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It’s a hard road to travel, this digital identity lark.

Five years on from announcing its intention to build an all-in-one digital ID service for Australia, the Federal Government is still plugging away at the initiative. And to be fair, there are now more than 1.7 million digital identities created through myGovID.

eftpos jumped in on the act earlier this year with its trial with Australia Post of its connectID offering. Now the Queensland Government is also piloting the eftpos solution which acts as a broker between identity providers such as Australia Post, government departments and merchants, who need to verify who they are dealing with.

It’s yet another weapon in the arsenal and could ultimately provide some compelling use cases (particularly with eftpos’ acquisition of payments app Beem It) and a move away from clumsy digital commerce experiences.

Fingers crossed it doesn’t take another five years.

In other news this week:

Microsoft's productivity – or is that staff surveillance – push
Low code: If the LCAP fits, it'll probably cost a pretty penny
The open banking opportunity
Navigating the innovation cycle – the CSIRO guide
How do you really feel about a woebot for a therapist?

And in today's client insight, we take a look at how a strong partnership with its integration provider has been instrumental in Fulton Hogan streamlining and optimising its system integration efforts.

Enjoy the read,

Heather Wright
Editor
editor@istart.com.au

DIGITAL IDENTITY

ID, meet payments: AU’s digital ID ecosystem expands

Can the private sector finally deliver a real digital ID solution…

Has it been five years since the Australian Federal Government announced its intention to build an all-in-one digital identity service for Australia?

ConnectID uses eftpos to ‘broker’ between identity providers.

[Read more]

PRODUCTIVITY

Reversing the global productivity slump

Productivity has declined, but Microsoft may have a solution…

When Covid struck, the global economy was already coming off of a decade-long productivity slump: Productivity growth had peaked in 2007, but since then the GFC, productivity growth had remained stagnant.

Is the Productivity Score a microscope for the whip crackers, but a bête noire for the minions?

[Read more]

ERP BUYER"S GUIDE

DEVOPS

Making low-code work for your business

No cost savings, but there’s a productivity payoff instead…

Low code might be hot right now, but it’s also filled with pitfalls for the uninitiated – starting with the misconception that low code equates to cost savings.

“You’re not going to get cost savings here.”

[Read more]

OPEN BANKING

Open banking appetite high, but benefits years away

Inaugural report lays out finance sector's plans…

There’s plenty of appetite for open banking, the Consumer Data Right and the new opportunities they bring, but don’t expect to be seeing big returns from the new regime in the near future.

“First movers will have a real competitive advantage and will put pressure on the rest of the industry to invest in catching up.”

[Read more]

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BUSINESS INNOVATION

CSIRO outlines innovation path for AU business

Science and tech light the path forward for Australian business…

Declining investment in R&D and wariness of new technologies are hampering Australian businesses, and leading to economic slowdown and a weakening economy, CSIRO says.

“If businesses act now, there are plenty of opportunities to enhance how they navigate the innovation cycle and realise greater value from their investments.”

[Read more]

ROBO THERAPY

Your robot therapist will see you now

But can we really trust those bots with our deepest darkest secrets?…

Mental health has been a hot topic for a while now, with increased pressure on companies to look out for staff wellbeing, both physical and mental.

“AI-enabled mental health devices could also contain biases that have the potential to exclude or harm in unintended ways.”

[Read more]

CLIENT INSIGHT

Fulton Hogan builds solid integrations

Partnering for great infrastructure…

Fulton Hogan's partnership with Adaptiv has helped it modernise onto a new Dell Boomi platform and built a robust capability in system integration that is delivering the goods.

The close collaboration designed and provided a solution which met all the data network supplier’s requirements.

[Read more]

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