Stories by CIO Australia staff

Tableau's annual conference came to Melbourne this year. Delegates heard insights from technology futurist Chris Riddell and Tableau CMO Elissa Fink.

Non-IT executives are gaining power over IT spending as more people bypass the IT department and buy services online according to the results of a new survey conducted with 177 CIOs in 24 countries.

Australian CIOs are been urged to measure ICT energy usage and look at ways to reduce the IT power bill following the results of a sustainability survey.

National ICT Australia (NICTA) CEO Professor Hugh Durrant-Whyte has resigned because he and the NICTA board could not agree on strategies about the future of the organisation beyond June 2016 when federal government funding ends.

Westpac Group has looked to bolster its IT team with the hiring of Robert Wilson as CTO while former Westpac retail, business banking & wealth CIO Richard Holmes has moved into the role of infrastructure & operations general manager.

German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, stopped by the NICTA digital productivity lab in Sydney following the G20 Summit in Brisbane last weekend. Merkel saw a range of projects including a scientific tricorder, Internet-enabled mood light and hack-proof software.

Sydney startup, Smart Commercial Solar, has begun offering a pay-as-you-go solar power model to enterprises. This will allow enterprises to install solar panels without incurring costs upfront.

The Royal Freemasons’ Benevolent Institution (RFBI) has upgraded its storage to cater for 6 terabytes of growth in the future.

National Australia Bank (NAB) is rolling out a portal called NAB View for its 4,500 business bankers which brings together information from 12 million customer accounts.

Data centre provider NEXTDC (ASX: NXT) has hired Oskar Tomaszewski as its new CFO after current CFO Paul Jobbins was promoted to head of finance.

IT services firm, The Frame Group, has been awarded a three-year facilities management contract with Melbourne Airport.

National ICT Australia (NICTA) has hired Professor Jack Singh for the newly created role of Victoria director.

Westpac Group opened its $4 million innovation centre, The Hive, in Kogarah, Sydney this week.
The 800-metre centre will be used by Westpac Group staff to work on a number of projects including mobile development. It launched a St George Bank mobile banking app MoneyMeter on the Samsung Gear 2 smartwatch at The Hive.

CIO Summit 2014 - David Gollan

There are 800 million known advanced evasion techniques (AETs) but some CIOs and security managers don’t have the methods to track AETs within their company, according to the results of a new study.