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AustraliaAustralian IT Skills Shortage: 2024 Is The Year To Self-Upskill
Find out why IT pros in Australia need to take the initiative to self-upskill, and learn how this could lead to salary increases and promotions.
Find out why IT pros in Australia need to take the initiative to self-upskill, and learn how this could lead to salary increases and promotions.
Some indicators suggest Australian technology sector salary growth is flatlining, but this is better seen in the context of strong growth in salaries over the long term and great prospects for the future.
Australia’s private practice law firms are recruiting next-generation AI lawyers in the form of custom legal AI models. This could allow them to deliver accurate legal advice faster and at cheaper rates.
IT spending in Australia is forecast to increase significantly in 2024. This means that IT pros who spend time on skills development will be able to instead focus on growth in their career.
The production of deepfakes is accelerating at more than 1,500% in Australia, forcing organisations to create and adopt standards like Content Credentials.
The hybrid multicloud strategies that many Australian enterprises have adopted over the last decade could be made more complex by new AI applications. The only solutions could be rationalisation or an abstraction layer.
A bug in the Content Validator, part of CrowdStrike's deployment process, allowed an error through, the security company revealed on July 24.
Australia is among the APAC governments forging closer ties with the private sector due to the realisation that the public sector can no longer fight the increase in cyber criminals alone.
The benefits of using Java alternatives such as Azul might include cost optimisation, higher performance and vulnerability management.
Software vendor SAP plans to end mainstream support for its on premise ERP software in 2027 as it pushes global customers to upgrade to S/4HANA Cloud. SAP customers in APAC will soon need to migrate or look for other ERP products or SAP service options.
Operational technology users face challenges including communication between process engineering and cyber security teams, a growth in malware and ransomware, and insiders making basic technology mistakes.
Analysts found that 52% of open-source projects are written in memory-unsafe languages like C and C++.
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A number of open source tech tools have moved towards commercial licences. Thoughtworks says this creates "big headaches" for IT, who are scrambling to maintain compliance and find replacement tools.
According to Gartner, there are gotchas that can impede an organization’s ability to embrace Copilot. Here’s what enterprises interested in implementing Copilot should keep in mind.
We curated the five best software options when you're working solo or with limited staff and QuickBooks Solopreneur isn't ideal.
Rampant demand for AI computing is driving cloud providers like Microsoft, Google and AWS to build custom silicon chips. Soon, APAC customers will have more choice based on use case and cost.
TechRepublic interviewed IBM’s managing director for Australia about how announcements from the recent Think event could impact the tech industry in particular.
This new report also indicates an increasing attack surface as putting pressure on CISOs. One positive note is CISOs' improving relationships with board members.
An explosion in AI computing, a big shift in workloads to the cloud, and difficulties in gaining value from hybrid cloud strategies are among the trends Australian cloud professionals will see to 2028.