No Images? Click here Dear , EV transport is sucking up plenty of attention – boosted by the sometimes vacuous save-the-universe exaltations from Tesla’s Elon Musk. This week another visionary entered the fray from an unlikely corner. Vacuum cleaner magnate James Dyson is turning his considerable engineering and innovation talents to the problem. Despite the puns, he may just clean up. In other news:
From the back of a garage to practically a household name, Ruslan Kogan’s eponymous (with a dot com) online shopping empire has expanded rapidly on the back of great prices, service and rapid delivery. Running an operation at scale depends on a sound back end system; find out how Kogan.com puts SAP BusinessOne to work. Enjoy the read. And your weekend. Donovan Jackson Electric dreams and vacuum powerCan James Dyson produce an electric car in record time?... If a payments technology entrepreneur can make an electric car that doesn’t suck, why not one from a vacuum cleaner innovator? “I believed electrically powered vehicles would solve the vehicle pollution problem.” AU-NASA ready for launchThe Turnbull Government commits to creating a national space agency… The intention is to build a long-term domestic space industry announced by senator Arthur Sinodinos at last week’s 68th International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide, attended by Buzz Aldrin. Australia contributes just one percent to the US$420 billion a year global space economy. Govt announces bold ‘universal data rights’ for all Australian consumersThe Federal government will work with industry to create standardised APIs to make data accessible to consumers and third parties… The Federal Government is committing to a progressive new ‘universal data rights’ agenda that will see consumers given legal ownership of the data they generate when engaging with retailers, telcos, banks and utility providers. “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” Is the AI juice worth the squeeze?The promises of AI are likely to exceed delivery – but a third will spend more… New research by global Salesforce consulting agency Bluewolf has found that businesses in Australia and overseas are encouraged by the early results of artificial intelligence (AI) investments. “Australia still has a way to go in matching the global uptake of AI.” IT spending sluggish, enterprise software and services shineGlobal spending to increase a modest 4.3 percent; digital transformation a factor… Worldwide IT spending is projected to reach a total of US$3.7 trillion in 2018, which marks an increase of 4.3 percent from over 2017’s numbers which are expected to top US$3.5 trillion. “Global IT spending is showing little overall growth, as are traditional markets." Kogan captures online market with fast moving solutionWhy Australia’s top online department store chose SAP Business One from Inecom… One of Australia’s fastest-growing and highest-profile online retailers relies on SAP Business One to run its business. “We do about 2.5 million sales orders per year.” This week's sponsor: Upcoming events: > GovInnovate | Oct 10 - 12 | Canberra 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.
AU-NASA ready for launchThe Turnbull Government commits to creating a national space agency… |