Hi there,

I’m sure we’ve all seen one of the digital transformation memes showing the coronavirus accepting its award for Most Effective Digital Transformation Leader 2020.

While companies rushed to support staff to continue working during the enforced lockdowns, repeated surveys are confirming that the accelerated technology transformation is continuing – despite economic constraints and concerns – as local businesses seek to ‘flatten the curve’ of post-Covid impacts.

IDC’s latest survey shows Australian organisations are rapidly transitioning through the post-Covid cycle as they head towards becoming a ‘future enterprise’ – aka a digital enterprise. Eighty-three percent of local companies surveyed say they’re adding new DX projects to their roadmap, with 31 percent ‘aggressively seeking out emerging technology’ to create market advantage.

It’s a positive trend and one that requires companies to take informed risks – something that Australian businesses seem (at long last, it has to be said) keen to embrace.

In other news this week:

SME’s reimagine their tech – and work – futures
V-learning finds success
NZ releases first of its industry transformation plans – on Agritech
Fonterra signals all-in with Microsoft's Azure
Can quarantine bungles be prevented with better tech? (any tech)

Enjoy the read,

Heather Wright
Editor
editor@istart.com.au

TECH INVESTMENT

A/NZ turns to tech to accelerate out of Covid slump

Planting the seeds to fast-track digital growth…

New Zealand and Australian businesses are doing their own version of ‘flattening the curve’ – with new research showing more than 70 percent of local businesses are using technology to accelerate their way out of the recessionary slump.

When we see companies cutting budgets, they’re cutting budgets around legacy technology.

[Read more]

POST COVID

MYOB survey shows SMEs future-proofing

Businesses on both sides of the Tasman are preparing for the rough road ahead…

The latest MYOB Tech Report finds local businesses facing big challenges – but eager to meet them head-on.

It’s just about rising to the challenge of the moment.

[Read more]

VIRTUAL REALITY

VR training comes to the office

It’s a useful tool for hazard training, but what about the corporate jungle?…

It’s often the entertainment applications that get the headlines, but it’s the business use-cases for VR and its slightly less immersive cousin AR, where the real excitement is.

“V-learners were 3.75 times more emotionally connected to the content than classroom learners and 2.3 times more connected than e-learners.”

[Read more]

AGRITECH

New Zealand ups the horsepower behind agritech

Ag + tech = multi-billion dollar opportunity…

Take New Zealand’s largest sector and combine it with the sector believed to now be the country’s second largest, and you’ve got a multibillion dollar global opportunity.

These technologies which sound pretty abstract, get real quite quickly in the farming, agriculture or horticulture sectors.

[Read more]

CLOUD HOSTING

Fonterra anchors NZ Azure

Analytics needs drive data to the cloud…

Fonterra has signed on as the first major user of Microsoft’s planned New Zealand Azure data centre region in a deal the vendor is portraying as a big win.

The platform aims to bring together all parts of Fonterra and build a culture around data.

[Read more]

BORDER QUARANTINE

Border bunglings need better tech

Does tech have a role in managing isolation?…

A new report suggests quick deployment of digital technologies, including for contact tracing and quarantine, will lead to long-term wins in the battle against Covid.

“In the race to contain the spread, countries that have quickly deployed digital technologies have remained front-runners.”

[Read more]

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