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.
Australian data centres are about to consume a lot more power and become much harder to cool thanks to a boom in energy-intensive, much hotter artificial intelligence computing technologies.
AI could be operationalised by combining generative and specialist AI with automation in 2024, according to UiPath, with AI safety and ESG reporting being two emergent Australian use cases.
Australia’s international standing in artificial intelligence research is one indicator of strong local expertise and potential in AI, according to the CSIRO, but community buy-in could hold the country back.
Turning larger volumes of real-time data into digestible analytics is becoming critical, especially with generative AI. Informatica argues stakeholders are demanding more visual and actionable insights.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia cyber defence operations leader Andrew Pade is building an AI legacy that will protect customers from cyber attacks and security professionals from career burnout.
Australia and New Zealand-based film production partner The Rebel Fleet works on movie and TV projects big and small. CEO Michael Urban says data centre infrastructure is making it all possible.
Hong Kong University’s recent Asian Young Scientist Fellowship Conference was a window into where the technologies and innovation that will reshape the industries of the future will come from.
The success of Australia’s six-shield cybersecurity strategy could depend on how well the nation manages the vast pools of data that will underpin the identification and mitigation of cyberthreats.
Research has found 91% of CEOs view IT security as a technical function that’s the CIO or CISO’s problem, meaning IT leaders have more work to do to engage senior executives and boards.
Microsoft plans to more than double its cloud computing capacity in Australia over the next two years and expand its support for critical national cyber security and technology skills priorities.
A focus on talent retention and training and reskilling employees and nontraditional candidates are key ways tech leaders can ensure their teams have the skills they will need for the future.
Pressure to achieve cost efficiencies and sustainability targets are two reasons why Australian enterprises might soon invest more in the Massive Internet of Things, Nicholas Lambrou tells TechRepublic.
