News, views and reviews from AU’s tech sector No Images? Click here Dear , Is there really a skills shortage in the Australian IT industry? Ask the average tech-industry employer and you’ll likely to receive an emphatic ‘yes!’. Ask a well-trained, enthusiastic job seeker however, and you might receive a different response. But maybe, just this once, the employers are right. A new study shows that IT-adept workers are indeed finding themselves with more negotiative leverage than ever before. It’s an age-old reality that increasingly specialised technology needs specialised operators to run it. Let’s just hope that this time employers – and tech vendors - stump up with proper investment in training rather than being duped into importing swathes of low wage talent as the solution. That’s simply a race to the bottom. In other news:
And this week we delve into Aussie home loans. A clever Microsoft Power BI implementation by Empired has helped home loan company Aussie bring transparency, accuracy and mobility to their data and AI platform, as well as providing the team with the skills to generate valuable insights into what their customers really want. Happy reading, Jonathan Cotton Yup, there’s a talent crunch in AustraliaIt’s an endless refrain from the tech industry: There’s a skills shortage, stupid! Maybe this time your boss is right... New research says employers are finding themselves in an unusual position: Skilled IT workers are suddenly well placed to negotiate higher salaries. “Companies that fail to regularly review their employees’ compensation risk losing their top performers.” SAP courts millennials with new Vic University labLooking to match business with academia - and do a little R&D along the way - SAP opens a Next-Gen Lab Melbourne... The space, known as the SAP Next-Gen Lab, aims to “create vital connections between students and industry". "The VU lab will connect talent-hungry companies with students and graduates who have specific digital-transformation skills.” Is CRM the largest software market in the world?According to Gartner it is, but it’s more about the rise of martech and CX than core CRM rollouts... According to new research from advisory firm Gartner, last year was a turning point for the software market as CRM overtook database management systems (DBMSs) to become the largest software market in the world. “Expect this particular boomtime to continue, at least in the short term, as CRM, CX and marketing tech spending increases.” IoT and the transformation of the pharmaceutical industryClinical trials to manufacturing, supply chain to remote monitoring, IoT is dragging the pharma industry into the 21st century… IoT in the pharmaceutical industry is expected to balloon from its already sizable US$420 million (as of 2015) to a staggering US$2486 million by 2020. “It’s part of a larger movement as the healthcare sector in general seeks to bring operational efficiency, transparency and cohesion to the fragmented industry.” Digi-tech provides fertile ground for developing nationsEU Commissioner Mariya Gabriel says Europe is dedicated to helping Africa build a single digital market, paving the way to better jobs on the continent... The EU is dedicated to helping Africa unleash the transformative power of e-commerce says EU commissioner, Mariya Gabriel. “The digital revolution doesn’t stop at the borders of the EU.” A better way: Transforming data accuracy across the businessAussie home loans needed an accurate data solution that was mobile and easy to deploy. The answer was a data and AI solution deployed by Empired… Aussie was founded on the premise of finding a better way for every Australian to get the right home loan for their dream home. “There was little to no room for actionable insight from the data due to a lack of trust in where it was coming from.” This week's sponsor: Upcoming events: > Gartner IT infrastructure, operations & data center summit | April 30 | Sydney iStart is proudly supported by these leading Australian software providers: Latest Buyer's Guides ERP Buyer's Guide | CRM Buyer's Guide | HR/HCM Buyer's Guide | BI & Analytics Buyer's Guide Privacy statement: We have sent this weekly eNewsletter to you at your e-mail address: [email address suppressed]. iStart will never share your e-mail address, but you may from time to time receive other event invitations or partner communications from us. You can opt out of these by managing your subscription preferences, where you can also update your e-mail address and other details. Find out more about iStart | Advertise with iStart | Subscribe
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