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Hi there,
For the second time in three weeks an Australian industry group – actually two in this case – has sounded alarm bells about Australia’s digital future and concerns the country could become a digital laggard it the government doesn’t heed calls to take action.
As other countries around the world step up their efforts and focus on making digital central to their economies, Australia (and New Zealand too, it must be said) are on shaky grounds. The Australian Academy of Science and Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering added their combined recommendations to a long list from the Australian Information Industry Association, all calling for stronger strategy, policy and leadership to propel Australia’s ICT sector forward.
It is, they say, time for us to act and support innovative technologies – or run the risk not only of being digital laggards, but of becoming merely consumers, rather than producers.
Enjoy the read,
Heather Wright
Editor
editor@istart.com.au
In this issue
> Digital laggard concerns rise
> Microsoft: Remote work is bad for innovation
> Growing IT project backlogs, data and an IT makeover
> From manual to modern planning processes
> A/NZ failing to rise to digital challenge
> Aussie digitises arrival cards with vaccine status included
> AppWrap: Tech news from around the web
Digital laggard concerns rise
New analysis builds call for action, while data innovation gets a tick...
“If we are to remain a nation of producers and not simply consumers, now is the time to act.”
Microsoft: Remote work is bad for innovation
Back to the office you go…
“We expect the effects… will impact productivity and, in the long-term, innovation.”
Growing IT project backlogs, data and an IT makeover
Who owns IT now?…
Sixty-one percent of business decision-makers have cancelled a digital project because it couldn’t access the right data.
From manual to modern planning processes
Making the business case…
It all starts with making the business case to business leadership.
A/NZ failing to rise to digital challenge
Global competitiveness rankings in decline…
“Change can happen quickly with the right measures.”
Aussie digitises arrival cards with vaccine status included
Back to the future, take three…
Plans to rebuild the visa processing system have proved problematic.
AppWrap: Tech news from around the web
AWS has announced a $7.5 billion investment to build a cluster of at least three data centres in New Zealand.
NSW is trialling geolocation and facial recognition software to monitor Covid-19 home quarantines and ensure people comply with quarantine rules.
Immutable has raised another $82 million in Series B funding. The raise takes total funding for the Sydney NFT startup to $105 million.
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