seven per cent of IT leaders globally have seen budget cuts in the past 12 months, according to a survey of 1000 CIOs and IT leaders in 10 countries.
Australian IT spending pegged to grow 4.1% in 2021
09 April, 2021 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingGartner expects total Australian technology spending to rebound from a 1.1% decline in 2020 to a 4.1% growth this year.
UK tech scale-ups set sights on Australia
08 April, 2021 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingAn initial 11 UK tech scale-ups will take part in a UK Government-sponsored program designed to help companies expand into Australia.
