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The ANZAC rivalry is legendary, but Australians and Kiwis have also stood side by side, in a lot of different fields, and now it looks like we’re heading into that final frontier together too, with satcomms startup Fleet Space Technology turning to Rocket Lab to launch their first nanosatellites from New Zealand later this month.
The launch isn’t just about a cool space mission (though, let’s be honest, it is that) – Fleet Space Technologies’ offering will provide real benefits for business by enabling ubiquitous connectivity for IoT devices.
In other news:
- Frucor-Suntory juices the FMCG goodness out of digital transformation
- The crash tests informing autonomous driving morals
- IBM public cloud push gets boost with Red Hat acquisition
- ANZ Bank shakes up the future of banking
- Google’s search goals
Upcoming on the event radar is our next Lunch Box webinar: Advanced Manufacturing. With panellists from Fisher & Paykel Facteon and Hamilton Jet, it promises to be an interesting session.
Happy reading,
Heather Wright
Editor
editor@istart.com.au
Aussie space startup takes to orbit with Rocket Lab
'Yeah nah we've got room in the boot, chuck her in, she'll be right no worries, cheers'...
ANZAC space collaboration has been boosted with Australian IoT start-up Fleet Space Technologies’ first satellites heading into orbit on Rocket Lab’s next mission.
“This rapid turnaround time is what the space industry really needs now.”
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CIO Interview: Pieter Bakker juices up DX at Frucor
Digital builds momentum for FMCG drinks brand machine…
Success breeds success – and for Frucor Suntory’s A/NZ IT team, that’s meant three major digital transformation programmes over the past three years.
“It’s about putting in a minimum viable product in first and learning and adapting frequently to progressively deliver value.”
Who lives, who dies, when AI is behind the wheel
Humans decide in order to teach the machines...
Here’s a tough question: An AI controlled, autonomous car is about to crash. It can drive into a child, or it can plough into a crowd of senior citizens. It is unable to slow down. Nor can it avoid crashing. So, who should live, and who should die?
“In bad news for blokes, nearly all respondents preferred saving females over males.”
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Big Blue chases cloud market with US$34b Red Hat acquisition
IBM’s proposed acquisition of open source cloud software company Red Hat will create the world's largest open source software portfolio...
It’s the biggest software deal ever, and expectations are high as to the potential impact IBM’s purchase of Red Hat will have for businesses using cloud.
“This deal gives IBM a new stronghold in the cloud development platforms market.”
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Agility order of the day as universal banking model crumbles
Only the agile will survive in new world of banking says ANZ boss...
New business models – and a new culture – will be critical for Australian banks to survive and thrive in the future, according to ANZ Bank chief executive Shayne Elliott.
"We need to wake up to the fact that that strategy of the past is not going to work in the future."
Improving Search for the next 20 years
Google celebrated its 20th birthday this year with the company outlining its AI and neural Search plans...
Growing up in India, there was one good library, run by the British Council, in my town that I had access to.
“Neural networks can help us take a major leap forward from understanding words to understanding concepts.”
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