ICT news in Australia

An overview of news, trends and research in the ICT industry in Australia:

Spark continues partnership with Infosys for latest IT transformation New Zealand’s largest telecommunications and digital services company Spark has signed a multiyear agreement with Infosys focused on advancing its technology delivery model.
18 April 2025
Kinetic IT features on Deloitte 'Best Managed' list for fourth straight year Deloitte has released its latest ‘Best Managed Companies’ awards for privately-owned Australian businesses, with tech consultancy Kinetic IT once again featuring.
03 April 2025
Telstra signs off on $700 million AI joint venture with Accenture Telstra has been given the go-ahead for its $700 million joint venture with Accenture aimed at accelerating the Australian telco’s AI transformation, with the project to commence in April.
26 February 2025
Outdated IT infrastructure hampering business and technology readiness Australian executives are paradoxically saying they have confidence in their IT infrastructure but are concerned about their readiness to tackle future challenges, according to the latest Readiness R
24 February 2025
Organisations booking progress in technology agenda (but still struggle to keep up) Technology leaders around the world are making strides in their technology roadmap, although over 8 in 10 leaders feel it is difficult to keep up with the pace of change.
05 November 2024
Four Slalom members feature in Australia’s Top Women in ICT list Global business and technology consultancy Slalom has led the individual finalist count for this year’s Women in ICT Awards, including Salesforce lead Jane Beck for career achievement.
22 August 2024
Telstra signs major multi-year ICT deal with Infosys Telstra has signed a multi-year agreement with Infosys, hot on the heels of a similar deal with fellow ICT consulting giant Cognizant.
21 May 2024
Amazon’s Just Walk Out tech coming to campuses in Australia The Canberra Institute of Technology is implementing a ‘cashierless’ system in its Bruce campus cafe, raising the question; who exactly is Bruce? Canberra Institute of Technology students with the la
31 January 2024
Permenthri Pillay and Mat Franklin win Women in ICT awards Women in ICT network WIC has hosted its annual awards night, with EY partner Permenthri Pillay and MF & Associates managing director Mat Franklin among this year’s recipients.
20 November 2023
Moving from tech hype-cycles towards strategic investments Now more than ever, business leaders need to understand what technology they should be prioritising for modernisation and what is just a hype-cycle, writes Mike Young, Head of Sales at Endava.
06 November 2023
Generative AI to disrupt $600 billion in economic activity Generative AI, which allows users to easily create text, images, videos, and other media with minimal input, is set to disrupt a $600 billion cross-section of the Australian economy.
18 September 2023
Orchestrating distributed energy resources with technology The global energy ecosystem has been changing rapidly with consumers adopting more sustainable practices in their energy consumption.
07 September 2023
Transport for NSW inks IT outsourcing deal with Avocado Consulting Sydney-based managed services provider Avocado Consulting has won a multi-million dollar contract over its larger global rivals to provide Transport NSW with application monitoring over the next five
08 June 2023
Soprano Design buys Singaporean counterpart Hello Technology Soprano Design has expanded its mobile messaging technology capabilities with the acquisition of Singapore-based Hello Technology, which was advised during the deal by M&A consultancy Equiteq.
18 April 2023
The top 10 technology trends to watch in 2023 Global technology services company HCLTech has released the 2023 edition of its Tech Trends report, providing an in-depth assessment of the technologies that will shape digital transformation in the
27 February 2023
Improving teamwork through visual collaboration tools Despite the rapid evolution of collaboration tools such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams, too many organisations remain heavily reliant on email or static documents as their core collaboration channel.
11 October 2022
Deloitte develops carbon emissions reporting tool for Workday ERP firm Workday has announced a suite of new ESG tools, including a decarbonisation reporting solution co-developed with Deloitte.
18 May 2022
Nominations open for Technology Scale-up Awards Innovative, high-growth Australian tech businesses are being encouraged to nominate for this year’s Technology Scale-up Awards, with submissions set to close on the 26th of May.
03 May 2022
Deloitte consultants among Australia’s Top Women in ICT Online ICT industry publication ARN has announced the finalists for its 2022 Women in ICT Awards, with four consultants from Deloitte featuring among the more than 200 hopefuls.
02 May 2022
Monarc Global is Australia’s fastest-growing tech company Professional services firm Deloitte has released its latest Technology Fast 50 list for Australia, with Brisbane-based software company Monarc Global achieving the highest three-year growth.
11 April 2022
How to reduce the differences between IT and business teams As leaders run the magnifying glass over every facet of their operations searching for ways to improve efficiencies, many are realising one thing that needs to be achieved is elimination of the gap b
23 November 2021
Research: Six trends in the digital transformation landscape International software provider Cyara and Sapio Research have canvassed the views of 1,000 business and IT business decision makers in Australia and beyond to identify some of the latest trends in th
10 November 2021
IT can enhance its ‘customer experience’ with a service catalogue For any organisation in today’s digital world, moving IT from a back-office function to a true business partner within an organisation reaps significant benefits.
04 October 2021
Streamlining the legacy technology landscape in financial services The financial services sector has one of the most elaborate and complex system landscapes around, and as a result, institutions struggle to keep their entire portfolio up-to-date.
31 August 2021
10 charts on Australia’s fast growing technology sector The Technology Council of Australia has commissioned consulting firm Accenture to conduct a strategic market assessment of Australia’s technology sector, with the aim of shaping policy development fo
29 August 2021
Synergy and KPMG supporting DTA's digital identity program The Digital Transformation Agency has selected Synergy Group and KPMG to advise on the government’s Digital Identity scheme to help pave the way for paid external participation.
23 February 2021
Covid-19 is shaking up the use of tools and solutions As the pandemic rolls on, Australian businesses are re-evaluating their software priorities, writes Twilio Segment’s Head of Australia & New Zealand, Dave Newman.
01 February 2021
Consulting and IT bill for COVIDSafe app surpasses $5 million The federal government’s external spending on the COVIDSafe app has surpassed the $5 million mark, nearly six months after it was launched.
11 October 2020
Assessing IT financial management maturity in government How does a government organisation demonstrate the value of its IT spend with transparency? How can CIOs and CFOs broker a strong relationship to achieve IT Financial Management (ITFM) maturity?
11 October 2020
'Put identity and security at the heart of digital transformation' The coronavirus crisis has accelerated digital transformation for many Australian businesses but the benefits may be lessened if digital identity isn’t integral to the process, writes Ashley Diffey.
04 October 2020
Digital transformation is key to the road of business recovery In its ‘2020 Beyond Disruption’ report, based on around 600 interviews conducted with business leaders in Australia and New Zealand, DXC Technology uncovers the importance for embracing technology-dr
27 September 2020
Synergy's Lalit Guglani on digital acceleration in the public sector The role of digital and data in government has been steadily escalating for some time now. Yet its adoption has accelerated to warp-speed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
20 July 2020

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