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A couple of years ago McKinsey dubbed good digital identity ‘the new frontier in value creation for individuals and institutions around the world’, saying it was the key to more inclusive access to a range of services. The consulting firm went so far as to say digital ID has the potential to create economic value equivalent to three percent of GDP in mature economies (and six percent in emerging economies).
That, of course, was pre-Covid. Just over two years later, digital ID is arguably even more important (vax passports anyone?), and in Australia, the creation of a digital ID is a key lynchpin in the Morrison government’s push for Australia to become a leading digital economy by 2030.
Legislation is expected to be released soon to bring the private sector into the government’s digital ID program, and recent weeks have also seen two big names jumping into the fray…
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Heather Wright
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In this issue
> Aussie Govt ID program ramps up
> The cybersecurity cost of WFH
> A/NZ businesses vie for glory in IDC awards
> What skills do you need to be a great data engineer
> Digital laggard concerns rise
> From manual to modern planning processes
> AppWrap: Tech news from around the web
Aussie Govt ID program ramps up
And New Zealand?…
A safe thriving digital economy is not possible without digital identity.
The cybersecurity cost of WFH
Local companies reveal true cost in breaches…
“92 percent reported they have experienced at least one business-impacting cyber attack in the past 12 months.”
A/NZ businesses vie for glory in IDC awards
IDC’s DX Awards revamped…
The awards recognise local businesses which have achieved admirable results in fast-changing times.
What skills do you need to be a great data engineer?
Moving beyond traditional BI calls for a modern data team…
“A number of facets are key to successful data and analytics, and they’re all very much related to people.”
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.”
From manual to modern planning processes
Making the business case…
It all starts with making the business case to business leadership.
AppWrap: Tech news from around the web
Microsoft is going password-less, enabling customers to remove their passwords and log in through the Microsoft Authenticator App, Windows Hello.
The CSIRO Data61-led team has taken second place at the prestigious ‘Olympics for Robotics’ run by DARPA.
CIOs are bracing for a price increase of up to 25 percent for Microsoft 365. The price increase is due to kick in March 2022, and includes a 25 percent increase in per-seat pricing for other offerings.
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