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Tech giants keep local market share a secret

Tech giants are unwilling or unable to provide lawmakers with figures on their local market share despite facing new codes of conduct designed to protect competition and consumers. Representatives...

AWS to invest $13.2bn in Australian cloud infrastructure

4 April 2023 | by Brandon How

Amazon Web Services is planning to invest $13.2 billion into its two Australian data centre regions over the next five years, as the federal government considers the need for...

Cloud giants, locals divided over Australia’s regulatory settings

29 March 2023 | by Justin Hendry

AWS and Microsoft have dismissed the need for further regulation in Australia, arguing that their platforms are already subject to a host of legislative and policy frameworks, as the...

Tech consultants caught in redundancy wave

24 March 2023 | by Brandon How

Tech job redundancies are continuing across the economy, with Accenture, the consulting arm of IBM, and Amazon the latest to confirm cuts. The cuts add to the job losses...

Amazon’s tech staff outnumber its retail employees in Australia

31 January 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

Amazon now employs around 4000 people in its Australian cloud business – nearly double the number of permanent staff in the tech giant’s local retail business, which still relies...

$16bn GDP boost expected from second AWS cloud region

24 January 2023 | by Justin Hendry

Amazon Web Services has launched its second Australian cloud infrastructure region more than a decade after its first, which is expected to generate an estimated $16 billion lift to...

WA’s AWS zone arrives, but wait continues for second cloud region

13 January 2023 | by Justin Hendry

Amazon Web Services has launched its first Australian Local Zone in Western Australia, promising improved latency for customers, while the eastern states wait for its second Australian cloud infrastructure...

Big Tech and consultants’ ‘very small’ tax bill revealed

3 November 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

Global tech and consulting giants routinely engaged by government departments have been shown to be paying only a fraction of tax on multi-billion dollar local income in the latest...

Tech giants rally against data localisation in Australia

7 September 2022 | by Justin Hendry

Global tech giants and their industry associations have rallied against the federal government introducing localisation requirements for data storage, arguing it brings no inherent benefit to cybersecurity and that...

Tech giants add $12.5m professional services bill to Defence work

29 June 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

The Department of Defence will pay Amazon Web Services and Microsoft nearly $12.5million over the next 15 months for ‘professional services’ to support Defence projects using the US tech...

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Tech giants keep local market share a secret

AWS to invest $13.2bn in Australian cloud infrastructure

Tech consultants caught in redundancy wave

Amazon’s tech staff outnumber its retail employees in Australia

WA’s AWS zone arrives, but wait continues for second cloud region

Big Tech and consultants’ ‘very small’ tax bill revealed

Tech giants rally against data localisation in Australia

Tech giants add $12.5m professional services bill to Defence work

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