WA auditor general considers 'naming and shaming' agencies into improving IT systems
WA’s exasperated auditor general is seeking advice on whether "the naming of high-risk agencies is necessary in order to achieve essential change".
Stories by George Nott
Jumping hurdles on the road to Rio 2016: AOC's head of IT Anthony Soulsby
The 400 plus Australian athletes and their support teams heading to Rio will need to ignore all the city’s woes and focus. Helping them do just that is Anthony Soulsby, general manager of IT at the AOC and his team.
Intel's Drone 100 lights up Sydney skyline at Vivid
Controlled by one main pilot, the performance synchronised to Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, performed live by the Sydney Youth Orchestra.
AGL seeks first company-wide CTO
AGL Energy Limited (AGL) is seeking its first group-level chief technology officer.
Feds forming faster, bigger, better cloud services panel
The federal government is seeking suppliers to join a refreshed and faster cloud services panel.
Back-up power fault to blame for AWS outage
A failure in the back-up power system at AWS facilities in Sydney was to blame for the outage of its service at the weekend.
Domino's track you to the 'cook zone' on way to pick up pizza
From next week across Australia, the pizza chain will use customer GPS and mode of travel data to calculate the optimum time to start making their order.
UNSW Canberra plans cyber militia
“We have to be ready for those occasions when we need to take the fight to an enemy,” says professor Greg Austin.
Energy Action appoints Mathews George as its first CIO
Energy procurement and management provider Energy Action has appointed Mathews George as the company’s inaugural CIO.
Government officials unclear on digital strategy
Most Australian government officials don’t think their organisation has a clear or coherent digital strategy, according to a survey.
Multi-vector attacks standard even for amateurs: Akamai
Multi-vector attacks are now standard in the DDoS-for-hire-marketplace, according to Akamai’s latest security report.
Mark Zuckerberg's social media accounts hacked
Facebook CEO's Twitter and Pinterest accounts were taken over in recent days because he reused the password: “dadada”
Sydney Water's new CIO hits reset
"We can reset the operating model in a way that we become a digital business rather than an analogue business with a digital veneer. That’s the vision."
Transport for NSW moves work management and CRM to the cloud
The new ServiceNow shared services platform includes a workflow and CRM solution for back office operations and a self-service customer app to ease the load on the service desk.
Odd job marketplace gets $22 million boost
Get ready to hear a lot more about Airtasker. The start-up has raised $22 million in a second round of funding led by Seven West Media.