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Microsoft’s new digital agenda

Local Microsoft boss Steven Worrall kicked of his company’s big Summit event this week by talking up the need for digital transformation to be herded along by strong leaders....

NBN: How to sell a dog’s breakfast

A Nokia-sponsored report from Ovum released this week sets the scene for the post-rollout NBN, where network infrastructure suppliers stand to make serious money upgrading the dog’s breakfast of...

Jack and the data-driven giant

Mid-way through the world’s biggest shopping festival seems a weird time to declare that Alibaba is no longer an eCommerce company, but that’s the argument that Alibaba Group chief...

NSW turns tap on open data

The NSW government has overhauled its open data infrastructure with the imminent launch of a new data marketplace to be developed and managed on Data Republic’s Senate platform. The...

Perfect one day, startup the next

As an entrepreneur, an offer of up to $100,000 in equity grant, access to free co-working space for six months, and a ready-made network of mentors and business advisors...

Alibaba’s 11.11 consumption giant

On the eve of the Alibaba Group’s famous 11.11 global shopping festival, the world is battening down the hatches in preparation for a deluge of gigantic numbers. Records will...

Australia, China: new FinTech BFFs

Financial services industry regulators in Australia and China have signed an information sharing agreement that aims to “promote innovation in financial services in their respective markets”. The Australian Securities...

Welcoming the arrival of robots

Far from being the harbingers of doom for professional services, the pending arrival of machine learning and artificial intelligence-based automation tools will open up new opportunities for the sector,...

Retailers wonder at Amazon’s bite

In October, Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO topped Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index; Bezos’ ascendancy and the retail juggernaut’s imminent arrival in Australia are creating a conundrum for the Australian...

Western Sydney’s startup mission

Ask anyone to list the startup hubs based in Sydney’s CBD and at least half a dozen names will be quickly rattled off: Fishburners, Stone & Chalk, BlueChilli, Hoist,...

CSIRO maps carbon fibre future

CSIRO boss and former Silicon Valley denizen Larry Marshall used all his pitching powers to try and wow the troops at the National Press Club this week, revealing Australia’s...

Update on national cyber plan

More than a year and a half since the government launched its landmark cyber security strategy the national conversation has shifted and new challenges and opportunities have emerged, two...

FinTechs present a policy wish-list

Improvements to the R&D initiative and government-mandated open data controls are top of the Australian FinTech industry’s wish-list, while gender diversity remains a major issue for the sector, a...

New opportunity in North Sydney

Many Sydneysiders joke that going over the Sydney Harbour Bridge to the north shore requires a passport, even though to travel by car from one side of the bridge...