Ben is TechRepublic's local content lead for Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. Based in Sydney, Australia, he has over two decades of experience as a B2B journalist and editor in Australia, Asia and the UK covering developments in technology across multiple industry verticals, including banking and finance, education and the law. He currently covers news and trends relevant to business technology buyers, from technology vendor and product updates, to analysis from local industry thought leaders on the challenges and opportunities organizations are facing in a areas like AI, digital transformation and cybersecurity.
Have a clear guiding vision, focus on the end customer and be ready to pivot mid-project are some of the learnings offered by Salesforce customers at the vendor’s recent World Tour in Sydney, Australia.
Telcos in the Asia-Pacific are fighting hard to boost revenue from 5G networks and cut costs from operations. AI is playing a role, as are cloud providers like Amazon Web Services.
The outing of China-backed threat actor Volt Typhoon and Microsoft’s compromise by Russia-backed Midnight Blizzard provide important cyber security strategy lessons for Australia, says Tenable.
Australian IT and security teams should play key roles in communications during outages and cyber attacks; they also need to be prepared to act when such a tech-related crisis occurs.
Rippling has launched a new Australian and regional operation that will see it take on legacy software providers in HR, IT and finance with the promise of unifying employee data.
The APA claims that payroll errors cannot be solved with better software alone. Organisations need experts well-trained on payroll technologies to help mitigate payroll noncompliance.
Cyber security threat actor VexTrio is flying under the radar for most APAC region cyber security professionals because it is a web traffic distribution middle man rather than an endpoint source of malware.
Australian AI-powered lakehouse Zetaris launched in 2013 to solve the ‘impossible’ problem of centralising enterprise data. CEO Vinay Samuel says data virtualisation is now even more critical.
Candy said that Australian organisations are deploying a range of artificial intelligence use cases, with scaling well and governance a focus for clients in 2024.
Some gifted IT professionals are being passed over for promotion due to weak people skills. Injecting psychological science into leadership development could nurture tech leaders who can connect across silos.
The Australian government’s rollout of passkeys for its digital service portal myGov will build momentum for wider adoption; though, challenges like user education and tech fragmentation remain.
The data centre market in the Asia-Pacific will need to adjust to a rise in artificial intelligence computing in the region as well as a range of demands from a growing region.
