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Hi there,

They say that fortune favours the brave, and AI, machine learning, IoT, chatbots (etc, etc) are all meant to improve business performance, providing a point of differentiation from your competitors and driving efficiencies.

That’s the theory at least. But true innovation is a big, scary journey for many companies, and new research from Accenture shows it may also not be contributing back as much as those investing expect. The report shows that while spend is growing fast, return on investment is declining and, contrary to popular thinking, many of those investing big in such technology are in fact underperforming against their industry peers.

Some, however, are reaping the rewards and it is these that provide a guide for how other companies (such as yours) can get a better return on technical innovation.

In other news this week:

  • Controversial encryption laws go on the beat
  • Just how many AI jobs does Australia have?
  • AU stalls on corruption index
  • Global restructure as SAP pushes cloud
  • Fact-checkers abandon Facebook, reveal inner workings

And with data & analytics a key focus for many, we’ve got a webinar on Feb 27 exploring the theme of building trust into your business data. Register now.

Enjoy the read,

Heather Wright
Editor
editor@istart.com.au

 
 

Technology innovation spend up, ROI down

It’s not how much you spend, but what you spend it on...

 
Technology innovation spend up

The majority of companies spending up big on innovation aren’t seeing a return on their technology investments according to new research from Accenture.

“There’s a gap between what technology innovation allows companies to do and what they actually do.”

[Read more]

 

Aussie police and national security embracing anti-encryption laws

Training steps up for police...

 
Aussie police embrace anti-encryption laws

Police will be getting to grips with their new encryption powers this month, as training in the laws – which have already been used by some agencies – ramps up.

“Law enforcement and national security agencies have used the powers in the Act.”

[Read more]

 
 

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Is it time to jump on the AI bandwagon?

Analysis highlights AI situations vacant...

 
Hiring Artificial Intelligence staff

AI might be a headline grabber and ‘the next big thing’, but the job openings, while no doubt picking up, might not be quite as prolific as we’ve been led to believe.

“236 AI jobs were up for grabs in Australia.”

[Read more]

 

AU stalls on global corruption index, NZ loses top spot

AU and NZ find themselves in troubling trend as high anti-corruption scores are replaced with decline...

 
Global corruption index

According to the Transparency International’s newly-published Corruption Perceptions Index,  the Asia Pacific region is making “little progress in the fight against corruption.”

“The Asia Pacific region is making little progress in the fight against corruption.”

[Read more]

 
 

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SAP restructures, aims for the clouds

4,400 employees may be affected...

 
SAP restructures

SAP has announced plans to triple its cloud earnings by 2023. The company also announced a restructure that is set to kick off in the first half of 2019.

“We’re optimising our workforce to actually increase the growth of the company.”

[Read more]

 

Snopes quits $100K Facebook fact checking partnership

Could we end up with Fakebook?...

 
Snopes quits Facebook fact checking

Snopes has quit Facebook’s fact checking initiative as ex-staff claim Facebook ignored their concerns and the partnership has been unsuccessful in combating misinformation.

“We estimate that anywhere between 30,000 and 40,000 links to false content, possibly many more, have been flagged.”

[Read more]

 

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