April
- Exclusive
- Consulting
Consulting giant builds $300m Aussie cyber group with acquisitions
Following a string of acquisitions, Fujitsu has created a 300-strong team of cyber professionals to take on IBM, Accenture and CyberCX in Australia and New Zealand.
- Tess Bennett
- Exclusive
- Cloud
Google ‘ghosts’ Aussie staff on promotions as cloud boss quits
The boss of Google’s local cloud division has resigned, with employees saying it has scaled back promotions as it struggles to compete with Amazon and Microsoft.
- Tess Bennett
March
- Exclusive
- Big four consultants
PwC Australia slashes staff, partners in $100m cost-cutting drive
Embattled professional services firm PwC Australia will swing the axe in a second round of major job cuts in as many years, including up to 37 partners.
- Updated
- Paul Smith and Edmund Tadros
Customers may hate supermarket anti-theft tech, but investors don’t
Coles share price rise is partly due to its ability to take advantage of tech like artificial intelligence to stop thieves and appeal to more shoppers.
- Paul Smith
February
- Opinion
- AI
AI should do what humans can’t, not what we want
The best deployments of AI are helping us discover solutions to big problems and work smarter, without taking the humanity out of creativity or selling junk.
- Paul Smith
The AI horrors Husic will head off with ‘guardrails’
Science and Industry Minister Ed Husic is trying to thread the needle with AI rules strong enough to protect society, without killing innovative business.
- Paul Smith
Inside Telstra’s AI charge
Telstra’s top tech exec says the company is halfway towards an ambitious AI plan, but admits it is the steepest technology learning curve it has ever faced.
- Paul Smith
Businesses still at the starting line in AI race
We are starting to see tangible returns from early corporate AI deployments, but there is still room for much more ambition and evolved use in the years ahead, experts say.
- Paul Smith
‘New era’ ASX starts with redundancies as CEO swings axe
Technology staff are the most affected by redundancies before ASX’s half-yearly earnings due on Friday, as it looks to reorganise after its CHESS disaster.
- Paul Smith
CBA claims AI is already making it work 30pc better
AI is making the bank’s highly paid staff more efficient by doing some of their boring work, CBA’s tech boss says, while its customers will deal with AI more.
- Paul Smith
January
- Analysis
- Tech Observed
White-collar jobs tumble, but shares soar as investors back AI future
Australian staff are likely to make up some of the 8000 jobs software giant SAP says will be affected by an AI-driven global restructure, as its shares hit a record.
- Paul Smith
December 2023
Why execs don’t trust AI with big decisions yet
A year after the launch of ChatGPT, businesses dabbling with generative AI aren’t convinced the technology would hold up under the intense scrutiny of a senate inquiry or lawsuit.
- Tess Bennett
November 2023
- Analysis
- Cybersecurity
Government turns around its Optus cyber debacle
Clare O’Neil’s cyber strategy is a strong first step to raising national standards, tackling plenty of areas where businesses need help, and leaving room for further reform.
- Paul Smith
- Exclusive
- Software
Scott Farquhar’s 100-year plan for Atlassian to keep building
Atlassian’s shares plunged after quarterly earnings losses last week, but Scott Farquhar says he is ‘jazzed’ at the growth opportunities in the AI era.
- Paul Smith
Atlassian buys Melbourne software firm, advances AI push
Hot on the heels of the biggest acquisition in its history, Atlassian has bought Melbourne-based software developer AirTrack.
- Paul Smith
October 2023
Microsoft alliance opens door to private spending on national security
Former national cybersecurity adviser Alastair MacGibbon says the government cannot hope to fight off cyber threats without big-money private operators.
- Tess Bennett
September 2023
- Exclusive
- Cyber Summit
ASIC to target boards, execs for cyber failures
The corporate regulator has put Australian business on notice that it will begin seeking punishments for hacked companies that hadn’t put sufficient protections in place.
- Updated
- Paul Smith and Ronald Mizen
August 2023
- Opinion
- Cybersecurity
Optus hack secrecy leaves questions of competence hanging
It is almost a year since Optus’ big data breach. The telco has decided to keep secret the findings of the independent review it said would help rebuild customers’ trust.
- Paul Smith
- Exclusive
- Hiring & firing
Tech workers take $20,000-plus pay cuts as fired talent floods market
Salaries exploded during the pandemic as cashed up companies threw money at skilled workers, but recruiters and CEOs say job cuts have made the job market tougher.
- Tess Bennett
Suncorp tech almost ready for aborted ANZ split
Suncorp’s technology chief says he is hopeful the ACCC’s rejection of ANZ’s acquisition will be overturned, as the hard yards to separate its banking tech systems has been done.
- Paul Smith
