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IBM has officially gobbled up Red Hat for $34 billion, a technology acquisition considered one of the largest in history.

Coles chief information and digital officer Roger Sniezek told CIO Australia the long-standing relationship with Microsoft just got even more intense.

Coles has inked a partnership with Microsoft that sees the shopping giant adopt Azure as its cloud platform of choice. The move is aimed at accelerating digital transformation to enhance customer experience and improve business productivity.

Despite the availability of real-time payments between banks and a proliferation of bill splitting apps, when it comes to divvying up the money for a group meal or round of drinks, Aussies still prefer to use cash, a Bankwest survey suggests.

​One of Australia’s largest life insurers OnePath is continuing to invest in its inhouse AI underwriting engine, making more than 70 enhancements since its official launch in November.

CoreLogic A/NZ operations leader, Sarah Edwards, can now confidently say she knows a thing or two about robots.

​A digital assistant platform developed by Deakin University to support its students has secured its first commercial role at Allianz Australia.

Willow CIO Will Sessions - along with his colleagues - wants to connect two worlds: the built and the digital.

Sydney Water has named the program director of its customer experience platform roll out Sridhar Pydipati as acting CIO.

“The results of this survey show that while the retail industry is often considered to be at the forefront of consumer experience innovation, there’s still a long way to go to meet shopper expectations,” the report concluded.

​Australia’s state and territory education ministers have agreed to delay the national online rollout of NAPLAN until 2021 after thousands of public school students were left unable to access or complete online tests earlier this year due to the connectivity problems.

AWS has signed a whole-of-government agreement that enables all government agencies and departments across Australia to access AWS cloud services through what it said is a simplified procurement model.

The City of Whittlesea is counting on its new SD-WAN network to help it improve network performance, streamline operations and save money.

Sydney Water CIO George Hunt has taken on the role of acting general manager, customer, strategy and regulation, taking over from Sian Leydon, who has gone on maternity leave for 12 months.

Catholic Education Office CIO, Raju Varanasi, is stepping up and taking on the newly created role of data intelligence director, a position that now sees him sitting at the executive board level at the Parramatta Diocese.

While the value of middle managers is being closely scrutinised within many organisations, according to recruitment firm Hays they can be a businesses’ “biggest asset”.

New South Wales Land Registry Services (NSW LRS) has implemented SAP S/4HANA as part of its compex business transformation project that aims to digitise operations and enhance customer experience.

The worldwide robotic process automation (RPA) software market is growing at a frenzied pace, up 63 per cent in 2018 and forecast to reach US$1.3 billion in 2019, according to Gartner data.

Lexus is trialling a range of connected-vehicle technologies on public roads in Victoria, the car manufacturer announced today.

​Health insurer nib has launched an Alexa skill for customers to find nearby health providers and answer common insurance queries.