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Defining identity digitally is a challenge confronting humanity. Presenting your passport at a customs gate and peering into the camera is not possible online (maybe it should be), but increasingly it is the level of assurance that is needed to facilitate important online transactions.

But with personal data a prize sought by businesses and government alike, protecting online identity and data are topics that have almost three-quarters of us changing our online behaviour.

Yet while we want privacy, we also want convenience – the seamless sharing of data with companies we trust, when it suits us.

It’s a conundrum far from being resolved, and one we explore this week as the push for self-sovereign identity continues, underpinned by the sense that surely there's a better way than our e-mail inbox being the key to the kingdom.

In other news:

All the winners from the 2019 CIO Awards
Microsoft and Oracle team up to take on Amazon's cloud
Getting empathetic with customer experience
Keeping safe on public Wifi (you know you sometimes use it!)
Wearables finding their place on the manufacturing floor

Enjoy the read,

Heather Wright
Editor
editor@istart.co.nz

DIGITAL IDENTITY

Challenging the boundaries of digital identity

In the age of identity theft, deep fakes and endless security breaches, proving you’re you – and keeping your data private – is new Catch 22…

US govt check social media to approve Visa's

In 2019 it very much seems as if our digital identities, and the data attached to them, are up for grabs.

"When it comes to checking citizen’s Facebook pages for dodgy behaviour, the government might be a little late to the game: employers have been doing it for years."

[Read more]

CIO AWARDS

2019 New Zealand CIO Awards: And the winners are…

IDC and Conferenz congratulate this year’s winners at the CIO Awards held last night in Auckland…

Livestock Improvement CIO Paul Littlefair has taken out the coveted CIO of the Year award at the annual NZ CIO Awards, with Sir Gil Simpson and Zag also among the winners.

"The winners show what is possible when leadership is combined with a culture of innovation and change."

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CLOUD

Best of both clouds: Microsoft and Oracle announce multi-cloud deal

The new direct connectivity between public clouds lets users combine the technology of both services seamlessly…

Announced last week, a new deal between Microsoft and Oracle lets users migrate and run workloads across the public Microsoft Azure and Oracle Clouds.

Cloud related service offerings will need to focus on delivering solutions that combine experience and execution with hyperscale providers’ offerings.

[Read more]

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Adding empathy to the metrics mix

AI empathy tool to guide ethical business decisions…

If Pegasystems gets its way, empathy will soon be part of the metrics mix for big business.

“We’ve got the ‘should we’, the ‘can we’ and then the AI telling us it can detect a need in the customer.”

[Read more]

CYBERSECURITY

Public Wifi security hole plugged

Making public hotspots secure with Wifi protection…

When you’re facing a long wait at the airport and still have plenty of work to do it can be tempting to log onto the public Wifi network, security be damned.

The risk posed by accessing public Wifi is definitely not worth the reward.

[Read more]

WEARABLES

Wearables finding roles in manufacturing

Use cases being driven by real time data and mobility to enhance insights...

In this digital era, data is recognised for its intrinsic value in smart decision-making and enhanced business insights.

As the user approaches the piece of equipment, a real-time diagnostic view of the machinery and its components can appear on a hand-held device.

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