Tag: Deloitte

McKinsey lands $1m three-month myGov deal

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government will pay consulting giant McKinsey nearly $1 million to develop a business case for its Facebook-inspired myGov update over the next three months. The Digital Transformation...

Tech workers: Front line of essential services

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Debate is underway on how to apply key classes of technology worker to essential service definitions in the event that mandatory lock-downs are applied across Australia in order to...

MyGov failure as industry is briefed

Posted on   |  by James Riley
At the moment the unloved MyGov platform began failing on Monday morning, executives from the Digital Transformation Agency were conducting an industry briefing as part of a tender process...

DTA seeks new myGov platform provider

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The DTA is on the hunt for an organisation to help design a revamped myGov platform, building on a $1 million prototype made by Deloitte. The Digital Transformation Agency...

Child support is a $130m mess

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government’s new child support IT system is “not able to meet the needs of the business” and has led to increased workloads for public servants despite more...

Aussie consumers’ privacy issues

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Deloitte Australian Privacy Index released this week produced some surprising results, not the least of which was that nearly three quarters of consumers don’t trust a brand any...

Banks’ legacy open to FinTech opps

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The end of this year could see Australian banks finally unleash products and services based on predictive analytics systems that have so far been stymied by banks’ creaky, legacy...

Sydney, Berlin: the new FinTech rivals

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Sydney is tussling with Berlin as a financial technology hub, as the pot of global capital looking for a FinTech home swells fourfold. The Sydney, Berlin FinTech rivalry surfaced...

Turnbull, Obama lift cyber alliance

Posted on   |  by Elaine McFadden
Australia has strengthened ties with the US on cyber security, another sign that analyst and vendor predictions citing cyber security as a big ticket item to watch in 2016, is on...